Have a lovely weekend!!

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Lots of steps on my Fitbit despite not actually exercising.  Thank you for all of your comments and suggestions on the few posts I did manage to get up this week.  As usual, you were really, truly helpful and always sweet! Y'all are the best!  </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Have a lovely weekend! </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://fortheloveofahouse.blogspot.ca/2011/05/master-bath.html">Furniture in the master bathroom</a> when you don't have space for an extra piece.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">(Thank you, Rebecca, for the link in the comments!!)  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I will definitely be popping into the <a href="http://artbykarena.blogspot.com/2014/11/panache-chocolatier-and-cafe-on-country.html">newly renovated Panache Chocolatier </a>next time I'm on the Country Club Plaza - just the organized walls alone are like a little slice of Heaven. And the chocolate ...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">My friend Tobe's <a href="http://becauseitsawesome.blogspot.com/2014/11/one-room-challenge-master-bedroom-final.html">Master Bedroom ORC Reveal</a> proves just how awesome she is.  It is so cool!  <br /><br /><a href="http://rosabeltrandesign.blogspot.ca/2014/11/one-room-challenge-project-parisian.html">Another awesome ORC Reveal</a> that I would not have seen if not for your comments! (Thanks again, Rebecca!) <br /><br />OMG <a href="http://blog.thepinkpagoda.us/2014/11/2014-fall-one-room-challenge-final-week.html">The Pink Pagoda's ORC is soo good</a>.  No words.  Just click and swoon. <br /><br />Pretty <a href="http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/product/home-curtains/31536139.jsp#/">blue and white curtains</a><br /><br />Possible <a href="http://mynottinghill.blogspot.com/2014/11/now-its-fabric-too-sandberg-raphael.html">drapery fabric</a> for the wood paneled library?  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Looks like <a href="http://m.eonline.com/news/595614/sorry-every-other-company-this-is-already-the-best-and-most-adorable-christmas-commercial">the kids are getting penguins for Christmas</a> this year!<br /><br />My blog friend Tina's <a href="http://theenchantedhome.co/2014/11/gotham-enchanted-home/">Enchanted Home was on a TV Show</a> that I'm probably going to have to start watching now!  <br /><br />I love this <a href="http://bsoup.blogspot.com/2014/11/cream-and-tweed.html">cream and tweed outfit</a> inspiration<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thepottedboxwood.com/the-luxe-look-of-leather/">Loving Leather Lately</a> (that was fun) </div><div><br /></div><div>* I just found out my former dance teacher, <a href="http://www.sullivanfuneralhome.com/sitemaker/sites/SULLIV2/obit.cgi?page=documents&user_id=1452662&MAIN_EVENT=MEMSOL&SUB_EVENT=VIEW_GUESTBOOK">Miss Dorothy</a>, passed away. Dallas friends reading this will remember her from her days at the Park Cities YMCA and then PCPAC. She was a tiny little force from Boston who had an intense passion for her art and her students. She had such a profound impact on my confidence during a time when most of us need a little boost (side-eye middle school). <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In a former life, I wanted to be a professional dancer and she always made me believe that was possible.  I didn't get a chance to tell her all of the positive things she did for me so I just wanted to take a moment here to honor her light. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"></span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgcGEp1mNN6X5eDRyzPimXZq2b-0IZ5x2J1-8H9JhgDkX3-Xz0hvWqaOdmNFKAWJoKGzH_ycmOhg_1I4KeN3FXYpgRCtoTDKn9vvu2a9a0vTbztZDUtP2p6nZUws8khipu9KRemato_HU/s640/blogger-image-1545828160.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgcGEp1mNN6X5eDRyzPimXZq2b-0IZ5x2J1-8H9JhgDkX3-Xz0hvWqaOdmNFKAWJoKGzH_ycmOhg_1I4KeN3FXYpgRCtoTDKn9vvu2a9a0vTbztZDUtP2p6nZUws8khipu9KRemato_HU/s640/blogger-image-1545828160.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My little sister doing her best in Miss Doffee's Tiny Dancer's Class</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"></span></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div>

Have a lovely weekend!!

      * Oscar de la Renta's Bedroom (blue heart emoji!)  Oh boy, it's been a hectic week! Lots of steps on my Fitbit despite not ac...

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Antiques in the Ladies Room

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzQv_9oFF0_4BbdeKXU7rrO3Nyml8LJHVzqbiaBD1Gj7Rba59OUQ8icm4PPtFjBcKhiAhsHToazunug_r2FhKsObnE1k0IvozwUXmSmsLAnjJ_IlBlAz_ByNOmsy_-DwoUP9xDr50MaCo/s1600/IMG_5910.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzQv_9oFF0_4BbdeKXU7rrO3Nyml8LJHVzqbiaBD1Gj7Rba59OUQ8icm4PPtFjBcKhiAhsHToazunug_r2FhKsObnE1k0IvozwUXmSmsLAnjJ_IlBlAz_ByNOmsy_-DwoUP9xDr50MaCo/s1600/IMG_5910.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br />So y'all, I'm kicking myself.  I let this pretty little cabinet get away.  I usually don't stress too much about this kind of thing, but this is one time I really wish I had been a little more impulsive.  I found it at this super cute little antique and gift shop called <a href="http://martincity.org/have-you-visited-the-charm-house/">Charm</a> located near me in Martin City, MO.  It's only open on Thursdays and by the time I returned the following Thursday the piece had been sold.  Darn! <br /><br />I was hoping to put it in our master bathroom next to my vanity.  I love the dainty legs and the big glass doors.  I've always loved the look of antique (or antique-looking) furniture in a bathroom. <br /><br />Observe:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I tried to explain that everything on the floor had a purpose and could not be moved.  You see an inflatable cow, salad tongs and and a paint brush on the floor and call it a mess.  I call it putting on eyeliner <i>and</i> mascara.  Winning! <br /><br /><br />

Antiques in the Ladies Room

So y'all, I'm kicking myself.  I let this pretty little cabinet get away.  I usually don't stress too much about this kind of th...

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Moodboard Monday: Master Bedroom Ikea Hacks (Do I dare?)

Hello y'all!<br><br>First, let me present to you my very first Ikea Hack.  Since Kansas City just got an Ikea, I thought I'd try and be like all of the real bloggers and do something hacky.  But since I like to keep the bar low for my DIY projects, I didn't get too creative. <br><br>I actually 100% copied <a href="http://www.chinoiseriechic.net/2014/10/one-room-challenge-week-four.html">Beth over at Chinoiserie Chic</a> because I trust her taste. She gold-leafed the Vittsjo desk as part of her One Room Challenge project (see link above)  Her's looks way better than mine.  I got a little impatient at the end. <br><br>So here's mine:<div><br></div><div><div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipgi3Nenao85JyS-yZPAEe4oVCP2IfGxf92DoDB20a5n5toYRv3CPv-WQLagf_wpoOUcJfZJ8Yvg8_nLBEAfmOHCq4oAfZAxdKsfDBVcy-46dozNzFVz0IfEnkS-4wIOADP8msT1Hlls8/s640/blogger-image--1711814108.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipgi3Nenao85JyS-yZPAEe4oVCP2IfGxf92DoDB20a5n5toYRv3CPv-WQLagf_wpoOUcJfZJ8Yvg8_nLBEAfmOHCq4oAfZAxdKsfDBVcy-46dozNzFVz0IfEnkS-4wIOADP8msT1Hlls8/s640/blogger-image--1711814108.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2g8U8RLEiXlAZrKMpC-oa-9BCQAOVw1uywBUKm-8sY-9hyaEIoxJRH7qagXHRt2bxu69-8sBJit1NTRZroE4itbny_BbNPGbg2IaJ8Hec6k-H_nzCr5I_cl6bjlpeX4ZqKeNxWcF48ek/s640/blogger-image--1087419769.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2g8U8RLEiXlAZrKMpC-oa-9BCQAOVw1uywBUKm-8sY-9hyaEIoxJRH7qagXHRt2bxu69-8sBJit1NTRZroE4itbny_BbNPGbg2IaJ8Hec6k-H_nzCr5I_cl6bjlpeX4ZqKeNxWcF48ek/s640/blogger-image--1087419769.jpg"></a></div><br>I used some of my favorite gold scalloped paper from Paper Source on to the little platform that hangs below the desk.  </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtZPYauXBycy0JIOjccZ-LDWWgO8t7k9q25EUUe01hyknmmLZdx0QXQcSRGu9Rr0RKKHQ-A6-26BHvGzzEBbCMzzQdzxPjzLWlUAmvV29u5DrBHSxSPU54rbqWEwq5bXq9oEQSSCagFwo/s640/blogger-image-1283104247.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtZPYauXBycy0JIOjccZ-LDWWgO8t7k9q25EUUe01hyknmmLZdx0QXQcSRGu9Rr0RKKHQ-A6-26BHvGzzEBbCMzzQdzxPjzLWlUAmvV29u5DrBHSxSPU54rbqWEwq5bXq9oEQSSCagFwo/s640/blogger-image-1283104247.jpg"></a></div><br>It looks <i>way</i> better than before, despite my sort of lazy leafing skills.  It's a little small for my desktop (it's a laptop desk), and at the end of the day it's still an Ikea desk that was $40, which means one crash from a flying child, and we may be looking at a new computer, which is why it's tucked away in a dark corner of our sitting room. <br><br>The old computer desk is now in our bedroom, which you will see in a minute. </div><div><br></div><div>But first, you, may have seen on my <a href="http://instagram.com/belclairehouse">Instagram</a> over the weekend that I solved the dining room buffet issue.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoOf6NIBQPmgvmHQRNgZGH9rpQOqERzO7bhrRULtqihi2pyb7CJb7UVKXM-NyASor192RkZcHwCRGoyON6lUrFxvj7ArYv0rbj_U5r9bVMnO15aKIdMr98F5RqMzKTiZljMWXyLk0MR7E/s640/blogger-image--836594778.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4vE-_EU94Kl90pMEYROGxn_dW1zdE9kFff-NkIywXvCFayk1vY4w3D9F1qh_gCXC-V_3601sAHVHOoeqqutIRm2Pyqpulp8aimVRmBSkafsOz6fUtSjv6dX1UzAmeHQkU2Jw2JH_RXlU/s640/blogger-image-1966941393.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>I moved* a buffet from our bedroom (I know, sounds weird) to the dining room and it ended up being perfect!  I was stressing a little after I sold the china cabinet.  I didn't realize I had such expensive taste in dining furniture.  <br><br><span style="font-size: x-small;">* I did not actually move anything.  I had some other things that I needed to have hauled off (the most gigantic big screen tv unit that anyone has ever seen) so I ended up using this company called <a href="http://www.collegehunkshaulingjunk.com/">College Hunks Hauling Junk</a> after comparing prices.  Aside from being slightly embarrassed to have a giant truck with the word College Hunks in my driveway, they were really great. They moved everything like it was no big deal and then let me ask them questions all about hoarders.  I'm not on the slippery slope to a hoarding intervention.  I asked them.  </span><br><br>I now have a little (kinda big) issue, that is, what to do with the big empty wall across from our bed.  </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg50qwOOG5qmRL_ViQHHgRGnEW5HgUzwSFqJbmFShT3K9oSnCr8dqLP_QkPmSTYcKAWyOgkbONLYCTkXwLDgWmp6sFTHl0jnMDSNotcRLICaUtDZaOrMjh5NcVfonTssYte3K0OL28FTZc/s640/blogger-image--92867133.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg50qwOOG5qmRL_ViQHHgRGnEW5HgUzwSFqJbmFShT3K9oSnCr8dqLP_QkPmSTYcKAWyOgkbONLYCTkXwLDgWmp6sFTHl0jnMDSNotcRLICaUtDZaOrMjh5NcVfonTssYte3K0OL28FTZc/s640/blogger-image--92867133.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Since I have 1,012 other things I want to do in my house right now, I have the budget of a husband who is trying to pretend he doesn't hear you.<br><br>This is what I want to do:<br><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnLhQDqQmuqxQTf8rix_5QeW3USGwy3B4jYRLXKSOLgpuZu5yX067W_ppT8PUHs9FOchrCQDqHiRlbXoVmbqdixuRuhF4JA7wTVk7piUabV-NUhdzCi0YhHyLZDL6Xd2ArvCgyivlqWC8/s1600/0dba0e6a78a5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnLhQDqQmuqxQTf8rix_5QeW3USGwy3B4jYRLXKSOLgpuZu5yX067W_ppT8PUHs9FOchrCQDqHiRlbXoVmbqdixuRuhF4JA7wTVk7piUabV-NUhdzCi0YhHyLZDL6Xd2ArvCgyivlqWC8/s1600/0dba0e6a78a5.jpg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.chinoiseriechic.net/2014/10/one-room-challenge-week-four.html">via</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br>Cream and grey built-ins with a center dresser under the TV.  But that is a BIG project (see previously mentioned budget) so I'm going to either find some things to paint from the consignment shops<br><br>ORRRRRR<br><br>(this is where I bring it back full circle) <br><br>Hack some more IKEA stuff!  Seeing as I am an expert and all.  With the genius invention of <a href="http://www.myoverlays.com/">O'verlays</a> by my friend Danika of <a href="http://gorgeousshinythings.blogspot.com/">Gorgeous Shiny Things</a>, it shouldn't be that difficult right? (famous last words).  <br><br><br><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div style="margin: 0 auto; width: 600px;"><div style="position: relative;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/master_bedroom_ikea_hacks_do/set?.embedder=8728156&.svc=blogger&id=139384149" target="_blank"><img alt="Master Bedroom Ikea Hacks (Do I dare?)" border="0" height="417" src="http://cfc.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-set/.sig/kLkYaB3Ti7VCDlyHaxgIng/cid/139384149/id/YEMwnJFj5BGAeklXEleiAg/size/c600x417.jpg" title="Master Bedroom Ikea Hacks (Do I dare?)" width="600"></a></div></div><br><div style="margin: 0 auto; width: 600px;"><br><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing?.embedder=8728156&.svc=blogger&id=116751742" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/116751742.jpg" title="Decorative hardware" vspace="4" width="50"></a><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing?.embedder=8728156&.svc=blogger&id=122699838" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/122699838.jpg" title="Home decor" vspace="4" width="50"></a><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing?.embedder=8728156&.svc=blogger&id=92833158" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/92833158.jpg" title="Decorative hardware" vspace="4" width="50"></a><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing?.embedder=8728156&.svc=blogger&id=56380369" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/56380369.jpg" title="White six drawer dresser" vspace="4" width="50"></a><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing?.embedder=8728156&.svc=blogger&id=114749644" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/114749644.jpg" title="BILLY" vspace="4" width="50"></a><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing?.embedder=8728156&.svc=blogger&id=122668562" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/122668562.jpg" title="OXBERG" vspace="4" width="50"></a><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing?.embedder=8728156&.svc=blogger&id=122669763" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/122669763.jpg" title="Rex" vspace="4" width="50"></a><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing?.embedder=8728156&.svc=blogger&id=120559145" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/120559145.jpg" title="Appliques Onlays" vspace="4" width="50"></a><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing?.embedder=8728156&.svc=blogger&id=122669722" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/122669722.jpg" title="Grace" vspace="4" width="50"></a></div></div></div><br><br>I'm probably crazy to consider this, but I have to say, I would love to start a project and finish it exactly how I want it.  I'm feeling the need to create something other than a sandwich and an expertly loaded dishwasher. <br><br> <img alt="22 Life Lessons From Ramona Singer" class="bf_dom" height="351" src="http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2014-08/5/14/enhanced/webdr11/anigif_enhanced-buzz-8797-1407263154-8.gif" style="height: 351px; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 625px;" width="625"><br><br>Thoughts? </div>

Moodboard Monday: Master Bedroom Ikea Hacks (Do I dare?)

Hello y'all! First, let me present to you my very first Ikea Hack.  Since Kansas City just got an Ikea, I thought I'd try and be lik...

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