Fall Dry Bar

<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Can you believe that Thanksgiving is only a few short weeks away ?!  I can't ... where has this year gone ?!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I thought I'd share part of our breakfast area today.  </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some of you may remember that I painted our dry bar this past summer ... it went from this:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ61Ju19pqMCP-HAkD9GsXKAMCaNfmvyU2EtKxc5vKGEIsZMTmx4xUeIDJBaq1n76qnXiG2W2yGdg23bpqrFtM3Kc6DaRKUo_61w_qNRDFQm6evB3ZH2f3deN3pZzHh-zypXp7NLGoM6U/s1600/drybar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ61Ju19pqMCP-HAkD9GsXKAMCaNfmvyU2EtKxc5vKGEIsZMTmx4xUeIDJBaq1n76qnXiG2W2yGdg23bpqrFtM3Kc6DaRKUo_61w_qNRDFQm6evB3ZH2f3deN3pZzHh-zypXp7NLGoM6U/s400/drybar.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To <strong>THIS</strong> (I painted one coat of Annie Sloane's Old White chalk paint, followed by two coats of Chateaux Grey).  I then distressed it a bit and waxed (clear).  I also removed the center, glass doors to allow for more of a display area.  Here it is dressed for Fall:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSdLy5Ks267DuPR3Rtz3Jpn483BzWp428KTvZM-DMav0F6LGyBmyjtBh4TJMWyeQwcCV8L54lhNHoNb_WdhID2xJZyyzdKbOnPP4CuNQg8IMtoe2xWKnMaoGGSiBAYc4SwRTzZiAMOKYE/s400/falldrybarclose.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">My white ceramic roo from Home Goods (last year), nestled on raffia and a glass cake stand:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQHPtbd63nQV2fZmlsgPbYko1odkISHW0vhwaJE4bU0fnk8gYqvalzMK6xTaobf-DLxFh0cMIrdx7yaXRohi6B3PI_LHqC3sHBqV2J2OH8BKKduVxZGLQ0R3wbaCBhH8_6E-f_XhVVaEw/s1600/falldrybarroo1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQHPtbd63nQV2fZmlsgPbYko1odkISHW0vhwaJE4bU0fnk8gYqvalzMK6xTaobf-DLxFh0cMIrdx7yaXRohi6B3PI_LHqC3sHBqV2J2OH8BKKduVxZGLQ0R3wbaCBhH8_6E-f_XhVVaEw/s400/falldrybarroo1.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I filled a cream soup tureen with a few Fall picks ... you can see the *Menu* chalkboard peeking through in the back that I created out of black poster board and chalkpaint markers:</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWV3bR-QK7wJ97LUeQUIivnRMJ5ZqAf6bpPbCFfZuTrtKMU9-yC71P7k9fWrn1mHnrWmYhMLuKsfSB64WT-0yg0W-Yxj9BSKEzvrcWIPVUxgetDFl2mWMZevQXw9mwiw6ycHgOYMOaooM/s1600/falldrybarmenu.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWV3bR-QK7wJ97LUeQUIivnRMJ5ZqAf6bpPbCFfZuTrtKMU9-yC71P7k9fWrn1mHnrWmYhMLuKsfSB64WT-0yg0W-Yxj9BSKEzvrcWIPVUxgetDFl2mWMZevQXw9mwiw6ycHgOYMOaooM/s400/falldrybarmenu.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another one of the beautiful, handcrafted velvet pumpkins that I won in a giveaway hosted by a sweet blogging buddy, Lela:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyId78j5EJxZfD9YfdGN-6XkpAIicg7Lw_nLtkmGiYHremvAqoNN-kgeAEFbY0OBDVfTO6p5ue4Oo22aL1B23gUIWfEfx14l4F1TiJx8zCcnx1r_Cc77cHkcfsEIec8x82ndLcjDUVyk0/s1600/falldrybarvelvet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyId78j5EJxZfD9YfdGN-6XkpAIicg7Lw_nLtkmGiYHremvAqoNN-kgeAEFbY0OBDVfTO6p5ue4Oo22aL1B23gUIWfEfx14l4F1TiJx8zCcnx1r_Cc77cHkcfsEIec8x82ndLcjDUVyk0/s400/falldrybarvelvet.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Up above, the shelves have a few little pieces of Fall, too.  I recently bought the stainless "Give Us this Day our Daily Bread" piece from GoodWill for only $2!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu8vZIFLF7nX1Wi0JW8Za4kSJRHC_EhqWAEp9aGMMgTPbign9Qil4SFyTnZSMxzoiorAYgI99jOZ3adH2amxm1oFCD9tM7rtPNZ0QQh3Cq_9IOGh-xvFhjfTD2rLjbyGJQiA0f0JqQXes/s1600/falldrybarshelves.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu8vZIFLF7nX1Wi0JW8Za4kSJRHC_EhqWAEp9aGMMgTPbign9Qil4SFyTnZSMxzoiorAYgI99jOZ3adH2amxm1oFCD9tM7rtPNZ0QQh3Cq_9IOGh-xvFhjfTD2rLjbyGJQiA0f0JqQXes/s640/falldrybarshelves.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Simplicity:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPO-lDqG-3x9o2DIK05Aqq1uEJ4xOURFtOIyi2SBSYN2zNA809-TqNJy07L-Kfuz_4rXV3Lz_i2pCHeMrtcg_rRYLLQcUsh46ysT_62T5Om6KRC1WgT1duEnYxTg-x1CAg7_K1vgbQETk/s1600/falldrybarpumpkin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPO-lDqG-3x9o2DIK05Aqq1uEJ4xOURFtOIyi2SBSYN2zNA809-TqNJy07L-Kfuz_4rXV3Lz_i2pCHeMrtcg_rRYLLQcUsh46ysT_62T5Om6KRC1WgT1duEnYxTg-x1CAg7_K1vgbQETk/s400/falldrybarpumpkin.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And, you may have spied my new rooster prints that I found at Kirkland's earlier this Spring ... perfect for Fall!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7UT1tohyphenhyphenTPlQv69YZGL5Szp2Jx7oetboTcMGCryWvPefse9VkruY7GaFKYgqNi01WTDv4yQ6JKUx_bedgtPF5XA5V6L3wdd67OzKZZBKA2Mu_nA8GXW8df9x7RUspRjXYYQ5etxAHSo4/s1600/falldrybarroos.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7UT1tohyphenhyphenTPlQv69YZGL5Szp2Jx7oetboTcMGCryWvPefse9VkruY7GaFKYgqNi01WTDv4yQ6JKUx_bedgtPF5XA5V6L3wdd67OzKZZBKA2Mu_nA8GXW8df9x7RUspRjXYYQ5etxAHSo4/s400/falldrybarroos.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Admittedly, though, I have to laugh because this area no longer looks as it does in the above pictures ... it has already been transformed for Christmas!  And, I look forward to sharing it all with you soon!</span></div><div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the meantime, come</span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> on over and play at these fabulous parties:</span></div><div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Dittle Dattle/<a href="http://dittledattle.blogspot.com/2011/11/amaze-me-monday-48.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DittleDattle+%28Dittle+Dattle%29">Amaze Me Monday</a></span></div><div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia/<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyUncommonSliceOfSuburbia/~3/B9W840NdE5w/tuesdays-treasures.html">Tuesday's Treasures</a></span></div><div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Coastal Charm/<a href="http://linda-coastalcharm.blogspot.com/2011/11/nifty-thrifty-tuesday-no87.html">Nifty Thrifty Tuesdays</a></span></div><div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">As always, thanks for stopping by!</span></div><div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/248/3B01215062574D4D6FFA221C1E7FF50B.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; 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Fall Dry Bar

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