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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, October 04, 2004 - 3:31 pm
I thought I'd start a thread of pictures of our abodes....
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, October 04, 2004 - 3:34 pm
To start, here is our master bath

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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Monday, October 04, 2004 - 4:46 pm
Ohhhh a red and white bath. Kitty goes real well with your decor! My main bath needs to be redone, but I haven't found any contractors yet.
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Froggiegirl621
Member
02-14-2003
| Monday, October 04, 2004 - 9:57 pm
Cool idea Julie! I will have to post some pics of my house too, but not until I decorate for fall and clean, of course. 
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Tuesday, October 05, 2004 - 6:02 am
Your bathroom decor is very different from any that I have seen, Julieboo, I like it! Looking forward to seeing other photos here.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, October 05, 2004 - 6:17 am
Here's our downstairs bathroom

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Sia
Member
03-11-2002
| Tuesday, October 05, 2004 - 8:39 am
Julieboo, here's DD's room that I finally finished painting. I finally got her a bedspread and a new valance--and although they don't match, she just loves everything. She is just turning six and appreciates my fixing up her room. She has been begging for me to get "Trading Spaces: Boys Vs. Girls" to come and re-do her room. Wouldn't that be a dream!?! I love your baths, J-boo. Love the strong color contrasted against the crisp white. I love white cabinets and woodwork! Very lovely, very clean, and very organized. I could use your help at my house!! 
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Tuesday, October 05, 2004 - 8:47 am
Sia, your daughter's room is sweet! I love the paper dolls around the railing. That would have floated my boat entirely when I was six years old. One question: Is the valence also used for privacy? The reason I ask is because if there is room and you lifted it above the window, you would gain a lot more light and view. I watch the kids' version of Trading Spaces myself and I think it is a kick. I can imagine how your daughter fantasizes about doing that!
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, October 05, 2004 - 9:36 am
Sia, thanks. What are the dimensions of dd's room. So tiny, but so fun! Here are two shots of the play area of our basement:

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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, October 05, 2004 - 9:45 am

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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Tuesday, October 05, 2004 - 1:52 pm
Oooo...fun stuff! I love looking at other people's color schemes. I've got a couple of our new house I'll post, too. First -- Master Bedroom:
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Tuesday, October 05, 2004 - 1:53 pm
And the living room: As you can see, we like bold colors. We have a tannish yellow for our "neutral" color -- and not one single bit of white in the whole house! LOL Mainly an autumn / earth tones pallette that I find very relaxing.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Tuesday, October 05, 2004 - 1:56 pm
Very nice, Teach! The views look as if you are living in a treehouse... It must be beautiful about now!
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, October 05, 2004 - 2:59 pm
WoW teach!!! I love your trees! The rooms are wonderful too! Nice and bold!
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, October 05, 2004 - 3:19 pm
Here's our master bedroom. I shouldn't have taken this picture at dusk. At least not w/out turning some lights on, so the quality isn't very good.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Tuesday, October 05, 2004 - 3:52 pm
Julie, great pictures and what a good idea for a thread. Your daughters room is darling, I love the colors! And Teach, it does look like your in a tree house - what beautiful views! I'll post some pictures too, after I clean and decorate for fall.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, October 05, 2004 - 4:03 pm
Thanks Vaca! But the girls room is not mine, it is Sia's. I'll post my ds's room here:

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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Wednesday, October 06, 2004 - 6:10 am
Well I see Spongebob is visiting and Juju was in the basement!
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Sia
Member
03-11-2002
| Wednesday, October 06, 2004 - 10:47 am
Vee, my daughter's ceiling is so low that there IS no room above the valance, LOL! It's for decoration, not for privacy. Her window overlooks the garden, and we live in the country. Our only neighbor (only one house) is far enough away they'd have to be looking into her window with a strong lens, and they'd have to be out in their driveway. We're considering building a house next year IN our present garden, however, so privacy will be something we'll have to give lots of thought to, as I hate feeling like ppl can look into my windows. Here's something that will make you laugh: day before yesterday I was TRYING to talk privately with my girlfriend on the phone and my kids (8 and 6) wouldn't get out of my face, so I stepped outdoors with the cordless phone. I was wearing a t-shirt and my underwear, was barefoot, etc. An Amish buggy just loaded to the GILLS with Amish men and young boys rolled by just as I stepped out the back door. OMG, I took a quick step behind the hedge to try and camouflage my semi-nudity, but I know they saw me. They smiled and waved. God only knows what those ppl think of me; I'm always in a nightgown, even when I go out in the yard!! I live in the country and I like living in p.j.s or a nightie. Now, if I were skinny and sexy this would not be a problem. Imagine, if you will, the shock and horror those poor Amishmen must have felt due to the fact that I'm FAT and disgusting! Couldn't have been a thrill, even for them, considering how heavily-covered they keep their gals!
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Wednesday, October 06, 2004 - 11:10 am
LOL Grace! Cute! Sia, let's see some pics of your two houses. Or at least one! Here's a picture of one of our most boring rooms. it is a spare bedroom. It has "left over" furniture. It has kinda of a baseball theme. Some baseball pix on the walls and my dh has all his baseball books in one bookcase. We read to our son here before bed and he has 3 bookcases of his books.

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Sia
Member
03-11-2002
| Wednesday, October 06, 2004 - 11:31 am
I've put pics of OUR house and of MY cottage in my own folder from time to time, and you've seen them there, J-boo. Would it be boring to repeat them here?
(I emphasize my cottage because I bought it all by myself this summer with money I saved up and only my name is on the deed to it!! It's all mine; DH can come only by invitation!
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Wednesday, October 06, 2004 - 11:36 am
I've seen the cottage. I never saw the top one. Is that your "regular" house? It looks really nice. What a great porch! It looks big. More pix, more pix!!!!!
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Wednesday, October 06, 2004 - 11:42 am
Here's one of the front of ours.

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Sia
Member
03-11-2002
| Wednesday, October 06, 2004 - 11:45 am
Cottage living room:
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Sia
Member
03-11-2002
| Wednesday, October 06, 2004 - 11:52 am
Yes, Julie, our "real" house, but sadly that is the front part, the OLD part, the part built in 1863. We are probably going to demolish it. It is not insulated, has very old wiring, and we only use the back side of the house, the parts that were built on in 1965. We don't use the ENTIRE upstairs of the brick house!!
The back side of the house (also uninsulated) is the part we live in. This pic from last summer shows my son in the pool in the back yard, with the exterior wall of the laundry room behind him. We inherited this house this year from my m-i-l; it belonged to her parents, but they died in the 1980s. M-i-l just died this June.
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