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• ~Image Heavy Kitchen Re-do~part 2

  A muse, armed with paintbrushes and a power saw…can work miracles…   And this has been a another part of the ongoing SAGA…. Stay Tuned~for the next nail biting, heart pounding episode of…As The Muse’s Kitchen Turns~! (ps please see more about the kitchen upgrade by checking the categories list for past posts)     Did you like this? Share it:Tweet

• ~Living Room Tweaking~

  Keeping it cozy in taupe ~ The defining pieces are the chandelier, once brass…no problem, spray painted black it warms up the space. Once heavy drapes replaced now with a simple pumpkin linen. Once red brick was too brash, answer..Paint! The finale to this room was not to simply disguise a no longer used fireplace, but to make the space work…just in a different way. A custom designed unit was built to complete the “meant to always be here” look [...]

• ~Christmas Corner~

  Just a little corner at the Painted Nest…decked out for Christmas Did you like this? Share it:Tweet

• Wistful ~ Wednesday ~ Word ~ Game

  First word = 1 letterSecond word = 2 lettersThird word = 3 lettersAnd so on…Each reader shall leave a word which has one more letter than the reader before them. If a reader cannot think of a word with the correct amount of letters…then they may cry “Wistful Wednesday” and take the game back to one letter word.And thus the game continues.Will you cry “Wistful Wednesday”? (lol)WORD: “a” (The Muse is responding to all her readers and followers & loving [...]

• ~I Dream~

  I dream…yes, I dream of sounds; fish splashing, birds chirping, darting to and fro…I dream of the lake…the sound of our boat churning…the grandchildren’s laughter as they swim…All those lovely sounds. Then, I dream of scents. The lush aromas of lovely gardens that have my mark…of raw wood that has aged for decades…of rusty metal that sizzles in the summer sun. I dream of barbeques and fresh fruit…the scent of freshly mowed grass…of horse feed fresh from the silo. The [...]

• ~Metamorphosis Monday ~ Tweet Sweet~

    Chirp Tweet Cluck Twitter Cockadoodley DOooo TRANSLATION………………. Metamorphosis Monday To Be EGGs~act ! (pun entirely intentional) Did you hear all the ruckus over here? Yes indeed, there were NAKED jaybirds of every sort…  Well, as you can imagine, we worked hard to try and get this place back into DECENT barn facilities! (oh, there is a new blog reader, let me greet them…) I have the best METAMORPHISIS MONDAY …. It has been right under my nose, (well pretty [...]

• Something New For A Friend In Need

  Thanking a friend for some wonderful work…

• ~Whirling Wonder ~ Outdoor Wednesday~

  …whirling anticipation… …a fear of the unknown… …one more day of survival… …blessed, we’re coming home. Submission for Outdoor Wednesday http://asoutherndaydreamer.blogspot.com/ Hostess, Ms Susan The Muse extends her invitation to all who pass these aged doors… Word Games ~ adivashammer.blogspot Poetry ~ adivashammer.com Food Quips ~ mysterymeatloaf.blogspot Design & Art ~ myladydujour.com Love & heaven’s Blessings, The Muse Did you like this? Share it:Tweet

• ~Holiday Christmas Swags~

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• ~A Little Cottage Color~

  Let’s explore the cottage… I so want to paint that dark wall……….. The lamp was a broken little thing, cast off, unloved…I rewired it and added a 6 color aging…it just looks like it has been loved all it’s life now!  And the shade..well my third shade (i am getting a wee bit better). Loved that blue and ……”antique cream” print, go figure…LOL  When I was supposedly done, it did not look done…My beloved asked me…”where is the musey-ness?”  Immediately, [...]

• ~Image Heavy Kitchen Re-do~

  remember my antique french doors i found? well i finally used them…~ i paid 25.00 for them they wanted 250.00 (forgive the bragging point…but i so worked Muse magic on this deal) LOL (room is still in progress…my paintbrushes have moved so vibrantly about this room, honestly i feel as though i have been creating a symphony.. ok, that is Muse-speak for saying i am most pleased with my burgeoning creation of the perfect Musey kitchen ~! ) honestly a [...]

• ~My Sculpture~

  Here is a wider pan of the mantle…with my finished muse and my wisteria zinc globes…that yes, I had to paint (the ceiling is getting bead-board…can we all say hallelujah?) Yes…here she is, my muse…well my idea of a garden muse.  Hand made by me using chicken wire and clay.  Layers of paint, and I do mean layers!  LOL…it is the first time I actually got excited about looking aged Do you like her? Did you like this? Share it:Tweet

• ~One Little Closet To Rule Them All~

  Oooops! Forgot to take a true BEFORE~. But close your eyes and imagine the closet without the rich blue… Ok, that was easy enough! As you can see…the closet, all white, needed a serious design lift. So, out came the paint brushes and the paint.  In the Muse’s cottage, if you stand still, long enough you are apt to get painted (that is simply a legend…a fable~one that has some basis of truth). lol The closet is a mere 30 inches [...]

• ~Design Dissection: Vignette~

  Today let’s look at this table’s vignette.  Almost all of us, at one time or another, have had an opportunity to create a buffet~or serving station. What can you do, in order to avoid, the dreaded and ho~hum “runway” look, which entails mind numbing miles of flatness. This recent design offers many fantastic design clues.  Can you name them? 1. Varied Heights (think lift…3 levels is ideal) 2. Varied Textures (entice not only the taste palette but all the senses) [...]

• ~Look At This~Look At That!~

  Welcome To: Tuesday’s This & That Game: Muse makes a statement which must include ONE letter A.  The next reader must include a statement which includes ONE letter B, (and this continues through the alphabet). If, there are more than 26 comments…the cycle continues but will begin anew with the statements having TWO letter A(s),  then the next will have TWO letter B(s) etc. The goal is to make the story fit the “lovely photo” (LOL). The shot is courtesy [...]

• Santa’s Simply Silly Saturday

  GAME: Santa’s Simply Silly Saturday CREATOR: The Muse OBJECTIVE: Interactive Fun PLAYERS: Readers RULES: You are a Santa, A kind and gentle soul… Whose boisterous merriment… Resounds in… Ho Ho Ho(s). The Reader or the Writer… Who is just above your space… Shall be given a TOY… Bringing smiles… To their face. So reach into your sack… Made of luscious velveteen… And there find a wonderment… The greatest ever seen! (The first person to leave a comment will become the [...]

• ~A Cafeteria With Some Zip~

  Let the rock n roll commence~!   Did you like this? Share it:Tweet

• Traveling in Search of Pink

  I am terribly late…(soooo sorry). But I’m traveling! Why? Well, I am in a desperate search… for that color which brings to joy to oh so many…. P~I~N~K For Pink Saturday~Hosted by Ms Beverly (see the sidebar or click the above link to have more fun) No luck yet…. So, I have resorted to my own display of pinkiness Lest, I miss the game day entirely… Ah, the things I do for you! LOL LOL LOL LOL Did you like [...]

• ~Outdoor & Wordless Wednesday~

  Living in rugged terrain… has its ups and downs…! There are problems with deliveries, difficulties with the earth yet there are wonderful natural resources, such as stone~rock~and boulders. Do you wonder why in the world anyone would go through all this? Let me help you with that inquiry… THE VIEW ! *(Outdoor Wednesday~Hostess Ms Susan)* **************************************************** *(Wordless Wednesday~Hostess Ms Dixie)* THEME: Mother Speaking Volumes…Without Saying A Word Did you like this? Share it:Tweet

• The Calling

  A prose is blooming here…. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet

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