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I finally had some time to get started on that chair rail!! The oldest boy had a friend over, so all of the kids have been busy playing outside today. Great time for me get some things done around the house!!








I recovered the kitchen seat cushions in a blue toile.








I quick whipped up this red gingham pillow. I like the red with the blue!!

I brought the outside bench inside for who knows how long. I used some leftover blue toile and

whipped together a pillow to pretty up the bench. I was at Walmart picking up some groceries and picked up this rosemary plant. It smells heavenly!!

And here is my first wall of chair rail. It went really well and I was surprised at how easy it actually was. I had a blast with the power saw and I think I may have found myself a new hobby. I'm already thinking about doing crown moulding on the kitchen cabinets.

Hubby gave me a quick lesson with the power saw and then left me to fend for myself. This is how we finished off the ends. Our doorways are not trimmed out, so we had to finish off the ends with a mitered return. I think it looks pretty good. The first return I made was a wee bit to big, so I had hubby do the second. There is one more that I will have to make and I think I'll try to do that one myself.

This end came out a little shorter than the other, but I'm not fussin about it. Good enough already!!

I painted all the trim around the floor white and now I need to caulk and paint the chair rail. I can't believe I didn't do this sooner!! I know...I said the same thing about painting the fireplace and the kitchen cabinets. To all you ladies out there who are putting off painting those wood cabinets or that outdated brick fireplace...Do it!!! Don't listen to your Mother in-law when she says..."You can't paint oak!" Gasp..."You can't paint that lovely brick fireplace!!" Just do it!! I'm sure you will love it and be so glad that you did!!

I received another award from Amy over at http://bubble-bubblesblog.blogspot.com/! Thank you very much Amy!! I think that you are amazing!! Amy has such a positive attitude and is so very inspiring to me!! Please stop in and visit her lovely blog!!



That's that for this post. Hope everyone is having a great weekend!! I'm gonna light my favorite scented candle (yankee sprarkling lemon), and fix a nice hot cup of tea!!

Jen