if i had a million dollars

I went hunting again. Not for anything in particular. Just for relaxation. I take great pleasure in walking quietly thru a huge warehouse of eye candy with no one pulling on me, whining at me or asking if we can leave.<br /><br />This trip seemed to have a chinoiserie theme. I found a million and one things that I wouldn't mind adding to my pad. But again, just looking. Here are just a few.<br /><br />Let's walk, shall we?<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi27ncNZJkf42MxvVIXgEKZV_nZNMrHFVqnl0zvU2nhE0prB_NEWIWSWs4gSkpA9LnxbTWmUUy6FapP14ES1lBE4_oHOjpTB0F0iHC2XUEgeIPFyyshqqL9yszYZ-LEyx1sdmkfD7Um4dMX/s1600/IMG_0346.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi27ncNZJkf42MxvVIXgEKZV_nZNMrHFVqnl0zvU2nhE0prB_NEWIWSWs4gSkpA9LnxbTWmUUy6FapP14ES1lBE4_oHOjpTB0F0iHC2XUEgeIPFyyshqqL9yszYZ-LEyx1sdmkfD7Um4dMX/s640/IMG_0346.JPG" width="472" /></a></div>This chair was in excellent condition. It had the original fabric but that would be easy to replace. All the little details on this thing - the curved arms and legs, the swoop in the seat. Die.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghvR9MdChSt6Ib6PdMzKe1Sv2H09k2kc3BeVXWQZJFs_5dcZdQog-zHhoVUiMCNDCmmc9Us-odf-dy8FJeV-K1N9q1W-cLyG_6ChXjk3G_LLyqnqIgRhdomA8zCSTPO4bWoatPigHbef92/s1600/IMG_0385.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghvR9MdChSt6Ib6PdMzKe1Sv2H09k2kc3BeVXWQZJFs_5dcZdQog-zHhoVUiMCNDCmmc9Us-odf-dy8FJeV-K1N9q1W-cLyG_6ChXjk3G_LLyqnqIgRhdomA8zCSTPO4bWoatPigHbef92/s640/IMG_0385.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> My youngest is all about elephants. Think this is too much for a 20-month-old?<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgswjUIp3qSaL_q5xXs75OCzgRb0gZiHK2-qxFRZt-5DkIyPSCmVndraZxWgjqmyVJLt_0sUsjKjhyZfnyV3G4IuyStGSapgi393knSh1ij8Lekld1pyVnPW_9TFrOSw_CosA91v8Z-mETu/s1600/IMG_0387.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgswjUIp3qSaL_q5xXs75OCzgRb0gZiHK2-qxFRZt-5DkIyPSCmVndraZxWgjqmyVJLt_0sUsjKjhyZfnyV3G4IuyStGSapgi393knSh1ij8Lekld1pyVnPW_9TFrOSw_CosA91v8Z-mETu/s640/IMG_0387.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> This picture does not do this screen justice. The colors in this thing are amazing and the condition was like new. This whole thing was hand painted, which I guess was why it was mucho $$. Hell, if I had painted that whole thing I would probably demand a cool million.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMQohyphenhyphenHrr2qusjHR1JHQZ8hrRiahjhbAuqZWDFaTZ4LBSlkYSB0WL5wMUgDXCLpU4xkgx5zweNFA4PAGdjuLcjqeZgCYrWBboI-FZw7GryyfI3mzR4Da1E7SkUdBT4IND8tPWhZpn1-L3q/s1600/IMG_0389.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMQohyphenhyphenHrr2qusjHR1JHQZ8hrRiahjhbAuqZWDFaTZ4LBSlkYSB0WL5wMUgDXCLpU4xkgx5zweNFA4PAGdjuLcjqeZgCYrWBboI-FZw7GryyfI3mzR4Da1E7SkUdBT4IND8tPWhZpn1-L3q/s640/IMG_0389.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> Beautiful twin beds for a chinoiserie bedroom. Killing me.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqRIU06eN7MohYo8qBXSE2iCgdWC6JOdNbJlelh-Y1-nVrghXOW5JgjbDlieQJvPY-f3ZNRiMRGk9iwBG8_OIK8BOPcx3q1DW_Um8MmYMR_KV4Aa4j43DcapLjLZDz8G8hJLDjfA_9jlhyphenhyphen/s1600/IMG_0392.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqRIU06eN7MohYo8qBXSE2iCgdWC6JOdNbJlelh-Y1-nVrghXOW5JgjbDlieQJvPY-f3ZNRiMRGk9iwBG8_OIK8BOPcx3q1DW_Um8MmYMR_KV4Aa4j43DcapLjLZDz8G8hJLDjfA_9jlhyphenhyphen/s640/IMG_0392.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>I have a version of these dudes in blue and white but I'd never seen them in such crazy colors. I think the dude on the right will be pleased with the new law passed in Colorado and Washington. He looks...happy.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3pE58i6UzuBXfXXddCO8JIQ-6fxOH84knAXj6XC2yFGnwAzBrCwpxM2Tk7sFthtUNNlTlNgyKiL8-x-9HOvZbI6HoUeE4apKK588WKuuN7fjvlZUfAfgj6E9fEU8HYqFD4siAgIm_RSBz/s1600/IMG_0393.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3pE58i6UzuBXfXXddCO8JIQ-6fxOH84knAXj6XC2yFGnwAzBrCwpxM2Tk7sFthtUNNlTlNgyKiL8-x-9HOvZbI6HoUeE4apKK588WKuuN7fjvlZUfAfgj6E9fEU8HYqFD4siAgIm_RSBz/s640/IMG_0393.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Fabulous coffee table.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxhCHrmtWpV95Kb1voMlMYvWRn-DkxKV_y_FhvAfPPDOng-DnztQaCvQdtcShXrOg7cT_u3G64h6N1FRPSEjk0XixJjtHYenFMtPIaKNXsQirw9mH6S_VeR9jjAR7zHs51T2te_BYt88JD/s1600/IMG_0343.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxhCHrmtWpV95Kb1voMlMYvWRn-DkxKV_y_FhvAfPPDOng-DnztQaCvQdtcShXrOg7cT_u3G64h6N1FRPSEjk0XixJjtHYenFMtPIaKNXsQirw9mH6S_VeR9jjAR7zHs51T2te_BYt88JD/s640/IMG_0343.JPG" width="472" /></a></div> And then. I saw these. A PAIR of the most wonderful sconces I ever did see. And let me tell you,  I've seen my share of sconces.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgusrLwoE_9SAnxUWchLs-_7l8PNIAabQh0BPAA-PpnhUy68O6rQUrHbqfZIxWQMVFAZQUgJQRNqkJYkht-Gm9aptt3A2yrpnf91BlTMvLFs7hFUF1HKJfjZ8w8ngEXpizHefVlPdtJP1tN/s1600/IMG_0349.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgusrLwoE_9SAnxUWchLs-_7l8PNIAabQh0BPAA-PpnhUy68O6rQUrHbqfZIxWQMVFAZQUgJQRNqkJYkht-Gm9aptt3A2yrpnf91BlTMvLFs7hFUF1HKJfjZ8w8ngEXpizHefVlPdtJP1tN/s640/IMG_0349.JPG" width="472" /></a></div>I considered chaining myself to them and refusing to leave until they were gifted to me. They would go to a good home and would be petted and massaged daily. I would give these sconces anything they wanted. Except for the money they were asking. And if I want to be responsible about the whole thing, they were really big and I don't think I have anywhere that they could go. Except my dining room. Or the living room. Or my sconce room. It could happen.<br /><br />How I love my little antique mall down the street from my house.<br /><br />Done any window shopping lately? Ever had something you would throw yourself on the floor for? Wanna go in on the sconces? We can share them.

if i had a million dollars

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