Dressing rooms ( and the Annie Sloan book winner !!!)

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Good morning all :)
How many of you have dressing rooms?
I've never had one in my life ( I've never even had a walk in closet - something I think all women should have just by right of passage really )
Nor have I ever lived anywhere where I could take a room and turn it into a dressing room - ( which one of my girlfriend's did - creating the prettiest little " boudoir " ) but if there's any good at all in being an empty nester ( and 3 years later it's the ONLY positive thing I can think of yet ) it's that I can now do that !!!

Is everyone sick of hearing about the   house  yet?

Do you remember this tiny room?

Well the wheels are turning people - so fast it's making my head spin -
Do you see what I see?  ( way up in the sky, little lamb )
My very own tiny dressing room perhaps?

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I have 2 wardrobes that I could incorporate - ( IKEA ) which I DID NOT want to take with us - but the new people don't want them ( that tells you how ugly they are lol ) but I think they'd work perfectly in
a corner of a small room - and they hold a tun of stuff

I also have a vanity in storage just waiting to be redone - and the perfect little dresser -
It looks like I may have a boudoir of my very own - maybe I'll pick up a pair of slippers with kitten heels and pompoms and a feather boa to wrap myself in .......................You know, channelling my Eva Gabor type of thing ( dahlink I love you but give me Park Avenue )

And now, the moment everyone - the MOMENT !!!

Suzan says - John could you please pick a number from 1 to 77 ?
John says - Why ?
Suzan says - What does it matter?  Just pick a number please
John says - What do I win?
Suzan says - YOU don't win anything - it's for Annie Sloan's signed book - I have a giveaway for it, remember?
John says - WHY ARE YOU GIVING THAT AWAY?
Suzan says - It's a giveaway from Caroline and Annie and Me
John says - Do you know 9 times out of 10 when we speak it's about your blog???
Suzan says - John could you please pick a number from 1 to 77?
Suzan says - Never mind - I'll go on the computer and do it.........................
Suzan says - I've just packed another 9 boxes while you're watching t.v. - you could be a little more
accommodating you know

NINE - John yells out as I walk away.......................
Suzan says - YES - NINE BOXES -
John says - no, that's it - that's the number I'm picking
Suzan says - you couldn't even pick a number on your own?
John says - that WAS the number I was going to pick!
Suzan says - well that's certainly a coinkadink isn't it John?

But hey that's the number he chose.

And that would be TINA from WHAT WE KEEP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks everyone for participating - and just to let you know I have a couple of more giveaway's lined up
in the next 2 weeks :)

Have yourselves a wonderful Funday Monday !!!
Much love

Every time I move - every single time - I promise myself that next time I'll hire the movers to do the packing too - and I never do..................I think I'm at around 50 boxes and that's just the living room and dining room - THAT'S the problem with loving " things ".......................

Week of White - Kitchens

Good morning everyone :)
We had a power outage last night - most of it was spent sitting in the living room with candles on
while I made hand puppets on the wall for a few hours before finally giving up and going to bed lol.

Soooo let's see now - we've done Living rooms - Bedrooms - Dining rooms - how about kitchens now?

into something more like this

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I'll be incorporating this for sure ( you can see how this little table opens up to seat 6 HERE )

and how I came up with the idea to add the bottom shelf HERE

Have a wonderful weekend all - I'll announce the winner of Annie Sloan's autographed book on Monday so you still have time to enter HERE

John says - you can't paint an entire house white
Suzan says - why not?
John says - it'll end up looking like an institution
Suzan says - how strangely fitting...............................

To see my post on White Living Rooms click HERE
White Dining Rooms - click HERE
White Bedrooms - click HERE

Much love,

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Week of White - Dining Rooms

Hello everyone !!!
Back to my Week of White - this time in the dining room :)

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and here's the room that's inspiring those dreams - I'm sure in it's day that ceiling ( wallpapered between the beams ) was nice - but those days are gone and it's time to move one :)
The beams would stay dark by the way - and although I'd like it mostly white - I don't see this room completely white at all...................

One of my readers thought I was upset with her because I haven't replied to any comments -
OH NO - I JUST KNEW THIS WOULD HAPPEN
PLEASE know that I read them all - and I try to reply - I'm just so completely overwhelmed right now
with everything that's going on.....................

AND THEN ON TOP OF IT ALL I HAVE THIS TO CONTEND WITH

Suzan says - I need to pack up the book cases
John says - Why?  The movers will just take them as is
Suzan says - You've got to be kidding me, right?
John says - Well I'm not disassembling them, that's for sure
Suzan says - I NEED TO PACK UP THE BOOKS THAT ARE ON THE BOOKCASES!!!!!
John says - Oh, why didn't you say that then?

My fault I suppose - for not being clear

Suzan says - Do you think you can pick up some boxes so I can get started
John says - Sure..................

And he comes home with this size........................you can't tell from the photo so much but these boxes are almost as tall as I am

My fault I suppose - for not being clear

Suzan says - those boxes are too tall - the bottoms will give away - and they'll be too heavy to lift
John says - those boxes are perfect - we can fit a ton in each of them
Suzan says - please don't make me waste time proving myself again - they'll be too heavy to lift
Suzan says - we need something a little smaller

And he brings me home a ton of these..................

which fit approximately 5 books ( to let you know the scale - 2 tins of Annie Sloan paint would fit in them and that's it )

My fault I suppose - for not being clear

Suzan says - Do you think you could pick up another 10,000 of those boxes
John says - What are you talking about?
Suzan says - Well I can only fit 5 or 6 boxes in each one
John says - WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?
John says - FIRST THEY'RE TOO BIG - AND THEN THEY'RE TOO SMALL

My fault I suppose - for not being clear

Suzan says - Surely there's a size out there somewhere - in between 5 books and 500 books
John says - aw leave me alone Suzan - Hockey just started - why don't you go blog about it?

And that's exactly what I decided to do..................

Until he finds me the size that's just perfect.
Now I know exactly how Goldilocks felt....................

( maybe I should just go to a moving warehouse and buy the proper sized boxes? well isn't that the strangest concept lol?  I come from a world where buying boxes is almost as insane as buying brand new furniture )

To see my post on White Living Rooms - click HERE
White Bedrooms - click HERE
White Kitchens - click HERE

Have a wonderful Thursday all,
Much love

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