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Styling Tips for your Bookshelves...who knew?

Recently my friend and blogging buddy, Denyse, was having troubles with styling and setting up the area above her kitchen cabinets in her new house and I thought it was so ironic that I just found this slide-show on Houzz featuring:

11 Styling Tips for Shelves You'll Love

Houzz- Kitchen Remodels, Bathroom Remodels and More»

(in)courage: Everyday Encouragement Giveaway

This week (in)courage is hosting a grand giveaway which highlights the everyday encouragement that we offer to our friends and family.  They also want to see where and how we all store our stash of cards and memorabilia after the occasion has passed. 

• Do you file them away in your drawers for later to add to your albums and scrapbooks?
• Do you leave them out on your mantels or bookshelves, displayed until the next occasion? 
• Or like me...do you have a special place for your inspiration?

 

Pinterest Inspiration for Red Pedestal

A few weeks ago I when I finished my Petite Patio I linked up my blog post with Thrifty Decor Chick's Spray Paint Party and found some more spray paint inspiration from Made By Megg and her Blue Elephant pedestal. 

I was so inspired that I pinned It onto my Landscaping Inspiration Board so that I wouldn't forget that I wanted to spray paint my pedestal RED!

Now that's what I'd call a real Wabi Sabi attitude!

 
Kristin Collins's hollywood home in the Historical Il Borghese neighborhood is a featured in an on-line House Tour in Apartment Therapy this month.  Kristen states that her style "is a mixture of Hollywood Regency, Dorothy Draper-esque, and Mid-Century Modern. While I love these and many other styles, I also like keeping it playful and appropriate for my lifestyle."

 

Another eMail Explosion!

Please accept my sincere apology for the excessive emails that you have been receiving AGAIN from my subscription services. 

Again due to my new blogs design/construction and the moving of all of my original blog posts from my original blog, con-tain-it into the 5 separate blogs within the Love Shack Living domain...you all have received another 9 blog post emails today.

Apparently the default date for sending emails does not work when moving blog posts?  I'm assuming it has to do with the fact that I cannot export my previous blog posts in Typepad the way the email subscription services normally handles this situation.   Thank goodness DH caught it for me and hopefully we have figured how to shut off the email services while doing this process. 

This entire process is stressful enough because I have little patience with the techy stuff.  I'm really bummed with all as well because I'm also loosing my comments on all of my previous posts when I move them from the original blog domain to the new blog domain.  Combime that with the fact that I've lost several subscribers due to these email explosions ;{

Things happen for a reason and I have to simply buck up!  I cannot thank you enough for your patience during this time.

 Fondly, Roberta

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Home Sweet Home...all 320 sq.ft.

This Mississippi-style "shotgun shack" is Debra and Gary's version of their Love Shack.  Years ago they lived and worked in South America and returned to the United States with only two suitcases apiece.  Soon they found themselves being sucked into the proverbial "American Dream" of always wanting more.  Before they knew it...they were both working two jobs apiece to pay the mortgage on their 2,000 (plus) sq.ft. home. 

Yearning for a simpler life, Debra and Gary decided to give it all up and start over, by purchasing a 320 sq.ft. custom "shack" for which they paid a little more that $15,000 cash for.