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I love how clean the baskets on top of this mantle look with the books in them.

on the lookout now for a railroad sign..Andy's father worked on the railroad his whole life.

love the bingo pillow..and LOVE that bookshelf that she turned into a plate rack.

love the idea of chairs in front of the fireplace...we could use a couple extra chairs in our family room.

wow.  this butler's pantry is kind of amaze balls.

love some of these ideas for our bonus room upstairs.

her built in cabinetry is beautiful...and she has styled them so well.

more of her family room...LOVING that chalkboard.

I love her upper cabinets having the glass tops...I'm thinking of adding these to ours eventually.

I was over at Pinterest today, and I did something I rarely do.

Before I pinned something, I clicked over to find the original source of the picture.

It took me to a fairly new blog called Thistlewood Farms

where I proceeded to pull up a chair and stay a while.
..a long while!

 I got completely captivated and totally lost track of time.

Before I knew it, I'd been strumming through all of her archives and an hour had passed me by.

Thank God my children were hungry and needed me to feed them.

This sweet space in blogland is filled with inspiration, and I pinned until I couldn't pin anything else.

No really.  I think I pinned nearly every single picture in her house.

She has more than a fair share of tutorials that I'm sure you'll be interested in seeing for yourself.

I plan to try a few of her projects!

{thankful for}

456. clean sheets and clean floors.
457. dinner at our favorite Mexican restaurant.
458. sunset.
459. birds who love our backyard.
460. tomatoes and eggplant from a sweet friend, Jackie.
461. the game of LIFE that occupied my kids for 2 hours today....summer fun.