Tutorial: Vintage-Style Button Heart Piped Cushion part 1

<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8jx88ZU56xPFP-euIrzVhH2xPqTDlYZTa4Yhb0CKApAI07IPaC2PcrXVMNSlH9P6Jmml51rsE69yBUOSoYKsGgVrhioE91JH6kUnuyNZpKjuVEBhZ-lq5QqWaDC-IbfJtonh3xx2O-lM_/s1600/10Sept30+098.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW2_YuYghxpR8nUnQEo1Xgf-bCNFoAp19BKvZRfuyfYk4BFm4Tr0j4r-A5tgAuYU230i9Y5F1y17FUylh1dgta5i5Oqsf2hAEIl2HyWnIWAQUDmludcjzvhx-Ej7USL6-7yIyjYtiNQlXG/s1600/82d1_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHDE_BV98jOQ_NMLE25_dR6VgvnrsL0BEwVY7GjIhthEMLO3wI8rqWwp0DyfrY3vSdsJnkcrce37m-8apcuZjPyO3JzYXpNlYKVGtqQWYsdSOkcR1t5k6WFCQZzhMTFgxQtHKhj7BeA1wE/s1600/10Sept30+116.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHDE_BV98jOQ_NMLE25_dR6VgvnrsL0BEwVY7GjIhthEMLO3wI8rqWwp0DyfrY3vSdsJnkcrce37m-8apcuZjPyO3JzYXpNlYKVGtqQWYsdSOkcR1t5k6WFCQZzhMTFgxQtHKhj7BeA1wE/s400/10Sept30+116.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Ever have a Eureka moment?</span> It struck me that, with a bit of rejigging, I could use our old sofa seat cushions to make this <span style="font-size: large;">really fab Modern Country button heart cushion</span> for next to nothing.<br /> <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW2_YuYghxpR8nUnQEo1Xgf-bCNFoAp19BKvZRfuyfYk4BFm4Tr0j4r-A5tgAuYU230i9Y5F1y17FUylh1dgta5i5Oqsf2hAEIl2HyWnIWAQUDmludcjzvhx-Ej7USL6-7yIyjYtiNQlXG/s1600/82d1_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW2_YuYghxpR8nUnQEo1Xgf-bCNFoAp19BKvZRfuyfYk4BFm4Tr0j4r-A5tgAuYU230i9Y5F1y17FUylh1dgta5i5Oqsf2hAEIl2HyWnIWAQUDmludcjzvhx-Ej7USL6-7yIyjYtiNQlXG/s400/82d1_1.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inspiration cushion - no longer available</td></tr></tbody></table> <br /><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wanna see how? Come with me....</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></div><br /><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;">This is what you'll need:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sofa seat cushion</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Calico panel</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Buttons</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sewing equipment</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: x-large;">Step 1:</span></strong></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/AVvXsEg8jx88ZU56xPFP-euIrzVhH2xPqTDlYZTa4Yhb0CKApAI07IPaC2PcrXVMNSlH9P6Jmml51rsE69yBUOSoYKsGgVrhioE91JH6kUnuyNZpKjuVEBhZ-lq5QqWaDC-IbfJtonh3xx2O-lM_/s1600/10Sept30+098.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8jx88ZU56xPFP-euIrzVhH2xPqTDlYZTa4Yhb0CKApAI07IPaC2PcrXVMNSlH9P6Jmml51rsE69yBUOSoYKsGgVrhioE91JH6kUnuyNZpKjuVEBhZ-lq5QqWaDC-IbfJtonh3xx2O-lM_/s400/10Sept30+098.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Unpick the seams of seat cushion. Keep the piping, and the square top and bottom. Discard the strip with the zip that wrapped around the middle.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: x-large;">Step 2:</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2vknSbz5VGTeffSNA5v-CuC9OOZ40PH9lc4rvCq83a4liOCAmef6_mVg07eiXBU2Q_IvU6mMX_wur8Rvy2L2X1jRH7oEc1t7hYzOcWoyTUyD8r-osDIZbXUxB7ePo1VL7-f0bKkPoiyJ3/s1600/10Sept30+099.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2vknSbz5VGTeffSNA5v-CuC9OOZ40PH9lc4rvCq83a4liOCAmef6_mVg07eiXBU2Q_IvU6mMX_wur8Rvy2L2X1jRH7oEc1t7hYzOcWoyTUyD8r-osDIZbXUxB7ePo1VL7-f0bKkPoiyJ3/s400/10Sept30+099.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Take one of the large squares of fabric and cut out a 20''/50cm-sided square size plus 1''//2.5 cm  seam allowance all round. Put to one side.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"></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/AVvXsEhieO0jzFX1rFNWVt2PSV_X1mjORw855RFtwge7BgM-QywV77ibhu0t4982rQ4iY_Cz9hIPsp39nSWYgUVPcaAC-b4Rt4xGONPav48rlda-jhpkTMWPJvfkidfdDzOBDJJY8mnSBHAd-Lr_/s1600/10Sept30+065.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhieO0jzFX1rFNWVt2PSV_X1mjORw855RFtwge7BgM-QywV77ibhu0t4982rQ4iY_Cz9hIPsp39nSWYgUVPcaAC-b4Rt4xGONPav48rlda-jhpkTMWPJvfkidfdDzOBDJJY8mnSBHAd-Lr_/s400/10Sept30+065.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">When cutting out material, these are your <span style="font-size: large;">best friends</span>: a rotary cutter, a cutting mat and a clear rule. You'll get much better straighter and cleaner cutting than with scissors.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: x-large;">Step 3:</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJbb6SJdxF8e8kSxgLnYdEULpfyCzF7Qxw54wV0IynVKzdU6MdaeRhg8b9dpbrvZmAsZc0PtyML1GoKBNoEKAgZyDNRCPd3kZmLChFbwEoaO700NxSLEEjqgLOxlvEGbw7_U4UCCwqotBE/s1600/10Sept30+112.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJbb6SJdxF8e8kSxgLnYdEULpfyCzF7Qxw54wV0IynVKzdU6MdaeRhg8b9dpbrvZmAsZc0PtyML1GoKBNoEKAgZyDNRCPd3kZmLChFbwEoaO700NxSLEEjqgLOxlvEGbw7_U4UCCwqotBE/s400/10Sept30+112.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Take a piece of calico (I used an old cream curtain lining), iron it and put it in an embroidery ring. This will help get the buttons spaced evenly as it pulls the material taut.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgprjWWHKf5lxVgwWuiwaRk2DQPKD4VRKQAoXWtHZBNp4qhcaNIav4IgLCOsveEEBSWKZ-_RGFYvTfuRSqosQrmwSka93JsqFvIwCbPtT1etivNTNpu78WmB8eE3OLSmGRyj3ZH7fIqUHUk/s1600/10Sept30+113.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgprjWWHKf5lxVgwWuiwaRk2DQPKD4VRKQAoXWtHZBNp4qhcaNIav4IgLCOsveEEBSWKZ-_RGFYvTfuRSqosQrmwSka93JsqFvIwCbPtT1etivNTNpu78WmB8eE3OLSmGRyj3ZH7fIqUHUk/s400/10Sept30+113.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><span style="font-size: x-large;">Step 4:</span></strong> </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/AVvXsEjLYPGIQOGpMmJ0kPzMbXfv8AlSXkjfj4XLSXkuumOS2GwkibPyErbqUeSc_hgGTFxJl5Pd2bbFlqvIPenIJPSYLx2wfBkTW_Uw-jA8y_PK6mQHXEjPMrqIpquAPWNyqjlVxJd-WWqfsHO-/s1600/10Sept30+115.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLYPGIQOGpMmJ0kPzMbXfv8AlSXkjfj4XLSXkuumOS2GwkibPyErbqUeSc_hgGTFxJl5Pd2bbFlqvIPenIJPSYLx2wfBkTW_Uw-jA8y_PK6mQHXEjPMrqIpquAPWNyqjlVxJd-WWqfsHO-/s400/10Sept30+115.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"> Sew on mother-of-pearl buttons in a <span style="font-size: large;">heart shape</span>. I found it easiest to put a pencil dot at the top, bottom and widest point of the sides of where I wanted the heart to go. I started at the bottom and worked my way up.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span><strong> <span style="font-size: x-large;">Step 5:</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Take the calico out of the embroidery ring and cut it to a 10''/25cm square plus 0.5''/1cm seam allowance. Turn under and pin the seam allowance. Press flat. Please don't skip the pressing steps when you make something. It's simply <span style="font-size: large;">miraculous </span>the great results it gives. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span>  </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: x-large;">Step 6:</span></strong></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/AVvXsEj96fVa_HO88lQR4sa23bvZHpYANy8VFB5IaJ3oTuPMfun1HLVkzuzhut2Fr8PR5M956deGu2pHCXVgrXaKBUdlfwE_LbdwzeAeQyK10E_TyamN0Mp1LgusKx3Jk-vB8k4sjm-6u8AlE58g/s1600/10Sept30+117.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj96fVa_HO88lQR4sa23bvZHpYANy8VFB5IaJ3oTuPMfun1HLVkzuzhut2Fr8PR5M956deGu2pHCXVgrXaKBUdlfwE_LbdwzeAeQyK10E_TyamN0Mp1LgusKx3Jk-vB8k4sjm-6u8AlE58g/s400/10Sept30+117.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">Attach the calico panel in the centre of the larger square you put aside earlier using small discreet stitches called, I think, hem stitch.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: x-large;">Step 7:</span></strong></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">Sew larger mother-of-pearl <span style="font-size: large;">buttons</span> to the corner of the calico sqaure.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHDE_BV98jOQ_NMLE25_dR6VgvnrsL0BEwVY7GjIhthEMLO3wI8rqWwp0DyfrY3vSdsJnkcrce37m-8apcuZjPyO3JzYXpNlYKVGtqQWYsdSOkcR1t5k6WFCQZzhMTFgxQtHKhj7BeA1wE/s1600/10Sept30+116.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHDE_BV98jOQ_NMLE25_dR6VgvnrsL0BEwVY7GjIhthEMLO3wI8rqWwp0DyfrY3vSdsJnkcrce37m-8apcuZjPyO3JzYXpNlYKVGtqQWYsdSOkcR1t5k6WFCQZzhMTFgxQtHKhj7BeA1wE/s640/10Sept30+116.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;">I hope you've got your scissors to the ready. I'll stop there for now to let you catch up. Come back tomorrow for the assembling of the cushion. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">{So....what do you think so far? Do you think you might you have a go? }</span></div>

Tutorial: Vintage-Style Button Heart Piped Cushion part 1

  Ever have a Eureka moment? It struck me that, with a bit of rejigging, I could use our old sofa seat cushions to make this  really fab Mo...

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Modern Country Style loves: Emerald Cove

Thank you so very much for all the lovely de-lurking comments that you wrote yesterday. It was hugely encouraging!<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil3_EsdswXfg7U0vE4nXjQyVhi7ZF3rm0cAZc_3PbTKHAj6oyUbt_uJ4u6451Rbo8LZ0Qx0UqOzatguoIlbr3RCNPj8j0-05aEZKR3668IqJODpONV_zIaXIdMl12fIvf1SgOdGd_G4ps/s400/IMG_4992.JPG" /></i></span><br /><br /><br />I thought I'd do a little spotlight on my top commenter today (see my Modern Style Top Commenter gadget on the sidebar....are you listed  there yet?).<br /><br />The number one spot goes to........................<span style="font-size: large;">Michelle from Emerald Cove</span>. I've been a Follower of Michelle's blog for a couple of months and it's lovely!<br /><br /><br /><center><a href="http://emeraldcovejewelry.blogspot.com/"><img border="0" src="http://i743.photobucket.com/albums/xx73/michelleg9968/th_IMG_3574.jpg?t=1280356573" /></a></center><br /><br />Three things I LOVE about her blog:<br /><br />It's chatty. Michelle has got the kind of writing style that makes reading it a mixture of curling up with a good book and chatting with your best friend.<br /><br />Her ideas are orignal. Check this out.....<br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504306423485432194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik3acpir_MGnm3dGmAm_PryVoTGQp7OBLtXnEam_Tv1Tapspiig2Ox1YWMdMF7PK_2ML8QEB9IWBrAN3tniyvsDk2G-gbpD-yZhf4D6WMFBIGSn8bE2NLgpoLVYzOBpUH31yXERU4LcIs/s400/IMG_4231.JPG" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /><br />Yes, Michelle made that with her bare hands! <br /><br />Her photos make me laugh. This photo is from the same post:<br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504306444611712482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_DRMnqicrXy1TeH98AlDvXecs3_ulPB6thqCHMqYb6CgYkYLA6-pVPayPR5WLTVdw1CVrLh55nqBvkTRvNTtU5cFt2oR1JBSRYctSbr16sOTWyMcqSdk7QhMxCEsnL-6xNa4U5C8hcK8/s400/IMG_4218.JPG" style="display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /><br /><br />What a power-tool babe!<br /><br />Errr....I should add that when I went over to see Emerald Cove to get these photos, I saw that Michelle has givenme an AWARD! Thank you!!<br /><br />But now it looks like I did this post  because of that award. *awkward silence*. <br /><br />I really, honestly didn't know when I started this. But that's the kind of lovely award-giving sweet-commenting girl she is!

Modern Country Style loves: Emerald Cove

Thank you so very much for all the lovely de-lurking comments that you wrote yesterday. It was hugely encouraging! I thought I'd do a li...

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<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFBjWi3ZFs6Nj66R2TYsYNke3G56pZry4owRwztjigad6MbTHD1Gn-GJu9D_xXD5NqRa4YPl3ko0E_1vCrVyHVIk-5VZ8v7dySMJk6f3q1mE8N41jAYMXYhiW5BaRMm9BG3qNcMdk2JetY/s1600/290470645185_1_0_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG3Izvo1gfy9Qrn4-sZkzx9yxTbd3jJu1YPEbL5CoercQoJMlIa6SpSF8UAyndMeZ9BnPq1GXOIr1lAOe6jli-jaQNfKGhAB0A62d-EJNvNtk0u_39H1NtVjI2aGOPuSm99hyphenhyphenDJq0snJiD/s1600/no+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG3Izvo1gfy9Qrn4-sZkzx9yxTbd3jJu1YPEbL5CoercQoJMlIa6SpSF8UAyndMeZ9BnPq1GXOIr1lAOe6jli-jaQNfKGhAB0A62d-EJNvNtk0u_39H1NtVjI2aGOPuSm99hyphenhyphenDJq0snJiD/s320/no+2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;">Hello gorgeous! You're looking especially lovely today, if I may say so. I do hope you haven't gone to too much trouble on my account....:-)</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;">I've put up a special Commenters widget to SPOTLIGHT the best commenters on Modern Country Style. Can you see it? Is your name on the list? If you post enough comments to get you into the top ten, you automatically get a link from Modern Country Style to your site. How cool is that? Was there ever a better incentive?! </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;">I'm so grateful for the lovely comments Modern Country Style receives. But....I know lots more of you are out there....lurking! </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1lpCUrs8m4dZ3K6LGl1Wv0U-q5uMnV9swWERG_3L20QmoychwL2xTVq3aGboAwIvOwBPftTf1Fl-BSonAlLTN3C3wXiSEnCt3NSZjMIcJ-LpYwaaGd_8vlTjbJUpqhem1QYQkIzaKoV0I/s1600/lurking.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="227" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1lpCUrs8m4dZ3K6LGl1Wv0U-q5uMnV9swWERG_3L20QmoychwL2xTVq3aGboAwIvOwBPftTf1Fl-BSonAlLTN3C3wXiSEnCt3NSZjMIcJ-LpYwaaGd_8vlTjbJUpqhem1QYQkIzaKoV0I/s320/lurking.bmp" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old Image from Apartment Therapy</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;">Are you a lurker or a commenter? Let me know by clicking on 'Leave a comment' below and then...errrr....leave a comment.....</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;">Oooh, and I have some exciting news! Modern Country Style was featured on Tattertots and Jello! Thank you  to the lovely Jen for picking out our Modern Country Kitchen renovation.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;">And it was featured on Simply Designing too. Thank you, Ashley, for also choosing our kitchen makeover! </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;">What's that? You'd like a peek too? As always, your wish is my command: just click on the new photo of our kitchen in the sidebar,  all related posts will pop up like magic and you can browse away till your heart's content. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3J5rsKsW6AUiwzF1r6FxTxxXhp1zHWX4GyGRgt-93XZ5TelijJIyVlSo7ZEWQCnUOFSb6aD0M7C-I3KrdTsUQQRhsz7HdydcLp66MoEyu8x37_5CLxiWkWK45D5AlSnjTxs7Q5SW4pcq6/s1600/290476959070_1_0_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="cssfloat: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3J5rsKsW6AUiwzF1r6FxTxxXhp1zHWX4GyGRgt-93XZ5TelijJIyVlSo7ZEWQCnUOFSb6aD0M7C-I3KrdTsUQQRhsz7HdydcLp66MoEyu8x37_5CLxiWkWK45D5AlSnjTxs7Q5SW4pcq6/s320/290476959070_1_0_1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;">Well, I've had a lovely day today making cushions. Nothing says 'snuggle up into me' more than a sofa filled with inviting, plumptious cushions. Don't you agree?</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"> I found these lovely ones on Ebay. Aren't they finished beautifully? I am very keen on beautiful finishes. I've been practising and practising. a lot of practise has been needed for producing any where near a beautiful finish but I think I'm getting there. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;">Two things make a humungous difference to a good finish. Measuring well initially is the first. Not my forte, I have to say. However, painful and frustrating experience (can you hear my sobs echoing?!) has shown me that it really is worth doing properly. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;">And the second is: pressing, pressing, pressing. It's quite miraculous  how much of a difference a good ironing session makes to the quality of the finished product. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" height="150" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFBjWi3ZFs6Nj66R2TYsYNke3G56pZry4owRwztjigad6MbTHD1Gn-GJu9D_xXD5NqRa4YPl3ko0E_1vCrVyHVIk-5VZ8v7dySMJk6f3q1mE8N41jAYMXYhiW5BaRMm9BG3qNcMdk2JetY/s200/290470645185_1_0_1.jpg" width="200" /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;">Anyway, I've been sewing away very industriously and will soon have some, I hope, beautifully finished cushions to show you..</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;">I will report back very soon. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;">Now, on to you! I'd love to know what you like and what you'd like to see more of on Modern Country Style. Is it the photos? The tutorials? Our house renovation? I'd love you to let me know....</div>

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Here's a great resource of Link Parties. I hope you find it useful!<br /><br />If I'm looking to link up, this is where I come so help yourself and come and join in the party.....<br /><br /><br /><strong>Monday</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://modvintagelife.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Mod Vintage Monday</a><br /><a href="http://sewchatty.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Sew Chatty</a><br /><a href="http://thediyshowoff.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">DIY Showoff</a><br /><a href="http://www.pollywantacrafter.com/" target="_blank">Polly Want a Crafter</a><br /><a _blank="_blank" href="http://dittledattle.blogspot.com/%20target=">Dittle Dattle</a><br /><a href="http://thriftydecorchick.com/" target="_blank">First Monday at Thrifty Decor Chick</a><br /><a href="http://craftskeepmesane.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Motivate Me Monday at Keeping It Simple</a><br /><a href="http://www.betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Between Naps On The Porch</a><br /><span style="color: #0000ee; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://myuncommonsliceofsuburbia.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia</a></span><br /><a href="http://linda-coastalcharm.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Nifty Thrifty Tuesdays at Coastal Charm</a><br /><a href="http://astrollthrulife.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Tabletop Tuesday</a><br /><br /><strong>Tuesday</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://savvysouthernstyle.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Savvy Southern Style</a><br /><a href="http://www.domestically-speaking.com/" target="_blank">Power Of Paint</a><br /><a href="http://primitiveandproper.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Piece of Work Wednesday</a><br /><br /><br /><strong>Wednesday</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.abeachcottage.com/" target="_blank">Good Life Wednesday</a><br /><a href="http://www.thethriftyhome.com/" target="_blank">The thrifty home Penny pinch party</a><br /><a href="http://www.houseofhepworths.com/" target="_blank">Hooking up with HoH</a><br /><a href="http://bec4-beyondthepicketfence.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">100 Ideas Under $100 at Beyond The Picket Fence</a><br /><span style="color: #0000ee; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.theshabbycreekcottage.com/" target="_blank">Transformation Thursda</a>y</span><br /><br />Thursday<br /><br /><a href="http://thevirginiahouse.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">We Can Do It Cheaper at the Virginia House</a><br /><a href="http://atthepicketfence.com/" target="_blank">At The Picket Fence</a><br /><a href="http://commonground-debrasvintagedesigns.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Common Ground's Vintage Inspiration</span></a><br /><a href="http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Feathered Nest Friday at French Country Cottage</span></a><br /><br /><br /><strong>Friday</strong><br /><a href="http://www.fingerprintsonthefridge.com/" target="_blank">Fingerprints ON the Fridge</a><br /><a href="http://freckledlaundry.com/" target="_blank">Freckled Laundry</a><br /><a href="http://romantichome.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Romantic Home</a><br /><a href="http://shabbynest.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Shabby Nest</a><br /><a href="http://decormamma.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Frugalicious Friday</a><br /><a href="http://www.remodelaholic.com/" target="_blank">Remodelaholic</a><br /><a href="http://tidymom.net/" target="_blank">Tidy Mom</a><br /><a href="http://missmustardseed.blogspot.com//" target="_blank">Mustard Seed Creations</a><br /><a href="http://www.serenitynow4amanda.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Serentiy Now</a><br /><br /><br /><strong>Saturday</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://tatertotsandjello.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Weekend wrap up party</a><br /><a href="http://funkyjunkinteriors.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Saturday Nite Special at Funky Junk Interiors</a><br /><br /><br /><strong>Sunday</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://thegypsyfish.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Gypsy Fish Second Sunday of the month</a><br /><a href="http://iheartnaptime.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">I Heart Naptime</a><br /><a href="http://www.bystephanielynn.com/" target="_blank">Under the Table and Dreaming</a>

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Tutorial: Vintage Scrabble magnets...

<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCsy818nh9P-nRj_n_PUxLKGYSo5Qhvxh0nKH_PB24wuTBi_xmN9jMqFgZfwLq7ffAHPws9ST_5NvY6J0JMNN0Yit7nUKwcGABKYKkGcNRJ-z76SPVX_CIjoViLOFezuzH6ye_8fE699oC/s1600/10Sept23+018.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520047148360192834" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCsy818nh9P-nRj_n_PUxLKGYSo5Qhvxh0nKH_PB24wuTBi_xmN9jMqFgZfwLq7ffAHPws9ST_5NvY6J0JMNN0Yit7nUKwcGABKYKkGcNRJ-z76SPVX_CIjoViLOFezuzH6ye_8fE699oC/s400/10Sept23+018.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">Welcome to the first official Modern Country Style tutorial!</span><br /><div align="center"><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />I love the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">fashion for all</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">things <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Scrabulous</span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">and thought</span> I'd do my bit for the Scrabble revival cause. Plus, could <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">there</span> be a better opportunity to try out my new glue gun! </span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520045081494828562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmRZRYfk4JhRZKdRwqQ9i4EeZBc93KTQAucyL0W79x9nBL9cF-Yy7qbhDuqObNSv5mlpGmO4b0rfHi104O7UgFmsZ1YuQw_dolk2p6IM-QGlzg0v-D7V86cJSOSJRIbfpBIY4ei0N2LyK0/s400/10Sept23+003.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><br />Oh yeah, baby. I got myself a new craft toy. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">I know I'm about a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">gazillion</span> years behind everyone else who seem to have had glue guns from birth (and what a great baby shower present that glue gun would be...) but better late than never, right?<br /><br /></div></span><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">This is <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">what to do to make yourself brilliant (and useful...a good combination in my book) Scrabble magnets.</span><br /></span></div><br /><div align="center"><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Step 1</span></strong></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Find <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">yourself a </span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Scrabble set</span>.</span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">It's definitely worth sniffing out older versions, because the tiles seem to have so much more character. You could try hunting out older sets in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">charity shops</span>, car boot sales, yard sales or your parents' games cupboard.... </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></div></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520045077398278898" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgji4AoeqWPuU1ElQRnpvSH8mjvmbcSJylu_Fgx0-4_s4-JQUUf-i1CgUJCYv-h2gwdYZEEbg-As0akYZ9bRcUGgwp5zv759QtWRdoKd79lIPaadFlCJAn5_XU5dWQ2bi8BAUzovzQGxJkj/s400/10Sept23+001.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><br /></span><div align="center"><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Step 2</span></strong></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Pick out the letters you need.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">You could choose random ones for pinning up notes or you could pick out <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">tiles</span> that spell out a message, as <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">I've done</span>. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Can you see </span>what it is yet?! (I always knew I was destined to have a Rolf Harris moment.) </span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520045097305608370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ULNLszfA9q4T1AKCPC6Be_p5KKoWT8uSyaG75mJTm2a4uKViIT7lDO5yvI9lUw1jt7RjK6p2dacd8MjWOvi_rf2S1xF1o4EkSxeOfgVQsxUv8PFTyIPdqcenmYpYX7D_YRuRqgMM4d0P/s400/10Sept23+006.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><div align="center"><strong>Step 3</strong></span> <div align="center"><strong></strong><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Get your little button magnets ready- one per Scrabble tile. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">(I got <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">mine from</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">ebay</span></span>.....is there *<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">anything</span>* you can't buy on there?!). </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Do check <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">to make</span> sure they're all thoroughly magnetised because occasionally you get a dud that's been knocked about and has lost its magnetism. It is possible to get it back (by stroking it in one direction with another magnet until it's <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">remagnetised</span>) but a whole lot easier to start with good ones....unless magnet-stroking floats your boat, in which case, by all means, be my guest...<br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520045088640946194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbJSyxvrvIbqpfdYX3Ht5h3QoQN4pZRw9HnALA_TYKue7giYu1j-dE_xsdupPAPeSIubPsJtyTQpLyYbCcJ_cnbZEUKrS2nbGJ4jIiryWgl-R4-S_Ey-JDBRlDJrkqU8vFeaplAB4E66ub/s400/10Sept23+004.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><br /><strong><br />Step 4</strong></span><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Attach the magnet to the back of the tile with a glue gun. Check me out with my new craft toy! Meet my new glue gun on its maiden voyage. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Why didn't I get one of these years ago? </span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520045092949011330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRmjzR4DzmmOhXPX4M_W0N4n84K-Pb-1_5ubpgEmNS1UekNPoeg7oYprL6FTmqnuzIvpl3dsLMoz0wyat6YAAzL9XMvNd9t-owaOIdXXS9VoII5Eyn8QW56vsjdXH2KtYlI4yJkz0vrKQC/s400/10Sept23+005.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /> </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><br /><br />Step 5</strong></span><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Press the magnet down onto the Scrabble tiles. Is this necessary with a glue gun? I'm not sure but I did it anyway. Spot the glue gun virgin. *blush* </span><span style="font-size:130%;"></div></div><div align="center"><br /></div></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520047120553712594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhICKnVptXlRElz_phaE5Rp-BRTxfOW_oaH_oGzNuWKQPObIQweMi_wHAhigieYLgnN2Aon-S2ok6wCFxE6hDtSo8pzi5sBv4F56Dy3DNWuF4KMJifP5e1fq-Ww7m87y-9nk3__0QiCQiAi/s400/10Sept23+008.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /> <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520047132709812674" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja8WQrfi4_Bei66K_c4cXitgxVllEr0d4YO3O0x0DnWZC8hqA6xciYT4VlMxJPo_RHWkRgckhPVCcX5OBlq4VYnUnLgFOsnyppTC5PoSEvhS04QMswG4ibPd61bB_hZvoK7pARpzrmO5iL/s400/10Sept23+009.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><br /><strong></strong><strong></strong></span><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><br />Step 6<br /></strong><br /></span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520047141061482722" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHnwVMnK4ROKUsdIIyeQ2bwJSw1oOY1X8JbWq9YWsnOxCL-Vtp_SJGhT0qWBivCqVjMiySSXM5IjV4Xqv5vqx87cPHp4S2lIQpksLm3J-NJTeCX5v7LfSeMR1OJx-TnRH5UH5k9uwQ8Ibg/s400/10Sept23+011.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><br /></span><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Wait for the glue to set and then put them on the fridge (as I've done)....or radiator.....or anywhere <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">you</span> want that's magnetic.<br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520050979848813938" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhorCb93NDIpXSXfcnnGuCN5UDVynARha_Op-S0fwRHULZNw8p5r_GUJ229KI9u4PjW6F7sAlcrtRLQylTSUwx1azNXcoXd8qMd0qZKsA6mwo_5OksWpy8BbFB0fiWwIfhnImRwERsT0RfT/s400/1july10+157.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></span></div></div></div></div><br /><br />I'm linking to the weekend parties on my side bar!</div>

Tutorial: Vintage Scrabble magnets...

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Kenwood Chef nostalgia.....

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh22iGXeVkUE9yb8WXYDaO57pVkluWOHTS6xlLQ5pfsTe8Uk0_u50GjWgSLVYQggJM8H-DwHqj67zldD3ytOOeyBAF9F4p_UnkumtgyW2l60x9dklZ3FpQpdhmI3MbrHOQT2mcOzAWebshH/s1600/10Sept15+058.jpg"></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZrREL7dM5Ud_30IZiSY0JsXFUvyMSWBJpTt9_5Divwkx56HmtQWplt5dJV53XrczAOauv6Cj-HKdKYCP7sRfTv8AG6dIEd6D7hwt6WImVNaY-T9AVE4wWFTJkBqrW0TGudFjNoPVTcsLS/s1600/1july10+128.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519274321078568386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZrREL7dM5Ud_30IZiSY0JsXFUvyMSWBJpTt9_5Divwkx56HmtQWplt5dJV53XrczAOauv6Cj-HKdKYCP7sRfTv8AG6dIEd6D7hwt6WImVNaY-T9AVE4wWFTJkBqrW0TGudFjNoPVTcsLS/s400/1july10+128.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />When I was a little girl, I can remember standing on a chair next to my mother while she was cooking. She would tell me that her mother had a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Kenwood</span> Chef and had bought one for her when she got married, and that when I was a big girl, my mother would buy one for me.<br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519276878247669090" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw1Yz6kU84h1Iv-ZmfJ1u1gpt-ks9m8B81OOFCrxGb21LxqBA-EwK-tZHEPi7kDRoh7pTngDqd8Iq0I8LG8OD_5JtJdbaOzwJ1JUGxPQJe3kyMK7aOhx03GA6aiRosKp2x3xyq2ylRP4wW/s400/10Sept15+059.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /><br />Well, now I am a big girl (!), I do have one of my own. My parents bought one for me (thank you!) when I got married. I felt very grown-up when I unpacked my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Kenwood</span> Chef and put it, in pride of place, in my very own kitchen in the first placed we lived.<br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519274301204720978" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjltyxQ_rjWc4HF29YdPrZDjR7TNPpTk13FJMxhh5OP90kiwbKlYJzh2RYik6ujGFdJ8-Y3hLB1al-nTL9t9_1ZRsT_AIoUAA8War8Er7IDiiNtSxD_ioyNs9FMvnd4-YFfOSxefEWnHWEb/s400/10Sept15+066.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /><br />If I had to rescue one thing out of my whole entire kitchen ('whole entire kitchen'? That makes it sounds as though I have about three acres of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">kitcheness</span>....! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Errrr</span>.....I don't), then it would most certainly be this:<br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519274292791237954" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtS1TH8_cwC24-6U3P7jg6tqcrWi4ldKo6rsawh0X7Bd1zMesUc8iXyPHrlNXKzczmnc3by3C9u7QqfT2emt3EcxYwUjQHRD6B7xunboFQvP2aDPWG403w1KVnupcaxG-97S5-Hymq-66I/s400/Picture+045.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /><br /><br />And now, when I'm with my own daughters, I tell them, when we're cooking together, the story of how Grandma's Mummy bought her a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Kenwood</span> Chef and my Mummy bought me one <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">and</span> how when they are big girls, I will buy them their very own <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Kenwood</span> Chef. <br />And I'm not ashamed to say that it quite often <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">brings a</span> tear to my eye.<br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519274311448516066" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6MFf0FEmZ6iUX3RMxOW8sEFCVkC7l8uDZOqfu9irRmyg5U7bLMLLjwScdYypJIJqii11TtzRUv1sZ6uGhBVWL7lsFcYRErUXD5DdyMRC9dCRKLau_dx3mA-4sxOhLF5gNZpQujF-VYrdK/s400/10Sept15+058.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxr8STKC3PwTTTOhbri3nkFjl6eix_T3CX25IHu38Mo4s-TqV_jnWPdulKHYBwgLdbBtXx0601LYred0b9ECEmOj945g_iIb1c_m1hbeJzW6NWs6fE28gGzNJmFdCDHSwllvZRWWwwvCNU/s1600/Untitled-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxr8STKC3PwTTTOhbri3nkFjl6eix_T3CX25IHu38Mo4s-TqV_jnWPdulKHYBwgLdbBtXx0601LYred0b9ECEmOj945g_iIb1c_m1hbeJzW6NWs6fE28gGzNJmFdCDHSwllvZRWWwwvCNU/s1600/Untitled-3.jpg" /></a></div><br />

Kenwood Chef nostalgia.....

When I was a little girl, I can remember standing on a chair next to my mother while she was cooking. She would tell me that her mother had ...

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Modern Country Kitchen accessories

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht1uFoRLrZ87H9Ns-rsUWRH-KglDejfUBzZZLl9Xa-pm_pzlxdE5DKN3m3YiaQx9AkKH4meO_Fd9GPczlkDZUlUimaK6NtMF0Y1hsn0H1aGKaegA4pHzRi9jc51Q_laZR8FAoN6vKHeXpU/s1600/Picture+043.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518943836731419154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht1uFoRLrZ87H9Ns-rsUWRH-KglDejfUBzZZLl9Xa-pm_pzlxdE5DKN3m3YiaQx9AkKH4meO_Fd9GPczlkDZUlUimaK6NtMF0Y1hsn0H1aGKaegA4pHzRi9jc51Q_laZR8FAoN6vKHeXpU/s400/Picture+043.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /></a><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>I'll start off with some Thank Yous, if I may. A rather formal start, I know, but nothing wrong with a bit of formality where formality's due.<br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518932638679183202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh81lKDkQR3yKFRKVkCa8dHHWHq7X7nCqqLNhdtW42W-qdpumAoASSZP02PHrV0DWxCu28cN81OziiaAEaDF5ysBtZVkez3FUAk_pRgfC6G61T64KtTfe_2U_kgmkSaIffMyMP8WKgOEjc7/s400/10Sept15+089.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /> <br />First of all, a big thank you to those of you who are taking the time to comment and follow Modern Country Style. I know I always say this but it does mean so much when someone I've never met wants to see what I've been doing and, more to the point, LIKES it and then follows in anticipation of what's coming next!</div><div><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518937560276944466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOAtMVzlfbp0klZNrIgdQgoajXHd3PQijkB2xZdaJYBeThk_cn1loXQvSIhN00VSYKehtjvoMOp_l8dOiAhbMP-6cK7eh4Q4fcnG-gbxUGunr3ZgajQGyf2etEKqAl5b1idl3hyphenhyphen1LsX20P/s400/10Sept15+076.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /> <br /><div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518937592105100690" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCtdVwdxknEBaZKQmx10752lVFaq8A6g8nDwC_iqVyB287Ntdq4ffN002-iRcGMNOgSFb5E0PH0flTXtRyLSnPfMl53SqyCB7uRS_VV9pNkurLrGrkPVmokfgD7zOkfK5uBFU2o9K9z6kj/s400/1july10+139.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /><br />I'm so happy to see the Followers numbers rising. Thank you especially to the new followers for letting me know that you've followed. It means the whole writing thang takes on new meaning. It's more like writing to friends. Having a good old natter. And there's few things I like more than a good old natter with my pals. Don't you agree? If you do, then please will you Follow too? Just click on that there button to your right. </div><br /><div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518932641203009554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBrhZXIXzRjOT7SHDYHlN-CudFw2nEhUCCYB8loyttz_aHnjlyTNRI8K5041JEsorWZRK1Gett-rAXDgTQY4-XSwmWyr1m4FEd30Jo0bAM2HIAWvijq8tUWN62r9ePC6BZoNb66YorHyg6/s400/10Sept15+088.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></div><br /><br /><div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518932645585229234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnVz2Fj67IHKsxfHm1MlTELf4UNt4sd_dbpWEVeZoP5uQthSUKIMznd7BjdBiZhik56TT7QkKldTxr0_Ac7Yt6lFCOj6QaSQwso5wNop8D1UdVWpR27e5nVuh877x_E_SEQUBSFWA01sMo/s400/10Sept15+086.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /></div><br /><div></div><div>Thank you very much to <a href="http://tatertotsandjello.blogspot.com/2010/09/great-ideas-919.html"><span style="color: #990000;">Tattertots and Jello</span></a> for picking out Modern Country Style from the Weekend Wrapup party. I'm over the moon to have my Modern Country Kitchen post up there in BIG. Where else but blogland would you get praise from a (very kind) stranger for how you've painted your kitchen? <br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518937567552192018" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9mi1l3RRCmOhcdP5-HGAm9S5mM2GgcrPMWmt0cDzawdP2QOdZcHqAkgdGhBp2fSLTj7vPTYTAwiaKFCYVRB3hiOFTo4VXxv3foHFG8IMZPwnQh5qy5LHjUxWdeoMRXFh74ymyKrHNl72n/s400/10Sept15+074.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /></div><br /><br /><br /><div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518937577746346178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8GzjaLlROP6u_gg50HDIS9S18vvTJIPSzk4ukFnJcUs4BfUcMB3e6pluPNWbMHYvmEmNkY7waRwxeQdHNSmTwAPkm9x6ZNZgyq8raaFhB8uU_m0lq0KHOCSnZTAAgICkaCHvcUlFhAM2W/s400/10Sept15+071.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /></div><br /><div>And lastly, thank you to Mrs Sutton for tagging me. I will get on with replying...honest! <br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518939856445879746" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikb35MflonqO3WMZfIY7-SeVZBUx3ZUbQCDzH-FC2DP93eXKMv-0SJntdN4py_hvZ6Q0islDWci0mVLuzME0j9iBtX4ZVTIEuIzz61EiTkr2R1hTYCtjQwFWxQ_3z4u0DpDIxACShGcUd0/s400/1july10+154.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /></div><br /><div></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518932651023231602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfDWh5BPFZDOpufPqudS12zAIn82BL0vpC1q-fYm9BejrMud2C3NSpPpwnCRvH1xh6tDdVgK-ynIJ9sxJEHgoXzAw6jHVXrow1_ofk8-SKyZPvkDlcdtUwDa23vltxugx9SIA0u0F0HhpU/s400/10Sept15+085.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /><br /><div>So now that the formalities are over, let's get back to the kitchen. I said in my last post that I always like to hold back from putting out all the things that complete the room I've done up until the room is One. Hundred. Per. Cent. completed (no cheating, mind...yes, Mrs Modern Country, I'm talking to you.....I am prone to a bit of cheating, it's true). <br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518939848869901666" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4fuigYR6h8pu7mkK0iJl6Bxs_052SVwhlFeA7qs-bQ2K4J5Osnne0zXZZ9GodIZ-0RF2rhh1n4itB02oSXwlQqWZiG9F96dTnUGs4NgNs1YjfBJEJWstCLdjKcAXUNS-SW7lPqpfgSKpG/s400/1july10+150.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /></div><div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518939845523905474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTQO9irR6qVB5sYl2FXMlgSQCtCT6iG87JO01Q8metSgQT3OYCn5xediWJObDPAHFyAnbxR5p38w5X1kV6PaNSbD_j52yQMHMJ_pcGCdTXYqNX-xFvJrPclHJA_aLrVzg15FF-nfOKs-tQ/s400/1july10+148.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /><br />You might have spotted a few bits and bobs on Friday's kitchen reveal but I wanted to show you close up now we're such firm friends. I've tried to use pops of red throughout the kitchen. I love the combination of the Farrow andBall Blue Grey with red. So Modern Country!!<br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518939867225764514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4OcIAVY98MrF3CPRdsKReDecyu5U2qJ4tuSU_-hTIOapEJzTcR9lpoaykW3MLsl9UCQZYWmbWt8U1nHZtYbcFN-blU5_EVyxZgXEKJKUxghCDiZ3UO2UQYSLShpLX4grdbQsTLLv7Dh0D/s400/1july10+163.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518939835493298114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRd8R4REppHtIMGZlx6o0KqcqwkrMQk3BIDEgcxLOfMd6oPEOfV0PZgpjvF0JxehtTaeHkeXkL1_8R-twL6HeoLIFr8NJGaFNgKIHc7z1OOi6jOFyyZYElV7CfhA8QE6USSOrZRzb0g3mF/s400/1july10+146.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /><br />I hope you've enjoyed this lengthy snoop around my new kitchen. Isn't snooping lovely?! I love a good lazy nose around other people's blogs, don't you?! <br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518943828097017298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNW3GjS2mcUorzDn8vKiMfk3uk31QaC-oSTlkkB16wT7T0W4M2Bczvuy9qYwQ6v80Yr-wfEjm4kuvBYx3q8zjr_OovPxwdpPF2L2usjh9etX13q0x2i8pp_fnlfgu8Kcw9JTgts3qvvta-/s400/1july10+128.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>

Modern Country Kitchen accessories

I'll start off with some Thank Yous, if I may. A rather formal start, I know, but nothing wrong with a bit of formality where formality...

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Modern Country Kitchen Reveal

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCN1RkwKWGxc564XDGGDz5xFoTKE3NcqWHIr79uNRDcMivOhsV1trP7Z-jRIJQKBojwUdYGsCLWg5cXThzvjvlrZnqc-84iaTLEZPmOKS2n2BhTkFAzOBr5TJAIfQ5kUi_yeIfSenWz1fl/s1600/10Sept15+052.jpg"><img alt="modern country kitchen" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517622745695593842" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCN1RkwKWGxc564XDGGDz5xFoTKE3NcqWHIr79uNRDcMivOhsV1trP7Z-jRIJQKBojwUdYGsCLWg5cXThzvjvlrZnqc-84iaTLEZPmOKS2n2BhTkFAzOBr5TJAIfQ5kUi_yeIfSenWz1fl/s400/10Sept15+052.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /></a><br />Wooooooohoooooooooooooh! I know you're all so excited. Yes, I can hear you chomping at the bit but I'm here to tell you that the kitchen reveal is finally here. I've been literally holding myself back by the reins in order to make myself not spill all the beans on day one. Must. Hold. Back.Must. Hold. Back. Repeat. Ad. Nauseum.<br /><br />Before I start, please could I ask you something personal? I'm so pleased and happy to have new Followers (thank you, thank you, thank you) but if you join and don't let me know then I don't currently know how to recognise newcomers in the list of Followers. I really want to make you feel welcome and wanted and warm so please, please leave a comment or email me?<br /><br />So, Modern Country Stylers, we started with this:<br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517786194654474258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQMTHe9BZI-GtkFT733nyvtJxK36U_Rsll1g7jUSlplJnR_A-UvwmO2I-NQ-7wo9H5kkRSOcg7MKcGOGPv4G7XqVNT6YkgLzpAKEYVjfGc3yJ5uqdNG6JR3iIYOV5CnMqLVhzg5IipLYYk/s400/106_0604.JPG" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /><br />What I've been most pleased with is how incredibly different the aspects that we *haven't* changed look. The kitchen units themselves are cream shaker-style and the beech worktops both look better than I could have imagined. The wood had obviously been reflecting the dayglo orange of the walls previously. As soon as we painted, they took on a beautiful mellow hue.<br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517786217113739074" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrZ1z-ywxscEad5mrV-gl_zPpGvaenyZYOmuV-e4dW-K4EgqlwyG6jG6G9V5LmhxIlzj8t6ZhxniibXlRYnXuGb1L6v7cv-kaLrwMjz-3OHCqzVRo1O7TBcyxhcjzIiAJ5tar8yTVdCkFg/s400/1july10+128.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /><br />I don't know about you but when I'm doing up a room I make myself hold back all the lovely accessories I've bought until every last drop of paint is rolled on, every last inch of sealant is applied. It's like a carrot of loveliness dangling on a stick for me. Signing to me like a seductive siren, to complete the ruddy room if it's the last thing I do. <br /><div><br /></div><div></div><div>Isn't it one of life's fantastic moments when you stand back and survey your hard work coming together. A real 'aaaaaah' *deep breath out*. It means I can get out all the goodies I've been savingup, making a fantastic moment almost deliriously ecstatic, to be quite honest. </div><div><br /></div><div></div><div>But I'm racing ahead of myself again. Soooo much excitment! Hard to contain. <br /><div></div><span style="color: yellow;"></span><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517622762626245858" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4FE_zcWSSvXVThiqnXmReshvf8iJwptMQhSd1nPuLPq9crb1eIqDcSLx4oisjhjntraGnqlw09cAYXUKpZZw7BqJVSIQr2L8v0bgrTq97udIeypqOzFhPo4S0pTRR5PoUPOevi-CxgKJe/s400/10Sept15+057.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /><br />I meant to break down the process and tell you what we've done in the kitchen. So let's just rewind for a moment or two and I can share with you what I've been up to.<br /><br />Here's the list......<br /><br /></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517626155724424546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDAXilrpmxWa7wWBApkookmaTN7Mvqm7wj-RnROZ-LK9-EPMrRKjkrCKKLGWVnZ2AhT2angnA_2qPj7uvU7b1iRR-bxvByUwDWfocHCkz_HV8g01r9R_GClv04N8dT5sJDzvMkaSIwmoZ0/s400/10Sept15+085.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /><br />We replaced the dark brown plinths with cream ones to match the units, which really opened everything up.<br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517626145789609570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxPcHZGo4S57_CXGMkx3KAn-8DweQR7edVDlHS57miP4mtvarBJuPI_yu2-gBa4_F3Ndz5QM0DOrGh5hW8NNZmX1mRWmk3j2b8nFgQSe4ONCGjogDIBzXtErw_bfaUS_sInZEV1d7zW8tw/s400/10Sept15+080.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /><br />We moved the boiler up out of the kitchen to the airing cupboard in the bathroom......<br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517622773292389250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX6e2gfDLURKu8hPj3QWTdPfEAyn9elhdqKq-73rQXo5F2kRpQTue1ASXpGjNIzpj4o-6RbP47hVyaNywmDr2mBn1mLQMgxSt4eHfAU7-53COeU_XSmFSmmxqvDJOXRvnJOstofZF52N_7/s400/10Sept15+060.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /> <br /><div></div><br /><div>....which meant we could add open beech shelving in the newly acquired space.</div><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517624379908337618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8aUs2ZagQ9wHrSSDssPd-AFeKaOc5OY_XR4wdIpQCZh3Fmmr7D0Ol4M1AzseHTkUPVED8AqNe3fe_HvS7jrdJHHDPv9fJFTbuqEr8zSTrOwMlAUUtEzMnuCdIO6_0MUQAXxbjkKZhjWwm/s400/10Sept15+075.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /><br />We removed the blue and orange tiles and added beech backstands around most of the kitchen plus cream tiles behind the sink and cooker.<br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517786213792414194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS1OCCs4yqLsxD_nm98x3wD78KzfOH3o1WN39Ob8frJeZmqB7ocxVq1aDCxtVjC9zXdYRqWCXjEe94mkROCnQq8JZWCy2Ae1T7DkhoR1DhFz601FpOPY4JiGl0vAzQfGOMKgcdMKXr2I6N/s400/1july10+125.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /><br />Here's the before photo again to save you scrolling up and down because if there's one thing I hate it's scrolling up and down in a reveal. I love to check back to see what's been accomplished but too much scrolling and the red mist falls.<br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517786619661711426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghYOnFPANucNFBYkd1AMtjbVaW1R7NGyYB50xKnYYrpNf4HWxeiQ6fDHRfmEi4kH6Ppbhyphenhyphen2MYQogOC2vOY9eLulGHIxpTXhtCCZnWEkDJHxSnXS5tNfFvATXLKug9vurBjEaf0iJa62XGU/s400/106_0604.JPG" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /><br />We tiled the shabby mdf back doorstep with slate tiles.<br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517786223810652546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSzhpI-eHrrGiztEiC0IYIfH-8bKGZWS00I7-AG-jdZcJXms8rwv78UIdNv6_WhUIYvAZ-jqIvHVe39GSyzl-QMtNRnmdxcWWdZ3WtDDZKKqQ-dRmiFeGxNjeNyhn6MeE6HdSGh2aoTBlG/s400/1july10+133.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /><br /><div></div><div>We replaced the small wooden door knobs with large wooden doorknobs.</div><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517624347656034338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRPcskX44Fd-bnfDpc_CRxv4WEcKYXu62__eCCdIjODRAT_KAVTyLLwOI8HEnUderl5irM21bguVAFpOUQLfJ1IrKnu23a9rn54SOMaZZOfzuJDISkMs8PnjUXS7ny1YCk52m7z9MY1HJg/s400/10Sept15+064.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><div>We painted the room with Farrow and Ball Blue Grey and Farrow and Ball White Tie. Oooh, I love me some Farrow and Ball. Yes, siree, I do. The intensity and quality of colour make them the best paints around, in my opinion.<br /><br /></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517624341148024802" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv82Oroiegkyr38xveuIfI_VCrjk88KG-epWcnfHmrfZADsmWPm__-_Hghksf9AJclE7ESebTWgjSQ_8EuixvdxoAbZJx9mU7BfskFrwUhRSh2gfZaQRBqEkXzHAVvwm2VWipE4nwIQ6Wx/s400/10Sept15+064.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /><br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517626129772002082" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_BdB9j7IObXbpgcmtN85AFwC6pXHJ3qth_S24ki8jqBjoQkPUEGBA2RnW6qIr9ryIPT4iVCeHfWxbLDVWln-7cvcrNHl-_a44-eNlVA0VbovFigRZK5z_dyXGlGYxnKDhwD1YtWQv31Pl/s400/10Sept15+076.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /><br />We painted the back door gloss white. to replace varnished orangey wood. Another big change. It's quite dark in this part of the room so this white helps to lighten it all up.<br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517626149590461842" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhafgiiYuj-gOslVWB-BVopgPZ_l9NAQ9QHc3xspBGmDenDvuniAXmkLFk0TubsWiU_Tu4_Vs1tyMp_0aSiE_2PrZl5lGL9zSfDoVA0-Elh4Q8LYKsGNvLPxTwvC2ObC36F2VloWhTlNfrU/s400/10Sept15+082.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /><br />We changed the plugs from standard white to flat steel (the flat-screen tv of the plug world).<br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517622756803983698" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRLd4V_mdTfuEg2T71Fg-hJGEmd6c4LL20joAYHmiEEuivtcSYXPMp7BwRMjMpezQ9wqH9DIoUy0nEiatX_SdRjD37hxVpigtSfyYJ4EtiLxXecv7ns0lx71yMK2S64ZPyRpcmq6n87gQW/s400/10Sept15+056.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /><br />And lastly, we replaced the door handles with cast iron black ones.<br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517626172754948434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCt-9NzyogrvC0KqPpVVkYejXj-BmrJNvzLqn4db7GpmL3TIPzXwP4C0vcSSb8wjUg6dsuuUkSXkc6MlB5jRXguyJ4IrptnZgb94BAH8IV02Jp2JkskU5C-Otxn1M43UPHyx8ypRn9-xWS/s400/10Sept15+091.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /><br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517624358591272450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNTfxEeTF3FAgA4Jba7-xlJzmQTSwlWirp-Fl-um4dFFgxZfHNzCki_Wl6Ys3TFN9QcNNujy6m3QADQm9CoC3wPDbGa9OAxkPO5GHC1cvLZm0lCypb0j0SwY9x93g4XdBHtG48Q8ns43y3/s400/10Sept15+068.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /><br />I'm linking to the weekend parties on my sidebar.<br /><br /><a href="http://thecsiproject.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Visit thecsiproject.com" class="aligncenter" src="http://thecsiproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/thecsiproject.com-logo-150.png" /></a>

Modern Country Kitchen Reveal

Wooooooohoooooooooooooh! I know you're all so excited. Yes, I can hear you chomping at the bit but I'm here to tell you that the kit...

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