It has been busy around here! and I don't just mean summer busy... baseball, swimming, VBS, spending time with friends...  We've been doing all that too, but I've also been working away at some big changes in our house!  Those of you that follow me on Facebook got a little sneak peak of our new dining room table I've been working on.  Well, that table is the most exciting (to me!) of several projects on our main floor.   I LOVE! our home, but the bones of our house don't really represent my style.  When we moved in 10 years ago we were coming from a small 2 bedroom townhouse in Chicago, and moved into our more spacious 4 bedroom home.  I love our home simply because of the space, yard and life it represents.  When we moved in, I made the mistake of thinking that even though the style of our house isn't my favorite, I would grow to love it as we accumulated enough furniture and decor items that were of the same style.  WRONG!  I'm realizing that decorating to the bones I don't...

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