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Sunday Reflexion

~The Heart of the Spirit is in all of us ~

Good Afternoon My dear Friends~

I have been thinking of sharing something very personal with you all ~

This summer I have come to learned more about the “Holy Spirit” – I have been reading about (him/her) for a few weeks now.

The grace I have received is undeniable, and for this I want to share what I am learning.

My sister Cathy contacted me and said she thought it would be so wonderful to share this on my blog ~

One of the things I have read is ~

The Spirit’s Witness

The Spirit is at work, showing us what Christ has done, and how that makes a difference in what’s going on around us. The Spirit’s witness to Christ doesn’t function like a hypertext link. One doesn’t click one’s mouse or tap on the screen on the Spirit’s doings and get taken to the front page of Jesus’ Cyber-salvation Web Site. First of all, your mouse-clicking takes more initiative than you can take in restoring your relationship with God (or, in church-talk, it’s God’s grace in Christ’s work on the cross that saves you, not anything you do). Second, the Spirit leads us into Christ’s presence and Christ’s character, two things that don’t pop up on a screen and say ‘I’m here’. Then, the Spirit works to get our own Web Site to take on the character that others would recognize as Christ’s, for instance, by removing the annoying banner ads for the causes and ideas we’re stuck on, or the irritating pop-up windows with our excuses, or the sneaky spy cookies that gather the information we might want to use against others. The Spirit is trying to push this Body of the Scared past their fears into full contact with the rest of reality, especially with other people who are not aware of Christ, or who hear the Name and yawn.

“The Holy Spirit does his work by making Christ present among us, and Christ can do his work on earth only by being present in his Holy Spirit.”

I would like to make this a Sunday post – so all who are interested please tune in.

Have a wonderful and amazing day.

Much love,

Rose

Update on Office/TV Room

Update on Office/TV Room ~

We have been looking at different swatch samples, and I think we are going with neutral tones with a bit of navy.

I have a few updates and would love to share them with you.

The sleeper sofa ~ source ~

http://www.birchlane.com/Wright-Sleeper-Sofa-73870-BL13566.html

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Not sure on the material yet, but it will be one of the below ~

The material swatches are free at Wayfair and Birch Lane

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The coffee table ~ source ~

http://www.wayfair.com/Parish-Coffee-Table-BL9460-BL9460.html

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And the rug ~ A bit of navy ~ source ~

http://www.wayfair.com/Sasha-Jute-Rug-Navy-BL3959-BL3959.html?piid%5B0%5D=11184235

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I will make the curtains, and the pillows for the couch. I am using a drop cloth for the curtains, and will be stenciling a design onto it. Not sure what stencil I am using yet. I have a table cloth, and a pillow case I purchased from Etsy that will be incorporated into both the pillows, and the curtains.

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For the curtains ~ source ~

https://www.etsy.com/shop/EmeliasHouseOfLinens

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Envelope pillow using this pillow case. ~ source ~

https://www.etsy.com/shop/moldyoldies

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This will also be used in making the curtains.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/EmeliasHouseOfLinens

More updates to follow in the next weeks

Have a wonderful weekend.

Much love,

Rose

New Look for our Dining Room

Happy Memorial Day Friends ~

For the past 2 weeks Pete has been working on putting up bead board wallpaper in our Dining Room & his office (Soon to be redecorated) post will be in late September.

Our Dining Room looked really nice before, but I brought the hutch back – I didn’t want to put it on the dark blue wall – dark wall – dark hutch – not so good. With that being said Pete wallpapered, and put up chair rail molding. I can’t believe the difference. It makes the room look bigger which is great, because it’s not that big of a room.

The Before & the After ~

More of the After ~ Dining Room 4 Dining Room 5 Dining Room 2 Dining Room 3

As you can see we have not put the switch plates back yet. We painted the wallpaper, and it is recommended to let it dry for a week before putting the plates back on.

The bead board wallpaper is ~ Martha Stewart ~ Home Depot

Chair rail also ~ Home Depot

The chair rail look like 6″ because he used 1-1/4″ molding on top & bottom and 3+” in the middle is the wall. After painting it all white it appears to be 6″ molding. Good trick I think.

Hoping your Memorial Day was wonderful.

Much Love,

Rose

Coastal Farmhouse Office/TV Room

Good Morning my friends ~

Today I am sharing my inspiration board for the new Office/TV Room we will be doing this fall.

We decided to do a coastal farmhouse look in this room ~ very different from anything I have ever done before.

We will be selling Pete’s desk. It’s just too big for the new space.

We will be using this space for a TV Room/office/3rd bedroom ~ It’s a lot for one room, but I know we can pull it off.

We will be using a queen sleeper sofa

We are keeping it light and airy ~ like at a beach house.

office

For the floor, we found a great product ~ vinyl plank flooring at Home Depot.

Looked at a few YouTube videos, and it looks pretty simple ~

Hopefully it goes well for Pete.

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Very beach like. I’d say ~

Here is the rug we choose ~

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Quite nautical – I love it.

Just a few pillows ~ Can’t have a couch without pillows I always say.

Now this is Coastal if I ever saw coastal.

Everything will be purchase at Wayfair ~ They have the best prices, and great merchandise.

Can’t wait to start this project, but first I will enjoy the summer.

Have a wonderful day.

Much love,

Rose

p.s. Pictures to come in late October.

The little bench

Good Morning Friends ~

I have had a few different designs by our front door.

Living in a condo has many many rules. I know that they are necessary, but that doesn’t mean I have to like them.

There are 2 closets on either side of the entryway, and the BOD needs to be able to get into these closets without anything in the way.

So that being said I have tried and have failed 2x’s with my decor.

So we purchased this cute little bench, which by the way I love.

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As I have said in my resent post it takes me a few tried before I get it right. This was no different. We get lots of wind in this little courtyard and the pillows kept falling over. I went onto Pinterest looking for ideas, and came up with this one. Finding this watering can was the answer. It keeps the pillows in place by it’s long spout.

And, ……. the best part I only need this flower arrangement ~ any more flowers would be too much for this small space.

Just a few more pics of the little outdoor space.

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Purchases:

Pillow with flowers ~ Pottery Barn

Green & Cream pillow ~ Home Goods

Watering Can ~ Home Goods

Bench ~ Hobby Lobby

Flowers ~ Local florist

Have a wonderful sunny day.

Much love,

Rose

How I decorate our home

Dear Friends ~

Today is going to be a bit of an incite on how I decorate our home.

pickmonkey

OK here we go ~

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Here we see the mantle completed, but how did I get it that way? Well it was not just put there, one, two, three. I’ll put a few things that I like in place, and then I step back, and look. Sometimes I like what I see, but most times I have to walk away then enter the room again (this gives me a fresh look) I move things around until it looks just the way I want it to look.

This can take a couple of minutes, and even when I think its good, I’m still tweaking it for a few day.

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In this picture there was no garland. (The little flower buds in the background)

Just putting the garland, and a string of small lights makes it pop when dusk set in.

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Adding height, and a pop of color will also help.

Most of the colors are cream, and a bit of brown & beige (the angels) so adding the red clock and the dark blue bear brings in the colors from the room.

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Adding texture to the mantel with the tin candle holder adds dimension ~

Hope this can help you with your mantel, or anything you are trying to create.

Have a fantastic weekend.

Much love,

Rose

“Florida Room” board challenge

Good Morning Friends ~

I love putting a room together, and determining how to bring out the best in a space, so when Douglas Elliman Real Estate invited me to participate in a “Florida Room” board challenge, I was so excited to give it a try!

They have such beautiful Florida properties, which gave me lots of inspiration for my post!

A Florida Room to someone living in the North East would have to be a 3 season room ~

To start it would have to have a fireplace ~

florida room fireplace

~ Source ~ The Endearing Home http://www.theenderinghome.com

There would be beautiful flower boxes ~ like these

I would use a beautiful rug. I am partial to the color blue, so it would look something like this

florida room - pottery barn

~ Source ~ Pottery barn

http://www.potterybarn.com/products/shibori-dot-printed-indoor-outdoor-rug-blue/?pkey=e%7Coutdoor%2Brugs%7C151%7Cbest%7C0%7C1%7C48%7C%7C8&cm

This room would have to have comfortable furniture, but also be beautiful.

Notice the blue again ~

http://www.potterybarn.com/products/build-your-own-palmetto-aww-sectional-components/?cm_src=AutoSchRel

I would love to see 2 rocking chairs ~ something like these

http://www.birchlane.com/Sutherland-Rocking-Chair-BL6427-BL6427.html

Some accessories would be this planter. I would use this as an end table with a glass top.

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On the table would be a lantern or two ~ something like these

I hope you have enjoyed looking at this challenge.

I hope it has inspired you to think warm weather when it is not so warm all the time.

Have a wonderful sunny day

Much love,

Rose

How to create a wall collage

Good morning friends ~

I have always wanted to do a wall collage of family pictures ~

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This is one view of the beginning of my wall collage ~ I think I have 1 family picture in all these photos, but many memorable pictures so far.

I guess there is no particular right or wrong when trying to create a wall collage.

Pete & I decided to put all the pictures on the floor ~

We moved the pictures around until we were happy with the way they looked ~ I then took a picture using my phone of how we were going to hang them on the wall, which was very helpful when we started to remove the pictures one by one.

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This was our inspirational picture, this was the first to go onto the wall. I saw this many years ago in a sweet little craft store and wanted it so badly ~ It reminded me of Kristin & Aly when they were little. Pete brought it for me the first Christmas in our new home. It is called “First Snow”

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Another special picture is from our Godson – It’s a “Thomas Kinkade” the name is “Foxglove Cottage”

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This picture our oldest daughter Kristin took and gave to me one Christmas. It was so special to see this picture again, it is of our first home in upstate NY.

Enjoy your day ~

hall

Much love,

Rose

Time to say Good-Bye

Good Morning All ~

Today is our last full day in Beautiful California ~

We stayed at this wonderful Air B&B in Pasadena – It is an original 1913 Sears Craftsmen Home.

The home was beautiful, and the grounds as you can see just as beautiful.

We had the girls & Brian over for dinner last night ~ Had a wonderful time.

They have a day filled with lots of surprises for us.

Pete is playing racquetball now with Jenny, Brian & ALy ~ Next is lunch, and I think a place to get ice cream & some special donuts. Here come the pounds, but worth it.

Then not sure what the rest of the day will entail, but just being together is enough for me.

Here we are the 6 of us at a real cute pub.

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