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Sleeping Porch and Other Sunroom Covered Porches

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I want a sleeping porch! Simply Awesome. :-) Could you just imagine snuggling up watching a thunderstorm roll through or shooting stars? The only thing I would change is I'd make it a giant feather bed :-) And I suppose if you wanted to have a sleepover party you could set up MANY swinging sleeping porch beds - hee,hee! Just imagine how much fun it could be jumping from bed to bed - ha! :-)   photographed by  Quentin Bacon . I don't know why, but where I live, we hardly have ANY sunrooms.  /-: They are so wonderful though......I wish I had one! BHG What do you think of this shabby chic covered porch?!  I could hang out in here for a long time. I find that wicker elements always looks fantastic on a porch. (And so does a pitcher of fresh lemonade - hee,hee) I love how they include greenery on the porch.  It adds so much warmth. Do you have a sunroom?  Do you use it ...

White Window Trim Verses Brown Metal Trim

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Hey Friends! Have you ever looked at a home and you thought "Humm, I really enjoy that look.....I wonder what I LIKE about it?" Well, when I was building our home there was one construction detail that I kept noticing I was drawn to whenever I saw a home constructed with it.  It was: BROWN/BRONZE WINDOW GRIDS Let me show you some windows and you can see what I mean. :-) White Trim Windows (I love the white on coastal homes!) Metal or Brown Trim Windows (I prefer this look when doing a craftsman/rustic exterior)   Chester Springs Architects & Building Designers Msl Associates Ltd. Architects Although normally the brown grid is fabricated in metal or painted wood (quite a bit more expensive than vinyl) you can get the LOOK by ordering your vinyl window package (yes, it's a small upgrade) in a bronze painted finish.   This isn't the best picture of my dark bronze window trim but I think you can imagine the difference between the br...

Kitchens In All Colors of the Rainbow

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Hi Friends! Kitchens nowadays seem to be the center place of a home.  For some reason, company always enjoys hanging out in the kitchen......could it be because there is FOOD in the kitchen ;-) So, for today's post I thought it would be fun to show you how to pull off a kitchen in EVERY COLOR OF THE RAINBOW :-) Rightly, let's begin with a RED accent kitchen in a Retro French Country accent!  The red stove along with the checkered black and white floor really make a statement. On Pinterest, they said this kitchen below was done in Annie Sloan Chalk Paint (Emperor's Silk) source Next up..... ORANGE :-) Alright, I didn't find an entire orange kitchen but this one uses beautiful bright orange accents.  I love it against all the white.  This kitchen has a slight farmhouse style.  midwest living Oh, never mind....here is an all orange kitchen! Houzz   Yummy   YELLOW  I really lo...

A Fun Way to Save - Groupon Coupon

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Hey Friends! Just a little mid-week savings post. Groupon contacted me and wanted to know if I would share with you guys about their newest saving extravaganza :-) I know my readers highly value and enjoy finding a bargain so I thought you guys would be interested in it. Simply put...... Groupon Coupons is a new way to save at Groupon. Unlike the traditional Groupon model, you don't have to buy anything to use them...it's just a big database of free coupons!  They have over 55,000 coupons from more than 8,000 stores, and always adding new ones. For all you awesome home fixer uppers I did a little research :-)   Home Depot   had some great in-store offers and coupons listed.  It was nice to see all their promotions in one spot. Brown Jordan - Home Depot exclusive patio sets Another one of my favorites was finding Amazon coupon codes!  They had a coupon code for 20% off any pair of Amazon shipped shoes. Steve Madden Sandal ...