tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77441364210842704462024-03-19T01:03:17.903-07:00The Chalkboard CottageA decorating blog about filling your home with pieces that are charming to create a beautiful space to get renewed.Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04270672388724451918noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744136421084270446.post-29461785845900967162018-01-17T14:47:00.001-08:002018-01-17T14:47:31.420-08:00New Online Portfolio SiteHi friends,<br />
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MeganMeganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04270672388724451918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744136421084270446.post-88967891910249854082017-10-14T14:41:00.004-07:002017-10-14T14:43:57.098-07:00Favorite Fall FoodsHappy Fall Y'all-<br />
Is it beginning to feel like fall where you live? Honestly, it's just barely starting to where I live in North Carolina. The shadows from the sun's rays are slanting a tad bit more, the leaves are just starting to turn autumnal colors, the temperatures are just a tad bit cooler, occasionally I get a whiff of the smell of smoke from a fire pit, and I hear the honking of the geese overhead flying to destinations unknown to me.<br />
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Something happens to me in fall. I start dreaming of all of the delicious fall foods that I love. How about you? What are some of your favorite fall foods?<br />
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Here are some of my family's favorite fall foods. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">1. Buffalo Chicken Dip</span><br />
This one was shared with me when I visited my husband's family in Pineville, NC. Since then my daughter and I are obsessed with it. We usually break it into two servings and freeze one serving for another time. It's super easy to make and we serve it with Lays potato chips.<br />
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You finely chop up two bags of cooked chicken. This is the kind I buy (except grilled version):<br />
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Throw the finely chopped up chicken (I use a food processor) into a big bowl. </div>
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Also toss in the big bowl one cup of Ranch dressing, one softened block of cream cheese, one block of shredded Monterey Jack cheese, and 12 oz. bottle of Frank's hot sauce. Toss into a glass baking dish and back at 350 degrees for 35-40 min. Then serve with potato chips. Delish!</div>
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Then you either need to lie down and take a nap or go for a walk or ride your bike!!!!!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">2. Crockpot Beef Stew</span><br />
I just made this one recently for the first time for my family and it was sooo good! I'm dreaming of making it again real soon. I got the recipe from the website called Life in the Lofthouse. Serve it with some yummy red wine and sourdough bread and you're good to go. I also served Jasmine rice with it as my kids love that kind of rice. My 9 year old son loves beef stew!<br />
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<a href="https://life-in-the-lofthouse.com/crock-pot-beef-stew/">https://life-in-the-lofthouse.com/crock-pot-beef-stew/</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">3. One Pot Cheesy Sausage Pasta</span><br />
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There are tons of variations of this one on the internet. I basically follow this recipe but I add in lots of yummy garlic, prosciutto, and heavy cream and you can't go wrong! Plus the delicious red wine and sourdough bread again.<br />
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<a href="https://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/one-pot-cheesy-tortellini-and-sausage/70dea046-0a5a-4459-a71b-8b0d49c7a104">https://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/one-pot-cheesy-tortellini-and-sausage/70dea046-0a5a-4459-a71b-8b0d49c7a104</a><br />
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How about you? What are some of your favorite fall recipes? I think I need to go get outside and walk or ride my bike after eating like this or have salad for dinner a couple of nights this week!<br />
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I'm seriously thinking of getting into making some soups but they seem so difficult to me. Do you have any great soup recipes or soup making tips? I do have an immersion blender that I think is made for making soup. I believe my fall cooking goal will be to try out making a couple of homemade soups. Any suggestions on what to start with?<br />
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I can't leave you today without sharing a few of my most recent furniture transformations, some that I sold and some were for clients:</div>
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Antoinette and Pure White from Annie Sloan chalk painted vintage desk and matching chair with new fabric and freshly sewn pillow. I refinished the original hardware with guilder's paste.</div>
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Graphite chalk painted (by Annie Sloan) client's son's desk with black wax added on top.</div>
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Freshly stained top for this vintage dresser which I painted with Versailles chalk paint by Annie Sloan. I added brown wax to the drawer fronts and updated the original hardware again with guilder's paste.<br />
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Provence and Pure White by Annie Sloan chalk painted sweet vintage dresser with seahorse artwork and freshly sewn pillow with pom pom edging. <br />
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Paris Gray and Louis Blue by Annie Sloan chalk painted coordinating desk, vintage chair, and bedside table with artwork and two freshly sewn pillows.</div>
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Brick Red chalk paint by Annie Sloan and guilder's paste along front detail two drawer coffee table.</div>
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Antoinette and Pure White chalk painted (Annie Sloan again) matching dresser with new hardware, bedside table, and freshly recovered bench and two pillows plus Pottery Barn rag rug.<br />
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Guess where I got all of the brand new fabric in all of these recent projects?????? From Marshalls and Target- they're shower curtains! All of the shower curtains cost less than $20 and I loved the fun floral patterns. Goes to show you can find inspiration anywhere!!!!!!<br />
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Thanks so much for joining me today friends. I hope you're having a wonderful season of fall where ever you are and that the world is being kind to you. My family has a week off next week for their fall break so we are really looking forward to some relaxation and bonding time. I hope you have some time for reflection and rejuvenation this fall.<br />
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Lastly, here are some peaks into some of our fall decorating over at The Chalkboard Cottage-<br />
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fabric pumpkins-<br />
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We are obsessed with our fall woodland creature friends-<br />
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Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04270672388724451918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744136421084270446.post-65111096434224627522017-07-09T09:26:00.000-07:002017-07-09T10:39:43.923-07:00Pom Pom ObsessionHi Friends,<br />
Thanks for joining me today. It's hot hot hot here in North Carolina lately. Since my daughter broke her arm (one more week in the cast...my mantra is now....we can make it! we can make it!) we have been spending lots of time inside enjoying the air conditioning and out newly adopted kitty, Lillie. Isn't she sweet?. <br />
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With spending a lot of time inside due to the heat that has lead to some crafting and some updating. Lately I have really been digging pom poms. Do you like pom poms? Here are some pom pom projects that I added to a guest bathroom Target shower curtain and a pillow from our bonus room:</div>
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Here are some current make overs for sale. A pair of Chateau Gray chalk paint chairs with new autumnal fabric and 6 beachy pallet art pieces-</div>
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I've updated my 'Services' tab. Hop on over if you're interested. Thanks friends!<br />
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Also, I've been updating my online portfolio-<br />
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Take care friends. I hope your travels are safe if you're on summer adventures. Here's to a great week.<br />
MeganMeganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04270672388724451918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744136421084270446.post-47653781321408642442017-05-06T06:28:00.003-07:002017-05-06T06:28:40.972-07:00New WebsiteHi Y'all,<br />
I hope you are well and enjoying spring.<br />
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I wanted to share a new website that I created where I am housing my portfolio of transformed furniture:<br />
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https://www.thechalkboardcottage.com/<br />
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<a href="https://www.thechalkboardcottage.com/">https://www.thechalkboardcottage.com/</a><br />
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Take care.<br />
Happy decorating and living,<br />
MeganMeganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04270672388724451918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744136421084270446.post-74718879941660767762017-01-31T06:25:00.000-08:002017-01-31T06:25:10.395-08:00Final Kitchen Reveal Make-Over VideoHi Friends,<br />
How are you this week? I hope you're doing well. Can you believe that February is almost here?<br />
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I realized that I hadn't filmed our final kitchen reveal in video for you. Some of you asked to see it. <i>Disclaimer: we have one more job to do--- paint the kitchen walls where the paint from the cabinets leached over even though it was taped off.</i> I just couldn't wait though to share the final video with you.<br />
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So here it is. Our kitchen make-over that we did ourselves is finished. Our budget was $500- about $250 for the paint and supplies and about $250 for the backsplash/tiling materials including a tile saw.<br />
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Good luck on your DIY adventures! You can do it!<br />
I hope you have a great rest of the week-<br />
Happy decorating & living,<br />
MeganMeganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04270672388724451918noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744136421084270446.post-19507290707747477692016-12-25T10:19:00.001-08:002016-12-25T10:19:22.670-08:00Merry Christmas!<span style="font-size: large;">Dear Friends,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Merry Christmas! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We wish you the very best that 2017 has to offer! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">May it be filled with many many blessings!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Be well,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Megan</span><br />
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<br />Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04270672388724451918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744136421084270446.post-25167017847776019122016-12-19T09:15:00.000-08:002016-12-19T09:15:06.558-08:00Handmade Gifts<span style="font-size: large;">Hi Friends,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">How are you? Can you believe that Christmas is less than a week away? Are you ready? What are you looking forward to most? We are most looking forward to family visiting. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you for all of your sweet comments on our kitchen reveal. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">If you missed it, here it is:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://thechalkboardcottage.blogspot.com/2016/12/kitchen-budget-make-over-reveal.html">http://thechalkboardcottage.blogspot.com/2016/12/kitchen-budget-make-over-reveal.html</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A while back I shared some past handmade gifts and/or decorations for the holidays. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now, you need to keep a secret for me. Shhh! Don't tell anyone that I give gifts to. Today I wanted to share with you this year's handmade gift, oyster shell Christmas trees:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">How about you? Do you like to give handmade gifts? If so, what are some gift ideas you've given? Do you like to receive handmade gifts? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Merry Christmas y'all! Thanks for joining me today.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Megan</span>Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04270672388724451918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744136421084270446.post-10520218471323463682016-12-18T13:36:00.003-08:002016-12-18T13:36:24.267-08:00Kitchen Budget Make-Over Reveal<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Woo hoo!!!!!! The sun is shining! Our kitchen make-over that we did ourselves for less than $500 is complete!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hi friends,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Can you tell that we are slightly excited to be finished with our kitchen make-over? You might remember that we did it ourselves and on a budget. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Disclaimer: I was so excited to share these pictures that I couldn't even wait for the electrical outlet covers to be put back on so just ignore that. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here's our old kitchen (brown, brown, and in case that's not enough brown, here's a little more brown):</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u>Here's what we did:</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">1. Painted upper kitchen cabinets in Annie Sloan's Pure White chalk paint (done by me)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">2. Painted lower kitchen cabinets in Annie Sloan's French Linen chalk paint (done by me)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">3. New subway white tiles tiled directly over existing tiles and gray grout added (done by Mr. Chalkboard Cottage)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u>Here's the budget breakdown:</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">1. About $250 for paint supplies</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">2. About $250 for tiling supplies (including Mr. Chalkboard Cottage did need to buy a tile saw and we used gift cards for Home Depot for most of this bill)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Feel free to watch our video tutorials on how we carried out this task of making over our kitchen ourselves on a budget under our <i>Tutorials tab</i>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Also, if you're having any questions, feel free to comment below and we promise to answer your questions. Good luck!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are about to host lots of family for the Christmas holiday and plan on sitting in our kitchen enjoying their company, lots of yummy food, and delicious wine!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones and the absolute best of what 2017 can bring you,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Megan</span>Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04270672388724451918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744136421084270446.post-71047230019100256302016-12-16T12:17:00.000-08:002016-12-16T12:26:46.492-08:00Origami Paper Christmas Trees<span style="font-size: large;">Hi Friends,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">How was your week????? The last two days here in North Carolina have been cold, cold, cold! I was able to work in the garage yesterday on a make-over piece with a small electric heater working by my side but today it was too cold! I was happy to get some errands done, sell some of my made over pieces, and work inside in the warm house on this craft I wanted to share with you that my internet friend, Barb, shared with me. Do you have any friends that you haven't met in person but yet you have tons in common with them? That's Barb for me! She's a fellow former educator, loves nature, and this is really important she LOVES books! Maybe more than I do! Thanks for sharing this cool craft with me Barb!!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here's a very simple paper craft. All you need is paper. Any color. Any pattern. Any size. Each tree only took me a minute or two. Really. That. Simple.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Video tutorial is at the bottom of this post. Enjoy!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Origami Paper Christmas Trees:</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">By the way, we have 5 Christmas trees in our house. I have a bit of problem with LOVING Christmas. This tree is our 'winter wonderland' themed tree. I made all of the ornaments or bought them at the dollar store (there are a few, just a few expensive ornaments from some real stores but not many) and it's my favorite tree. Oh and starfish too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here's the video tutorial I just had to watch a few times before I had the routine down pat:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Okay, back to making a few more trees for our guest room My brother and his family are coming here from California on Monday to celebrate Christmas with us. I thought this sweet little Origami trees would make our guest room look more festive.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">By the way, Mr. Chalkboard Cottage, has been working so hard wrapping up replacing our tile in our kitchen. I tried very hard not to let you see our kitchen (which is the adjoining room to our family room above) so that I could reveal our newly made over kitchen probably on Monday!!! Just in time for our family to arrive for the holidays!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Merry Christmas friends!!!!!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Thanks again for joining me today.</span><br />
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<br />Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04270672388724451918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744136421084270446.post-69805113416349588772016-12-13T10:01:00.000-08:002016-12-13T10:01:10.763-08:00Kitchen Make Over Update: Video 6Hi Friends,<br />
Ahhhh! The birds are singing over here at The Chalkboard Cottage...I'm moments away from finishing painting our last bottom kitchen cabinet in French Linen chalk paint. My husband just started replacing our backsplash as well. Our goal was to finish our kitchen make over by the time we hosted family for the Christmas holiday which begins over here in a less than a week.<br />
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Let me show our progress so far:<br />
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Thanks for joining us along this journey. It's taken quite a while but was relatively inexpensive and worth the time and effort! </div>
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<br />Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04270672388724451918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744136421084270446.post-64581968426102291712016-12-09T08:24:00.007-08:002016-12-09T08:24:59.097-08:00This Week's ProjectsHi Friends,<br />
How are you? How was your week? I had a very productive week at home this week (no traveling for work this week) so I got a lot accomplished. Our kitchen chalk painting make over is ALMOST finished....I think next week I will wrap up the painting then Mr. Chalkboard Cottage will be working on replacing the backsplash....oooooh! I can't wait! We will make our Christmas deadline. Yoo hoo!!!<br />
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I wanted to share with you some of the projects that I worked on this week for sale:<br />
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Annie Sloan French Linen chalk painted dresser with lovely lines and cool original hardware:<br />
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Provence chalk painted frame chalkboard:</div>
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French Linen over white chalk paint small buffet:</div>
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White chalk painted Broyhill dresser with lightly distressed edges:</div>
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French Linen chalk painted chair and neutral striped fabric on seat:</div>
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Rustic Seahorse sign commissioned by a client:</div>
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Sweet white wicker small bedside table:</div>
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Rustic Noel Christmas signs, perfect for the porch:</div>
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Lattice topped white chalk painted coffee table:</div>
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Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you have a wonderful weekend. Stop back by next week and I hope to share our kitchen make over progress with you.</div>
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<br />Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04270672388724451918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744136421084270446.post-34478363228675424842016-12-06T13:44:00.000-08:002016-12-06T13:44:00.638-08:00Tip 5 Painting TechniquesHi Friends,<br />
Here we are with tip 5 for Painting Your Kitchen Cabinets with Chalk Paint- Painting Techniques.<br />
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I've begun the bottom cabinets using Annie Sloan French Linen which ties in nicely with our existing granite which has browns, tans, and black.<br />
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I will share our almost finished kitchen with you soon! Stay tuned.<br />
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What other tutorials would you like me to make for you!<br />
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Happy decorating & living,<br />
MeganMeganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04270672388724451918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744136421084270446.post-28576227549160755062016-12-02T12:51:00.000-08:002016-12-02T12:51:06.530-08:00Tip 4: Supplies Hi friends,<br />
Thanks for joining me today as I share tip 4 in my series on <b>how to use chalk paint to make over your kitchen cabinets</b> for a fraction of hiring a professional. You got this! You can do this!<br />
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You might remember (you can scroll down in the blog if you missed these tips):<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Tip 4</span></b>....drum roll please.......is all about what <b><span style="font-size: large;">supplies, materials, stuff </span></b>you will need to get the job done:<br />
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I'm so excited to reveal our freshly finished chalk painted upper kitchen cabinets in Pure White (Annie Sloan chalk paint) with you. I start work on the bottom cabinets soon in French Linen. I think we will make our goal of wrapping up this kitchen make over by the time we host relatives for Christmas. Our must be done date is Dec. 18. On our way......<br />
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Happy decorating & living,<br />
MeganMeganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04270672388724451918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744136421084270446.post-27682888581094861882016-12-02T03:46:00.000-08:002016-12-02T03:46:49.868-08:00Tip 3: Find a Space to WorkHi friends,<br />
Thanks for joining me again for our series on painting your kitchen cabinets with chalk paint.<br />
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<b>Here we are with tip 3: finding a space to work.</b><br />
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Keep those questions and comments coming as we read each and every one.<br />
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Happy decorating & living,<br />
MeganMeganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04270672388724451918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744136421084270446.post-65963383307145689692016-12-01T13:47:00.000-08:002016-12-01T13:47:48.742-08:00Too Cute Target! Stop it! Too Cute!Hi friends,<br />
Check this out.....Target, you gotta stop, it's too cute!<br />
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MeganMeganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04270672388724451918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744136421084270446.post-10864520820241585172016-12-01T04:04:00.000-08:002016-12-01T04:04:43.640-08:00Tip 2: Make a PlanHi friends,<br />
Welcome back to my blog series on <b>Painting Your Kitchen Cabinets</b> with chalk paint tips, techniques, and advice.<br />
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<b>Here's tip 2 for you: Make a Plan.</b> Enjoy!<br />
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Stop back by again real soon and we will start getting into the actual painting techniques, materials, supplies, etc. Thanks for coming along this journey with me!<br />
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Happy decorating & living,<br />
MeganMeganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04270672388724451918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744136421084270446.post-52621276176261949102016-11-30T08:44:00.002-08:002016-11-30T08:44:45.303-08:00Tip 1 for Painting Your Kitchen CabinetsHi Friends,<br />
Welcome to <strong>The Chalkboard Cottage</strong> if this is your first time visiting! I'm Megan and I'm so happy to welcome you to my little blog. Here's my family (this is our family's Christmas card photo thanks to my dad who was our photographer- we had to include our 13 year old dog cause you never know):<br />
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As many of you know I'm currently making over our kitchen which is including painting our kitchen cabinets with chalk paint. Many of you have asked me to share tips, mistakes, and advice on what I've learned so I decided to grab my camera that I got from Mr. Chalkboard Cottage last year for Christmas and try the video feature for the first time and see how it goes.....<br />
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Here's tip one on Using Chalk Paint to Make Over Kitchen Cabinets (stay tuned for most tips- I have lots of lessons I've learned!!!): Enjoy!<br />
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<strong>Tip 1: START SMALL</strong><br />
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I hope you found Tip 1 helpful. I have many more tips for you that I plan to share in the next few days, you can check back here on my blog for updates. Thanks for joining me in this journey! Please let me know if there are any questions you're wondering about using chalk paint or making over your kitchen or whatever.</div>
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Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04270672388724451918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744136421084270446.post-90281085971483028402016-10-20T13:24:00.004-07:002016-10-20T13:28:06.020-07:00Handmade Christmas CraftsHi friends,<br />
Welcome back! Does it seem a little early to be talking about Christmas crafts? Nah. We need some time to make them, right? I love the idea of giving a handmade gift to friends and family each year. This is the time of year I start thinking about what craft I could make that others would like and appreciate. The weather is getting cooler and I'm finding myself inside a little bit more. Perfect craft time.<br />
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<strong><em>Past craft ideas:</em></strong><br />
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Two years ago I took my kids to a fall festival at the beach in October during their fall break and one of the craft stations had them making <strong>'God's eye' or 'Cat's Cradle' yarn projects</strong>. Do you remember these from camp?<br />
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Well, I went crazzzzyyyyy for this craft idea. I made ornaments out of yarn for 3 months to give as gifts and even did a whole tree theme in my family room with this idea and decorated a burlap garland piece over a threshold to our music room.</div>
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Here's where you can see pictures (from my old blog) of our family room God's Eye themed tree- I called in 'Winter Wonderland' and all of the ornaments were blue, white, or silver:</div>
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Last year, I was super motivated to learn how to make these <strong>sweet crochet snowflake ornaments</strong>. I must have watched this sweet lady's video tutorial a 100 times at least! You will see my attempts at this craft on my Cottage Blue Blog link above on my Christmas tree.<br />
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Needless to say, I only made a few because I was teaching myself how to crochet while trying to make these snowflake ornaments. <br />
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Here's the video tutorial-<br />
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So......what's this year's craft? <strong>Oyster shells</strong>. I was first inspired while at a restaurant at the beach that had oyster shell chandeliers. I added some oyster shells to a light fixture in my house. Recently I picked up tons more oyster shells while at the beach at the local oyster shell recycling center- let me tell you this was messy, disgusting, gross business! Those shells are getting a bleach bath before I touch them again. But I have a bunch of ideas of craft projects to use with the oyster shells that I will use to decorate my home during Christmas and to give as gifts over the holidays. <br />
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Do you like to give handmade gifts too? What have you given? Or received that you really appreciated?<br />
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Happy decorating & living,<br />
MeganMeganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04270672388724451918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744136421084270446.post-78331423424385188872016-10-19T07:38:00.003-07:002016-10-19T07:38:30.237-07:00October Hi friends,<br />
October has been filled with work trips and pleasure trips (one interrupted by Hurricane Matthew) for me hence things have been quiet on the blog. I wanted to pop in today and catch you up. <br />
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Despite my hardly being home in October I did sneak in two furniture make-overs last weekend. <br />
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This beauty was for a sweet returning client that bought a small dresser from me a while ago for her young daughter and was wanting a larger dresser for her master bedroom. She requested blue and since the wood was so beautiful on this gorgeous dresser I decided to only partially paint it:<br />
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I used the same Napoleonic Blue chalk paint by Annie Sloan (from the dresser) to make over this trim work desk which I additionally white waxed. My intention was to sell it by while working on it I had the brainstorm that if I kept it, I could free up all of the kitchen counter space by making this new piece of our technology charging zone. Brilliant! Since we are making over our kitchen currently (new backsplash and newly chalk painted cabinets)- I'm super excited about clutter free countertops!</div>
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Back to Hurricane Matthew. As many of you know, my kids (5th grader and 3rd grader) attend a neighborhood school that is on the year round schedule, meaning their summer break is very short and they have breaks throughout the school year. We were on an intended week long break at the beach in South Caroline when Hurricane Matthew decided to appear so the mandatory evacuation sent us home. My daughter and I came back to the same beach this week as it's her last week of fall break to survey the damage and resume our fun in the sun time. <br />
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Most of the beach home walk ways were destroyed, luckily not where we are:</div>
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Lots of flooding in the area and tons of trees and branches down. We weren't able to go very far on our favorite bike path through the woods:</div>
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Back to our mini-vacation which includes lots of bike riding, walking on the beach, eating yummy seafood, card playing, puzzle making, coloring, and riding in the hammock. <br />
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Happy October Y'all!<br />
I'll be back to some more furniture make-overs and Thanksgiving decorating in November.<br />
MeganMeganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04270672388724451918noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744136421084270446.post-79700854837488940812016-09-26T16:16:00.001-07:002016-09-26T16:19:30.656-07:00Early FallHi Friends,<br />
Thanks for stopping by The Chalkboard Cottage today. <br />
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Happy Fall Y'all! <br />
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Early fall here in North Carolina means....the weather is slightly less hot, the mornings are a tad cooler, the daylight hours are a little less, the leaves are just starting to show some signs of yellow on the edges of the leaves, and I have begun hearing Canadian geese flying off to places unknown to me. <br />
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Today as I was preparing for a course I'm teaching away from home later this week I found it lovely sitting outside on the screened in porch with some cooler breezes than I felt in the 90 degree day we had two days ago. <br />
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Early fall here is still too early to put out the real pumpkins and I haven't bought the bright yellow mums yet but still there are pops of autumn around our home. I've put away a lot of blues, greens, and sea life décor from summer (though of course being a beach loving girl, there's still some around) and brought out the warm neutrals....browns, more wicker, warm fuzzy pillows and blankets. I have a few woodland creature friends that I look forward to bringing out each year too. I bought a new woodland friend this year, an owl, which my son says 'freaks me out'.<br />
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Somehow I'm finding myself wanting to lay around more than this week and read. I made a trip to our local library to pick up several books I had on reserve and am dying to start reading. Have you read any of these yet? I have been loving Grit this week and am going to Devil in the White City next. If you haven't heard of Grit, watch the author, Angela Duckworth's awesome Ted Talk here:<br />
<a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/angela_lee_duckworth_grit_the_power_of_passion_and_perseverance?language=en">https://www.ted.com/talks/angela_lee_duckworth_grit_the_power_of_passion_and_perseverance?language=en</a><br />
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I think you'll become a fan and want to read more!<br />
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I wanted to share with you some pops of fall in our favorite family room where we are finding ourselves wrapped up in blankets watching movies, new fall tv shows (thank you networks!), and reading:<br />
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New light from a store in South Carolina, great bargain!<br />
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Pumpkin artwork by my daughter:</div>
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Newest handmade craft- paper leaf wreath:</div>
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These two chairs are my latest thrift store purchases. The one on the right was free and I made a custom drop cloth cover for it. The ottoman was super cheap from, you guessed it, a thrift store. I can't stop sitting here and reading or watching tv:</div>
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In October, a few pretty garish Halloween decorations will make their presence known in this space then a few turkeys will follow a few weeks later. Then it will all be cleaned up and swept away to the attic for another year.<br />
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Thanksgiving weekend you will find me with two little elves in decorating heaven putting up our four trees this year. Let the decorating begin....<br />
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I wish you the happiest and healthiest of falls. Take care friends.<br />
Happy decorating & living,<br />
MeganMeganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04270672388724451918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744136421084270446.post-6680567080022539682016-09-18T06:15:00.005-07:002016-09-18T06:15:32.189-07:00Recent Make-Over ProjectsHi friends,<br />
I can't tell you how happy I am to be home after a week of traveling for work AND that fall is officially starting this week. As a girl who works on furniture make-overs in my garage, I'm so over summer hotness and sweatiness and so ready to welcome in cooler temperatures.<br />
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I wanted to share a few furniture make-overs with you that I've tackled lately. See you think....<br />
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<strong>1. Ugly brown floral arm chair.</strong> This was a free chair that a thrift store gave me because part of it was ripped when I bought other pieces from them. I figured it was free so I could do something with it. I'm going to keep it as I don't feel comfortable selling it as it was my first attempt.<br />
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After- this one I will keep as I don't feel comfortable selling it as it was my first attempt at using drop cloth material to cover an old chair. Practice piece. The make-over cost was $20. I used a nail gun and glue gun to complete this piece.</div>
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Here are some other thrift store finds I recently made over and one client project (two white chairs) plus an oyster shell project I did to our eat in kitchen existing light fixture: </div>
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Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04270672388724451918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744136421084270446.post-20834777714802769062016-08-14T13:33:00.003-07:002016-08-14T13:33:28.317-07:00Up for a Challenge?Hi Friends,<br />
How are you this weekend? It's so hot here in North Carolina we can't bear to be outside. The last painting I did was in the very hot garage early on Saturday morning. Otherwise, I've been working inside. I took my daughter and her friend ice skating on Saturday- that was a very good idea. Ah! Coldness! <br />
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I wanted to share with you two chairs I bought a few days ago at a thrift store. I knew I liked their lines but I knew they needed help. <br />
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Honestly, I wasn't quite sure how I can going to help them but I was going to try. The first thing I did was paint them with Provence (blue) Annie Sloan chalk paint...<br />
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After painting them, I knew I like how the wood was turning out but I was realizing that the velvet materials WAS NOT going to take kindly to the chalk paint. So, I hesitantly started pulling the chair apart...literally. I was careful. I realized I could cover up the front and back top sections. That left the bottom to deal with. I took everything on the bottom seat apart but left the mechanisms for supporting weight intact. After several trips to the fabric store for fabric and trim I was ready to make some magic happen.<br />
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I think I used every possible tool possible to put these chairs back together and help them become beautiful. Glue gun, staple gun, nail gun, exacto knife, hammer, scissors, fabric, trim, cushions, paint, paint brush, paint wax....woo hoo!<br />
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Here are the beauties. They're gone now, they had a short life in my home and I wish them well in their new home. They were my first Pay Pal sale:<br />
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What do you think? I loved them and would have happily kept them. <br />
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Here's another friend waiting patiently in my garage for me to do some magic on and make beautiful once again.....stay tuned.....<br />
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Stay cool friends! I hope you have an amazing upcoming week.<br />
Happy decorating and living,<br />
MeganMeganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04270672388724451918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744136421084270446.post-15194194951951625022016-08-11T04:40:00.002-07:002016-08-11T04:40:17.411-07:00Experimenting with Different Chalk Paint ColorsHi Friends,<br />
Thanks for stopping by to see me! With the rascals back in school over a week now and my work travel schedule being super light this month, I've been busy making over old sad pieces of furniture with new chalk paint colors (new to me) by Annie Sloan.<br />
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Here are some of my new pieces.....<br />
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<strong>Paloma</strong> (think pretty lavender gray) make-over pieces:<br />
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<span id="goog_703053334"></span><span id="goog_703053335">Always a favorite, <strong>Paris Gray</strong>:</span><br />
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Thanks for stopping by today. I'm off to make over more sad furniture pieces to give them a new life as a beauty. Hope you're having a great week,<br />
MeganMeganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04270672388724451918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744136421084270446.post-16953536713146820692016-06-27T15:54:00.001-07:002016-06-27T15:54:13.149-07:00A Few New Make-Overs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04270672388724451918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744136421084270446.post-26660982044937184812016-06-23T11:11:00.003-07:002016-06-23T11:11:46.924-07:00New furniture make-oversThanks for stopping by The Chalkboard Cottage. I'm excited to share with you some of the pieces I've made over recently using Annie Sloan's chalk paint:<br />
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French Linen painted end table-<br />
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French Linen painted chair plus distressing so pops of the blue paint underneath peak through plus recovered seat and new pillow-<br />
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Paris Gray painted sweet chair and painted fabric-<br />
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Paris Gray bar cart/coffee cart/craft cart/whatever you want cart-<br />
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Another French Linen painted end table-<br />
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Duck Egg painted coffee table-<br />
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Sweet Duck Egg painted children's table with two chairs-<br />
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Lovely Duck Egg painted shelf-<br />
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Thanks for stopping by friends.<br />
Hope you're enjoying your summer.<br />
Happy living & decorating,<br />
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