Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Dreaming of St. Augustine...

Do you have a favorite vacation spot?
That place that you constantly
dream
of going back to?

If you close your eyes, you feel like you're there...
That place for me (well, one of them..) is
 St. Augustine, Florida.

Have you ever been?
It's labeled as
"the oldest city in the United States"
and you can literally feel the history
when you walk down its cobblestone roads
filled with unique shops and quaint restaurants.

I lived in Jacksonville (about 45 minutes north)
for a couple of years (on and off),
but I dreamed
of living in St. Augustine
SOMEDAY.

I still have family in Jacksonville,
and though we don't get to visit very often,
we ALWAYS take
a day trip
to St. Augustine
when we're there.

If you've never been...you should go!
Visit one of the many bed and breakfasts,

take a ghost tour,
climb the stairs of the "haunted" lighthouse
(any Ghost Hunters/T.A.P.S. fans?)

dine on the balcony of a historic restaurant
while overlooking the water,

visit the old fort,
take a carriage ride down the old cobblestone roads,
spend a day at the beach,
shop 'til you drop,

visit the Fountain of Youth....

There's so much fun to be had!

Perhaps someday I'll live there
and own my own shop on
historic St. George Street.

A woman can dream...

Click here to watch a video
from the Travel Channel.


 



Sunday, March 14, 2010

And the Winners Are...

First of all,
THANK YOU
to everyone who commented on my previous post
and offered your creative solutions!

My decision was a tough one...
there were so many good ideas.

There were a couple of people who really
"GOT ME"

With a 3-year-old
and a husband who travels all the time,
I don't have a lot of time to do major renovations.
This leads to the winner...


Her idea was something that can EASILY be done
and it was one that I hadn't considered before.
(I'll post photos after I complete the project!)
Thank you Laura!

Second place goes to...


Thanks for spreading the word about my contest!

If both of you can e-mail me with your contact info
and your preferences for the prizes,
I'll get them right out to you!!

I hope everyone has a great week!!!

Tuesday, March 02, 2010

GIVEAWAY and What I Hate About My Home!

As bloggers, we tend to write a lot about
our new home fashions and
we bounce ideas around about
how to make our homes look prettier, cozier,
more elegant, more French, etc.

I've decided to take a time out
from that today
and share with you...
 the things that I HATE about my home!

First and foremost....
I hate the stripes on the wall
in the front living room AND dining room.

When we moved in 2 years ago,
the former tenants were using the front living room wall
to display guitars on!
They didn't leave the matching paint, so we've never attempted
to match it up so that we can paint over the stripes!

My second least favorite thing in the house
are these terrible cheap-looking wood rails
that separate the dining room from the front living room
and the kitchen from the den....
If you ask me, it was a cheap way to get out of adding walls!
It is SO hard to decorate around these hideous obstacles!

The third thing I hate about my home is the fact that we have
extremely HIGH ceilings and ledges.
(Okay, sometimes I like the ledges...)
and slanted ceilings
Every time I change my mind
about how I want to decorate the ledge,
my poor husband has to climb up
on the big ol' ladder and spend about
40 minutes listening to me say things like
"now stack that on the left"
"turn that on its side"
"scoot that over in front of the..."
you get the point...

I also hate the fact that I have a
teeny-tiny laundry room.
It's stuck between the hallway
 and the door/steps to the basement.
So you see, the room is the size of a small bathroom
and has a door on each side of it.
There's barely room to move in there
without closing yourself in first.

Other than these things and the fact that
 I want to paint my kitchen and bathroom cabinets white.
(and add a frame around the big ol' bathroom mirror)
I LOVE MY HOME!

I've found ways to work around its "flaws",
but I sure would like to fix them...

Now for the giveaway!
I'm going to have a contest...

I'm hoping to get some clever ideas
on how to easily change some of the things that I hate about my home.

I will choose one idea that I like the best
and the person who shared the winning idea will receive
either
A subscription to the home decor magazine of their choice
OR
A $25 Giftcard to the home decor store of their choice.

Leave a comment with your best idea
 for any of my home's "problem areas" to enter.

I will choose a winner on Sunday afternoon!
(March 14th)

A second chance to win...
blog about my contest and let me know you've done so!
The second place winner will receive
 a magazine subscription to any home decor magazine!

I look forward to getting some creative solutions from ya'll!





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