Please excuse my blinds. I dreaming of plantation blinds or Roman shades....someday!
Bisous,
Karen I am linking up with:
My mom owned an antique shop in San Francisco, called Thelma Dangerfield's. Collecting and a love for vintage is in my blood. There is nothing like finding a good treasure! I am a daughter, wife, mom, cook,Substitute teacher, Girl Scout Leader and I love to entertain.
Monday, May 6, 2013
White Roses
Please excuse my blinds. I dreaming of plantation blinds or Roman shades....someday!
Bisous,
Karen I am linking up with:
What a beautiful kitchen - love the yellow walls.
ReplyDeleteAwww, thank you! My cousin and her family came over and helped me paint before we moved in. That was a fun day! Thanks for stopping by!
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I sometimes adore that time after a party.....thinkling back to how it went, getting things back to being quiet and clean again............you p repared so long and hard for that day.
ReplyDeleteYou are an amazing lady.
I had Lowes come out and measure for plantation shutters but I didn't end up getting them because my windows are "deep" enough and they would have stuck out funny. Oh well.
I ended up with buying a few nice 2 inch slated wooden blinds and love them. They were pricey but worth it. And just doing curtains or sheers on a few others.
As for Roman blinds, I have them in the kitchen and on my patio door and ADORE THEM. I think I bought them through Home Decorators or Country Curtains and they were very affordable (compared to my new wooden blinds especially.)
There are a bunch of tutorials on how to make Roman blinds online, esp with the clever bloggers....so it is a dream that can happy for you sooner than you think.
Hugs hugs hugs,
Michele
Michele, you are so sweet! I remember when we moved in. The housing market was going up and up. we paid way too much for our little place. It cost over $1,500 just for this aluminum blinds to be installed before we moved in. That got added on the cost of the home. we had NO upgrades as we have slowly done everything on our own. However, I INSISTED on blinds, because I was scared I was going to be one of the houses with sheets hung up forever!!!!! I am going to invest in some window covering soon. first I need new appliances! :) I'll have to google roman blinds and see if there is anything I could handle.
DeleteI do love the morning after a big event. I don't even mind hand washing all the stemware, etc. For a split second my house was actually clean!! The party was a lot like a wedding. I planned and planned and barely remember a thing!! Feels like it lasted a minute! :)
Karen
I LOVE, love white roses. Yes, we SHOULD treat ourselves every once in awhile, huh? XO, pinky
ReplyDeleteThanks, Pinky! I need to remember how these pretty flowers made me feel. It's definitely worth the splurge!
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I have missed seeing your beautiful pictures! I just looked at the bottom of my blogroll and saw that yours was on it, saying 1 month ago. I clicked on it to see if I could find out why you weren't posting and was amazed to see you are. What could cause that to happen on my blogroll? Please help me if you know how I can correct it. Meanwhile I'll have to just find you the hard way. I've missed you, and please forgive me for not visiting. I try to faithfully visit all the latest posts on my blogroll.
ReplyDeleteWhy don't we treat ourselves more often to beautiful flowers? I'm so glad you're enjoying yours. Your dear, sweet Mom's party looked wonderful! I know she must've been thrilled!!
ReplyDeleteKaren,
ReplyDeleteYour white roses are beautiful. I think it's a great idea to buy yourself some flowers every now and then, and actually last year I decided to do that for myself too. I just bought some yellow roses last week. Your white roses look so nice next to the candles. Isn't it nice when everything is quiet and the house looks its best?
Enjoy the roses.
Love,
~Sheri
Karen, your dining room is beautiful. Yes, you definitely need roses from time to time. The white roses are beautiful. I somehow never think of getting or growing white roses. xo, olive
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful and serene post!! Thanks so much for always stopping by and having such nice things to say....
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Deb
Thanks, Debbie! I love visiting your blog. Just wish I could delicate all my time to blogging! Visiting and posting! Can't wait to visit more often this summer!
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Amazing pics! Just fabulous:)
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So very pretty!
ReplyDeleteHi, Karen! OK...so is your dining room adjacent to your living room, or are you one of those o-so-lucky gals who has the good fortune to have a fireplace in the dining room? I just love seeing that! That just seems to me to be such a natural location for a fireplace!!! I love that sunny paint color, too!
ReplyDeleteRoses (or any flower, for that matter!) are a wonderful way to treat yourself. We work so hard and deserve to have a little beauty in our everyday lives. I'm glad you had the chance to enjoy these!
Thank you so much for stopping by my blog earlier today. I really appreciate it! Hope your Mother's Day was a great one!!!
Oh...P.S. - I'm with you on the blinds. I've not been able to make up my mind about drapes or curtains, so the blinds just remain all alone...by themselves. It's just the way life is sometimes! :-)
Beautiful. I love all the white.
ReplyDeleteWhite roses are always so pretty. I didn't even notice the blinds I was so focused on the arrangement.
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