Happy Dance! Found my long-lost fabric!

 I have been searching high and low for this fabric -- a curtain panel I bought about 2 yrs ago at Tuesday Morning. I LOVE LOVE LOVE modern florals, and the colors of this one is my absolute favorite. Love the taupe, the hint of red, the white, the ebony. LOVE. Its a Better Homes & Gardens (probably from Walmart originally?) the pattern is called Natchez in Sepia. I know all this because I was looking everywhere for this pattern, found out it is a discontinued fabirc at Joann's as well, and was even used in an episode of HGTV Designed to Sell... (Thanks, Google, like I really needed to know that!) Couldn't find it on Ebay or anything.

I only had 2 panels and I have been using them as a shower curtain, and I LIKE it there to cover up my gosh-awful looking shower in the master bath. I wanted to somehow tie in the bedding with the master bath...so now I found this ONE extra panel, its very large (like 56 x 96) so I can make 2 shams, and a smaller bolster, or 2 smaller pillows.

 (Geeez, I need to paint my cabinets already!)

So today I went into another Tuesday Morn, and there it was, ON THE FLOOR, reduced to $6.99. Woohoo! Score!

I also bought these valances, but it looks as though I need to adjust the tab length. I like them better than the basketweave pattern I got last week, do you?

 (Gawd, I HAVE to replace that flourescent light !!!)
I'm a linen-nut as you can see.... can't get enough.
My house is very neutral right now, so switching out the curtains, pillows and such gives me a whole new look. Like that.

Make it a Great Day!

Ann

I Heart Before & Afters!!!!

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before & after: a tale of 2 kitchens (and a bath)

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An AMAZING Makeover!!!!! I LOVE these wood countertops...... The mix of contemporary and cottage---oooooo!!!! swoon!

OK, now have you seen this?

Picture is courtesy of designsponge.com

http://www.designspongeonline.com/2009/07/guest-blog-diy-project-paper-scrap-projects.html

OMG!!!!--projects for the tons of scrapbook paper I buy and never use (I don't scrapbook...yet... I figure if the Good Lord lets me live till I am old and the kids are outta the house I will sit there and spend my days going through photos and scrapbooking them. By then it will be an ancient art!)

(play etheral music here.........)

Epiphany Moment-like right this second-I realize I love to read about ideas and DIY but I am TOO LAZY TO START!!!!! Isn't that crazy? I mean, I am completely immoble--- I have all the materials- the paint, the paper, the furniture...but I don't paint it? Will getting my house finally spark me to finally do these things? At least try? Am I afraid of failure...hmmm. I will have to explore that.....

Here's what I'd like to do with my chinacabinet: