A New Use for a Closet

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I mentioned in an earlier blog post that I was going to be using my spare bedroom closet for something that I've needed for a long time.  But, before I share that with you, I thought about all of the other cool ideas I could've done with it.  In fact, it would've been much more photo worthy than what I ended up doing with it!

I could've turned it into a compact office.  

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In my Kitchen

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Thank you for all of the well wishes for my son's new independent life and for my own new journey.  Fortunately, he lives about 30 minutes away from us and comes by at least twice a week on the way back from school at night.  He has some night classes and what do you think he wants after class?  Food!  So, I guess that will keep him coming by on a regular basis.  LOL!

  I've decided to set up his room as a guest room for him in case he ever wants or needs to spend the night here.  I'm keeping it in the same color scheme and masculine style since he is about my only guest these days.  We don't have out of town family that would use it. However, I'm most excited about all the new storage I'm gaining in his empty closet!  I'll show you what I'll be doing with that soon.

Share Your Style Party #17

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Welcome to another week of inspiration shared by so many of you.  I hope that you are enjoying the summer so far and finding time to relax (at least on the weekends).  I can't wait to see what you all have to share this week!  This week, Sherry from No Minimalist Here is your host.

The Empty Room

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You may recall, that I shared in my last post, that my oldest son was moving out.  Well, he has officially completed his move and now I am left with an empty and sad looking room.  You may remember when he was away at boot camp in 2013 that I redecorated his room.  I was so proud of it.  It looked like this.

Fun at the Beach!

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Well, I'm back from vacation and back to reality.  (Boo Hoo) We had the BEST time!  Looking back at pictures is like being back there for just a moment.  Here are just a few that I thought might sum up our vacation best.  

We went to New Smyrna Beach, Florida.  This is a great family oriented beach with lots of condos to choose from.  We stayed at Ebb Tide.  It was VERY nice!  

Here is the view of the pool from our room.

Share Your Style Party #16

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How is your week going so far?  I hope it's going well.  I'm still on vacation, but am able to still blog since I took my laptop.  Can't leave home without it right?!  We are enjoying a fun time at the beach.  So far the weather has been good.  We've been eating a lot of seafood and soaking up the sun.  Needless to say, I'm not having any trouble sleeping at night!  

I'm so glad that you decided to join our party this week.  Amanda from Dixie Delights is your host this week.

Let's Take a Walk Around my Backyard

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Hope you are doing well.  I'm on vacation right now, but did want to share some pics of my backyard with you.  There are some flowers blooming and  it's a beautiful day outside!

I have several varieties of iris out back.  This one is a beautiful shade of purple.