BORING BUILDER BATHROOM....

We must be frugal these days, but I so desperately want to add just a drop of personality to this very boring builder bathroom. So far I have found this shower curtain, call me crazy, but I LOVE IT!!! the plum purple drumstool was also purchased at the end of the summer clearance. Just thought I would share the beginning of this little mini makeover. Happy Decorating!!!
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janet

They Never Out Grow Halloween

As i have mentioned before our three girls are teens, ages 16,17 and 18 and they never seem to outgrow the fun of dressing up for halloween, decorating or carving pumpkins and oh of course roasting the pumpkin seeds. This SPOOKTACULAR show is compliments of our three girls and a boyfriend. I would say they have put together a great scene for all the little trick or treaters tomorrow night. I hope you all have a fun, safe happy halloween.
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janet

" THE COLOR GREEN"

I realize that we all have our favorite color, and green happens to be mine. I don't use alot of color in our home but have found my comfort zone with the fresh greens. These pictures are courtesy of Sarah Richardson, whom happens to be one of my favorite designers. Even though the green is used in a subtle way it still makes me feel happy.

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janet

HAPPY FALL AND THANKSGIVING

Tomorrow us Canadians celebrate our thanksgiving, we certainly have so much to be thankful for. From our home to yours I wish you all a great Thanksgiving Day! It has been forever since I have blogged, but once in a while I stop by for a moment and catch up on a bit of reading on all you wonderful bloggers. I really have'nt had much to share these days, at least not in the decor world. We all know how the economy is these days and with oldest daughter in college, my shopping and home decor just needs to take a back burner for a bit. I had considered closing down my blog, but that would mean not reading all the great blogs I follow and all the wonderful inspiration that I have so enjoyed. Thinking of you all and keep up the great blogging!

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janet

What Color Makes You HAPPY??

I was browsing around the store when my eye was stolen by the COLOR of this HUGH shiney solid glass green apple. Some may question, "why would you want a HUGH faux apple sitting as part of your accessories". For me, it was a few different reasons, one Im normally a color phobic person but this is one color that I have always loved, secondly it adds whimsey to the room which prevents the room from becoming too serious and last but most importantly it makes me feel HAPPY. I am by no means a designer, but I have heard when you want to inject just a bit of your favorite color, do it in threes. I had the blanket already, so i added it to my chair which is soft and cuddley for the cool months ahead, now I will look for a bowl for the shelf on the other side of the room. Please share with me how you use color and what color makes you HAPPY.

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janet

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! and BIG HELLO

A COUPLE PHOTOS TAKEN AT THE CABINS

Its 1am and for some reason major insomnia has kicked in, darn its frustrating, ecspecially when i need to be up early as we have to leave town for an appointment at the college my daughters going to attend. It has been a crazy busy summer, I have tried to stop in and read some blogs here and visit my favorite forum House and Home, but that is about as far as it gets. We just returned home from a 3 night stay at a rental cabin, it was a great time and the first time we were able to get away this summer, aww it was so relaxing! I miss reading what all my blogger friends are doing, i bet i have missed so many fun and exciting blogs. I would like to thank everyone that has stopped by to visit me while I have been gone, I really love your visits and soon I will get over to visit your blogs. Two of our daughters return to school Tuesday and our oldest moves into her dorm on the 6th of September, so hopefully things will quiet down a bit so I can do some serious blogging. In the mean time, I send out a big HELLO to all and hope everyone is having a safe fun summer.

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janet

MY OWN LITTLE CORNER

I am a firm believer that we all need our own little space where no others can invade our bubble. In our home (which is rather small) every inch is occupied, so this corner is my own space, mine, ALL MINE!!! lol I have many ideas for this corner but budget just won't allow those ideas to put into play at this time, so with the inspiration I gained from reading over at Angela's blog called "ImagineCozy" (you can link to her blog from my list at the right hand side) I feel I did a achieve my special corner. As you can see in the before picture the corner lacked coziness and felt so uninviting. Off shopping I went, "yep" shopped in my own house and came up with these items with the exception of the cream drum stool that sits under the old sewing table, I decided to return the blue\green one when I fell in love with this little cream drumstool, the detail on this little baby just told me I had to have it. Even though I wasn't able to do what I had originally planned for this corner, I must say that im pretty happy with how it turned out and rather proud of myself for not spending a dime to do it, actually I came out ahead when I returned the blue/green drum stool as the new one was half the price. My corner is now an inviting cozy spot for me to visit, read, watch tv, blog and just sit and have a quiet moment.
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JANET

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