tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85854290571216606042024-03-18T21:50:16.940-05:00Kiwi in Texasfamily life, travels and decorating my houseAnnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16115731330817793764noreply@blogger.comBlogger201125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585429057121660604.post-84967958129195384962013-09-01T10:44:00.001-05:002013-09-02T08:53:01.440-05:00Yellow china cabinetSometimes I have no plans for the day, but then I find a new piece of furniture or a project around the house comes up and I am busy all day. <br />
On Friday I drove home from work and a few doors down when I turned on my street I saw someone had put a china cabinet on the curb, so I hurried home and told Chris, of course he rolled his eyes and said yes he had seen it, but had hoped someone else would have picked it up before I saw it. Wow he knows me too well.<br />
So we get in the car and drive down and he helps me get it. We have recently downsized cars from a mini van to a small SUV, and Chris had hoped that would mean no more chance of big pieces of furniture coming home, but as this was on our street I could just drive on back home with the trunk open.<br />
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I will say the cabinet was not a fine antique, or in perfect condition. One of the doors on the bottom was broken, but I still liked the style and size of it, and I knew even if I couldn't make it work I could at least give it away to someone else who could use it.<br />
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The green was not bad, but in searching google images for "painted china cabinet" my favorites were the yellow ones, so I went and bought a sample can of pretty yellow paint. I decided to leave the inside green for now, I thought the books and china looked good against a dark color.</div>
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To solve the broken door problem I just took out the panels (they were just thin plywood), as the bottom shelves I wanted to use for book shelves anyway and I didn't mind it being open. I could get more glass panels made later on.</div>
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Trash to treasure, I think so! Not bad for just $6 for the little can of yellow paint and a days painting.</div>
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This is my second free china cabinet, I also have <a href="http://anna-kiwiintexas.blogspot.com/2010/09/new-painted-furniture.html">this one</a> I painted gray.</div>
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The one <a href="http://anna-kiwiintexas.blogspot.com/2013_01_01_archive.html">little china cabinet</a> I paid for is more space for collecting.</div>
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I'm thankful for a patient husband who puts up with me for bringing this junk home, usually he is surprised with the way things turn out in the end.</div>
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Earlier in the summer we were lucky enough to go to San Francisco for a few days. Chris had to go for a conference, and he did some sight-seeing with us, but the kids and I got to have a great time in this city. </div>
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The first thing we did after getting off the plane was to go to the <a href="http://www.burlingamepezmuseum.com/">PEZ museum</a>, for the <a href="http://anna-kiwiintexas.blogspot.com/2010/08/pez-collection.html">PEZ collector</a> in the family.</div>
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And to our hotel, fun for our family to stay in a nice old hotel, makes a change from our usual Holiday Inn Express type.</div>
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That evening we walked down to Chinatown.</div>
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And some sights for the main reader and <a href="http://anna-kiwiintexas.blogspot.com/2013/03/poetry-blog_22.html">writer</a> in the family. Jack Kerouac Alley:</div>
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The "<a href="http://www.sanfrancisco.travel/icons/Alamo-Square--the-Painted-Ladies.html">painted ladies</a>"at</div>
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Alamo square park</div>
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At the Sutro baths park overlooking the Pacific Ocean</div>
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where it was beautiful, but cold, so we ate our Subway lunch in the car, then back to the city, we picked up Chris from his conference and back to the airport.</div>
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Home to Texas, where we were home for about 24 hours until we packed up to New Zealand for 5 weeks.....</div>
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It's been quite some time since I updated this blog, not that I am not still doing a lot around this house, we have just had a really busy summer. On the Sunday before I am due to go back to my teaching job I thought I would share a few house updates for anyone that might still be out there reading. We have had a fantastic summer with trips to San Francisco, and then New Zealand for 5 weeks so I have lots of those pictures to share too. I thought I'd share some house pictures in this first post though.</div>
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I bought these new dining chairs for $20 each. The person I bought them from said they were made in Dresden, Germany after WWII. They are in great condition, just needed a little update with the fabric. The picture below is the original fabric.</div>
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Then with new fabric:</div>
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(I didn't have to buy any, I just re-used from some World Market chair covers I had)</div>
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I love my new chairs. At the beginning of the summer I had started re-painting the kitchen cabinets, starting with the island I painted a darker gray, and all the outer cabinets I painted "Simply White". I am really happy with the change and the kitchen is a lot brighter and great to show off my vintage Fiesta and other dishes. I took off the cabinet doors above the fridge to have more display space too.</div>
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The new chairs go perfectly with my maple Ethan Allen table I bought a few months previous. Here it is with one of the extra leaves added</div>
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On this side is all our "everyday dishes" of fiestaware. I cleared out the drawer below on the left for all my teas.</div>
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Even the pantry got a little update with new handles to match the other cabinet hardware.</div>
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And another summer find is this little arm chair, I found at a resale shop for $20. The fabric is in perfect condition and the frame was already painted that pretty light blue.</div>
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And even our old door from the garage that leads through the laundry room into the kitchen got a makeover with a coat of dark gray. </div>
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<br />Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16115731330817793764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585429057121660604.post-67227468536800016332013-03-31T08:58:00.001-05:002013-03-31T08:59:46.222-05:00Blue paint<br />
Back in August I wrote about this new<a href="http://anna-kiwiintexas.blogspot.com/2012/08/new-very-pink-find.html"> pink find</a>. This looked good in Kate's room and it was good to have the extra storage, but as I was doing her little <a href="http://anna-kiwiintexas.blogspot.com/2013/03/birthday-room-makeover.html">room makeover</a>, I thought it would really be better for her to have a <a href="http://anna-kiwiintexas.blogspot.com/2011/07/new-desk.html">desk</a>.<br />
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That little can of blue paint has gone a long way, I used it on the kids'<a href="http://anna-kiwiintexas.blogspot.com/2012/06/painted-bathroom.html"> bathroom cabinets</a>, and my dresser/<a href="http://anna-kiwiintexas.blogspot.com/2012/07/bold-blue.html"> tv cabinet</a> in the family roomAnnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16115731330817793764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585429057121660604.post-66022199845346710832013-03-30T13:43:00.000-05:002013-03-30T13:43:31.831-05:00Birthday room makeoverKate was away last week at a retreat for confirmation so I did a little unplanned surprise makeover in her room. Instead of slightly messy poster wall, I printed out pictures of her favorite people and quotes (all from google images or pinterest), and bought some in-expensive frames from Target.<br />
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This framed picture she had I flipped over and made into a chalkboard.<br />
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Also new was the IKEA frame I painted blue and the lamps and love pillow (from Target).</div>
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<br />Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16115731330817793764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585429057121660604.post-30478523784701594602013-03-22T20:45:00.001-05:002013-03-22T20:45:24.147-05:00Poetry Blog<br />
My husband Chris has a poetry blog, and he is on day 144 of 365 writing a poem a day.<br />
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He writes the poems by hand then types them up on his $4 typewriter I bought him at a garage sale. He has been writing poetry for a long time.<br />
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So, go "follow" his blog too:<br />
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I've been wanting a round table for the kitchen for a while now. A friend was selling a solid maple one, so I got lucky! It also came with 3 leaves, so if we ever have a lot of people over we can extend it to make a much bigger table!</div>
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I may get some different chairs, or paint these ones....</div>
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Another project I've been thinking of is turning my old coffee table into an ottoman, so a little money spent on foam and quilt batting and fabric, so now I have a brand new coffee table / ottoman:</div>
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I had too much fabric, so my office chair got a makeover:</div>
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<br />Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16115731330817793764noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585429057121660604.post-50669976247653858222013-01-21T10:36:00.000-06:002013-01-21T11:01:15.161-06:00Happy New Year!Wow, it's been about 5 months since I last posted here. I had a few new home finds and changes to share though.<br />
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Just this weekend I found this little china cabinet, already painted and stained in an antique style finish. I changed out the knobs to these from Anthropologie (on sale $2.99 each)</div>
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I gave away my big book shelf to a friend but I love this little piece and can change out the pieces depending on what I want to display.</div>
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We bought this old printers tray a couple of months ago to display some little collections of my grandmother's thimbles and other little pieces.</div>
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my art / family picture wall is a mix-match of things, but I like every little thing up there</div>
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my other china cabinet with some of my blue fiestaware and other pieces</div>
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and this dresser moved downstairs and is good storage for more china pieces, board games and linens</div>
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another "baby ben" clock</div>
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and another recent find, the "persimmon" fiesta ware cups from GOODWILL! This persimmon, turquoise and gray are my favorite colors of fiesta ware, but I have some yellow, green and other colors too, I really love it all.</div>
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It looks great in Kate's room with her blue walls.</div>
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And it is a perfect match to the New York picture that was already hanging in that spot.</div>
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Lots of storage and lots of space on the top for all the stuff that girls gather.</div>
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I brought in this low coffee table I wasn't using downstairs anymore and made a bench seat for when she has friends over. We already had this quilt too and see some of the squares are also a perfect match for the new dresser.</div>
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I finally gave in a few weeks ago and let her get a poster, her beloved One Direction, and this is about as good as it gets for a made bed.</div>
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Kate's other green dresser is a very similar style and it is now in her closet for storing clothes.</div>
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Anyway it's a nice room with wood floors and a big closet. The only downside is that it only has one window. It still has plenty of light during the day if you open the blinds though.<br />
Up until this point I did not do anything to arrange or decorate, but Chris had all his books guitars etc set up how he liked.<br />
Of course I was excited when he finally said "Anna, if you really want to you can paint my office, as long as I can pick the colors and it is not a light pastel color". He wanted to help paint and everything, but as last week was my last of summer break, and he was away in Amarillo for work I decided to get it done.<br />
I didn't buy the paint and start working in the room until about 3 in the afternoon and I finished it all up (except for moving the books and things back in) probably by 1am.<br />
The first couple of hours was all the furniture moving, taping and prep work.<br />
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Let me show you some before pictures. 3 walls in the room were painted a reddish brown color, and one wall was just white.<br />
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This is one of the new paint colors I picked (benjamin moore "rockport gray")</div>
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Another before picture with his collection of Beatles records </div>
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His guitars and the one white wall</div>
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Another before - brown walls, brown floor, wood furniture</div>
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The white wall with a sample of the new paint color (sherwin williams "moody blue")</div>
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And now the "After" pictures. I wanted to keep all the same things in the room, I did a little re-arranging and organizing, but I think it worked out good and it still has the same vibe as before, and Chris is happy with it!</div>
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I think this is my favorite wall, I love the way the guitars look against the blue. I moved the albums to this side (there is more space on this wall if he wants to add more to his collection). The Who canvas thing is from Target a couple of years ago.</div>
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This little chair is super comfortable and was $10 from a yard sale!</div>
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I brought this shelf upstairs from my office to display his typewriters. He uses the top 2 ones to type up poetry and writes and sends letters to a few people. Our joke has always been that when we go to a fancy starbucks in the River Oaks (a fancy part of Houston), where everyone is on their laptop or smart phone, that he wants to one day bring a typewriter and start typing. The typewriters have always been a talking point of interest for Kate's friends who some of them had not seen one before, or probably ever get to use one. It is a big novelty when they have got the put in the paper and write something.</div>
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So different from the IPod generation of kids that who knows what they will be using when they are our age.</div>
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I bought him a new lamp at Homegoods.....</div>
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Few more things - Chris' little league baseball picture, some collectible stamps of baseball stadiums in the US, and a framed leaf that our daughter Kate had picked up as a toddler - it was from our pear tree in our old back yard the first year after we planted it and it lost it's leaves.</div>
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This original art from Goodwill looks great in a frame, pretty great for I think a $2 purchase, and our family picture from Disneyland 3 years ago.</div>
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some of his favorite books, and marathon medals.</div>
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Dr Pepper clock and rusty sign from his Grandfather's farm.</div>
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So another room done! We may start getting some new light fixtures soon, upstairs every room just has the plain white ceiling fan, which we don't use the ceiling fans much so they just collect dust.</div>
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So still a few more projects to work on around the house, but I think I've painted every room except our bathroom. We've been here a little more than 3 years now</div>
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I think I am finally done with painting! My downstairs rooms at least. I'll just share all these AFTER pictures, if you want to see the rooms before you can read these posts about the <a href="http://anna-kiwiintexas.blogspot.com/2011/07/new-desk.html">green desk</a></div>
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or this<a href="http://anna-kiwiintexas.blogspot.com/2012/03/recent-finds-for-home.html"> one</a> has some pictures of both rooms. The color was not bad, but just beige, so I was ready for a change and it needed fresh paint as that was a flat paint that showed every little mark.</div>
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Here is my office, painted Behr Dark Ash on the top, and Benjamin Moore Simply White on the bottom below the chair rail. I LOVE the way it turned out.</div>
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I found this color online and it has been on my pinterest board for a while (<a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/180425528791039745/">see this picture</a>).</div>
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I keep craft and scrapbooking supplies in this dresser:</div>
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And the plastic drawers are not pretty but they don't look too bad on this shelf.</div>
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I got a few of these white frames from IKEA for $1.99 for a few favorite family pictures........</div>
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With my Mum (I'm in the backpack) and one of my Dad when he was young.</div>
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and pictures of my grandparents....</div>
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And this new white curtain rod (also from IKEA). These curtains have moved around the house in a couple of different rooms but I think they look good in here.</div>
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And the living room got painted my favorite light gray - Valspar Seashell Gray.</div>
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I'm trying the chalkboard hanging vertical, I read somewhere that hanging things this way makes the ceilings seem higher, not sure if this is true, but I like it this way for now! </div>
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I like Kate's little quote and artwork better than my 'tree' I had as a temporary filler.</div>
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and my globe "collection" (I guess 2 counts for a collection, right?) The little one is a bank so it's actually in use to keep that spare change.</div>
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And my other bigger collection has moved back to the family room (this room is also painted Seashell gray)</div>
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I love it all in here and the blue-ish fiestaware looks good with my blue dresser.</div>
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Emmy is happy she can nap in peace without painting or furniture moving going on around her....</div>
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See the cute stool the lamp is on? I bought it from a blog "friend" Pamela who lives close by. If you haven't already visit her blog <a href="http://frommyfrontporchtoyours.blogspot.com/">From My Front Porch to Yours</a>. She is very talented in furniture painting and decorating.</div>
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<br />Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16115731330817793764noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585429057121660604.post-15620967604573004232012-07-18T08:59:00.000-05:002012-07-18T09:00:05.952-05:00Painted OfficeI painted my office yesterday:<br />
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I am on a roll (literally) for painting projects this summer. So far I have done<a href="http://anna-kiwiintexas.blogspot.com/2012/06/painted-bathroom.html"> 2 bathrooms</a>, utility room, upstairs hallway / kids playroom and stairway and the <a href="http://anna-kiwiintexas.blogspot.com/2012/07/bold-blue.html">blue dresser</a>.<br />
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I think I have only one or two more house projects to finish, other than that I'm getting things together for my classroom and cleaning and organizing closets. We go to Goodwill to donate a few bags, but usually end up coming home with new treasures again too.<br />
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I LOVE summertime, getting things done around the house, and relaxing with the kids.Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16115731330817793764noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585429057121660604.post-60767585073413643742012-07-18T08:42:00.000-05:002012-07-18T08:42:27.729-05:00Green SummerThis year we are thankful to be having lots of rain which is keeping the yard green. Last year we had no rain all summer and we lost our big <a href="http://anna-kiwiintexas.blogspot.com/2011/11/goodbye-oak-tree.html">oak tree</a>.<br />
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Including this hydrangea, I think this is the third time I've tried growing a hydrangea but the only time it has survived. I thought by keeping it in a pot I will remember to water it. So far so good. It just had the first flower this week, it is a pretty pale pink.</div>
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<br />Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16115731330817793764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585429057121660604.post-73112719551933802202012-07-04T19:50:00.001-05:002012-07-10T06:53:30.822-05:00Bold blueTwo years ago I bought an<a href="http://anna-kiwiintexas.blogspot.com/2010/05/latest-garage-sale-find.html"> old dresser</a> at a yard sale. It has served well as a TV stand and we even took out the top 2 drawers for the cable box and DVD player (Chris drilled some holes in the back for the cords). This week I was doing some other painting and I thought maybe that could use a fresh coat of paint too. Just thinking of the paint colors I have already I thought maybe it would look good the same<a href="http://anna-kiwiintexas.blogspot.com/2012/06/painted-bathroom.html"> blue</a> I just painted the kids bathroom cabinets.<br />
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Anyway, are you ready for a before and after picture?<br />
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Here is what it looked like BEFORE. It was a cream color and the paint was pretty shabby and chipped.<br />
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And here it is AFTER:<br />
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Let me know what you think?......... So far everyone in the family gives it a thumbs up.</div>
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these little coasters I thought were so cute, found at Urban Outfitters last week:<br />
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And also in the room the new blue pitchers that are a similar color to the dresser now......<br />
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<span id="goog_1691023244"></span><span id="goog_1691023245"></span>Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16115731330817793764noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585429057121660604.post-88288479391293154362012-06-23T11:31:00.000-05:002012-06-23T13:18:42.339-05:00More summertime home improvementsWe got something taken care of that has been needed since we moved in over 3
years ago. We knew there was a leak under the sink, there was some moisture
under there, but we also knew a professional was needed to come in and take care
of it properly as it was behind the cabinet wall under the sink.<br />
Of course we could see it was even worse once the wall was opened up. What
had happened, maybe even when the house was first built (1995) a contractor had
shot a nail into one of the copper pipes going through the 2 by 4 piece of wood,
so water had been slowly dripping out into the wall for years. So first of all
we had plumbers come in and re-do all the piping, then another contractor come
in and replace all the rotted wood, and replace the sheetrock, do the wall
texture and put in a new baseboard.<br />
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Bigger hole in the wall but work in progress getting cleaned up</div>
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a couple of months ago I sold my old iron bar stools and replaced them with
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I found these cool
blue pitchers at Ross for about $6 each. I love them because they are like old
vintage style fiestaware and bauer pottery.</div>
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love my fiestaware and other colorful dishes. I'm putting the start of a
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Also a couple of weeks ago I got a new pendant light fixture for above the
sink. This was one of the easy kits you can just take out the light bulb and
screw into the recessed light fixture.<br />
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When asked their opinion, their biggest request is NOT GRAY! and NOT WHITE! I guess I have been painting most everything those colors?<br />
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I found this picture below on Pinterest a couple of days ago, image originally from<a href="http://houseandhome.com/design/tip-2-paint-your-bathroom-cabinets"> here</a><br />
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I loved the color of this painted cabinet, but as to their request of not white walls, I gave Thomas my Sherwin williams paint fan deck, and the card he picked included the color "<a href="http://www.sherwin-williams.com/homeowners/color/find-and-explore-colors/paint-colors-by-family/SW6488-grand-canal/">Grand canal</a>" which was similar to the color in the picture above.<br />
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Here are some BEFORE pictures, just a pretty boring bathroom, white cabinets and gold color walls.<br />
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fun new shower curtain from Target. The other things on the wall I just moved in here from other places in the house.<br />
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I had the paint mixed in this paint which I've used before on furniture (a lady at Lowes told me one time this was good paint for furniture). I am going to also give the cabinet a coat of polyacrylic to seal it even better<br />
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and here's my downstairs gray bathroom. Painting on the wall from a garage sale, vintage towel from Goodwill and vintage Haegar planter <br />
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<br />Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16115731330817793764noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585429057121660604.post-72462642736398475932012-06-20T11:46:00.000-05:002012-06-20T19:20:56.089-05:00Coolest Vintage store everLong time between posts here, but I have a few things to update around here, so more posts to come soon! Our family just had a vacation getaway to Arkansas, and everyone was patient with my need to stop and check out some antique shops along the way.<br />
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My favorite was in Russellville, Arkansas - named "Funky Junky".<br />
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salt and pepper shakers anyone?</div>
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Here's my little haul from the week away from home....... mostly dishes, except for the brass owl bookend from Funky Junky!</div>
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The kids and I headed out at 7am yesterday for a local estate sale and found a few treasures, including another <a href="http://anna-kiwiintexas.blogspot.com/#!/2011/02/owl-cookie-jar.html">owl cookie jar</a>.</div>
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This one is just plain cream, with no name stamp on the bottom.</div>
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It is big and in great condition so quite a find for $8.</div>
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I found the same <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/95310875/cream-vintage-wise-old-owl-cookie-or?ref=sr_gallery_38&ga_includes%5B0%5D=tags&ga_search_query=owl+cookie+jar&ga_page=1&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery">one</a> as this one etsy for $45.</div>
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I also bought this pretty blue and white ironstone bowl.....</div>
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I already have a plate with the same print hanging on the wall.</div>
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And a little owl print in a gold frame......</div>
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We went to <a href="http://anna-kiwiintexas.blogspot.com/#!/2011/10/round-top-and-weekend.html">Round Top</a> again to check out the antiques there on Friday too. I bought a few small things, a clock, a bowl, a flour jar, some earrings, a head band for Kate. All the pictures I managed to take were these below of some bottle cap art / furniture, and a pretty painted dresser.</div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">and picked up one little vintage treasure - this green planter from Haegar potteries</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had some pretty azaleas at out old house too, so let's turn back time a little, here is 2005:</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and 2007</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The fiestaware and vintage dish collection is my other little obsession. I have been changing out the displays in this cabinet, but right now it has the gray / blue theme going on.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I re-painted my foyer recently and like the reflection in the antique mirror - this was a $5 junk store find</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I got this little black A letter for my office, it was already painted black.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have been looking for a vintage globe for a while and finally bought one recently. It has moved around to various places but at the moment it's at the top of the shelf in my office.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've had a collection of the blue jars for a while and they have been in the kitchen, but I brought some into the office to use as frames for favorite pictures.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This art piece was from a goodwill in San Antonio.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And last weekend I found this little art piece at an antique shop for $3 (alongside it is a garage sale planter, I think it was 50c!)</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and my latest piece to the fiestaware collection is this little teapot. This gray color is not one of the original colors, but it is not that common to find as it was only made from 1999-2001.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I see I have not had a blog post since December, I will try to do more soon. It's spring break for me and the kids, we are off to the beach tonight for a few days.</div>Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16115731330817793764noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585429057121660604.post-57599334684531584812011-12-21T09:17:00.000-06:002011-12-21T09:17:11.904-06:00Christmas break<div style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">I took some better pictures of the Christmas tree earlier this month - we were still counting down to Christmas break on the chalkboard, now the kids are counting down the days until Christmas, only 4 more days now!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We're having a good break from school so far. Last weekend we went to the zoo</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yesterday we made this fudge:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><u>Christmas Fudge </u>(recipe from <a href="http://www.parents.com/holiday/christmas/gifts/easy-to-make-homemade-goodies/?page=3">Parent's Magazine</a>)</em></div><img src="http://images.meredith.com/parents/images/2005/12/p_PA1205GIVNG001.jpg" /><br />
Your child can stir in the dried fruit when the fudge is off the stove.<br />
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• 2 bags (12 oz. each) white-chocolate chips<br />
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• 1 can (14 oz.) sweetened condensed milk (not evaporated milk)<br />
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• 1 tsp. vanilla<br />
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• Pinch of salt<br />
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• 1/2 cup chopped dried apricots<br />
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• 1/2 cup dried cranberries<br />
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Line an 80-square pan with foil. In a saucepan over low heat, stir and melt chips, condensed milk, vanilla, and salt. Remove from heat and stir in fruit. Spread evenly in pan. Chill 2 hours or until firm. Remove from pan and cut into squares. Store covered in refrigerator for up to 1 week.<br />
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<div align="center">Very easy to make and yummy too, Merry Christmas!</div>Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16115731330817793764noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585429057121660604.post-36997426001850564312011-12-04T16:00:00.000-06:002011-12-04T16:00:22.551-06:00Christmas events and decorating<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Breakfast with Santa yesterday at Chris' work. I don't know what he was telling them, but it looks like they're listening.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thomas asked for Lego and Kate a microscope.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then we headed out to<a href="http://www.millhollowtexas.com/"> Mill Hollow</a> Christmas tree farm</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and found the perfect tree.....</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Brought it home to decorate last night, and took some pictures today, it's a dark day so I need to take better pictures on a sunny day. </div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju8E-OQDE3UNr1YnXP5nnTQlTz5uKr1zreb2e86_jyyYAfV5FI6qBJbpSMo7CNPjpGOnoFCQVdTvwQNaYiw4Jma7C1HJtH-2RxltTIwUjhfMt53X9godzIKrhHUCzGaCblwvYZWXbCLmgn/s1600/IMG_7907.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dda="true" height="640px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju8E-OQDE3UNr1YnXP5nnTQlTz5uKr1zreb2e86_jyyYAfV5FI6qBJbpSMo7CNPjpGOnoFCQVdTvwQNaYiw4Jma7C1HJtH-2RxltTIwUjhfMt53X9godzIKrhHUCzGaCblwvYZWXbCLmgn/s640/IMG_7907.JPG" width="480px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">it is so pretty, the nicest tree we've had, these pictures don't do it justice.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the Santa stocking holders I've had a few years (from Marshalls)</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The United States is my home away from home, and I have come to love it here too. I have been here a third of my life now, over 12 years!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u>America the Beautiful</u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>by Katharine Lee Bates</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>O beautiful for spacious skies,</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><br />
</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>For amber waves of grain,</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><br />
</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>For purple mountain majesties</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><br />
</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>Above the fruited plain!</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><br />
</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>America! America!</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><br />
</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>God shed His grace on thee,</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><br />
</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>And crown thy good with brotherhood</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><br />
</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>From sea to shining sea!</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><br />
</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>O beautiful for pilgrim feet</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><br />
</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>Whose stern impassion'd stress</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><br />
</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>A thoroughfare for freedom beat</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><br />
</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>Across the wilderness.</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><br />
</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>America! America!</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><br />
</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>God mend thine ev'ry flaw,</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><br />
</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>Confirm thy soul in self-control,</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><br />
</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>Thy liberty in law.</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><br />
</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>O beautiful for heroes prov'd</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><br />
</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>In liberating strife,</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><br />
</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>Who more than self their country lov'd,</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><br />
</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>And mercy more than life.</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><br />
</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>America! America!</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><br />
</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>May God thy gold refine</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><br />
</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>Till all success be nobleness,</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><br />
</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>And ev'ry gain divine.</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><br />
</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>O beautiful for patriot dream</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><br />
</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>That sees beyond the years</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><br />
</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>Thine alabaster cities gleam</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><br />
</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>Undimmed by human tears.</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><br />
</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>America! America!</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><br />
</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>God shed His grace on thee,</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><br />
</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>And crown thy good with brotherhood</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><br />
</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>From sea to shining sea.</em> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><em></em></div>Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16115731330817793764noreply@blogger.com3