i just love idea houses...
this one is in north carolina, where i once lived for a year and a half,
but would gladly return to live forever.
love the gambrel gables. and the shakes. and the wide steps.
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oooo. i love me a black kitchen.
i had a black kitchen in the last house we remodeled.
i'll post pictures sometime.
it was yummy. or at least i thought so.
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i love the unusual treatment over the fireplace.
very non-traditional in a traditional sort of way.
the giant ottoman is slick, too.
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what a great and unique color scheme.
i love it.
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oooo, did somebody say stripes? (i'm such a sucker)
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in a previous life, i think i was bead board...
or perhaps i was married to some bead board.
i love it that much.
and isn't it delicious painted grey and hung horizontally?
genius.
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the is the sleeping porch of the house.
who wouldn't want to take a nap here?!
fun colors.
love the bolsters.
great dividers.
I stumbled across your blog while looking for Chinese birthday picture - rest assured, your cake topper did, indeed, say "Happy Birthday." No, I do not read Chinese, but EVERY SINGLE CHINESE CARD that I saw had those characters on it!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday to your little fellow Scorpio!
soo good to know that i was not inadvertently offending anyone! glad it really does say "happy birthday"!
ReplyDeleteso glad you found my blog!