tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76988575749646308682024-03-13T20:48:34.709-07:00Novel Hovel Home DecoratingLearn to decorate on a shoestring with artist and designer Fayme Harper.Fayme Zelena Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01438019336287576300noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7698857574964630868.post-44646590378921191322014-11-28T10:36:00.000-08:002014-11-28T10:39:45.752-08:00Getting Ready For ChristmasI only have one goal this Christmas, and that is to find the joy that I lost along the way.<br />
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I really just wanted one perfect spot to start decorating for Christmas. And I'm so pleased with the way this came out. The tree is about 2 feet tall and sitting on my nightstand. I got tiny decorations from Hobby Lobby and the .99 Store. And I got tiny candy canes from the .99 store as well. So the tree was $10 at the Lucerne Market and the decorations cost me about $5.00. The tiny trees under the tree are blown glass and cost .99 each. The lace tree skirt it just a scrap of lace I thrifted. And the tiny battery operated tree lights used to belong to my boyfriend's mom before she passed last April.<br />
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<br />Fayme Zelena Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01438019336287576300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7698857574964630868.post-78720618824978689382014-06-05T16:08:00.001-07:002014-06-05T16:08:29.257-07:00A Houseful of FurnitureIt's not like it makes me happy to profit from an unexpected death in the family, but we just inherited all the items we've been lacking in our home and then some. We now have a functional refrigerator, a microwave, a flat screen TV, and the right size of box springs for my bed.<br />
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So now I'm happy to be able to get on with converting my ordinary bedroom to a boho style bedroom. I just took out the primary colored set of drawers to use next to my computer in the other room, and I'm replacing it with a wooden table. I'm doing my best to get all the plastic out of my decor.<br />
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We still need a couch. We inherited two but neither one suited our needs so we gave them away. I wanted to keep the smaller one but it was hard on our backs. We were always slumping down and dozing off. <br />
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In the same month as the death in the family our landlady told us to get ready to move since she was consulting a realtor about selling all her houses. So I started shoving things in boxes, so our house is in the worst shape ever! Now I have to start over again now that she's decided not to sell ours. (She sold two other ones though).<br />
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We sold many items from the other house, and gave a lot to thrift stores. It was a mobile home park and they didn't allow yard sales or estate sales. In the end the only option was to rent a storage unit until we have time to rearrange everything and sell off the rest. Keep in mind we are also both working full time and we had a full life before all this happened. At least the mobile home is sold. It took us a month and a half to clean out the 2 bedroom, 2 bath home with 2 walk-in closets and 2 yard sheds. I thought we'd never be done! My back is still mad at me.<br />
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Anyway, in my bedroom I have to clean up the clutter, move the current box springs out and get rid of it somehow, put the new one in the house, move it against the wall, and by some miracle make the whole thing look good. Believe me this does not come easily to me. I'm not one of those women that rearranges her furniture twice a month. So I'm going to finish here for now and get busy in the kitchen so I can get the old fridge out and the new one in. Fayme Zelena Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01438019336287576300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7698857574964630868.post-33917108833700283862013-09-06T23:55:00.002-07:002013-09-06T23:55:43.637-07:00Bed and Washing Machine TimeThrough the help of a generous friend, my boyfriend got a 'new to us' bedframe and box springs and headboard for his bed. His bed is a queen and mine is a full. His friend helped him carry the old frame and box springs outside where we covered it with a drop cloth in case of rain. I don't think they realized that I wanted to use the old stuff in my bedroom so I could get my mattress off the ground. Not only is it hard on my back, but this is scorpion season. But my room wasn't clean enough to move all that big stuff in there. <br />
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Today when I heard there was a 70% chance of rain, I didn't want to wait. So I moved lots of stuff and went to help him carry the frame in. I had the metal frame almost in the door when he asked me to shake the sand off. I'm not sure what happened next but the thing swung around and the sharp corner crashed into my forehead, leaving a bleeding cut about 3/4 inch long. Ouch! Tears! <br />
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After my boyfriend mopped up blood and tears and I got a adhesive strip on the cut, and enough of a breather to go back to work, we got the whole shebang put together in my room. Unfortunately my bed is a full size and the frame and box springs is a queen size, so eventually I'll have to get a queen sized mattress, but for now I'm happy to be off the ground. I'm looking forward to sleeping in it tonight.<br />
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Also, another pair of friends went to a huge effort to find us a free washer. They drove it out here last night, and as soon as we clear out the space the old washer used to sit in, we'll be able to wash clothes at home again. So this has been a very fruitful week. I have amazing friends! Fayme Zelena Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01438019336287576300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7698857574964630868.post-58145881748829958452013-06-10T14:13:00.002-07:002013-06-10T14:13:50.248-07:00Bedroom Lighting IssuesLately I've had bad luck with lighting fixtures. When we moved here I had two lights in my bedroom. The overhead ceiling bulb and a bedside reading lamp. Not long after we moved in, the bulb in the ceiling light went out. Since my bed blocks the space under the light and is sitting on the floor, and the moving boxes filled everywhere else, we couldn't change the bulb. Then the reading lamp died. About two weeks later we got the bulb replaced, only to find out it was the light that was dead, not the bulb. So my boyfriend gave me his desk lamp. No sooner than I plugged it in, it literally fell apart. The light still works, but the base is broken so it falls over all the time! Ugh.<br />
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Finally I'd had enough but I didn't want to spend any money. I had 2 Japanese lanterns from the old apartment, but no hooks to hang them from.<br />
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Then because of this blog, I started emptying two boxes a day. Remember when I put all the blankets in a box in the closet a few days ago? That made space for me to get the step ladder into my room, and my boyfriend swapped out the bulbs in the ceiling lamp! Yay, light again.<br />
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Then I remembered I have a floor lamp in the 'art studio/storage container'. I put it out there so I could have light in the far back area, but at this point, I can't even work in the back for all the boxes and I don't have an electric cord that reaches that far. So I grabbed the floor lamp this morning and put it back in my bedroom. It is even blue, the color my room is supposed to be when I get it all finished.<br />
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As far as hanging the paper lanterns, I have hooks that are too small and hooks that are too big, so now I need to buy some that are just right.<br />
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But joy of joys, I don't have to spend any more money on buying a lamp. Excellent! <br />
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Now I need to replace the damaged window screens so the bugs stay out! All of these things are things the landlady should be fixing. Aren't houses supposed to come with curtain rods after all? But we don't want to trouble her. We want a good relationship with her and she lives next door. When we signed our rental agreement, I wanted to mention all these issues but my boyfriend stopped me. I just wish she'd fixed the ceiling fan in the living room. It wobbles and ticks and can only be on 'low' or it feels like a helicopter is about to behead us in our living room.<br />
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<br />Fayme Zelena Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01438019336287576300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7698857574964630868.post-32506031430200771962013-06-10T13:54:00.001-07:002013-06-10T13:56:25.164-07:00Curtain Rod Tips and Paper Towel HolderI don't know if this blog is inspiring you but it is inspiring me. I can't wait to do the next project so I can tell you how it went.<br />
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Since we are renting, and on a budget, we are limited in the types of changes we can make. But a lot of you are in the same boat, so hopefully my tips will help you. <br />
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Today my boyfriend put the paper towel holder under the new wood shelf, which is a place we often need a paper towel. Cost: $1.00. You can also make use of the space under a shelf by adding cup hooks or key holders.<br />
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Then I got out the curtain rods for my bedroom. Planning to save money we took a short cut and bought a double curtain rod set-up, planning to use one rod on each window. However, that didn't work out. There is only one set of brackets. It turned out to be a happy mistake though. Now that we've lived here for 8 months, I'm realizing a double set of curtains on each window is a great idea. In the summer I can have the lace curtain to block the light but the other curtains can be tied back. In winter I'll have two layers of curtains so when it snows here and the cold air seeps in, I'll stay warmer. So now we need to buy another set of double curtain rods, but if I remember correctly it is only about $5.<br />
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We moved here in Oct. and we still have boxes everywhere. So
my goal right now is to deal with one box a day. So today I emptied 2 boxes, and
then used one of them for all the blankets that were making a big mess in my
room and have been in the way since winter. It was 104 degrees today. I don’t
think I’ll need them until October. So I took the box of gift wrap, my guitar,
and a bolt of fabric out of my closet to make room for the blanket box. Then I
nested my guitar back in there. The other stuff is going out of the house into
my storage container/art studio. I also consolidated two boxes of Halloween
decorations and those will go in the container as well. Sadly I didn’t have any
empty boxes to throw out, but at least I got them out of the living room and
all those blankets out of my bedroom area. I still have lots to do in both the
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<![endif]--><br />Fayme Zelena Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01438019336287576300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7698857574964630868.post-20706732943137452552013-06-04T14:47:00.000-07:002013-06-04T14:50:52.062-07:00Kitchen Fix-UpThis is a very old house built in several parts, so the lay out is whacky. The kitchen/dining room is long and narrow and leads right into the bathroom. If the backdoor is open and the bathroom door is open, you can see all the way through the house.<br />
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So there is almost no counter space. Not good news since my boyfriend is big on using knives and cutting boards. So the first thing he did was he found a kitchen island on Craig's List. We drove a really long way to pick it up at night in the rain, and they'd forgotten to disclose a few things. Like the missing door, and missing shelf supports. But we didn't want to have used all that gas money only to come home empty handed so we got it. So word to the wise, if something is far away, perhaps pass on it, just in case it's not in good shape.<br />
Anyway, it works out fine snuggled up against the stove. Our kitchen isn't wide enough to use it as an island anyway, and it makes a handy storage spot for rolls of foil and plastic wrap. And the top of it is a chopping block. On the end we hang potholders and oven mitts.<br />
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When I was out of town visiting my grandbaby back on Easter, I came back to a greatly improved kitchen.He had taken the unfinished wood shelves and used a white pickling stain on them. And then he put them up to hold all those jars of spices and sauces that you need nearby for cooking. Before they were just kicking around on the floor or buried deep in cabinets where we had to send search and rescue to find them. Nothing like burning dinner while you are on your hands and knees looking for the ground cumin.<br />
So here are photos of the shelves he painted and also of the baker's rack someone abandoned in the alley at our old apartment, as well as the kitchen island. All these things help us stay organized in the kitchen. We are still unpacking boxes from the big move though.<br />
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I'm itching to stencil designs on all these white surfaces though. Not sure he'll go for that idea, but I can ask.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Baker's Rack for cookbooks and appliances and pans.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">End of island for storing oven mitts and potholders.</td></tr>
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<br />Fayme Zelena Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01438019336287576300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7698857574964630868.post-82072215020678681412013-06-03T21:02:00.002-07:002013-06-03T21:42:19.257-07:00Some Ideas For Small SpacesEven though my home is far from finished <a href="http://talk2thetrees.blogspot.com/2013/06/blessed.html">Rachel</a> inspired me to show some of the things that I like around my house. Notice we have some things in common, like feathers in bottles. I just hopped up and took the photos after seeing her blog so they are taken without sprucing it up, just as it is, so it will be so much better when I have time for spring cleaning. But it also serves as a reminder that we need to enjoy our home all the time, not just in the hour after we clean it up. <br />
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It's amazing how personal knick-knacks are. The little gypsy horse is my wish to have a real one someday. The bottle is one I made a long time ago, The rattle in the upper left is one my friend Sal helped me to weave. The juggling photo on the top row was one I took of my juggling equipment when I had black and white photography in college. People wonder why I have trouble throwing stuff away.<br />
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I raided my feather jars to make Robin Hood hats. But I just found my peacock feathers that a friend gave me so I'll fix them right up when I can. <br />
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The deck on this table is the Faery Wicca tarot. This is a new spread I learned from the tiny book that comes with the deck. It's quite different than the usual tarot. Fayme Zelena Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01438019336287576300noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7698857574964630868.post-65717796976485361612013-06-03T20:11:00.003-07:002013-06-03T20:11:42.982-07:00Interior Redecorating For Real PeopleCheck out what one of my online friend's did to her house to fix it up. <a href="http://talk2thetrees.blogspot.com/2013/06/blessed.html">http://talk2thetrees.blogspot.com/2013/06/blessed.html</a> She is such an inspiration to me. I still have so much to do to my own house before I can have dinner parties or guests over or classes. Ack! Fayme Zelena Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01438019336287576300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7698857574964630868.post-24587006229286336482013-01-09T12:04:00.001-08:002013-01-09T12:04:33.241-08:00A New Novel HovelI now officially live in a Novel Hovel out in the high desert in a place called Lucerne Valley (near Apple Valley in CA). As soon as I get an endless number of boxes unpacked, I'll start decorating. I've named the place Shoebox Ranch because its so tiny, in fact the same size as my last apartment, which was way too small. I feel like I'm trying to fit an elephant into a phone booth. So this will challenge my creative imagination for sure. <br />
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Fayme Zelena Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01438019336287576300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7698857574964630868.post-7881000162438861442012-07-30T12:42:00.001-07:002012-07-30T12:44:44.920-07:00Thrift Store FindsI truly believe if you focus on what you need, then what you need has a way of appearing. Case in point, my shower caddy was peeling paint and rusting. It was ugly, but worse, I was afraid I'd get rust on the scrubby and end up rubbing it into my skin. So I went to look for a replacement. Even at Ross, they were more than I wanted to pay, and that was the discount shop. I also wasn't sure what size I needed. We have two showers and when I bought the first caddies, one didn't fit.<br />
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So yesterday I went to a Goodwill in Garden Grove (next to John's market). I wasn't looking for anything in particular, and they had a lot of racks and shelving pieces. I immediately spotted a brand new shower caddy that looked about the right size for $4. It fit perfectly. It holds everything that was in the old one with room to spare. I'm so happy.<br />
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I also found a set of wooden salad bowls and tongs for $8. It will be feast gear for S.C.A. events. Or when we have picnics outdoors. <br />
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And just last week I had carefully packed Guy's ceramic bowl for olives and his new mug in a bag inside a basket on the couch. I don't know how it happened but I suspect cats, because the next time he went in the living room it was all on the floor and the bowl broke in half. So I felt kind of responsible and found 2 more 'olive' bowls that were hand thrown pottery at the Goodwill for $1.50 each. They were 'manly' colors and he's happy with them. Pretty good haul for under $20. <br />
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<br />Fayme Zelena Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01438019336287576300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7698857574964630868.post-82834216042956752802012-05-11T15:33:00.003-07:002012-05-11T15:42:49.207-07:00Things That Make Me Want to Say Bad WordsWe are renters. The last owner repainted the exterior. Imagine my shock when the new door looked like a giant Hershey bar. I got used to it over time. Then our complex went into foreclosure and was bought out by the owners from hell. Of course they wanted to remodel. They ripped out all my lovely flowers just at the high point of spring, tore out the lawn, and repainted the exterior and put up new light fixtures.<br />
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The only thing I was looking forward to was getting rid of that brown door. I got rid of it all right. They painted it an even darker brown. Now it looks like a giant dark chocolate Hershey bar.<br />
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And the last owner put in nice light fixtures with clear glass for maximum light. The new owner ripped those out and replaced them with a tiny fixture with dark plastic that blocks the light coming through. And they are butt ugly. I hope we move and soon. UGH.<br />
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They ripped out all my blooming pansies, roses, calla lillies, jasmine..everything. Next week they are ripping out all the plants in the backyard, many of which I bought with my own money or grew from seed. And we never get an opinion on anything. They are selling it next month after owning it just long enough to remodel, with no thought of what the people who have lived here for years wanted.Fayme Zelena Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01438019336287576300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7698857574964630868.post-48105199693659806322011-02-04T13:09:00.000-08:002011-02-04T13:09:36.634-08:00Flower BoxI just revamped the flower box in the bathroom for Valentine's day. I found a great metal heart cookie cutter and made the flower box in the colors of red, white and pink. I needed more red so I added my little red plastic bear. I really need to find a better way to put the tiny lights around it, because the green wire looks icky. I added some faux carnations in white. I'm still not happy with it but at least it's not Christmas themed anymore.Fayme Zelena Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01438019336287576300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7698857574964630868.post-28841338987813232872010-12-10T23:08:00.000-08:002010-12-10T23:08:03.819-08:00Baby Needs NurseryMy daughter finished the nursery and none too soon! She had her son on Dec. 4, 2010, after sixty hours of labor. Now they are home safe and sound and enjoying the new nursery.<br />
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I'll get photos of the nursery as soon as I get to go up there and meet my new grandson. She still wants to add a mural to the walls but who knows when she'll find the time now. She has her hands full learning how to be a mama.Fayme Zelena Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01438019336287576300noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7698857574964630868.post-34805617304288926572010-11-02T09:31:00.000-07:002010-11-02T09:31:57.806-07:00Is That A Shower Curtain You Are Sitting On?Yesterday I was watching Nate Berkus on his new TV show and loved his reupholstered dining room chairs. He made them with shower curtain fabric in a cotton/poly blend. I don't have any chairs to cover, but it did remind me that there are many sources for fabric other than yardage from a fabric store.<br />
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He also used striped sheets to remodel some shelving. So keep your eyes peeled for sales on shower curtains and sheets in patterns that appeal to you. If you make something cool come back and let us all know.Fayme Zelena Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01438019336287576300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7698857574964630868.post-8204406009164545442010-10-08T20:14:00.000-07:002010-10-08T20:20:26.908-07:00Baby Nursery For My Grandson<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyPIkbmsWChKV0xmuQTuLhTsxux-ZclK6u5fSd-nCn8vFPF7sR6xK89tfx2uzRJQiBF6gMHedp2ysya9P3-iYNZ9lmjqXMhP2QeRha9RSvSSfJ3QLVL7kX5dvkKqd0HCyvwM_FPLz1UIYb/s1600/bellycast+244.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyPIkbmsWChKV0xmuQTuLhTsxux-ZclK6u5fSd-nCn8vFPF7sR6xK89tfx2uzRJQiBF6gMHedp2ysya9P3-iYNZ9lmjqXMhP2QeRha9RSvSSfJ3QLVL7kX5dvkKqd0HCyvwM_FPLz1UIYb/s320/bellycast+244.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-F4GuLNsg1umBN-61QsSop7MDRqtTbwgttAHpDxgrDy5EHZb0BCMXCZ3pUofJqj_uvnWaP2mf_scNOzNlx_gOYLQeyu5vDhGWJX5tOzRqUmHsqqLcnFbkfGEMFxyepcETgt886P6NHqp6/s1600/bellycast+404.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-F4GuLNsg1umBN-61QsSop7MDRqtTbwgttAHpDxgrDy5EHZb0BCMXCZ3pUofJqj_uvnWaP2mf_scNOzNlx_gOYLQeyu5vDhGWJX5tOzRqUmHsqqLcnFbkfGEMFxyepcETgt886P6NHqp6/s320/bellycast+404.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjichBzZ4CdHWgtGniev896tq0OdZsvAS8i7qiAU_1Y9IM4e9uqWCSQUIYgqO0GJWf75FgHN49lhkQyDLbpkgzT2Amk_CAnypkNg2wgfgp6_p1IAKtYSwC1bTmP8liLq79srx30cW9emO7Y/s1600/bellycast+266.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjichBzZ4CdHWgtGniev896tq0OdZsvAS8i7qiAU_1Y9IM4e9uqWCSQUIYgqO0GJWf75FgHN49lhkQyDLbpkgzT2Amk_CAnypkNg2wgfgp6_p1IAKtYSwC1bTmP8liLq79srx30cW9emO7Y/s320/bellycast+266.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I was happy to hear from my daughter who is expecting in early December. She is planning to decorate a nursery for her baby boy. How exciting! So I asked her to share her photos with my readers when she gets it going. I hope she will say yes! She's planning wide vertical stripes in blue and white right now. I'm not sure how she's going to find the time, but once she sets her mind to something you may as well move aside and let her do it.Fayme Zelena Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01438019336287576300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7698857574964630868.post-40658156292568485642010-10-06T07:46:00.000-07:002010-10-06T07:46:59.044-07:00Clean upFirst I have to clean up before I can fix up.<br />
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I woke up to a rainy day, the perfect weather for staying inside my apartment and cleaning it so I can find enough room to apply my interior decorating ideas. I love baskets and have been collecting them from yard sales and swap meets, so I'd love to find a good way to organize those. I'd also like to display some of my beadwork that took me so long to make. <br />
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I'm not a big fan of fake flowers but I keep them on hand for craft projects. Unfortunately one of my cats will eat any indoor plant, even celery stalks I've pitched in the trash can. So indoor plants are out. I did make a terrarium last year, but I had no where to set it so it's out on the patio. I'd love to bring that back inside where it was meant to be.<br />
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Our dining room is a sewing area. It's going to stay that way because we sew about five times a week between the two of us. I hope to some day get rid of all the boxes in there and put in a dining room table which would give us an area in which to cut fabric. Right now we set up a makeshift table outside to cut fabric on.<br />
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But today it's raining, so you can see why we need an indoor place to cut fabric. And with my home dec projects I'm going to need to cut fabrics even more.Fayme Zelena Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01438019336287576300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7698857574964630868.post-50557694348490245032010-10-04T19:44:00.001-07:002010-10-04T19:44:51.265-07:00Earring Give-Away DetailsTo celebrate my new home decorating blog that I've dubbed <a href="http://novelhoveldeco.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #800040;">http://novelhoveldeco.blogspot.com/</span></a> I'm giving away a pair of my hand beaded earrings to my first ten followers. <br />
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They will be sent to the U.S.A address of your choice. <br />
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You may request your favorite color of earrings. <br />
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To enter, go to the blog, hit the follow button in the right side bar, and leave a comment under the first welcome post.<br />
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And by the way, ArtTales already did so and she didn't even know about the give-away, so she wins the first pair if she sends me her address to <a href="mailto:queenofdreams@gmail.com"><span style="color: #99aadd;">queenofdreams@gmail.com</span></a>. Woot!Fayme Zelena Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01438019336287576300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7698857574964630868.post-79608972801350335802010-10-04T18:25:00.000-07:002010-10-04T18:25:44.253-07:00First Post and Welcome to My New BlogI've never considered myself a home decorator, but then after watching the Nate Berkus show today where he featured a blogger he follows, it dawned on me that I've been making things for the home as long as I've had a home to make things for, in other words, all my life. I've always had too much stuff and not enough space. I've always had to fit more into less room. And when marriages, divorces, births and deaths happen, the whole process has to be started all over again.<br />
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So whether you are renting or buying, I hope you will find ideas here that will work for you. <br />
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My new goal is to turn this tiny, cramped, overstuffed apartment into my home decor experimental center. I can't make it any worse than it already is, so it's got to get better from here on out. Please follow along by clicking the follow button in the margin on the right. Thanks.Fayme Zelena Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01438019336287576300noreply@blogger.com1