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Our Dining Room Reveal!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Welcome to the full reveal of our </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Modern Country Dining Room!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQaNMQMG5OIpREVIlx6l3oP5GO4LrDKqIAIAsYK8cbb8UD1Tjb0vGNieyXtxgX-N-4bGf3gZItOAvYVPU49BYrhxC9MvAKSskHs68eQy2pc9_aqEhNoSWgi_Bst0Lf6PFZQx_xIMVETc4/s1600/230.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQaNMQMG5OIpREVIlx6l3oP5GO4LrDKqIAIAsYK8cbb8UD1Tjb0vGNieyXtxgX-N-4bGf3gZItOAvYVPU49BYrhxC9MvAKSskHs68eQy2pc9_aqEhNoSWgi_Bst0Lf6PFZQx_xIMVETc4/s640/230.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Let's start right back at the beginning for a moment to how</span><span style="font-size: large;"> the room looked when we first were shown around our house....</span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-MzZbB-Kt6bpnDZx9blR2BZwRiveF8o2MDNH0nDN6jPWEGK5VlHpfOlQGe7d8yNfAQjFEWnnsZqrTPHKhkNRghpnZ4tKn7269S_1F7TqB4tnBLYqbPwqGq6hQJ4zJloS-yMNFKFTb-7A/s1600/105.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-MzZbB-Kt6bpnDZx9blR2BZwRiveF8o2MDNH0nDN6jPWEGK5VlHpfOlQGe7d8yNfAQjFEWnnsZqrTPHKhkNRghpnZ4tKn7269S_1F7TqB4tnBLYqbPwqGq6hQJ4zJloS-yMNFKFTb-7A/s640/105.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">See that yucky fireplace in the picture below? </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>That was mine. </i></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Oh, yes, it was.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdn6_tuvLDmms1HKsa5IvhyphenhyphennsEV8yp4WLOP0FdPEizMsoMojWLmyBGhjElDNyFqmfFlcEqPRwq83oqeZpPqm8pduKJWybYiVxskH8bK2Bg5RBPIF42M099oJk0XR88BQxAVjzeEXjWXaw/s1600/102.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdn6_tuvLDmms1HKsa5IvhyphenhyphennsEV8yp4WLOP0FdPEizMsoMojWLmyBGhjElDNyFqmfFlcEqPRwq83oqeZpPqm8pduKJWybYiVxskH8bK2Bg5RBPIF42M099oJk0XR88BQxAVjzeEXjWXaw/s640/102.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The fireplace in our dining room was</span><span style="font-size: large;"> attached directly to the wall with an orange </span><span style="font-size: large;"><i>varnished-to-within-an-inch-of-its-life</i> pine fire surround. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtk0cNwKgOyiVPdVhG3WaSt8vF0Hc3pIZZsUsXFlRnMeC-GXd47Mj6diuRREZAi9G-vk49r4Z__MsD848iXTTBAQg3ush3tJwMme9Q5IQ_krQEctxHcXgBb7oradro2Z31HL2NQyjy1To/s1600/103.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtk0cNwKgOyiVPdVhG3WaSt8vF0Hc3pIZZsUsXFlRnMeC-GXd47Mj6diuRREZAi9G-vk49r4Z__MsD848iXTTBAQg3ush3tJwMme9Q5IQ_krQEctxHcXgBb7oradro2Z31HL2NQyjy1To/s640/103.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">In fact, that goes for all the wood in the room.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Of which there was plenty.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">So much, so wrong!</span></b></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>What's a girl to do? </i></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHBzUgyJAyYNzukIwYPmzkMU00JYRvcMZi0UScJDTRURY8-5HHUdH0dWdn73jDYqtcIP5SICoWe1IA_dMRK68ac5IcqT-KLOa1-HQYnfOEIfmg_P7mCmY87vBmKosyWibZeC2WDC2PkYY/s1600/IMG_4261.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHBzUgyJAyYNzukIwYPmzkMU00JYRvcMZi0UScJDTRURY8-5HHUdH0dWdn73jDYqtcIP5SICoWe1IA_dMRK68ac5IcqT-KLOa1-HQYnfOEIfmg_P7mCmY87vBmKosyWibZeC2WDC2PkYY/s640/IMG_4261.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Aaaaaah! That's better.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">At some point in the future, we'll tackle the kitchen and dining room head-on by ripping out and starting again so this was very much a makeover, rather than a full renovation.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsGFEFadFKuV2FZnRJxTV2hluE_o8DAAQaJhXrasaTlI7ndibtpm3kR12LcjMSV0bt6N6Of0JORJLiUwiY4lC_rK8DOE_Ub06vhIestZaRULzPI-0ZGT9D9e1Nk2I6TckrvYVSSeYpqtU/s1600/IMG_4258.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsGFEFadFKuV2FZnRJxTV2hluE_o8DAAQaJhXrasaTlI7ndibtpm3kR12LcjMSV0bt6N6Of0JORJLiUwiY4lC_rK8DOE_Ub06vhIestZaRULzPI-0ZGT9D9e1Nk2I6TckrvYVSSeYpqtU/s640/IMG_4258.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I liked the existing grey stone hearth </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">so we had the plinths lowered to sit on the stone. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>A smidgen of soft-industrial chic never goes amiss in my book.</i></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZRSKirC_Lf2EmuXOSn21vw4m6017m521qa06UnIZOXZjq8P7k7ptKaWJpIriIyv6SdGt0RPYujM40y3dT2HYjjtlXFKZtUkGNnnFhRlZ4zuMhQlC3CbArdL8qoIv-plu3uX0ObU8ad7M/s1600/IMG_1443.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZRSKirC_Lf2EmuXOSn21vw4m6017m521qa06UnIZOXZjq8P7k7ptKaWJpIriIyv6SdGt0RPYujM40y3dT2HYjjtlXFKZtUkGNnnFhRlZ4zuMhQlC3CbArdL8qoIv-plu3uX0ObU8ad7M/s640/IMG_1443.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /><br /></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I didn't want </span><i style="font-size: x-large;">any </i><span style="font-size: large;">orange pine so we painted all the woodwork </span><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/girls-bedroom-my-favourite-white-paint.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Dulux White</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> gloss. Nice and crisp against the lush new wall colour, </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/colour-study-earthborn-gregorys-den.html" target="_blank">Gregory's Den by Earthborn</a> </span><span style="font-size: large;">- a gorgeous Modern Country shade</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">.</span></div></div><div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2yUzLq9yoswISeXq5ttztmBnjG_zP7QI7aUrMFmAzvNFtAHMFfVLFXLOJP82ToZYpHJhqmMaQtxbh3RDNkg1FTwCmGpPo7NMC-LQiRIJj60XaHPgLJMKchRHKF42BgFp8688YAv6OXK4/s1600/005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2yUzLq9yoswISeXq5ttztmBnjG_zP7QI7aUrMFmAzvNFtAHMFfVLFXLOJP82ToZYpHJhqmMaQtxbh3RDNkg1FTwCmGpPo7NMC-LQiRIJj60XaHPgLJMKchRHKF42BgFp8688YAv6OXK4/s640/005.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /><br /></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The wall between the wood and the fireplace caused endless discussions with, <i>errrr</i>......</span><span style="font-size: large;"> me, myself and I. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>{Yes, you read that right.}</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOHh0At_GGh2KJDbHeEgVZYBTLwzHemXWsX8KccOhZPchyphenhyphenwL3Ian0cuNS0fmn63cEf0fX4AoJ7BzBrmYdJ9vc8iFIYwxNMaawGYOAnEs0NaTvQ_f0dKaJZ2VaAbyU-8L-sJgfH11pmGxo/s1600/008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOHh0At_GGh2KJDbHeEgVZYBTLwzHemXWsX8KccOhZPchyphenhyphenwL3Ian0cuNS0fmn63cEf0fX4AoJ7BzBrmYdJ9vc8iFIYwxNMaawGYOAnEs0NaTvQ_f0dKaJZ2VaAbyU-8L-sJgfH11pmGxo/s640/008.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The three of us had <i>fascinating </i>debates.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> Should it be the greyish colour of the walls? </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Or white to match the mantelpiece? </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Or...or.... </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD6j0W4lfp4fiko7WXP18i1g5V9AFjyYEpqZG_2kzXm_rkBfmdO-k0RSjwlFTSJKi05uFp4HHO6mlO6sw0gmLSELEzisQSDIfXwyjO1341fS4KVe-AIwSd_1E0J030lSkxOsavDWRomlE/s1600/IMG_1375.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD6j0W4lfp4fiko7WXP18i1g5V9AFjyYEpqZG_2kzXm_rkBfmdO-k0RSjwlFTSJKi05uFp4HHO6mlO6sw0gmLSELEzisQSDIfXwyjO1341fS4KVe-AIwSd_1E0J030lSkxOsavDWRomlE/s640/IMG_1375.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><i>*head explodes*</i></span></b><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i></span></b></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM8dyvFb2jH5b5Z1RDXRBoIhvmBJS0_iaxRVzoxOz4m6K9PSEdHkH68HaLffnPtEhdfcrJeNareNmtfYnYwVumzBENUQdI_n8Lt6zh2XdBDnighkLZH_pvt5S94bm9vtxeFEiZfFY1xHY/s1600/IMG_4240.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM8dyvFb2jH5b5Z1RDXRBoIhvmBJS0_iaxRVzoxOz4m6K9PSEdHkH68HaLffnPtEhdfcrJeNareNmtfYnYwVumzBENUQdI_n8Lt6zh2XdBDnighkLZH_pvt5S94bm9vtxeFEiZfFY1xHY/s640/IMG_4240.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /><br /></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I decided on </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>matte black. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And, you know what?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>I LOVE IT!!</i></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhct5pq4fB8NsptCUc0AQ6jJt-YvX95qICzh1du0SmQ3ro4v6SkKL-00oCohcS4q3Oetrqx5Lx2saGOkfQHjztmzFxvtP2etQEMM5dDJCBjoXSnjIfW1Glgns2w2WiGsMBGduZZePife7A/s1600/Our+Modern+Country+Kitchen.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhct5pq4fB8NsptCUc0AQ6jJt-YvX95qICzh1du0SmQ3ro4v6SkKL-00oCohcS4q3Oetrqx5Lx2saGOkfQHjztmzFxvtP2etQEMM5dDJCBjoXSnjIfW1Glgns2w2WiGsMBGduZZePife7A/s640/Our+Modern+Country+Kitchen.JPG" width="430" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">When we set out with this room, we knew we wanted <a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/2013/02/a-sneaky-peek-into-our-modern-country.html" target="_blank">a flow-through feel</a> between the kitchen and the dining room, and I'm thrilled with the way the two rooms work together now.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span> <img height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZT-Pn2MIMt_6N3z1RzHDcrzGgrwKlKLtKtcbhQWFfnT9S_ApNdCTFRGO_JqC1SSWWo6CKcwmg-6GQiite4UBzI_SvNrXA6EAo33qW4hh1q3sxrfzA98e503lMDcFhcm48bsf-wkSZqjU/s640/110.JPG" style="font-size: x-large;" width="640" /><br /><br /></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">As this is a room that we may structurally alter in the future </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">we were keen not to do work that we would </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">then have to undo in the long term.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizr-44z3B8qtty5qINfo1vQH1NNJusccYTO5HmLbnRkQkj57XMTS7HbF4bkD2E0GxxDztDeOM5wM9f6wJMJBq0-Qs4ek0w930PUm1OrcEhU7T8cj_ER4WQKwnDvAgwwk-ky_ukH4F-3yo/s640/034.JPG" /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Often, that can mean ending up compromising </span><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">but in this case it was a very </span></b><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Modern Country Style workable solution </span></b><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">and rather gorgeous too, if I may say so. </span></b><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO8dzg2at4Nk11J5T1wghFfAKpAe5aFXSnkLF8t3eryGtVVVy4__kjXbLKuJP4CktwESO_OyeSvSg0YBlEKJhgRYIPD4O2o3PcKCBpWK3IdrIZbaDbaPg3XeShGnVSsEswdpdpd4WEGMw/s1600/238.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Mirror, mirror on the wall....

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'd say we're nearly ready for a full Modern Country Dining Room reveal, don't you, sweetiepips? </span><span style="font-size: large;">But b</span><span style="font-size: large;">efore I go the full hog and bare all, I wanted to urge you, if you have a rather gloomy, North-facing space, like our dining room, to take the plunge and hang a massively, enormously, humungously large mirror.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvrr83N4X-Ifuow_z1tLKULc3-mByEI4Q3lF13qvWA97zMDS3VDblGmMDYNjXMkXq2qxz0RPL_vqEZukVR6xMJ06WlAmPITYsVwlFDzA0VafH0BExEaz0th6zhTYnTxMX1VY2HtlbyuZI/s640/lombok+086.JPG" /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">You'll be a-maaaaazed at the magic that mirrors can spin out of their shimmery, shiny surfaces. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCtszBXmneh2Bodc4VjOB7QzrnfuZHYPNLFm8iLi42SSBcnglJndp9x-FauRS1LTG7ySa1Hz0QlGaOD-ABanO5OX-iLXP9lYP1Ql5ytkyg_ZzEl_UxaP_PD2Q2BWlQWpUVWunmAJ584VA/s1600/lombok+002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: x-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCtszBXmneh2Bodc4VjOB7QzrnfuZHYPNLFm8iLi42SSBcnglJndp9x-FauRS1LTG7ySa1Hz0QlGaOD-ABanO5OX-iLXP9lYP1Ql5ytkyg_ZzEl_UxaP_PD2Q2BWlQWpUVWunmAJ584VA/s640/lombok+002.JPG" width="430" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">It took me </span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" style="font-size: large;">aaaages</span><span style="font-size: large;"> to find one I liked. We were somewhat limited by dimensions as I wanted the mirror to fill the blank space above our brand, spanking new, much-needed (check out the UG.LEE fella above) radiator cover. Lots of pretty but small mirrors around, I now know!! </span><span style="font-size: large;">I looked all over for the perfect specimen </span><span style="font-size: large;">and finally,</span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" style="font-size: large;">finally, finally found</span><span style="font-size: large;"> one I loved.</span></div></div><div></div><div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> </div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiep9x-uNfaQQu8WMXCONeKioSZpzsGq8xSjNoiFIeUdlSQpY19rELpm0wK8rc3QzLrgP3L3mKYIJNiO5jjii7ZwQAwVGaQnKYV7L7HCy9l9IYlUYSl-XlQJPd9wm3GJjLPLJAxKnP2N40/s1600/IMG_0392.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiep9x-uNfaQQu8WMXCONeKioSZpzsGq8xSjNoiFIeUdlSQpY19rELpm0wK8rc3QzLrgP3L3mKYIJNiO5jjii7ZwQAwVGaQnKYV7L7HCy9l9IYlUYSl-XlQJPd9wm3GJjLPLJAxKnP2N40/s640/IMG_0392.JPG" width="430" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's a large (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">woohoo</span>!) bevelled mirror with a wooden surround in burnt silver, and has the pretty bonus of gorgeous detailing carved into the wooden surround.</span></div></div><div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> </div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5RNx66t-Yko-8QcZyrN6Dm8mb91913G9WnKD-4TMZ75knMyKcGsYHu_2cxMye_D0rtG3IxUsTYG4a_S8VRVu5YIcBn-FTzvgCzufXoQziAcgm9QCvBFUwmiLpOr0PPN6wFp-WGvb09Sc/s640/lombok+051.JPG" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And, while it may sound super-poncy, burnt silver is a terrific colour - it manages to be warm and cool at the same time. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div></div><div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It was a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">nightmare to</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">hang as</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">it's so</span> heavy. Our very handy handyman attached brackets onto the back, gouged into our walls (our poor, lovely walls getting a battering again) attached the brackets and carefully plastered over again.</span></div></div><div></div><div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizr-44z3B8qtty5qINfo1vQH1NNJusccYTO5HmLbnRkQkj57XMTS7HbF4bkD2E0GxxDztDeOM5wM9f6wJMJBq0-Qs4ek0w930PUm1OrcEhU7T8cj_ER4WQKwnDvAgwwk-ky_ukH4F-3yo/s640/034.JPG" width="430" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Despite my very vague </span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" style="font-size: large;">hand movements</span><span style="font-size: large;"> specifying that I wanted the mirror hung portrait-wise, it got hung landscape at first. I thought about keeping it that way, as it looked more than passable but decided to be a total fusspot and asked </span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" style="font-size: large;">him to</span><span style="font-size: large;"> rehang it (poor man, poor walls!!).</span></div></div><div></div><div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfN7yh311h3GqOOi-SheU_AQoe7k-KRCe84wZsHmzWE_JkdqeHl4qPaCRK4kZaPlhazjPNzuwfMSUK1bBxpA9-0DXm3uFltFuqp1eVvPvlxwqut4xYuVE8qu1IhRTxEqYZ_jDoKujv_Po/s640/lombok+097.JPG" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So, was all the pain worth it? </span></div></div><div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> </div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yes, oh yes, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">yessity</span>-yes. Look at all that lovely sparkle bouncing around the room! It brings the whole space alive, injects lots of natural light, and looks gorgeous too, as well as filling a very blank wall! A multi-functional piece, if <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">ever</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">there was one, my friends</span>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Do you need a mahoosive mirror in your life?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Have I persuaded you?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>{And if you loved this, don't forget to follow along for the full reveal this Friday!)</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Love,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Sarahxxx</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div></div></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEishdyCk6ObcKba86AmGFXP8ZzlWNLaNUxY1YUf5fZgrAuub43PCTanFzHQIWZaHPxWWEyGo27f0dmV6LlJVoivf2FfJI6bW-2vZuJ37vNTL_rqXDcTQ0gCMjkXzyiu81CunQfWH1y3_ZU/s1600/911BDF1E66C2C8003D62774447FCC1C0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEqUyRhCg66gPfNQHh81rGOfvP_VywWXZqmmtMCjkwk_8h3tp2giJzjabWtNCTfsCfeGInxUcrjS5f4hN-9ni-WpudY16p2jrQvLG77TNFiylmGDVHlNlhiZJunob4YyRG5n7m46U703I/s1600/2052BBEDE343AF4A73F6A61C3820B007.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>

Mirror, mirror on the wall....

I'd say we're nearly ready for a full Modern Country Dining Room reveal, don't you, sweetiepips? But b efore I go the full hog ...

8:00 AM

DETALHES: Mapas / Maps #8

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1:17 AM

Terrain

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;">This place is enchanted and I am going there next week...</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/AVvXsEiYWfPiomdkIqFN4zsa_YC1RdvnyCdjIpiJRJugnZVv855fRzeQcqgTrVhBma7ihMLTbSUq4mVteeqBXJubHKLfK3jaiPhtrLllfjohL17lV_FDDPw3udvUXbBW4BurhxEr3NIZo-cLXzQ/s1600/terrain+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYWfPiomdkIqFN4zsa_YC1RdvnyCdjIpiJRJugnZVv855fRzeQcqgTrVhBma7ihMLTbSUq4mVteeqBXJubHKLfK3jaiPhtrLllfjohL17lV_FDDPw3udvUXbBW4BurhxEr3NIZo-cLXzQ/s640/terrain+5.jpg" width="640" xya="true" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjlECN_Gk7v2zgrNwXHwWn1mXHEc-_9E6TPvLAos7zEF-vOLmtmuPxGMYgoHjo41C4rMNrmHtsHoXl1hbOgJrtNfcHkgpLkJZBfSEQXvLadHGafBqbwJ_qS_QRBK94NuMcDN3bc7k8lN4/s1600/terrain+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjlECN_Gk7v2zgrNwXHwWn1mXHEc-_9E6TPvLAos7zEF-vOLmtmuPxGMYgoHjo41C4rMNrmHtsHoXl1hbOgJrtNfcHkgpLkJZBfSEQXvLadHGafBqbwJ_qS_QRBK94NuMcDN3bc7k8lN4/s640/terrain+4.jpg" width="640" xya="true" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjylEpLcsttXxkUjmNBzMIUzKNxi8dKqYGbW6vJaoRFl4WcXSCqXrEa5FK4vUdPhRoLllqCe04FeUsmIIpRKPkFOzQbFIRlOnN0PdTQ9L01xmw3a2IbeDJ0JoZCaPUF6fUBfCfKc1FlRyk/s1600/KitchenCategory_01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjylEpLcsttXxkUjmNBzMIUzKNxi8dKqYGbW6vJaoRFl4WcXSCqXrEa5FK4vUdPhRoLllqCe04FeUsmIIpRKPkFOzQbFIRlOnN0PdTQ9L01xmw3a2IbeDJ0JoZCaPUF6fUBfCfKc1FlRyk/s640/KitchenCategory_01.jpg" width="640" xya="true" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Various sources</span></div></div>

Terrain

This place is enchanted and I am going there next week... Various sources

4:50 PM

Lunch Time

Lunch Time

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10:29 AM