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My husband brought me tulips again this week – yellow and red ones this time. I had to take some pictures because they’re just beautiful! I’m mesmerized by the red on the tulips because it looks like it’s painted on. It’s so gorgeous. What do you think?

How was your week? Do you have big plans for the weekend? I don’t have anything big planned. I have a tennis match scheduled for tomorrow morning, assuming it doesn’t rain. After that just errands and then a lot of stuff at Church on Sunday. And then MICHAEL BUBLE Sunday night!!! I’m so excited!! Yay!! I can hardly wait. He’s the one man I’ve always wanted to hear sing in person that I haven’t. And now is my chance. Anyways, I hope you have a wonderful weekend!!!

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Did you watch the new show on Bravo this week called “9 By Design”? If not, I highly recommend it! I watched it out of curiosity - one, because it had to do with Interior Design and you know how I love that and two, it’s Bravo and I typically like their shows. It was a really good show and I can’t wait to see more episodes. If you didn’t see the show, let me tell you about it – it’s a husband/wife team that have a design firm called SixxDesign. They got the SixxDesign name from their six kids. Now they have one more, so hence the  TV name “9 By Design”. They live in Manhattan and develop these great projects there and sometimes they will rebuild city blocks. They like to travel the world to find unique items to put in their homes. Their style is modern and unique. I really like it. Their latest project and the one that they were living in during the episode that I saw was “#5 Center Market”. It used to be an old gun shop. That’s the one I chose to show you below. Check out that basketball court on the roof top! They wanted to duplicate the dome of the police station nearby. During the episode, Courtney and Robert were discussing how they were “obsessed with design”. LOL, I’m glad I’m not the only one. I hope you enjoy these photos. They are amazing!

All images from SixxDesign

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A few weeks ago, I conducted a survey about doing a mini-series. The most positive feedback I got was for making rooms out of Ebay finds. So this is the first week that I’ve been able to put one together and I thought I would start with the Dining Room and this week I just started with the basics to see how it goes. Maybe next week I’ll be able to add a few more accessories. So here is the first edition of Unearthing Ebay for the Dining Room. I found this Dining Room set for $20 and I would reupholster it in that beautiful fabric. Add a new rug and a pretty chandelier and you have a new Dining Room for under $100!

Total Cost (as of right now):

Table and Chairs: $20.50

Fabric for the Chairs: $9.99

Rug for the Dining Rug: $.01

Chandelier: $40.99

Grand Total: $71.49

(Please note this doesn’t include shipping)

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During my blogging class, several of the classmates had giveways and I entered several of them. I just happened to win two of them and both of the prizes came this weekend. I was so excited to get real mail in the mail for once and not just bills. I was away for the weekend so my husband sent me a text letting me know I got two packages. I couldn’t wait to get home to open them!

Here’s what I received!

The first prize I won was a print of the Flatiron Building by Eddie Ching from Anna’s blog at Be Healthy, Be Well, Be Inspired. Anna’s blog has become a favorite of mine since she always has great tips for healthy living – both physically and mentally.

The second giveway I won was from Gosia’s Pick&Post. She made these cards. Aren’t they beautiful? The pictures don’t do them justice. I’m so honored to have original Gosia cards! And we were pretty excited to also have stamps from Polska! Haha. Something that you don’t see everything day.

Please check out both of these blogs! They’re both on daily reads and are great!

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Since I have Spring and flowers on the mind, I thought I would pull together a collection of vases to share with you. As you can see, I typically prefer clear vases but do like some colored ones. I really like the last ones, the cloudy blue ones. I prefer colored ones because then you don’t have to look at the water and stems. But with colored vases I also have issues matching flowers to the color of the vase. Lol. I hope you enjoy my picks! What kind of vases do you prefer?

Images from: 1-2, ZGallerie; 3, CrateBarrel; 4-5, ZGallerie; 6-7, CrateBarrel; 8, West Elm; 9, ZGallerie

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Yesterday I wasn’t feeling well and my husband brought me home some beautiful tulips. It was really sweet too because I was just thinking earlier that day that I wanted some tulips. I hadn’t even shared that information with him. I took some pictures today to share with you. What a perfect thing to enjoy today while it’s snowing outside! Have I mentioned what crazy whether we’re having in Atlanta! Enjoy!

I think I mentioned in a previous post that I was cat sitting. Today he was watching my husband cook dinner from the comfy chair and he sat in the position for a long time. So we had to get the camera out to get a picture to send his ownesr. So just for fun, here you go:

I hope you had a great day!

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I received a new Etsy print today in the mail that I ordered from Jennifer Squires. I first saw her featured on ArtWall and I fell in love with this delightful pink flower. If you don’t know by now pink is my absolute favorite color and I love flowers. So what a perfect combination for me! And this flower is so light and beautiful. When I saw it featured, I bought it on the spot. It’s more stunning in person and I need to find the perfect place for it in my house.

Her tagline is Modern Minimalist Landscape, which is well suited to just what I like. Take a look at some of her other pictures available at Etsy.

Jennifer also has a blog that is well worth checking out. I have already signed up to see what new items she will be having come out. You should too!

All images from Jennifer Squires’ Etsy Shop

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Hello! How has your week been? Mine has been busy! I’m looking forward to a somewhat down weekend. I have some Art Institute homework to do and then a lot of Blogging Your Way Homework to do. I’m going to try and get out and play some tennis, if the weather improves. How are those of you up north surviving the snow? I’m so ready for the spring! The first sign of Spring to me is the crocus – so hopefully we’ll be seeing some of these soon!

Image from AnyMotion

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Based on some of the feedback from the survey, it seemed that there was some interest in my job and how it relates to Interior Design. Since it’s late, I won’t go too much into depth about my job but I’ll start with one main thing. I am in the Technology field, but I also work a lot with auditors and customers. I am the point of contact for the auditors and customers and tell them all about our IT Security. So sometimes it’s like a sales job and sometimes it’s like a customer relations job. I have to sell our Security to ensure that customer is comfortable with it because if they are not, they’re not going to buy our products. Sometimes customers are very difficult and sometimes they’re not. I have always gotten great feedback on my work with customers. And I was thinking the other day how this can easily translate to the Interior Design field when I get there. Customers will be my life and they will not all be easy, some will be difficult and want to change their mind several times. Some will be demanding and have tight time schedules. But when I think of my past experience at my current job, I feel better that I can handle that part of it. So just some thoughts from me tonight.



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Before I start my post for the day, I just want to say that my posting may be a little more sporadic now that classes have started. The first few days have been a little more difficult than I imaged – just trying to figure out what needed to be done, etc. But hopefully once I get into the swing of things, I can be on here regularly again. I really miss it! I’m going to try my best to post at least 3 times a week. And I will keep you updated on my school progress. My first class is Computer Literacy, which I thought would be a piece of cake! Apparently not! Haha.

So onto my post for today. I was browsing the Atlanta Home and Lifestyle magazine and I came across this condo and all the purple caught my eye. Personally I’ve been thinking of doing a room in purple (again when I get a house). So this needless to say, I had to save these images to my Inspiration Folder and thought I would share with you. I love that the designer, Bob Brown, painted the ceiling the same color and he kept the curtains in the same color to not distract the eye from the wonderful Atlanta skyline. I also like the Ikat pillows on the green chairs and that he carried the purple theme into the master bedroom with the throw pillows, cushions and curtains. What about you? Are you a fan of purple?

Images from Atlanta Homes Magazine

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