change up your welcome

Happy second week of March to you! I hope you had a wonderful weekend. Mine was pretty top notch. A date, much <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/p/one-room-challenge.html" target="_blank">ORC progress</a>, time with friends and some shopping. Not too shabby for old Elizabeth.<br /><br />My 'shopping' is really just some quite mommy time on Sunday afternoon's when I walk around my favorite antique shop. I have never once NOT found thousands of dollars worth of goodies and this Sunday was no different. I was <a href="http://instagram.com/littleblackdoor/" target="_blank">instagraming</a> up a storm. I'll share all the goodies another day, but today I wanted to share my favorites.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0VFcF_qBlOJWL9rVRzW0VhOuTR65B55204WjCpDLq1uCCEw0hGgScBV5JJZOVPSRyvIr5_PyR2GUp-OOJl2B7ZumyfrZYGjjxzB7nv8p-S8qUyQM6DTEr5Qf_IXI42axpJL3cO5N__3qx/s1600/chipendalebench.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0VFcF_qBlOJWL9rVRzW0VhOuTR65B55204WjCpDLq1uCCEw0hGgScBV5JJZOVPSRyvIr5_PyR2GUp-OOJl2B7ZumyfrZYGjjxzB7nv8p-S8qUyQM6DTEr5Qf_IXI42axpJL3cO5N__3qx/s400/chipendalebench.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />This bench is my new obsession. It was in PERFECT condition, a great price and had a lovely tortoise shell type original finish. I dreamt about it last night. No lie.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioY-G-xWcZVYUh_ylukmSAI8w-DNt6AbCk6cyotx0xiM7GfCqv63B4_kfnILpPI0EyLVf55zuXiij7J498DFvryAUQFL7Lak_zNUL5pqG1MWd1IXR4xsiwgYLY_GJPk1IDujRgg26B5VBQ/s1600/bamborainholder.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioY-G-xWcZVYUh_ylukmSAI8w-DNt6AbCk6cyotx0xiM7GfCqv63B4_kfnILpPI0EyLVf55zuXiij7J498DFvryAUQFL7Lak_zNUL5pqG1MWd1IXR4xsiwgYLY_GJPk1IDujRgg26B5VBQ/s320/bamborainholder.jpg" width="319" /></a></div><br />I also found this little gem. A beautiful yellow and more bambo.<br /><br />As I've chatted about before, I had lovely plans of getting a <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/01/pig-in-blanket.html" target="_blank">secretary to act as the new star of my entry</a>. But the more I look the more I fear I won't find something that will fit properly in my tiny little spot. (see it in its <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/p/hallway_2.html" target="_blank">current state here</a>)<br /><br />So the bench got me thinking. Thinking about how nice it would be to have a place for the girls to sit and put on their shoes (and put them away when they get home of course - yeah right). And in the spirit of day dreaming, I did some inspiration boards for an entry with a bench.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE-MsaPCN9ddvX-09qLZaNbzHDnbpNACAoGVtkEN1cuLZaAyL7O2ndwzUksApXY2St6LUv1dJqHHu-qWSY2ySoUPh8UeVPzTM1TNSBDZD0APsjhlea4tZ_DBzJF1Baqj5IG_PKgsKHKlCk/s1600/SpringEntry3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE-MsaPCN9ddvX-09qLZaNbzHDnbpNACAoGVtkEN1cuLZaAyL7O2ndwzUksApXY2St6LUv1dJqHHu-qWSY2ySoUPh8UeVPzTM1TNSBDZD0APsjhlea4tZ_DBzJF1Baqj5IG_PKgsKHKlCk/s640/SpringEntry3.jpg" width="602" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-9w7_SaRPpkr_LTb5c6iJENiwkJQa_C8rztCdH-gGVtX352szHAlnaw0LJJwskaEiAjcL6NRZlZKAK_DqOXdk2edcjaa1scdb8u8jUae5Vmt2wcoMEYlKSArbeZT_u2s-P1nCHVfpQI2c/s1600/SpringEntry2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-9w7_SaRPpkr_LTb5c6iJENiwkJQa_C8rztCdH-gGVtX352szHAlnaw0LJJwskaEiAjcL6NRZlZKAK_DqOXdk2edcjaa1scdb8u8jUae5Vmt2wcoMEYlKSArbeZT_u2s-P1nCHVfpQI2c/s640/SpringEntry2.jpg" width="554" /></a></div><br />Now I'm off to go visit my bench and possibly hang around to make sure no one else touches it.<br /><br />Ever dreamt about furniture? Have you ever found a piece that made you rethink an entire room? Can you really call a space a room when it has only two walls?

change up your welcome

Happy second week of March to you! I hope you had a wonderful weekend. Mine was pretty top notch. A date, much ORC progress , time with frie...

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