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| ANYBODY WHO HAS SEEN MY DECORATING STYLE KNOWS THAT IT'S A STYLE ALL MY OWN.... VERY RARELY.... IF AT ALL.... DO I FOLLOW WHAT I SEE SOMEONE ELSE DO IN THEIR HOME...OR IN A MAGAZINE....ANYWHERE FOR THAT MATTER... JUST THE OTHER DAY MY FRIEND AND NEIGHBOR MAUREEN ASKED WHAT EXACTLY MY "STYLE" OF DECORATING IS CALLED.... IT'S LIKE "YOU BOOKED AN AROUND THE WORLD CRUISE ON THE TITANIC AND YOU KNOW IT'S GOING TO SINK YOUR JUST NOT QUITE SURE WHEN" STYLE........ I MEAN I'M THE PERSON WHO MIXES A BABY GRAND PIANO IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO A TAXIDERMY BUFFALO HEAD... ANYTHING GOES......MAPS.....GLOBES....FLAGS.....TAXIDERMY!! I SHOP A BIT AND PREFER HOME GOODS TO CLOTHES SHOPPING.... I WOULD RATHER BUY A NEW PLATTER WITH A LOBSTER ON IT THEN NEW SHOES.... SO WHEN I RECENTLY VISITED JOYCE IN FLORIDA I WAS VERY TAKEN WITH THE BEDDING IN HER GUEST ROOM.... A LOVELY NAVY BLUE AND WHITE WITH A SEMI-PAISLEY PATTERN.... |
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| WHAT INITIALLY CAUGHT MY EYE WAS HER KING SIZE BED WAS ALMOST AS TALL AS OUR KING AT THE HOMESTEAD.... "ALMOST"...... BUT IT WAS CLOSE ENOUGH BY AN INCH OR TWO..... I WAS INTRIGUED.... YOU SEE SINCE WE MOVED IN TO THE HOUSE OVER FOUR YEARS AGO...AND BOUGHT A RIDICULOUSLY HIGH BED I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO FIND A COVERLET, DUVET COVER, BEDSPREAD...THE LIST GOES ON....THAT FITS THE HEIGHT OF THE BED... SO I WAS ABOUT TO "STEAL AN IDEA FROM A FRIEND"..... OH NO....NOT ME!!! OH YES....ME....I WAS AT MY WITS END AND WHEN I ASKED JOYCE WHERE THIS WONDER CAME FROM WAS I SHOCKED WHEN SHE SAID... JCP..... |
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| UNTIL NOW..... AND WHO KNEW IT WOULD COME FROM OF ALL PLACES..... MY RETAIL "HATE" PLACE.... JC PENNEY..... OR AS IT WAS KNOWN BACK IN THE 80'S COMPETITION...... |
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| LET ME EXPLAIN.....OR WE COULD JUST LEAVE IT AT JCP.....WHO SHOPS THERE??? THERE WAS THAT STINT BACK BETWEEN 78' AND 91' WHEN I DID HOLD DOWN A POSITION WITH THE STORE "WHERE AMERICA SHOPS"..... SEARS. THAT WAS BACK DURING THE 80'S WHEN I ROSE TO THE COVETED POSITION AS A CHICAGO EXECUTIVE BASED IN THE SOUTH FOR THEIR CUSTOM HOME FASHIONS DIVISION.... HEY....THEY EVEN GAVE ME A GOLD SEARS CARD WITH NO CREDIT LIMIT.... THIS WAS A BIG DEAL! OF COURSE SEARS FELL BY THE WAYSIDE BUT SHOPPING IN PENNEY'S.....NEVER. UNTIL NOW.... |
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| BEFORE I EVEN TOOK THE FLIGHT BACK TO ATLANTA WE WENT TO THE NAPLES STORE AND I ORDERED A KING SET.... OPENING UP A JCP CREDIT CARD I GOT AN EXTRA 15% OFF THE SALE PRICE AND IT WOULD BE DELIVERED TO GEORGIA WITH FREE SHIPPING... AT $120.85 FOR THE COMFORTER....2 KING SHAMS AND A DUST RUFFLE... NOT BAD BUT THE BASTARDS ONLY GIVE ME A TWO THOUSAND DOLLAR LINE OF CREDIT.... IT SEEMS THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHO I USED TO BE.... :) |
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| IT CAME RIGHT ON TIME THE DAY AFTER I RETURNED HOME.... AND IT FITS LIKE A CHARM.... I LOVE THE FABRIC ON THE BACK SIDE AND IT GOES WITH ALL MY EXISTING PILLOWS.... IT'S "LIZ CLAIBORNE HOME"..... |
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| MY RALPH LAUREN PILLOW GOES NICELY..... |
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| AS DOES MY LITTLE FRENCH PILLOW I MADE USING A LINEN FRENCH DISH TOWEL FOUND AT A FLEA MARKET.... THE 'THEME" IN THE BEDROOM IS SOMEWHAT BEACHY.... WITH A LITLE OF THIS AND A LITTLE OF THAT..... |
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| WE HAVE A NAVY BLUE SOFA ACROSS FROM THE BED..... AND I LOVE THE REDS AND YELLOWS OF THE THROW PILLOWS..... FINALLY AFTER 4 LONG YEARS THE ROOM SEEMS FINALLY COMPLETE..... |
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| ANOTHER NAPLES FIND WERE THESE NAVY AND WHITE CHECKED PILLOW CASES WHICH I WILL ADD.... THEY MATCH THE FAUX DUST RUFFLE I MADE.... |
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| THE THING THAT STARTED THE ROOM THEME..... THIS GREAT POSTER THAT DAUGHTER BROUGHT ME BACK FROM PARIS ON HER LAST TRIP..... WE ALWAYS MAKE SURE WE MAKE A STOP AT THE GIFT SHOP INSIDE THE MARINE MUSEUM AT THE TROCADERO...ACROSS THE RIVER FROM THE EIFFEL TOWER.... ONE OF THESE TRIPS WE ARE GOING TO ACTUALLY PAY THE ADMISSION AND SEE THE MUSEUM....UNTIL NOW THE GIFT SHOP HAS JUST BEEN THE GREATEST PLACE FOR NAUTICAL FINDS.... SO I AM PLEASED TO SAY THAT I SPENT THE PAST NIGHT OR TWO PERUSING PENNEY'S ONLINE SITE LOOKING AT THE HUNDREDS OF BEDDING OPTIONS AND SHOWER CURTAINS BECAUSE MISS B HAS ASKED THAT WE RE-DECORATE HER ROOM TO LOOK BEACHY.... AND WHEN B ASKS WE COMPLY..... I FOUND AND ORDERED A FABULOUS EMBROIDERED COMFORTER SET IN WHITE WITH STARFISH AND SAND DOLLARS DONE IN LIGHT TEAL "FRENCH KNOTS".... WHO DOESN'T LOVE FRENCH KNOTS.... I AM GETTING VERY EXCITED ABOUT RE-DECORATING THE ROOM AND OF COURSE AS SOON AS IT'S COMPLETE PICTURES WILL BE SHARED... THANK YOU J.C.P. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK! |
