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Thursday, November 15, 2012

A Visit to Piorra Maison and a GIVEAWAY!!!

My incredible new blogging friends of the heart - I don't know how to put into words how much this means to me so I'll just let you know that you make me smile - each and every one of you. 600 followers!!!
Picture me doing cartwheels when I reached 10 - and then just imagine what I'm doing now!!!
I literally have to wipe this silly smile off my face as I'm typing this -

And another close friend I've made through this blogging journey is Caroline from Piorra Maison - situated here in Montreal - but she could be in a Southern State with all of her old world charm - it's like visiting a
mini museum when you walk into her haven ( can't call it a store - it's so much more than that - ) it's truly like
entering an oasis. Caroline and her niece Melanie make you feel at home from the moment you walk in.
I'm going to let the photos speak for themselves here ladies ( because even with my horrible photo skills her " candy " store still sparkles and shines ) Her Christmas ornament are exquisite - this is definitely the "go to" place for original charming tree decorating

snow globes - and hot air balloons and owls and birds and much much more

cute little owl xmas ornaments

sparkle heaven

a giant owl for the tree - chippy table perfection ( that color is the original paint ! )
are your eyes darting all over this photo?

reminiscent of old fashioned decorations - love the diamond pattern!

and more sparkles!

up, up and away in my beautiful my beautiful ballon
THESE ARE STUNNING IN PERSON

fly little white dove fly
way up high
across the universal sky

jingle "BELLES" !!!

berry pretty - isn't that chippy mantel gorgeous?

old world charm - clock faces and " la tour Eiffel " key chains - what beautiful stocking stuffers

pretty alphabet charms

so " charm " ing!!!

gorgeous french styled cups ( don't they look like old porcelain ? )

clock ornament

these belong in your kitchen Maureen!!!

That owl cookie jar is too cute!!!
but those cups and coffee pot??????

beautiful linens

every nook and cranny has an unique vignette

Do you like how I hid that ugly modern plug Caroline?

she's also an Annie Sloan Stock Lister

OK ladies - I am SOOOO excited for this -
Our friend ( yes Caroline is now your friend as well ) is graciously ( and generously ) hosting this giveaway and has put together
this package for a lucky winner!
3 Gorgeous xmas ornaments - and 1 beautiful paperweight
AND it's open to anyone in North America -
both Canadian & U.S. residents.
Valued at 40.00

want some close ups?

All you have to do to enter is follow me
( I will follow her - wherever she may go ) type of thing tee hee
hmmm - wonder if I can enter my own give away!!!
I'll pick a winner next friday via Random.org
And the best of luck to every single one of you,
With a heart filled to the brim with gratitude

Linkng up to

Homework ( giveaway linky party )
http://carolynshomework.blogspot.ca/p/giveaway-link-party.html

More Pink

Good morning Starshine!

I don't have a before photo of this - or rather, I do have a before photo of this but can't find it among the thousands of photos in my file -

But it looked like this one

which I turned into this

to go with this

the one above was a rocker - this is a chair

all little girls love butterflies

so now this dresser has a matching chair too!

Audrey Hepburn said
"I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles. "

Am I resorting back to my childhood?

Possibly - I'm falling in love with pink again!

and speaking of PINK did I ever mention that I walked for Cancer a few years ago? 60 kilometers - ( 37 miles ) the most significant pink of all..............................

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

I WANNA live there # 15

I live in a pretty incredible area - It's an historical neighbourhood loaded with tons and tons and tons of charm - and 20th century architecture, just steps away from the city center, it's also a pretty expensive neighbourhood ( in which I live in servants quarters basically compared to what I'm surrounded by.)

Because there's days I don't have furniture makeovers to show you - I've chosen Wednesdays to showcase and feature one home that's for sale around here.................( or apartment - or duplex - or teepee )

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2,575,000.00

5 bedrooms

4 bathrooms

Built in 1909

Again a semi-detached - very deceiving by the outside - here we go, come on in!

Living Room - just adore that window with the window seat incorporated into it

GORGEOUS!!! love the back splash over the stove - the perfect amount of color in an all white kitchen for me

love the light pendants as well - this is a particularly bright house for Westmount! Because there are so many
semi detached and row houses - the homes here tend to be LONG rather than WIDE which restricts lighting.

Again loving the window seat - and is that a built in I spy in the back left hand corner ?
Great Moroccan themed table set

beautifully cozy den - I could just sink on to that couch - put my feet up and read a good book

floor to ceiling draperies in the bathroom - LOVE THIS!!! - and love that gorgeous tup too -
( and that garden stool isn't too shabby either )

master closet

and this bedroom is magazine worthy, isn't it?
That bed is out of this world - I WANT THAT WARDROBE and the round
ottoman is adorable - IKAT rug colors? The lighting?
OK - I love every detail of this room - you all know my love of radiators already

I had black walls in my dining room in my last home - and every time I see a photo of black walls I pine for them - I will never tire of the contrast between black and white - and the dramatic elegance it adds to spaces.

Ok - I'm taking you into the basement now - which is so beautiful it's just ridiculous - truly!

It isn't often you can make me swoon over a basement - but this is no man cave here lol - don't you just
love the different " zones " they've allocated in this space?

even the bedroom in the basement is gorgeous!

and the next listing?
it's the unit above mine!
We call them Condo units ( apartments I suppose )
but it's a century old row house actually - made into 2 units - I live downstairs - and Pat lives above me - She is currently considering moving back to London and so her place is on the market - here we go!

560,000 - 2 bedroom - 2 bath

Her place was extensively updated - ( ours has more of a feel of a century old home ) and done beautifully I think -

She has some gorgeous pieces that she had sent over from her parent's estate in England

Here apartment was reconfigured to put the kitchen in the middle of the house - which in this case makes more sense - mine is still at the back of the house and we're seriously considering doing this one day

(I know these prices must seem ridiculous but you have to remember that we are right in the heart of the city
These prices in no way reflect what you would pay in the suburbs or the country - where 560,000 could basically buy you a mansion and for those of you that follow this series you saw yourself that I could buy
a hobby farm just across the border in rural Ontario for 200,000.)
and my darling friends that's it for today!
have a wonderful hump day one and all

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A Visit to Piorra Maison and a GIVEAWAY!!!

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I WANNA live there # 15

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