tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81999099216650216082024-02-21T02:57:34.503-06:00Pretty Organized HomeShannon Silvestrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14691826415916032538noreply@blogger.comBlogger497125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199909921665021608.post-38648426166210435712017-06-27T16:41:00.000-05:002017-06-27T16:41:03.981-05:00I'm Moving!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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One year ago today I was in Palermo, Sicily drinking tiny coffee,</div>
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and having amazing adventures with my family.</div>
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Since returning from our 8 weeks in Europe last August, I have blogged maybe 10 times.</div>
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It's not that I don't think of you often...my sweet reader friends, but this past year has found me doing more projects than ever and as much as I want to share them, there just hasn't been time.</div>
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To blog that is.</div>
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Cause there's this whole thing with blogging where you have to, you know, write stuff, and resize pics and all those things that take some minutes.</div>
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So what I am going to aim for instead, is to share little bits with you on Instagram.</div>
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Cause when I see a cool light at Home Sense, I want to show you!</div>
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And when I'm thinking on paint colours I want to tell you about it.</div>
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Or when I'm so mad about already killing a 2 day old plant, </div>
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I want to have a little rant with you.</div>
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(Not to mention the rant I need to have about why my photos won't size properly and appear all blurry!!! My move is gonna save me some sanity and you some sore eyes.)</div>
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So please come join me on Instagram </div>
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so we can keep talking decorating together!</div>
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Shannon Silvestrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14691826415916032538noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199909921665021608.post-80946592192144827582017-03-06T07:46:00.000-06:002017-03-06T07:48:16.345-06:00Coffee Bar<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Recently the Forbes' needed a new fridge and the one we chose was taller than their old one. </div>
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This meant that they had to remove the cupboard that was above the fridge. And I figured, since they were mudding and painting anyway, it might be fun to take out the cupboard between the fridge and pantry as well so that we could create a new coffee bar in that space.</div>
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Here we are minus cupboards.</div>
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And here is what we installed instead.</div>
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And by "we" I mean my husband Dino...who is always very patient and gracious when I say, hey, would you mind...</div>
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If you are wondering what happened to the stuff that was in the cupboards, it went partly to the spot where mugs were stored, and partly to the pantry.</div>
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We collected all the mugs and coffee and tea paraphernalia and ta da!</div>
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Coffee Bar.</div>
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I kept the upper shelves light on accessories...</div>
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The kettle and coffee maker are both on a tray that can slide in and out for easy access to water refills.</div>
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I also kept two oft-used cookbooks within easy reach.</div>
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The top two drawers which were mainly used for random miscellaneous stuff got emptied and now house many bags of tea.</div>
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It's not every day that you get a dream project dropped into your lap, but working on our new pastor's office at Grant Memorial has been that for me.</div>
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Dreamy for two reasons:</div>
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A - Pastor John and I share the same taste in cozy, lodge-like rooms</div>
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B - he deferred to my opinion every step of the way.</div>
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YAY!!!</div>
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So my job was to take this</div>
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and create a warm, welcoming space with a ski lodge/hunting cabin/tourist camp feel.</div>
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Yes please!! </div>
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How much fun is that?</div>
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Let's have a look at the results.</div>
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In planning the new look, I started with some of the larger pieces of furniture;</div>
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The pheasant was donated by one staff member and another staffer made this gorgeous throw.</div>
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I want to give a huge shout out to the Grant Memorial Property Department for their amazing help. They were so quick to paint and move furniture out and carry stuff back in...I am so grateful.</div>
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And finally to Melody for dealing with deliveries, and helping me sew and all sorts of weird requests...and for making the beautiful throw!</div>
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If you don't currently have a church family I highly recommend a visit to Grant Memorial. Pastor John and his family are just lovely and such a blessing for our congregation...</div>
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I've really enjoyed every book I read over the holidays so I thought I'd share them with you.</div>
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1. I'm Thinking of Ending Things - Iain Reid</div>
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2. The Folly of Prayer - Matt Woodley </div>
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3. The Break - Katherena Vermette</div>
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5. Skeletons at the Feast - Chris Bohjalian (This one I listened to.)</div>
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6. What Alice Forgot - Liane Moriarty (Not shown.)</div>
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I'm still reading The Folly of Prayer but I need to zip because my book club at Grant Memorial is skyping with the author tonight!</div>
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Sometimes we do the craziest things without even thinking. We get into the habit of...well whatever, and even things that make no sense soon become routine.</div>
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That's not usually the most efficient way to live.</div>
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The light in my bathroom is not great for doing makeup so every morning I'd grab the 6 or more items of makeup I use daily and walk from the bathroom to the window, put it all on, then carry it all back and put it away in my drawer.</div>
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So last week I gave you ten random updates on my life but I left out number nine.</div>
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I thought all week about what I could come up with that would shock and awe you but I got nothin'.</div>
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I guess the big news is I can't count.</div>
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I still love short rolls of wrap for the multi wrapping that happens before Christmas. I highly recommend it...so much easier to maneuver. These cute rolls are from Michael's.</div>
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Also super duper love the empty shelf in my office that is now piled with gifts. Before these would all be stacked all over already full tables or shelves so having an empty spot to fill up has been great.<br />
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During December I switched from a one percent americano misto to an americano misto with eggnog. So. Amazing. I will miss them when they are gone and I will have to shed some pounds but it was so worth it.<br />
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This one was from our first married Christmas.</div>
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I got baby Jesus from the store at St. Peter's dome in the summer. He lays by my bed all year now. </div>
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Is he not the cutest??<br />
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This salt and pepper with the marshmallows on their heads...adorable.</div>
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Plus they magnet together which I find quite satisfying.<br />
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He still has a twinkle in his eye that is quite endearing.<br />
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Let's not anyone read this out loud and cause a return of the grossy bugs, but so far, so good!<br />
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Cate has made/bought gifts for everyone, wrapped them and is over the moon excited to see us open them. I just LOVE watching her spirit of giving!<br />
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One of my favourite traditions we've adopted is to have a boat load of chocolates at our house during the holiday season. I put them out in bowls and set them out in boxes. At any given time there are 7-10 varieties. I am always amazed at how much guests enjoy having options...and what an easy way to make your company feel special!<br />
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This year's puzzle is going slowly...it's a bit tricky maybe.<br />
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Buddy continues his adventures. Soon he will be headed back to Santa and this year he plans to leave the kids with the gift of a novel that is apparently set in our neighbourhood. I'm excited to get reading with the kids!</div>
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Yes...WHY would I even try? But I did and it ended up with a batch of cookies in the garbage. Next I broke the cookie jar that I was trying to fill with chocolates instead.</div>
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And now we're into the final stretch. Just a week and it will all be over. I hope you've enjoyed the waiting...and pray you've had some times of silence and peace and lots of moments of fun.</div>
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Our final week is a bit of crazy so I'm thankful for a husband who can whip up 4 pages of colour coded charts to guide us through.<br />
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Oh dear, I am so delinquent on blogging. I don't mean to be. I love to write to you, but somehow it has fallen a bit by the wayside since my return home from Europe.</div>
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So this post is a miscellaneous bit of updates to keep us connected while I pull myself together enough to get back to being regular.</div>
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<b>Update One:</b></div>
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I got to do a gallery wall at Tanya's gorgeous house. You may have already seen it on Facebook but here are the before and afters again with the middle process added in.</div>
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Tanya wanted to fill up her wall space above the living room sofa. </div>
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Her home has a very beautiful and distinct style<br />
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Once she shopped I came by and we set it all out on the<br />
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Once a nail was in each spot and the papers were removed, we could hang the art.</div>
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The finished look is lovely. Tanya is a super seasonal decorator (MY FAVOURITE) so we included options that could be changed up to create holiday looks...the metal bins can hold anything from Christmas balls to fern sprigs, different photos can clip to the birdcage and the door handle can also provide a spot to hang something seasonal...mistletoe ball anyone??</div>
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My pen pal was here!<br />
Michelle came to see winter in Winnipeg and unfortunately what she saw was an unseasonably warm fall. The day she left we got the blizzard. Go figure.<br />
But we had fun all the same. We saw a few sights and I dragged her around to many stores.<br />
We seem to be blocking his face a bit but we're posing here with a bison.<br />
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Buddy returned!<br />
No one here is really interested in him except Cate, but she adores him. It's been fun to hide him for her...she is pretty easy to please so I haven't had to conjure up any major naughtiness on his behalf.<br />
Here he is eating cheesies.<br />
(Can someone please fix my strip of dead lights???)<br />
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I got BUGS!<br />
I did not notice any Italian or Irish ivy crawling with millions of grossy little spidery creatures!<br />
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I was gonna just throw it out but then I caught a streak of stubborn and I marched it into my shower and dishsoaped those little stinkers off of there. I don't know if it's a done deal yet. I'll keep you posted.<br />
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Heated seats.<b> </b>Are. Amazing.<br />
I love them I love them I love them I love them.<br />
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We started a new tradition this year. When I was little my mom would have straw sitting beside our nativity scene. If I did something kind without being told, I was allowed to take a piece of straw and secretly put it on Jesus' manger. It is a tradition I've always remembered so this year I adapted it a bit and decided to offer it to my kids. Whenever they add value to someone they can put an ornament on this little tree.<br />
They seem to be into it!<br />
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I am loving using this advent book with the kids. We've read it in past years as well but a few days last week I added silence to our devotional time. We did this during our trip last summer and it was so fantastic. I hadn't realized how much I missed it. Even 30 seconds of silence brings everyone into such a peaceful and more open posture.<br />
It is a beautiful spiritual discipline that we practice far too little.<br />
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I've been visiting some scissors.<br />
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I still have not done a thing with our trip pictures. I have wanted to but other things just keep getting in the way. It will be first priority as soon as the wrapping is done! I'll leave you with a pic that I haven't ever posted cause I was keeping it as a possible Christmas shot...it didn't make the cut though.<br />
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I hope your next few days leading up to Christmas will be full of fun and rest and peace!!</div>
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It has been a long haul but I'm finally done.</div>
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Organizing an office has got to be one of the most challenging spaces...so many items end up in there and it can be difficult to decide what should stay and what should go. By the end, when you get down to the last piles like this,</div>
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it's just not as much fun as it was in the beginning.</div>
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But the finished result is so worth it.</div>
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I am loving my new look. <br />
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I love that there's less stuff but it's still cozy.<br />
I love that pretty rug! Bless you sweet Ikea!!<br />
I am enjoying the new floor plan which took some time to achieve, but is working well.</div>
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I really wanted to have my chair by the window so I could sit in the sun.</div>
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After my time in Italy and Ireland, I wanted more ivy in my life.<br />
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I wanted to keep my little keepsake notes but I switched them from a bulletin board to this cute window frame and I edited them down to a more manageable amount.</div>
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I also wanted to have the things I love around my work space but again I had to do some careful editing to keep it to an amount that feels homey but not overwhelming. This won't be the same amount for everyone so you have to decide what feels right for you.</div>
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I so wish I could <i>not</i> have this gigantor printer in here but the thing is, </div>
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I got an unexpected addition to the room just before I'd finished. </div>
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My friend Jen brought me this fabulous guy! </div>
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I love him and he is so perfect for the space.</div>
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My experiment with keeping most items the same colour does make the space feel less busy and more spacious. I like that feeling of being enveloped.</div>
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It is a fantastic feeling to have a room organized and decorated in a way that makes you feel at home. I hope you'll be inspired to try something new in one of your spaces! It can be a lot of work but you just have to take it one small task at a time.<br />
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I always like to choose a task I know I can complete easily, and quickly. If I'm staging a house, I start in a kid's room or a bathroom...small spaces where I know I can have speedy success. That way when you've accomplished the first task, you feel more motivated to complete something a little larger.</div>
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In my office I decided to tackle the shelves, and the first thing I sorted was fabric.</div>
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Yah, so it's still pretty maximal and it's not so much that I want a minimal look, it's just that I'm running out of space. I have piles of stuff...sample books or mission collection stuff or gifts or projects or whatever and I need some space for the temporary piles.</div>
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I am quite badly dying to have some green.</div>
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So - step one - I'm choosing a colour. One of the 3 dark greens up there. </div>
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Well, we've been home from our summer adventure for nearly two months, </div>
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I have found the return to reality to be quite difficult. </div>
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What has been hardest is mourning the loss of time together with no distraction. Everyone says wow, that was a once in a life time trip...which is true. It's very unlikely I'll ever have 8 weeks of uninterrupted time with my family again. Which is lovely during the planning and executions stages, but frankly a bit depressing when the "once in a lifetime" trip is over. Cause I've got quite a bit of lifetime left, you know? </div>
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So, obviously to get over my sadness I went to work on Eli's room. </div>
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He had been hoarding all kinds of junk by keeping it well hidden for quite some time. </div>
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He was not really on board at first but once he got into it he enjoyed having everything organized and having less to worry about tidying. </div>
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We could not have ended our dream vacation in a more lovely place. </div>
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Ireland is just...I can't even think of one good word. It's stunningly beautiful and serene and peaceful and shockingly green and friendly and quaint and fun. Everything I ever imagined it to be.</div>
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This crossing sign sums it up...adorable!</div>
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We began our 10 days in the north. This was our view.</div>
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The apartment was spacious and beautiful, right across from the beach.</div>
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Oh - and it is right beside an old castle!</div>
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And now, our 8 weeks have come to an end. We will fly out of Dublin tomorrow. The saddest part of our return for me will be losing time with this amazing family. They will head off to school and work and I will be back to my routine. I will miss them so much.</div>
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We have been so truly blessed to have had this time together and to have seen and experienced such spectacular things! </div>
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We've had a whirlwind week!</div>
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There has been more walking than I would have thought possible. Also lots of rides on the metro...both Paris and London have amazing underground systems that we made great use of.</div>
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We had a 4am start by train from Cinque Terre to Pisa where we flew to Paris.</div>
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Our apartment was small but in a great spot.</div>
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We enjoyed how for the most part Paris felt so wide open and spacious and how gorgeous every building was. We did find a few busy spots though. </div>
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I'm sorry to say that Paris gets a tie for first place in the most disgusting bathroom category (the tie is shared with the train station washroom in Monterosso). A Subway washroom we used was...well...there are no words. It is so curious to me how a city so refined and beautiful can't clean up their bathrooms! </div>
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We were able to meet up with Michelle, my pen pal who lives in the north of England. We spent 2 days with her checking out the sights. </div>
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Our house was pretty far from downtown but the metro got us back and forth perfectly.</div>
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We had so much fun and are all pretty tired now. </div>
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Today we head to our final destination, Ireland! </div>
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Well, Italy didn't let us down. Unless you include the toilets and teeny coffee. And maybe the garbage, heat, smokers, crowds and rude people. But the pros outweigh the cons by far. We have loved the stunning beauty of this country. It's history. The lovely language and sweet hanging laundry. The architecture and art. The food and gelato and my new fav...prosecco. The vineyards and olive groves and adorable villages. The churches and beaches and ocean. </div>
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Our final week started with a very quick trip to Pisa before dropping our van and catching a train to the Cinque Terre. I won't include details of our drive over the mountains. Let's say it was very similar to my first experience.</div>
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We arrived in Riomaggiore - our lovely home for the week. </div>
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Our apartment was super. It even included a work out program for free...just a steep hill and 3 sets of stairs to reach our door.</div>
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We checked out the unique graveyard in our town as well as the church. </div>
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I have loved being able to sit in the churches in Italy. They are so beautful and peaceful. </div>
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We planned to spend our last day swimming in our village but we were met with this at the beach...</div>
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So we sat and contemplated this gorgeous ocean.<br />
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We are so thankful for this opportunity! It has been fantastic.</div>
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Next stop...Paris/London.</div>
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The most time consuming and difficult job in planning an 8 week get away was booking accommodations. We had a strict budget, and you know...there's 6 of us. I spent hour upon hour scrolling through VRBO, first figuring out exactly what regions would make most sense. And then trying to match up a rental unit to those areas. </div>
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When I tried to book somewhere in the Lake Garda region it was tricky. I finally found this place that said it was an apartment that was located in an ancient medieval castle. </div>
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That seemed cool so I booked. </div>
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Well, who knew we'd be staying in the middle of such history!? </div>
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It doesn't look that exciting from inside...</div>
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But it turns out that I rented our apartment from Italian nobility who OWN the massive villa that makes up most of the castle and includes their own private church plus the rental unit and another unit where the property manager lives. There is also a private courtyard and lake along with the villa. </div>
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As soon as we arrived and started unpacking into our unit it seemed a bit odd how many tourist were walking past us shooting photos of the building we were entering. We were so privileged to stay in such an old and history filled place. We were able to have a tour of the villa, the lake and the courtyard because we were renting there.</div>
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The property manager was lovely - she only spoke Italian but Dino managed. She and her family have been caring for this property for 4 generations. And we we toured the villa we saw a family tree that dated the Italian noleman's family back to 1197.</div>
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The small village was charming and lots of fun to stroll through. </div>
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We even found a tiny library,</div>
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And a beautiful church.</div>
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One day we walked the bike trail around the lake.</div>
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There were lots of sweet small towns close by including Borghetto which I was dying to see.</div>
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It is so gorgeous.</div>
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It was amazing to see Venice although the crowds and heat could nearly ruin it for you. When we arrived we were in a line up to park like you see at Disney...just so so many people here during the summer. However, we enjoyed it anyway.</div>
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One night we had a wine tasting at a vineyard. It was really delicious food and we had a great time. Here's the thing about travelling with Dino...he is, as many of you know, quite chatty and friendly and also very inquisitive. Well, these traits are a huge advantage when you travel...we have seen so many things that the regular tours don't bother with. People respond to him and want to show him more and tell him extra. It's quite fantastic!!</div>
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One perplexing Italian tradition is their schedule.</div>
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I'm sorry but HOW am I supposed to grocery shop with these hours??? I don't know if we work too much in North America or if the Italians don't work enough or what the scoop is but I need to have groceries available all afternoon and evening. </div>
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It is bittersweet to end our 6 weeks in Italy in the Cinque Terre...I am thrilled to see it, but so sad to be leaving soon. </div>
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We left Rome Saturday the 16th in a rented van<br />
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and headed north to a small town just up the valley from Florence. <br />
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Dino found his namesake car - the Dino - created in 1972 in fact. Obviously he has to own one. He has begun his penny jar and should have the hundred thousand collected in no time.</div>
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We spent a day in Florence which was a very quick trip by train. <br />
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We wanted to purchase some house numbers as a souvenir from Italy. I love the ceramic tiles that dot the cities numbering off each address. <br />
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Our hosts told us where to look and we found this sweet old family run store. Our tile will arrive in Canada about the same time we do!</div>
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(NOTE - despite many efforts to enlarge all my shots on here, figuring out photos in blogger on an iPad is just beyond me. And beyond Dino and Jake. Some enlarge. Some don't. I give up. Sorry for the small shots!!!)<br />
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12 days in Rome!</div>
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It was crowded - like, there are no words for the sheer numbers - beautiful,<br />
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We flew from Palermo to Rome on July 4th. We are loving the carry on only decision with our luggage. We have more than enough stuff...like 2 of my t-shirts have never been worn...and it is so great to have each kid responsible for their own items.</div>
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We have seen some amazing things.</div>
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The Pantheon was stunning. It made me cry.</div>
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This morning I woke to what I thought were music lessons...but turned out to be several hours worth of practice amongst some stringed instruments and an opera singer. </div>
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Palermo is pretty cool.</div>
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There are plenty of things I've spent my time pondering while we've been here. How, for example, does anyone ever get enough sleep when they are up all night talking on the street? How are there not deaths every 10 seconds when cars and motorcycles are flying down the streets willly nilly? Why, in a country of 30 degree weather are there not more personal bubble issues? And if they are staying up all night talking, why aren't the cups of coffee bigger?? What do they have against toilet seats? And couldn't they get the same message across using an inside voice? </div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">We have loved seeing all the unique produce and fish and meat in the markets and watching the people on the beaches. Public transport has been a new thing for the kids and something to get used </span><span style="text-align: center;">to but they've been troopers. I see my massive washer and amazing dryer in a whole new light.</span></div>
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It's completely thrilling and exciting and slightly terrifying all at the same time.</div>
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I'm dying to see the architecture and taste the food and hang with the kids and do nothing.</div>
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Our itinerary has been booked for quite awhile. It's hard to be spontaneous with a family of 6 when it comes to sleeping arrangements. We can be pretty easy going about our activities though.</div>
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Palermo</div>
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Rome</div>
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They've flown once since but not on a big plane and not across an ocean. </div>
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I can't wait to watch them experience everything!</div>
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The countdown is on...we leave in ONE WEEK TODAY! </div>
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It's that time of year again! </div>
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Red Barn sale, spring 2016...here's what I found.</div>
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1. London book...I liked the cover and thought it </div>
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2. Fishing rods...I have a little collection going. </div>
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3. Canteen...it's cute and fits my look!</div>
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6. Sewing basket...a few years ago I searched for weeks to find Sofi a sewing basket. They were all ugly and plastic and $60. I finally found her something but when I saw this one I decided to put it away for the day Cate wants to sew.</div>
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I'm not sure I'll get it filled before our trip but I will show it to you once I get organized.</div>
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Shannon Silvestrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14691826415916032538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199909921665021608.post-39317438063207796782016-06-06T07:24:00.001-05:002016-06-06T07:24:31.529-05:00Sarah's Room<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Well it's really not fair to blog Sarah's room ahead of her sister Maddie's, but since Sarah had to wait awhile...and since my photo issues continue...here goes.</div>
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Lucky me, I got to come in and arrange a basically empty slate. The walls were freshly painted and Sarah had purged and sorted her things.<br />
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My first task was to figure this wardrobe out. I really wanted to use it as a bit of a room divider. Sometimes standing a piece of furniture in an unconventional way makes a room a bit more fun!</div>
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By sticking this unit out of the wall rather than flat against it, it gives Sarah a nice little private spot and also provides some extra wall space that's perfect for hanging her special mementos.<br />
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On the inside there's plenty of storage including things she needs close at hand to grab and run with...purses, scarves, cheer gear...all that fabulous 15 year old loot.</div>
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On the end of the wardrobe, I was able to use these adorable hooks for hanging Sarah's jewellery. </div>
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Sarah's make up table got located by the window to take advantage of the natural light.</div>
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Her sewing drawer collection was hung to store sweet treasures.<br />
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(And love her dad for hanging everything!!) </div>
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Her desk nook got filled and organized all tidy.</div>
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A pretty room for a lovely girl!!</div>
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It is so much fun for me to get to sort out a creative space!</div>
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I had the privilege of working with Joy the other day. She is super talented and makes the most fantastic stuff for her business, Garden Candy.</div>
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Joy needed her workshop organized.</div>
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She has loads of cool stuff and best of all, tonnes of great containers to store it all in. </div>
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We set to work one space at a time.</div>
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I often find that tackling an easy, obvious job first helps get the ball rolling and gives you a sense of accomplishment. An easy start in this case was sorting paint. </div>
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This took a bit more time but it's important for Joy's work space to be functional and efficient.</div>
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The last job was the work bench. This involved a lot of sorting of screws, nails and such which as you can imagine, is time consuming, but in the end is well worth the effort.</div>
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I've been trying to blog for 2 weeks now but have had countless issues with my computer. Me and the spinny rainbow spend more time together than me and my husband. I literally keep a book with me now so I can read it while I wait for the spinny rainbow to stop.</div>
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The biggest issue seems to be with photos and WHY in a world where I can speak to someone across the world face to face in real time I cannot seem to move a few photos to a blog I do not know.</div>
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Anywho, while I cannot manage to load 10 photos in less than 3 hours, what I CAN do, is fix up a bedroom. So let me show you Sadie's revamped space.</div>
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Sometimes it's just fun to have a rearrange and a sort and a few new items!</div>
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First I sorted through her clothes and put all the long items on one end so her new hamper and all her Barbie items could fit underneath.</div>
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Oh - the plant and mirror are new also...so so cute!!</div>
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How sweet is that monkey!?</div>
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Shannon Silvestrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14691826415916032538noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199909921665021608.post-49050749780432481912016-04-25T07:23:00.000-05:002016-04-25T07:23:22.412-05:007 Garage Sale Purchases<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Every spring, just a block away, St. George's Anglican church holds a massive garage sale. People line up down the street to get in on Friday night.</div>
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I went with Krisin this year. She is a great garage sale companion...she has an amazing eye and she's so gracious and lovely about sharing finds.</div>
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Last summer Sofi and I completely redid her room. </div>
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I meant to show it to you ages ago but my 40 something year old brain is not always the best at remembering these things. Of course, it's also possible that I already posted it and forgot.</div>
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Sofi really wanted a complete transformation. It was a bit of a process working with my daughter as my client. Since the thrown out rock collection incident she does not trust me very much where her room is concerned. We also have drastically different taste. And, she wanted a loft bed <i>desperately</i>, which, as you know, is a thing I do not love!</div>
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However, we sat and made plans together. </div>
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She eventually came to terms with no loft bed. </div>
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Part of the deal was that she would have to purge her room on her own, </div>
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I am the worst at remembering to take before shots, but basically there was a lot of purple, </div>
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Sofi wanted her walls painted and a more grown up look. </div>
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We chose a new wall colour that she loved and I could live with, and then we set to work creating a clean, peaceful space that she would be able to maintain. </div>
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Most of the furniture we already had - except the desk chair, which was a consolation prize for the no loft bed situation.</div>
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Sofi has been a complete star at keeping her space clean. Everything looks exactly like it did 7 months ago when we first did it. </div>
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Even her closet is a picture of tidy.</div>
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Which makes the whole transformation all worth it!<br />
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