tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25612086485979006442024-03-05T08:53:36.093-06:00Gosh O'HemlockJennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01152911772419641809noreply@blogger.comBlogger98125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2561208648597900644.post-66897205827955316282014-02-12T19:52:00.000-06:002014-02-12T19:52:52.698-06:00My Next Victim<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Just before Christmas and just before Old Man Winter put a stranglehold on the Midwest, my friend Jana and I made a shopping trip to the <a href="http://westbottoms.com/">West Bottoms</a>. I wasn't looking for anything in particular and that's usually when I make the best finds. I found this little treasure in the <a href="http://www.goodjujukc.com/">first store</a> we popped in to.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I knew it was a complete redo because I could tell it had gotten wet and the foam on the back was disintegrating. It is a great size though at only 60" wide and about 2 1/2 feet deep and was priced at $84.50. The frame doesn't have any wiggle at all so I knew it had great bones. I had several images saved as inspiration for future projects.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love the straight lines and vibrant colors of all these sofas. Mine is headed into my lounge where the walls are painted Benjamin Moore's <i>Graphite. </i>I thought a great vintage velvet would look great on it so I ordered up <a href="http://www.housefabric.com/Antique-Velvet-Lipstick-P86178.aspx">this</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It will take me a couple of weeks to whip it in to shape, but here are a few progress shots.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I take tons of progress shots throughout the process, because no matter how many times I think I'll remember exactly how it goes back together, I never do so they serve as my trail of bread crumbs!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is always about the time I wonder what ever possessed me to take on a project like this…</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So this is where we stand right now. Another few hours of tearing it down and then I'll spend a bit of time cleaning up and staining the frame before I begin putting it all back together. I can't wait until it can come home!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm amping up this little upholstery business of mine, so to get started again I agreed to do an update on a friend's cute little chairs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One down and one to be finished later today! My plan is to really gear up after the first of the year, so if you're in the Kansas City area and have a project you need done, send me an email at jennydover@mokancomm.net</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He was kind and funny; generous and loving; full of life and a truly inspiring young man. I hesitate to say "was" because I know a part of him is still with all of us that love him so much and miss him so terribly. I hope you're dancing on the clouds Auston.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I decided to use this room as a lounge and turned my new cabinet into a bar cabinet. I thought I still loved the orange so I kept it, but when we replaced the carpet on the stairs which are open to this room it just looked a little Halloweenish.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This isn't the best shot, but the carpet is a black low-pile with a beige pattern. I finally got around to fixing the situation with some leftover paint from my son's room. It is "Graphite" by Benjamin Moore.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Because I can't stop thinking about the good people of Boston and the good people of the world... </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">You cowards, so filled with hate, intolerance, violence and evil. You will never win. Our fear only flashes for a moment but unfortunately for you, that flash of fear flames into a fire of resolve. We will always defeat you. The good always outnumbers the evil.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There's a saying that goes around my house quite often when talking to my children. "Wantin' and gettin' are two different things." Well, it seems I've had to take my own advice. You see, this tuxedo chandelier from <a href="http://www.zgallerie.com/">Z Gallerie</a> was on my "wantin' list" for above my island in my kitchen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But it weighs in with a hefty $799 price tag so it didn't make it on the "gettin' list." What you can't see from this online picture is the beautiful soft gold on the inside of the shade that casts the prettiest light. Here is a really bad iPhone picture from the display at the store.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So off to the inter webs I did go and found <a href="http://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/31-Diameter-6-light-Nickel-Chandelier/5075096/product.html">this</a> as a more budget friendly option.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">While it is lovely and the price was right at $229, the inside of the shades were bright white and didn't give off the soft glow I was wanting. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm thinking for a little more than 1/4 of the cost and a little elbow grease, this little light of mine was a pretty good compromise.</span></div>
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Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01152911772419641809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2561208648597900644.post-86784343708385156782013-02-05T11:32:00.001-06:002013-02-05T11:32:06.963-06:00Little Black Dress<span style="font-size: large;">Fashion gurus are always telling us that a "little black dress" is a staple in any wardrobe. Since my kitchen window has been a source of frustration for quite some time, it got me to thinking maybe that goes for windows too. Please try not to pay too close attention to the next bad iPhone photo and the dirty dishes, but I forgot to take a true before picture and this was all I could come up with!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In all reality, this window just needs to be completely replaced, but that's just not in the budget. You can see part of the half-round window above that has always just driven me crazy. Why do builders put these crazy difficult windows in?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had gotten a quote for a custom Roman shade to cover the window, but at $2000, it wasn't in the budget either. Who spends that on a blind? After quite a bit of searching for an alternative, I found <a href="http://www.westelm.com/products/solid-roman-shade-ivory-t266/?pkey=e%7Croman%2Bshade%7C3%7Cbest%7C0%7C1%7C24%7C%7C2&cm_src=PRODUCTSEARCH||NoFacet-_-NoFacet-_-NoMerchRules-_-">this</a> blind at <a href="http://www.westelm.com/">West Elm</a>. It was a deal at $79.00!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It fit the space perfectly and helped hide the half-round (at least when the sun isn't shining through). It all was still a little bland for me with the ivory cabinets and brown walls (</span>the walls are next on my to-do list!) <span style="font-size: large;">so I pulled the shade down and tried to work a little budget friendly magic. I ordered 7 yards of 2 1/4" grosgrain ribbon from <a href="http://www.mjtrim.com/">MJ Trim</a> for $1.98/yd and set to work at soon as it came in the mail.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My cousin had been holding on to some plates that belonged to my great grandma "Peck" Peckenpaugh. She dropped them by my house recently so I could ship them to my sister whose married name is "Perez."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Something happened while I was packing them to send to her. I realized that an upside down "p" is in fact a "d" which obviously stands for "Dover." </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So I did what any good sister would do; kept 5 of the plates for myself, flipped one over and checked the manufacturer, logged on to Ebay, and bought matching salad plates for both of us.</span></div>
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Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01152911772419641809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2561208648597900644.post-26505596808991236672013-01-04T16:25:00.000-06:002013-01-04T16:37:50.087-06:00What Not To Do During The Holidays<span style="font-size: large;">Do not move into your basement the week of Thanksgiving so you can have your main floor hardwoods refinished;</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My heart is shattered. Praying that the God of all will wrap his loving arms around the people of Newtown, CT and the entire nation. Please God, keep us from coming undone...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Should I make it a color coordinated gradient like <a href="http://www.younghouselove.com/">John and Sherry's</a>?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Or maybe it should have a theme like this <a href="http://www.trendytree.com/">poinsettia tree</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This <a href="http://www.howto.fantasticcleaners.com/">book tree</a> is quite clever,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">as is this wine bottle tree via <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/">Pinterest</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Maybe just going large like the White House would be fun? But at the end of all the "should I's" it always ends up like this.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If I made it match or gave it a theme, I would miss dragging out all the ornaments we've collected over our 20+ year marriage. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Like the following three all handmade by my sister.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And this one is a memorial to my grandpa, who among other things, was a Republican and of course collected elephants of all shapes and sizes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've linked up with <a href="http://honeywerehome.blogspot.com/2012/12/christmas-tree-link-party.html">Honey We're Home</a> to show off my tree this year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is what the dining room looked like when we bought our house almost 3 years ago. </span>(This is the previous owner's stuff) <span style="font-size: large;">The trim is faux painted to look like wood and not only are the walls faux painted to look like maroon leather, they are also textured. The walls in the living room and kitchen were also textured and the kitchen walls had a nice grape and leaf motif stamped in them. Needless to say, before even moving in we had the popcorn ceilings scraped and replaced with knock-down texture and all the walls skimmed to get rid of the texture. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is the third phase of the dining room as I am missing a picture of it painted yellow. This room is directly on the left as you walk in our front door and quite a little way from the eat-in kitchen, so we actually didn't use it as a dining room all that often.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I decided to move our large dining room table into the kitchen and use this room as a lounge area. I painted the ceiling in the bay window area the same color as the walls to try to make it disappear a bit and I also painted the ceiling a light grey and replaced the light fixture. I found the grey club chairs on Overstock.com and they are actually very comfortable! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In the process of making some repairs to other areas of the house, we had to tear up a bit of our wood floors at the back door. I begged a little and we decided to take up the carpet in the "dining room" and the half bath right off the kitchen and then have all the floors refinished. Yeah! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is how it looks today. I have fabric purchased for curtains but that will probably have to wait until after the holidays. Plans are in the works for built-ins in the alcove on the back wall and the carpet on the stairs will be replaced soon. It has been a lengthy process but I think we will use the room much more this way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was going to post this last week as part of Mama Kat's Pretty Much World Famous <a href="http://www.mamakatslosinit.com/writers-workshop-directions/">Writing Workshop</a> because one of the writing prompts was "A Blessing in Disguise." It didn't happen. Frankly, I was still wrapping my brain around the previous weekend's events. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">How about we start at the very beginning; it's a very good place to start (according to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuWsQSntFf0">Fraulein Maria</a>). I have healthy kids. We don't visit the doctor often, none of them are on regular medications, in fact, rarely has even an antibiotic been prescribed to them. </span>I say this knowing how truly blessed I am for this. <span style="font-size: large;">All of them are active and regularly participate in school sponsored and recreational sports. So a few weeks ago when I saw in the announcements that our school district was offering free athletic heart screenings, I thought about what a great idea that was and promptly put it out of my mind. The day before the screenings, my youngest son TJ reminded me that they were going on and said I needed to call the school nurse and schedule with her if I wanted him to be screened. Since we weren't overly busy that Saturday, I decided to go ahead and have it done. The screening consisted of an EKG and an echocardiogram. I was prepared for a quick in-and-out and a "you're all good." What I got instead was a cardiologist telling me, "TJ has a condition called <a href="http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/wolff-parkinson-white-syndrome/DS00923">Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome</a> and it can be hereditary so we need EKG's on your other children and yourself and your spouse. Without much time to let that sink in, I took TJ home and roused Ali from bed to get her over for her EKG. Within 15 minutes we had more shocking news that Ali also had an arrhythmia, but hers was different and they suspected <a href="http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/long-qt-syndrome/DS00434">Long QT Syndrome</a>. Both conditions can cause fast, chaotic heart beats, fainting spells, and even sudden cardiac arrest. Needless to say, both of them were told not to have any aerobic activity that could raise their heart rates until further testing and treatment. As it stands now, TJ is scheduled for a catheter ablation to correct his condition and Ali has had a treadmill test and the cardiologist is still studying her records. We aren't on the other side of this yet, but I know the blessing is there in the fact that we didn't find these conditions in an emergency room after a cardiac event or an even worse scenario. You can bet I'll be saying more about this, but in the meantime, <a href="http://www.stopafib.org/">do some homework</a>. And please, if you have athletic heart screenings in your area, take advantage of it.</span>Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01152911772419641809noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2561208648597900644.post-47144699409164880392012-09-30T10:34:00.000-05:002012-09-30T10:34:16.799-05:00While Sane People Sleep<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Were you dancing on your deck and watching the moon this morning at 2:37? Well I was and this is what I saw:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Have you heard about <a href="http://www.mayastein.com/">Maya</a>? She set off on a <a href="http://www.type-rider.com/">grand adventure</a> on May 5, 2012, the day she turned 40. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">She is riding her bike from Amherst, MA to Milwaukee, WI toting this fabulous aqua typewriter behind her and stopping all along the way in towns and communities and inviting others to contribute to her ever-evolving poem. I have exactly 122 days left in my 40th year, and although I had all sorts of grand and romantic ideas about how I would mark the milestone, I've pretty much done none of them. That's not to say that I haven't had a great year, just that I haven't done that one great milestone-marking thing. Do you think my family would mind if I just took off to join Maya for a few weeks? Because seriously, is this not the coolest idea ever? You can follow her adventure <a href="http://www.spoke-n-word.posterous.com/">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Taking the back roads is ALWAYS a good idea. You know the saying "getting there is half the fun..."</span></div>
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<br />Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01152911772419641809noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2561208648597900644.post-7856283429085079042012-05-04T06:00:00.000-05:002012-05-04T06:00:03.379-05:00Fun With Annie Sloan Paint<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I've been wanting to try <a href="http://www.anniesloan.com/">Annie Sloan's chalk paint</a> for quite some time but just didn't have the right project to work on. Last week our little town had its annual city wide garage sale and I picked up this little dresser for a song.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Unfortunately I got so excited that I forgot to take an official before shot of the dresser, but you can see from the top that it had a faux limed finish and that scrolled piece of trim laying in front is what I sawed off the front between the two legs. Here are the drawers so you can see the fancy painted motif on the front.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The paints say that no sanding or priming is necessary, but in hindsight I think I would have given this thing a rough sanding only because it isn't real wood and it had that slick "plastic" finish.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I started with a coat of "Versailles" which is a really soft sage green.</span></div>
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