deborah crecelius

Monday

It started off innocently enough with an invitation by Vince

to Annette and Sara to meet at the Big Barn so they could ride horses.

It ended with:

2 babies

2 horses

5 dogs

9 kids

and

29 adults

Thursday

Way back in June,

I posted my plans to paint just one wall in the library / playroom . . .

The wall color was a pale green

and the shelves looked like this:

I painted the wall a pretty orange

to match the background on the "V" in the LOVE ceramic coasters.

The existing green was a pale version of the "L" background.

And, even though the painting was done the first of July,

the wall remained bare of shelves.

Once the old shelves were down, I thought a new color needed a new look.

After figuring out what kind of shelves I wanted,

I found them at Michael's - black, 42 inches, $30.

Wanting to get them hung today, and since everyone was gone (unusual!),

I figured out where I wanted to hang them

by taking a photo of the wall and photoshopping in black rectangles.

I tried several arrangements and liked this one best . . .

Here is the reality . . .

Vince had told me the best way to hang shelves so they would be level

and I was helped A LOT by the discovery that the shelves had . . .

Wednesday