tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88866981716426689402024-03-18T03:01:51.810-04:00Sharon at HomeSharon@Sharon at Homehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16720955338162888640noreply@blogger.comBlogger418125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886698171642668940.post-11730146792452002202021-12-19T15:10:00.001-05:002021-12-20T09:29:45.713-05:00My Christmas Kitchen<p><span style="font-size: large;"> Now that the painting and cabinet changes are done, I have decorated the kitchen for Christmas.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I am more a minimalist than a maximalist, but I find myself adding things every day though I thought I was finished :)</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi0qiy-Er4kAQLDQQHrJjb3-q3X87224I9IfoeV9FcbRtiUQ_ZNwI53ZhiczgUxB5KfbuxgStjFacRqi-URXlVNTAPGkL76AlCjtOn2Z8-QONvcRtrYj7ox_rkEE3gTqlcuVQukU6VxjQNo3lOq-93ZjqJ7JXGF9O3XMLOIhdO1l7I3TLzV6J5R-tDIbA=s4160" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi0qiy-Er4kAQLDQQHrJjb3-q3X87224I9IfoeV9FcbRtiUQ_ZNwI53ZhiczgUxB5KfbuxgStjFacRqi-URXlVNTAPGkL76AlCjtOn2Z8-QONvcRtrYj7ox_rkEE3gTqlcuVQukU6VxjQNo3lOq-93ZjqJ7JXGF9O3XMLOIhdO1l7I3TLzV6J5R-tDIbA=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And then the reward is to sit down for a nice cup of coffee and enjoy the festive kitchen, and maybe a Christmas cookie (or two).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjeZWHNPgNtGRiQWffwNNk9bwqsLVuEYAwANh3Hs0qKOOBdleokI_YL8hrjzozKB94YqZJ6-AwpAWUpFGUTWZhOu6MB8Fc1I7hrcrZywfyoGJQZp3OmLCYim3egwQ-iR1ZhKnMm2CBoaFLFs0jy8iqZmqzE1auTbhqcWbvOYt1AVxPkFp6Jt2pkDjxF_Q=s4160" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjeZWHNPgNtGRiQWffwNNk9bwqsLVuEYAwANh3Hs0qKOOBdleokI_YL8hrjzozKB94YqZJ6-AwpAWUpFGUTWZhOu6MB8Fc1I7hrcrZywfyoGJQZp3OmLCYim3egwQ-iR1ZhKnMm2CBoaFLFs0jy8iqZmqzE1auTbhqcWbvOYt1AVxPkFp6Jt2pkDjxF_Q=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Sharon@Sharon at Homehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16720955338162888640noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886698171642668940.post-89817444642101022362021-12-08T13:10:00.000-05:002021-12-08T13:10:49.473-05:00Making the kitchen mine.<p>The first room I tackled after moving in was the kitchen. Once I had changed the paint, it started to be my house. Each additional change just added to that feeling.</p><p>This is the before from the real estate listing:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7iqJAKiA514TnKxU9u1Cd9vi23poEo3nouXqCY9nlWEOH-HY-sblYyt5Cwaog62moncfiktGQRr4xDxDT8PXl2fY3fgi1n1WSPZgFh6FK-_OFWcjPLmuzzsJXYO-aD_gEClKY8ftls4eb/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="434" data-original-width="588" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7iqJAKiA514TnKxU9u1Cd9vi23poEo3nouXqCY9nlWEOH-HY-sblYyt5Cwaog62moncfiktGQRr4xDxDT8PXl2fY3fgi1n1WSPZgFh6FK-_OFWcjPLmuzzsJXYO-aD_gEClKY8ftls4eb/" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Happily the silk flower swag (and there were a lot of them in this house) went with the seller :)</p><p>The first thing I did was have the fan removed and a new light fixture installed.</p><p>I had the painter lined up for shortly after I moved in and the first room to be painted was the kitchen. It was a fleshy pink colour, I used Sherwin Williams "Sensible Hue" SW6198, a green with a muddy, grey background. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgKrt_7bVqIgZm-meMfLLBE6AGiV5HWuhn-5d4fOOBS-RHrxbqIENwT3ZRw6BHYTeK5FZ3GvQy-xEvd-LAOkl97wQ8_4I4OSeQLIJZhGlpwQa8gUpd9LmmaqmCSqtTJFp3bz4oo4W2h30A33k9NlphcbmIyuqdQPYkSsmUlIw4jtWF4w7jZZ4hNuI-DeA=s2048" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgKrt_7bVqIgZm-meMfLLBE6AGiV5HWuhn-5d4fOOBS-RHrxbqIENwT3ZRw6BHYTeK5FZ3GvQy-xEvd-LAOkl97wQ8_4I4OSeQLIJZhGlpwQa8gUpd9LmmaqmCSqtTJFp3bz4oo4W2h30A33k9NlphcbmIyuqdQPYkSsmUlIw4jtWF4w7jZZ4hNuI-DeA=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>I then had a few changes made to the cabinets. There was a built in stove top that was broken and I had it removed and a slide in stove and above stove microwave installed.</p><p>BEFORE:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQmz-rjTEgirdM6t4M_R50FR6rSJBwak7jTJChL9AzB-nfqyW6jx9FATGfRAG5AH-Wwa-GPoMmORUOETUqOBx3izxpM2kodayLaTWfpZ0GSmwROTaHrIg-FO4SpjGQ3KRx9weYUi7dhCQX5-Oq2bJTXwlwg0KzRpu4Q6gfrlR40t46h4PZ87u7s7GW9g=s4160" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQmz-rjTEgirdM6t4M_R50FR6rSJBwak7jTJChL9AzB-nfqyW6jx9FATGfRAG5AH-Wwa-GPoMmORUOETUqOBx3izxpM2kodayLaTWfpZ0GSmwROTaHrIg-FO4SpjGQ3KRx9weYUi7dhCQX5-Oq2bJTXwlwg0KzRpu4Q6gfrlR40t46h4PZ87u7s7GW9g=s320" width="320" /></a></div>AFTER:<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjjKuhqDnre-ua0e0pmmYI3wE5hI31gPjovXxOttNIXL4LP8EylmFd46iczvW-u0JE-_N3b1tOLdt0ODrmPsQx_4rHUUIJxBXKfDVSdNJ2hXIxscuafhYlCMrpURIJOs7v3JkG6AQz0RaFysiK_6-SjOJf9pFjRSwH06dXfY5UIlPoH5QctEfkbdvbMwA=s2048" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjjKuhqDnre-ua0e0pmmYI3wE5hI31gPjovXxOttNIXL4LP8EylmFd46iczvW-u0JE-_N3b1tOLdt0ODrmPsQx_4rHUUIJxBXKfDVSdNJ2hXIxscuafhYlCMrpURIJOs7v3JkG6AQz0RaFysiK_6-SjOJf9pFjRSwH06dXfY5UIlPoH5QctEfkbdvbMwA=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>There had been a built in stove and shelf for a microwave. I had the three drawers moved from where the new stove was placed to where the built in stove was, and the area above made into huge shelves. </div><div><br /></div><div>BEFORE:</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDlybHt8zFQ1L7pEZBqN6_cSzSKoLli4hmIeC7vIwvnSkF8oDXKXISUa8YzM41g6ejYf37uHYh6WhzQIFXvkpi4Ae-eWGPaYfxm05EGDFfzysB5B31rbsBnjM3_QIZwJSE9P9RbE3Rxq1h518J9wl0MwYLYJdTe7HC9l4CInpWJk4jMFBiBJ6l7W79Sw=s2048" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDlybHt8zFQ1L7pEZBqN6_cSzSKoLli4hmIeC7vIwvnSkF8oDXKXISUa8YzM41g6ejYf37uHYh6WhzQIFXvkpi4Ae-eWGPaYfxm05EGDFfzysB5B31rbsBnjM3_QIZwJSE9P9RbE3Rxq1h518J9wl0MwYLYJdTe7HC9l4CInpWJk4jMFBiBJ6l7W79Sw=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">AFTER:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg44zDo9St0ifjovrkhUJs3lDx8UoOrzyPHsFe9o57sw2_53pZdD8kQr4JmXfcgXUHAAFxRmE9BjHQq0GuTp6Z_STz4YFjs8YsiqaO6HgIh44gkg-cb-GqhQhZIpjU8_xMkDDE_yqHPLJOlJz2pVS_x-hlcmzdY0yC5yDjlDidsOytadVnP7KQSqEtftw=s2048" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg44zDo9St0ifjovrkhUJs3lDx8UoOrzyPHsFe9o57sw2_53pZdD8kQr4JmXfcgXUHAAFxRmE9BjHQq0GuTp6Z_STz4YFjs8YsiqaO6HgIh44gkg-cb-GqhQhZIpjU8_xMkDDE_yqHPLJOlJz2pVS_x-hlcmzdY0yC5yDjlDidsOytadVnP7KQSqEtftw=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The white appliances were changed to stainless steel. The refrigerator is now counter depth and doesn't jut out into the kitchen any longer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3wL_2nu_aFVuPJoL2Dt63NeghqCBV8EsqxOBtZJlXg1ex_EXjBU-IfrGstUprlCfDTuXnUIuM10Y2lnkir1pvXRS8oDD3Wgt-nZxBDOesyhO7Xxhh9qGwODWH4OhKl81BrbFsxhSC2bdrrabQaNUElDNWNrAvq8gF8nirPnUdxCtGNddPh-Z6BmIf_w=s2048" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3wL_2nu_aFVuPJoL2Dt63NeghqCBV8EsqxOBtZJlXg1ex_EXjBU-IfrGstUprlCfDTuXnUIuM10Y2lnkir1pvXRS8oDD3Wgt-nZxBDOesyhO7Xxhh9qGwODWH4OhKl81BrbFsxhSC2bdrrabQaNUElDNWNrAvq8gF8nirPnUdxCtGNddPh-Z6BmIf_w=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The other side of the kitchen is remaining as it was, except for a new stainless steel dishwasher, which hasn't arrived yet. We are all very familiar with supply chain problems now!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSwwaJVKjzu4awjmXIpNhaPoP6hBwKYTcMivXdYyN25UAdUs7vy98ppRz-KOivUQoBKPOJYiNNbwvHvLxSGm53e7p1eXnTGv5U-Z29AGvCwa1fuMX4d-LkAkjJDC3AgfrOzcVdzOtCvrAcJR7bzgDCPbZ_I-iwY8A9Bps3HunWZsL3RF9o_FD1cFDo8A=s2048" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSwwaJVKjzu4awjmXIpNhaPoP6hBwKYTcMivXdYyN25UAdUs7vy98ppRz-KOivUQoBKPOJYiNNbwvHvLxSGm53e7p1eXnTGv5U-Z29AGvCwa1fuMX4d-LkAkjJDC3AgfrOzcVdzOtCvrAcJR7bzgDCPbZ_I-iwY8A9Bps3HunWZsL3RF9o_FD1cFDo8A=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /> </div>And here is my <u>finished</u> kitchen:</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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To the small town that my Mother and Father grew up in. I still have aunts and dozens of cousins here.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Culy8x1_cS8BUCLzgJ2C5uFepeRKbeowhPnaOHfstnhOVLr6JBoK29jAfzN_sqA6aKJQbE4rUyp-Sx0nP28TXNri86kxMmTnWcDeggdfXQ1ejx3Q9tC1X7Yr8kw9YnnmXlab4iofPz4_/s1350/road.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1350" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Culy8x1_cS8BUCLzgJ2C5uFepeRKbeowhPnaOHfstnhOVLr6JBoK29jAfzN_sqA6aKJQbE4rUyp-Sx0nP28TXNri86kxMmTnWcDeggdfXQ1ejx3Q9tC1X7Yr8kw9YnnmXlab4iofPz4_/s320/road.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><span style="text-align: left;">I never thought I would move here. I have always been a city girl. I grew up in the city, and worked in the city for a huge, multi-national technology firm.</span></div><p>But I retired 5 years ago and have been re-evaluating my life since. I find that just when you have more time for all your friends, they have also retired and moved away. Closer to the country, in small towns. So ... if you want to spend time with your friends you move also.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXIbIKcwsB2i8r2KeFBpqge7OTR8ljUhk2iT1NKsww3DRHAn6CeTiR3i9g_5AHcHn4DpLHXpZX-j86y7_VdHJthm9gMlqFLOZqTSTd_kRa7uIhcgk3rcZyaVGVJpU16hFn98KHMokKTC-j/s250/Uxbridge_downtown.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="167" data-original-width="250" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXIbIKcwsB2i8r2KeFBpqge7OTR8ljUhk2iT1NKsww3DRHAn6CeTiR3i9g_5AHcHn4DpLHXpZX-j86y7_VdHJthm9gMlqFLOZqTSTd_kRa7uIhcgk3rcZyaVGVJpU16hFn98KHMokKTC-j/s0/Uxbridge_downtown.jpg" width="250" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Main Street</td></tr></tbody></table><p>The town I have moved to has a main street with small interesting businesses. The bigger stores are all on the edge of town as seems to be usual Every one says hello and asks how you are. Neighbours invite you over for coffee to introduce you to other neighbours. Everyone walks downtown for the Rememberance Day ceremonies, and there are banners from the light posts with pictures of people from town that died in the wars. And everyone knows the families!! There is a Farmer's Market and a Christmas Market; a Santa Claus parade that the high school band and all the Girl Guides and Scouts march in. Everyone turns out to watch it and share coffee and baked goods. The local park is lit up with millions for lights and everyone walks or drives through it and oohs and aahs.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXJQDIGcNKSKZ4DSM_88VCbn6vipKHT8nY5TqmmniGsRxhvaP2IMQGKOrYGSmEXh1SBnwMqjNhIZOhkwoI5z_9yEvIm73EHab_Ht9ShRxJU2s6tLvs5e052uPxI_a3o6HD4hksl42Ufsys/s1350/downtown-uxbridge-shopping.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="898" data-original-width="1350" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXJQDIGcNKSKZ4DSM_88VCbn6vipKHT8nY5TqmmniGsRxhvaP2IMQGKOrYGSmEXh1SBnwMqjNhIZOhkwoI5z_9yEvIm73EHab_Ht9ShRxJU2s6tLvs5e052uPxI_a3o6HD4hksl42Ufsys/s320/downtown-uxbridge-shopping.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>When I moved in, a cousin recommended a painter. When I had him over for a quote, he said "your last name is Kennedy .... do you know xxx and xxx Kennedy?" I said they were cousins. He said he had told his 84 year old mother that he was coming here and she remembered my Mom and Dad. His niece is married to one of my cousin's sons. As we were talking and figuring out all the people we knew in common all I could think of was "This is exactly why I moved here". </p><p>I felt like I was home. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Sharon@Sharon at Homehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16720955338162888640noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886698171642668940.post-27430087474354675902021-02-14T12:43:00.001-05:002021-02-14T12:43:58.696-05:00Vintage Cabinet<p> I haven't done anything during the lockdown except quilt, but I was browsing Kijiji and spotted this vintage cabinet and I had to have it.</p><p>It was about 20 miles from home and a beautiful, crisp winter day for a drive. We made a mask safe exchange and this little beauty was mine.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVKnktIQvpJjqrX6UsEgisAOfeqDiZGqsQrUJLWnlHUKtRLp5KJFQPg-1lJyTfrx5Lvofw5l4-j-hroSk9rPo5GN4io3o_0ZGYkr3JPgjx9stkF2gUx5XZxys9BP4bOJXMtc_MwuNlfraJ/s5152/IMG_0062.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5152" data-original-width="3864" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVKnktIQvpJjqrX6UsEgisAOfeqDiZGqsQrUJLWnlHUKtRLp5KJFQPg-1lJyTfrx5Lvofw5l4-j-hroSk9rPo5GN4io3o_0ZGYkr3JPgjx9stkF2gUx5XZxys9BP4bOJXMtc_MwuNlfraJ/s320/IMG_0062.JPG" /></a></div><p>I am going to hang in my kitchen, but need a couple additional pieces for a vignette. The cabinet is 22 inches high and 16 inches wide.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0UGChVQEreYP6pgqfmRlU3I8eGFCfshxSow5VA6hrh4AIMHn-3rpyml1yF0mRLv4CcId4tOx3XxtCr3KJZ14q1LCwrw2n3lV5ACEJGdef84t_-XrM92GiQqJ7LDd4_fmII_hvSXSJFA8_/s5152/IMG_0063.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5152" data-original-width="3864" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0UGChVQEreYP6pgqfmRlU3I8eGFCfshxSow5VA6hrh4AIMHn-3rpyml1yF0mRLv4CcId4tOx3XxtCr3KJZ14q1LCwrw2n3lV5ACEJGdef84t_-XrM92GiQqJ7LDd4_fmII_hvSXSJFA8_/s320/IMG_0063.JPG" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Sharon@Sharon at Homehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16720955338162888640noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886698171642668940.post-80036417450187664532020-12-07T11:18:00.002-05:002020-12-07T11:18:44.560-05:00Oh Christmas Tree!<p> I usually don't have a big Christmas tree. Just lots of decorations and small trees throughout the house. This year with being home so much, I wanted a tree ... but one with my own twist.</p><p>I went to my workroom and made one with materials I already had. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfVlM1CeVGM8tcvgMpFhVVez5lNKQH1B85u4y-p_bYR4xa3_V9twDylWkJMMN_vvPtLT7kH81ugiryabIN-wxAW4ccRTy614cESCykkZV3ufq-k1tvqQwLDPox8l8rfr4HuVd15tPO0Frl/s4000/IMG_1908+%25281%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfVlM1CeVGM8tcvgMpFhVVez5lNKQH1B85u4y-p_bYR4xa3_V9twDylWkJMMN_vvPtLT7kH81ugiryabIN-wxAW4ccRTy614cESCykkZV3ufq-k1tvqQwLDPox8l8rfr4HuVd15tPO0Frl/w300-h400/IMG_1908+%25281%2529.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p>The centre is a tree stake I stained. The branches are miscellaneous trim pieces. I picked out the ornaments I wanted to use (mostly wooden) and started by adding the top branch. I added the ornaments and then spaced the next branch. It has a sturdy base on it, but I used a large brass planter to sit it in. As a final touch I ran miniature white lights up the centre stock.</p><p>Here it is in place in the den.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEUI9PAU0UtIDHzXFh-v_VojOD6FMWMvke8uMVtFzJ7hEHcC3ZlTDVV_bhKyOdDEXdq73fjEPljVf0ShGU_cz8x9X_GJa0dOOZpnqs83GSSysgkNfJO-RWoONcxkJR4H-ActMowzm2G-4h/s4000/IMG_1922.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEUI9PAU0UtIDHzXFh-v_VojOD6FMWMvke8uMVtFzJ7hEHcC3ZlTDVV_bhKyOdDEXdq73fjEPljVf0ShGU_cz8x9X_GJa0dOOZpnqs83GSSysgkNfJO-RWoONcxkJR4H-ActMowzm2G-4h/w480-h640/IMG_1922.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8B_07TBY6dEmwBvhDra57lVHrjCIxowVutsiOQrx64Bxd-eVfbMGRXgmiqx4SNeXEGZFttVPpkidAGk-x1xAVzDFg1SziE_KT8W9MWE6ZbW1z-RYO1l8D9LKzEHqCWoj391q5R5G8pY5J/s4000/IMG_1921.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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It has been 14 degrees celsius all week (57 f) and nothing could keep me from the garden.<br />
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In the back I raked off 5 bags of leaves.<br />
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And found some treasures. The Rhubarb is poking its head through.<br />
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And some not so pleasant surprises. The rabbits are back. The books say they won't eat this shrub. Obviously they don't read.<br />
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I am going to start having my first tea in the garden every day and will keep a watch out for all the perennials popping up :) Love Spring.</div>
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I started my spring cleaning today!<br />
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I started with my baking drawers. I have been eating keto for the past year, but I still have things here that I don't use anymore ... flour, sugar, pasta, rice, etc. <br />
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Now everything I don't use any more is gone and it will be much easier to grab what I need.<br />
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A few snaps of my festive decorations this year .....<br />
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The Family Room Mantle </div>
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Mostly greens and natural decorations this year.</div>
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Sharon@Sharon at Homehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16720955338162888640noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886698171642668940.post-67106217191883345932019-10-14T10:47:00.000-04:002019-10-14T10:47:02.297-04:00Happy Thanksgiving!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It is Thanksgiving Day in Canada.<br />
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The sun is out, the air is crisp, the leaves are turning beautiful colours, the family is all together to give Thanks .. and soon you will be able to smell the turkey. <br />
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Sharon@Sharon at Homehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16720955338162888640noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886698171642668940.post-71867147303070588542019-09-15T14:00:00.002-04:002019-09-15T14:00:57.527-04:00Antique Finds<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I was at the Fall Christie Antique Sale last week and had a couple finds:<br />
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Pretty amber glasses:<br />
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A honey tin for a flower in the kitchen:<br />
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Sharon@Sharon at Homehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16720955338162888640noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886698171642668940.post-17594735403661387202019-08-24T18:45:00.003-04:002019-08-24T18:45:59.660-04:00Books, books, and more books<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I needed space for all my quilts. They are currently stored in a basket and a chest drawer in the guest room, but I have so many (and I keep making more) so I wanted to clean out all the books I had on shelves in the guest closet to make storage for them.<br />
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I have an awkward niche in the basement family room and decided I would make a bookshelf for all my pocketbooks.<br />
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I measured it and went to Home Depot to have my pine cut.<br />
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Then added tons of paperbacks to the shelves. </div>
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Books have been moved ... but the quilts haven't found their new home yet. A project for another day:)</div>
Sharon@Sharon at Homehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16720955338162888640noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886698171642668940.post-71889868183136778872019-06-24T12:06:00.002-04:002019-06-24T12:06:49.179-04:00It's my fault we are having a Severe Thunderstorm ....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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My Peonies finally bloomed!!<br />
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and it seems to me that whenever they bloom, we have a storm.<br />
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Peonies are so beautiful ... but transient.<br />
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Sharon@Sharon at Homehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16720955338162888640noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886698171642668940.post-63877158201525090612019-06-09T13:11:00.001-04:002019-06-09T13:11:54.098-04:00Freshening up the Front Porch<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This wicker chair has been sitting on my front porch every summer for the past 10 years. It gets a lot of sun and was looking a little faded. Out came the brown spray paint and now it looks revived and welcoming again.<br />
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I also gave the mailbox a spray with black paint to freshen it up also. <br />
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Strenuous morning. Took a cup of tea to the garden. Picked at weeds. Then contemplated the world from under the Crimson King Maple.<br />
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The girls are coming tomorrow for tea and muffins, so I picked some rhubarb and made Rhubarb Compote to go along with the muffins.<br />
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4 cups rhubarb cut in 1/2 inch sections</div>
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Place all ingredients in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Stir constantly for approx 10 min. the Rhubarb will turn soft and come apart and the mixture will thicken.</div>
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Sharon@Sharon at Homehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16720955338162888640noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886698171642668940.post-34231690488525249312019-03-27T12:19:00.000-04:002019-03-27T12:19:24.100-04:00Tool time!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I used to store all my tools in the laundry room, but now that I had the room professionally finished, it is too pretty for tools.<br />
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I decided to set up the closet under the stairs as my tool room. I lined the walls with plywood, painted the floors and have started organizing all my tools.<br />
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My sister-in-law made all the wooden tool holders.</div>
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I love the rotary phone ... it came with the house.</div>
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Great way to use under the stairs. A few more things to add to the walls, but then everything will have a place and all the screws/nails etc will be labelled.</div>
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Sharon@Sharon at Homehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16720955338162888640noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886698171642668940.post-65289665796583271932019-03-12T13:09:00.002-04:002019-03-12T13:09:42.601-04:00Time Change means Spring is on the way!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Time to make a small change in the bedroom in anticipation of Spring!<br />
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Off with the dark winter quilt and on with a pretty spring quilt in golds and greens and reds.<br />
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Sharon@Sharon at Homehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16720955338162888640noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886698171642668940.post-29499951375387877512019-01-07T15:23:00.000-05:002019-01-07T15:23:44.690-05:00First project of 2019<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Got up this morning and finally got in gear for 2019.<br />
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Starting small, I decided to re-upholster my office chair. I received an electric stapler for Christmas and this was just the job for it.<br />
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I had a few yards of this upholstery weight fabric in the basement (I must have bought at the same time as the red toile)</div>
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Covered the top and added a dust cover to the bottom. I personally don't like to see all the cut fabric and staples under the chair .... not that I'm on my knees that much .... but it is just neater.</div>
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A great small project to get the momentum going again.</div>
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I don't go all glitzy for Christmas. My decorating is much more subtle, but you definitely know it is the Christmas season.<br />
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The Kitchen is decked ..</div>
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The Living Room and Dining Room</div>
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A little Christmas on the shelf above my desk in the Office/Craft Room</div>
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The beds get festive red and white quilts</div>
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And I am one of those that has all her Christmas shopping done before December 1. Everything is wrapped and ready for a happy day with the family.</div>
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Sharon@Sharon at Homehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16720955338162888640noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886698171642668940.post-74190055879248891422018-12-03T16:13:00.000-05:002018-12-03T16:13:37.250-05:00New Chandelier<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I have been walking down the stairs for year looking at my ugly chandelier. When the electrician was in doing the wiring in the new laundry room I took that opportunity to replace the light with a new bronze iron lantern.<br />
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I have been in this house for 11 years now. The laundry room has always been an unfinished space in the basement. Not really condusive to washing your clothes :)<br />
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I finally had a construction crew in to finish the room. Framing, wall board, laminate flooring, lighting and everything. This is the finished room.<br />
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Even has room for my workbench. An area under the stairs (that you don't see in any of the pictures) was sectioned off with a door and I use that for tool storage.<br />
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The solid door leads into the hot water/furnace area. The louvered door is next to the furnace to allow ventilation.<br />
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It is a little thing; but the closet doors have always bugged me. They were floor to ceiling, builder basic sliders. You could only access half the closet at a time.<br />
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When I had the hardwood floors put in earlier this year I had them remove the doors.<br />
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I am currently having my laundry room finished, so had the doors updated at the same time. It was more labour intensive than I thought. They had to build a bulk head and side extension to fit the new bi-folds I wanted. Seemed to take ages to complete, the construction, the painting and I had the craft room painted at the same time. Finally after two weeks of all the contents of my closets laying on the bed in the guest room they are done.<br />
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Sharon@Sharon at Homehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16720955338162888640noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886698171642668940.post-76069902718811678042018-09-10T14:11:00.002-04:002018-09-10T14:27:01.370-04:00A Good Day for Antiquing<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Saturday was the Christie Antique Show. It was the perfect crisp fall day for it, and I attended the show with my Brother and Niece. We arrived at 7:50AM and it was already jammed. We walked and walked, looking at all the booths for 5 hours.<br />
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Does this remind you of the Netflix program "Lords and Ladles"?</div>
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Beautiful furniture</div>
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A whimsical herd of goats</div>
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A quick stop at the airstream ice cream shop </div>
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and more walking ....</div>
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Bags of amazing finds</div>
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A great day</div>
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Allison's haul: moulds and rolling pins for her kitchen wall </div>
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Decanter for bar cart</div>
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My buys: a tin for a plant</div>
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What a great way to spend a beautiful fall day!!!</div>
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Sharon@Sharon at Homehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16720955338162888640noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886698171642668940.post-14152933406658923632018-08-08T09:46:00.000-04:002018-08-08T09:46:20.750-04:00Vintage Wooden Crates<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I had a friend from out of province visit for a week recently.<br />
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I'm always looking for new places to take her and had seen a place on-line that was interesting to me. She loves vintage ... so we made a trip.<br />
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They had rooms of boxes. I was so carried away with the choices I forgot to take pictures in the back rooms where the boxes were piled a couple deep and to the rafters.</div>
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I really wanted this one as I just retired from IBM after a 38 year career. But it was price prohibitive. </div>
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I did find one to bring home. I put a coat of varathane on it, and sanded it out. Gorgeous!</div>
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I'm using it to store some quilt books. You can see the logo on the top and on the end when you enter the room.</div>
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I never liked the shades on the light above the sink in the master bedroom.<br />
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I was at Michael's today. I couldn't find what I went for, but I found these shades that look like mason jars and they were on sale. I thought they would work, so that brought replacing the shades to the top of my to do list.</div>
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The hole in the lid didn't fit over the electrical piece that holds the light bulb, so I had to press the metal back a bit to accommodate.<span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div>
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and now they are installed. <br />
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It is amazing the difference in the amount of light with a clear shade.<br />
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One more 'to do' done :)</div>
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