OUR NEW "ROOM"

Our Terrace has been screened!

Our contractor was:

nogafcr@gmail.com
Josiah Robey
Strong Construction
859-509-7742

He did a fantastic job and we recommend him highly.  

  Today the chandelier that was back ordered arrived.  MC got it up in an hour, with only one phone call to the manufacturer for "technical assistance"!  We plan on having some lovely evenings with family and friends in our "dining" room.  It's very private.   Not in view of neighbors or the street.  Shrubs and its position on the side of the  house makes it so.

OUR NEW DINING ROOM

Patty

GOOD THINGS WORTH WAITING FOR!

My gorgeous, beautiful, classic, gold metal  and glass table arrived yesterday afternoon.  So, so worth the wait!  It's made by Uttermost, one of the best home accessory companies.  We LOVE it and we think it's perfect in our room!
Thank you SO much Kristy and Beth for  the contest.  It was fun, but the best part....I WON!  Life can't much better than that!

I took  photo's of it's arrival and MC's assembly.  It's a good thing he has his degree from IKEA!

THE DELIVERY  5:21!

 MC had the truck driver put the carton in the garage and he went to work immediately.

THE ASSEMBLY

 

  

MC USING HIS IKEA EXPERIENCE 

 5:45
 HE DID IT!

 
 I  did my part ......
THE STYLING

I TOLD YOU....IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT......PRICELESS!!!

MC and I can't thank Kristy and Beth enough for this wonderful table!!! 
Check out their blog
http://www.mydesignchic.com/
http://www.kristywoodsonharvey.com/ 
 They have a wonderful Blog!  Visit the Shop section.  Tons and tons of fantastic goodies!
And 
THANK YOU
 DEAR CAROLINA

MAKING ROOM

TODAY I MADE ROOM FOR THE FABULOUS NEW TABLE!!!

 I figured out where to move tables to make room for the  new table 

I Won!!!

WAITING

 The new table will look perfect in this space!!!

We will have a little wait!  The table is back ordered, which is OK.  It's surely worth waiting for!  It should arrive mid June.

PLAN A
SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Continuing the domino of the table moving ........

The table that was there moved to the

 Master Bedroom

This is the table I received from my neighbor in Sun City.  It  looks even better here than it did in the Great Room.

There was a table in this space that moved to:

TV/Guest Room

 

I love this table in this room.  With just a little tweaking this room becomes a guest bedroom!  The TV is in the closet!!! 

NOW
WE WAIT!!!

Patty

I WON.....I WON!!!!

DID YOU HERE THAT....

I WON

I WON

I WON

I'm screaming, so I  know you can hear me!

Last evening, I sat down at my computer to check if I had any emails..  Nothing, and then..

POP

A new email came up!

IT WAS FROM BETH AND KRISTY!

IT SAID 

PATTY, YOU WON!!!

YOU WON OUR $500 GIVE AWAY!!!

Beth and Kristy, from My Design Chic Blog     http://www.mydesignchic.com/   had been running a contest.  All one had  to do was purchase a copy of Dear Carolina, post something on a blog about the book, mention it on Facebook, etc. all  promoting Kristy's fabulous book,  Dear Carolina!!!  I did all those, so I entered!!!

Over 1000 entries and Rafflecopter picked my name!!  Even now I can't believe it.  I thought I was dreaming, but the pinch hurt!!

Beth and Kristy have a wonder Shop on their blog.   The $500 was good on any of their fabulous items!!  MC and I  played with the "Wish List" and choose many different things, changed them out over and over.  For hours we went over every single item in the Shop!  You must go to this page on their  blog!  The items that they have are out of this world!

We ended up with this gorgeous cocktail table!!!

A graceful, oval design in gold leafed, forged iron under sturdy, clear tempered glass.

Dimensions:  40 W X 20 H X 28 D

 MC and I are walking on Cloud 9!!!  We now can't wait for it to arrive at our door.  As soon as it's placed in our room, I will do a Post showing it in all it's Glory!   It's perfect for our room !!!

PS... 25 has always been our lucky number.  We met on November 25, 1955, We "went steady"  (they did that back in the olden days) on January 25, 1956.  We got engaged on June 25, 1958.....and We got married on July 25, 1959!!!!  Do you know what day it was yesterday?  You guessed it.....

May 25, 2015

YOU KNOW I AM A VERY HAPPY AND APPRECIATIVE GIRL!!!

AND
BUY THE BOOK
DEAR CAROLINA 
IT'S A GREAT READ

Patty

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY....MC

Happy Memorial Day to all, but especially MC.
It's been exactly 40 years since MC looked like this!








He was a Major in the US Air Force.  He was a Navigator flying two different planes during his years ...the C-124 AKA Shaky and the C-141.

 Just a  coincidence,  but he's been working on his newest  MC Little People and finished it last night.
How appropriate to finish it this weekend.

This one brings back a lot of memories.  It's very hard to believe it's been 40 years!!!!!

Patty

CIRCLES

IT'S DONE AND UP!
Our Movado clock.

MC hung it late last night.  We waited for morning to take pictures in better lighting.

It's really awesome and I'm so proud of My MC!

 

I love it....
All the circles, the circles in the rug, the round chandelier, Japanese fishing float, round accent table and now the clock.  We also have a round glass dining table and a round mirrored accent table. (not shown in the pictures).
I'm simple dizzy going  around in circles!

Patty

The Story Of Our New Clock

 FIRST
I wish to thank Beth and Kristy for the lovely afternoon yesterday and their posts on their  blogs this morning, with picture, of Kristy's book signing at the Corner Book Store in Winder, Georgia. 
 http://www.mydesignchic.com/
http://www.kristywoodsonharvey.com/ 

  MC and I had a Ball



 MC to the Rescue....once more!

Except for doctor visits I've been in the house  these last few months.  Glad to report I'm about back to my normal "pain in the neck" self!  Can't say that makes MC all that happy!

When you stare at the same walls for weeks on end your mind wonders.  At least mine does.  I thought "We need a large round piece over the fireplace to carry out all the circles we have in the room.  In the rug, tables, etc."
While we were at the book signing we mentioned MC's latest project.  Beth suggested we show it in steps along the way so here goes 

Plan A
First idea was to search for a large round mirror.  MC and I went to all the normal sources.  Nothing popped out at me.

 Plan B
I then got the "Epiphany" to look for round large clocks.  We have one in MC's den/study/hideaway.  He wouldn't part with it, but it did give me the assurance that a large round clock was what we needed.

Again we went to all our sources.  I found one at ZGallerie BUT the  price was a NO/NO.

 Plan C
  Not to give up I said:  "Honey, you can make one"  That was all I had  to say.  He did some research and we were in Lowes the next afternoon looking at 4 x 4 pieces of plywood. Got our piece.   Only......we couldn't get it into the car!  MC carried it back into Lowes and had them cut 2 inches off both ends.  So now we had a 46" piece.  It FIT in the car!  A start!

He had no problem making it  round with all his wonderful power tools.  It's now 43" round.  Perfect.

 

He also ordered the hands and works for a clock on line.  They arrived yesterday.  He sprayed them gold!

He primed and started painting the plywood.  My vision was a clock mimicking a Movado watch,  After 5 coats of black paint it didn't look right.  Due to it's plywood the paint didn't look smooth.   So....







Plan D

 This afternoon we headed to JoAnn's Fabrics for a faux leather fabric in black.  Found the  perfect bolt,  and we were on our way.

MC just finished gluing it to the board and it looks great.

Hopefully we are on the right track and will have our Movado clock very soon.




AND
BUY "DEAR CAROLINA"
It a wonderful story.
The first of many from Kristy!

Patty