Monday, August 8, 2011

Mountain Getaway

The hubs was away for business and my older daughter was on her NYC adventure so it was lovely to be invited to our friends' house in the mountains for the weekend.
This was the view from my room.
 and another view
This butterfly bush was enormous!
The girls turned the deck into a nail salon.


 Silly bandz!! 


 The house is full of treasures like this trio.
We went out dinner and the girls got a view of the whole valley from the deck of the restaurant.


 When we got back, we made a fire and had to have s'mores.
 Our makeshift s'more station
 The fire got kind of big!
 The s'mores were delicious!
 The next morning we did some thrifting. I didn't take any pictures because I wasn't feeling that great and had to sit outside to get some fresh air.
 After lunch we headed to the lake (and I was feeling much better!)
 It was a perfect day, warm and breezy. The water was nice too.
 We had ice cream
 and a sand castle competition.
 That night we went to another restaurant.
 You could walk down to the stream and catch your own dinner.

 We didn't do that...
 and yet we still enjoyed our meals.
{shrimp fajitas}
 {veggie quesadillas}
 {tri colored nachos}
 {chicken sandwich}
I'm sensing a cheesy theme here.
We came back and took a walk around the neighborhood while I did some dream house hunting.
These two were my favorites.
The weekend was a welcome distraction and a relaxing retreat.
Just what we needed!
What have you been up to this summer?

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Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Updating The Abode - More Tween Room Progress (and Reveal!)


We are coming along with this room.
 Let's go in the 'wayback' machine and see what it used to look like.
{this was when we were looking at the house}
 When we moved in we painted it pink and lavender and added her loft bed.
We changed out her bed and added white furniture from Ikea.
The bed is a family hand-me-down heirloom sleigh bed that we painted white.
 The theme was garden fairy.  
That was then.
{see how she used to look and how she looks now}
 So the pink and fairies had to go.
 This was her new color scheme.
 The paint color is Benjamin Moore Tropicana Cabana.
It is similar to our new bathroom color.
This is Benjamin Moore Peacock Blue.
You can see the blues are actually different.
 We moved everything out of her room except her desk unit and dresser.
It all went into the spare room.
 The hubs painted the room.
 Loving the new color!
 We took a trip to Ikea to pick up her bed too.
 Of course it had to be assembled so many hours later it looked like this!
It's the Hemnes daybed that can be pulled out to a full size bed and also has drawers underneath.
This dresser was feeling a little too large in the room now and not as necessary with the bed drawers so I put it up for sale on craigslist (I think I'm addicted!) and it was sold the next day to make room for this little beauty.
See, she's had her eye on this lovely piece for some time now.
 It's got some charming details (there is a key for that lock but I couldn't find it when I was taking these photos)
This knob is so gorgeous and matches her room perfectly.
 The bed can be pulled out and it all fits!
 The bedding is PB Teen Bella Floral
 Oh and look who made it up to her room to join the party.
 Steve loves his new home!
We're still working on organization, artwork and window treatments.
to be continued...
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Monday, August 1, 2011

Scavenger Hunt Sunday

Walking Empty Streets
Returning from the parade
Repeating Pattern
I stole this one from my daughter's NY photos.
Floor
Again, another 'steal', loved my daughter's team plank!
Then and Now
 Dropping her off in Brooklyn for the month (all that STUFF)
And she's back..with all that STUFF and more! :)
{so glad she's home!!!}
Fingertips
"Nail salon" fun out on the deck during out mountain getaway.

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