Gorgeous Find!!!

By Juan J Carretero

It looks so much like this antique find I blogged about in September! Have sudden urge to get it now!!

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CSN Winner!

And the winner of the CSN $45 giveaway is......

MaryBeth 3) I tweeted! (@tdrawervintage)

Congrats MaryBeth, I will contact you with your prize later today!

Thank you everyone for participating :) It was fun to read everyone's responses and I hope you all have a lovely week!


 

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CSN Giveaway!

CSN is the place to go for practically everything, including modern bar stools!

As a preferred blogger, CSN has graciously offered me a $45 giftcard! Since I love you guys (and don’t want to seem selfish), I’m giving it to you, my readers! Great with Valentines Day right around the corner!

Mandatory:

1) Remind me that you’re a follower of this lovely blog.

2) Share a Valentine’s Day tradition you currently have, or would like to start!

For additional entries comment for each thing you do:

3) Tweet this giveaway on Twitter by using the fancy button at the bottom of this post.

4) Blog, post on Facebook, or get creative!

Giveaway ends Friday, Feb 7th and is for followers only!

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Painted Living Room and Entryway

Back in October I won some amazing paint brushes from a giveaway that A Life's Design put on!

I put these puppies to good use while painting a few walls in my living room and entryway. I loved the being able to rotate the brushes in the handle to get all those hard to paint areas *coughs*BASEBOARDS*coughs*

I tried to keep the same color tones but wanted to lighten up the space.  So here are a few before and afters for ya!

BEFORE

AFTER

PS check out the tiny mirror sparrows reflecting light all over, love them (a gift from my sister)

BEFORE

*ahem* excuse the mess, Hubby, our friend and I were watching the world's worst movie: Star Wars Holiday Special and we felt like documenting the event (Check the end for the movie). This pic also happens to be the ONLY picture I have pre-marriage pre-decorating.

 AFTER

And here are some pics of the hallways

And here is a picture where I left the window wall the original color, shows a good contrast of old and new. Keeps the overwhelming BROWNS down a little.

I used BEHR Ultra in Flat (a good choice for hiding imperfections in your walls) its a Primer and paint in one and I looove it, great coverage and only took two coats. Check this link I use for picking the right paint finish.

The hallway is in Pale Cucumber 

The living room is in Interactive Cream

Thanks A Life's Design for the giveaway! And I hope you all enjoy the pics!

Here is Star Wars Holiday Special (I have warned you):

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Etsy Finds of the day!

I came across a few AMAZING pieces today while looking for a dress for my buddy's wedding in April.

PyxusPassionProject describes her style as 'womenswear with contemporary styling and a bit of an edge'.  I love all of her pieces and has this STUNNING dress I want really really badly.

Check out the back:

And look at the details on the back of this dress

sdfgeee makes beautiful coats and I have been eyeing these fantastic thick linen trousers.

And this coat:

And another coat from xiaolizi

And this coat from Ivy Tang (what can I say I am in Minnesota and its cold out hehe)

Ok got side tracked by those but back to dresses

Love this cowl neck cocktail dress by makemeadress

And on the vintage side, I spotted this 50's dress, I am not a huge fan of baby blue, but  I love everything about this little dress!

Lastly someone getting married needs to buy this dress!  It is unique and incredible looking!! I am not a big fan of traditional looking wedding dresses, so this one is perfect!

PS. I just tried to link back to a post on how my wedding dress looked and how the wedding turned out to find... I never posted it... how did I miss that?! I might make it my 2 year anniversary project or something in June. Totally embarrassed

And on goes the search for a dress too ;) I'll let ya know what I find.

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