Return From Exile and The Week That Was

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Internet Exile

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Hey everyone... I'm finally back in the land of internet and able to post and visit. It's only been a week without internet yet somehow it felt much longer. Since moving to this new rental my internet has been intermittent if at all ... but it finally gave up the ghost permanently last week.. What changed I don't know.. but it seems I live in the internet equivalent to the twilight zone... some sort of communication no-go zone where my wireless internet [which I've been using for the past four years] has no coverage. The first few days I decided wishful thinking would somehow get it happening... then I built the tower of babylon to accommodate the modem ... but still no cigar ... so after days of a big fat nothing I was climbing the walls. I don't know.. call me crazy .. but I like to be able to send and receive emails.. post and visit blogs... and importantly ... research new providers!! So that's where I've been this last week... The internet not working was just another straw that broke the camel's back of 'this new place isn't really working out for me' .. So... in a need to make the place more comfortable.. and what else to do with all this new found spare time!! I decided to do a bit of decorating... As some of you have asked to see more of Casa Julie... here's another peak. All done with smoke and mirrors... well.. mirrors.

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Decorating with White Linen

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As my large country dresser is sitting in the garage waiting for a coat of paint I created a temporary fix. My new dresser is actually just a bookshelf turned on it's side and covered with a white sheet. The dresser mirror is a long saved vintage door I've been carting around from place to place. Rescued from my grandmother's vintage robe, waiting for it's moment to be put into service. Although.. in one of those shots, you may think I rescued the lot from the Titanic dining hall.

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My linen slip-covered chairs.. are actually just white linen pillowslip slid over the chair backs.. Add a chair-pad and voila... a folding chair gets a face lift.. A 'temporary' solution I put in place over six years ago.. Seems to have stuck. And finally ... my impromptu centerpiece .. just more of my lightbulb obsession. At some point I also decided to paint some photo frames white.. then I found some blue paint.. which then progressed to painting anything that wasn't bolted down.. Maybe if I keep going I will finally get around to painting the dresser and the bookshelf can become a bookshelf once more. And NO.. I didn't paint the shell.. I actually bought it that way...

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So there you have it.. My week in exile!!

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Thank you all for visiting and commenting in my absence.. Let's hope I'm back on a more permanent basis.

Wishing you all a lovely week..

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IMAGE SOURCE:

Text, photography and artwork by [Being Ruby©]

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