FAMILY ROOM CHAIR REVEAL

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5U5yuHh-zPZmSLbrhCatcNedfzmSEEIDSJHA8bY-XFLWrV6OjD__xprwCAIlLwEd61hWhL9dB7nBMQMGePOnIhdMECp3uGr5OLsVmGlW9JQ2t0ncx_V10BH2t-pqAWux143AShun0wa8/s1600/FAMILY+ROOM+CHAIR+REVEAL-TITLE+PAGE-stonegableblog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5U5yuHh-zPZmSLbrhCatcNedfzmSEEIDSJHA8bY-XFLWrV6OjD__xprwCAIlLwEd61hWhL9dB7nBMQMGePOnIhdMECp3uGr5OLsVmGlW9JQ2t0ncx_V10BH2t-pqAWux143AShun0wa8/s1600/FAMILY+ROOM+CHAIR+REVEAL-TITLE+PAGE-stonegableblog.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> It all started because Bobby thought I needed a recliner to put my feet up. I was not going to have an ugly, bulky recliner in my family room. But, I went to look at them under duress! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Recliners have come a l-o-n-g way baby! Yes, this is a recliner! Wow, Lazy Boy sure has a lot of great and very chic recliners!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I fell in love with this wonderful houndstooth fabric! It's bold and classic... yet very modern!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So I paired a stylish recliner model together with an updated houndstooth to make this ultra comfy and dapper chair!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And I have YOU to thank for it...</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><a name="more"></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks to all the HUNDREDS of StoneGable readers that weighed in on fabric choices ( click HERE to see original post) for this chair via comments and e-mail and facebook. The camel and cream color won by quite a large margin... and although I adored the black and white fabric your sensible comments certainly swayed me... and I LOVE LOVE LOVE my new chair...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">YOU ROCK... and so does my new chair (not literally)!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></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/AVvXsEiWMpnFJEu5xu4wnwbsqNWZgLgAiSB2G_udPuwMZw92cuy_tv1masxcj_DG1-v6Oe32YWXCV6fH-C_Y0dImJti-u8cQRV6VD-1LdJVvnMVK81gqL9sFkqiO484ZiGcwXgUobdTM_Ff3NKU/s1600/family-room+chair-stonegableblog.com.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWMpnFJEu5xu4wnwbsqNWZgLgAiSB2G_udPuwMZw92cuy_tv1masxcj_DG1-v6Oe32YWXCV6fH-C_Y0dImJti-u8cQRV6VD-1LdJVvnMVK81gqL9sFkqiO484ZiGcwXgUobdTM_Ff3NKU/s1600/family-room+chair-stonegableblog.com.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So loving this pattern in my family room!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">(Sorry the image quality is poor... I just can't seem to get the light right in this room.)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></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/AVvXsEgpFfv37wb1Ne2DcesoIJJzm7jAcOBLFne2ww6Oeo6Ol5aev1cnivWZuL6U844csk2NbXWV3fYTo5QPViSAiCiZvyh6_6ZyzPasN2KDpCkYHf9kkWRR3e9IBeGfvOlMmoCnSUoH1AIu_O4/s1600/houndstooth-pattern-stonegableblog.com.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpFfv37wb1Ne2DcesoIJJzm7jAcOBLFne2ww6Oeo6Ol5aev1cnivWZuL6U844csk2NbXWV3fYTo5QPViSAiCiZvyh6_6ZyzPasN2KDpCkYHf9kkWRR3e9IBeGfvOlMmoCnSUoH1AIu_O4/s1600/houndstooth-pattern-stonegableblog.com.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This chair is sooooo comfortable! It's become the favorite of everyone in our house!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></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/AVvXsEiZIbdhL_S8K2XOrirY6kG83B6WHnWrrQYo_XsY886m8vYedWe8R144J7nUCTzjmKbMK1wphQtJ0yhHoyB5KqXnAKWZPmJt3qLCM4WB0Y1hPE068o9lrXFe8a1WF3vItdWEJhk06UiIW2w/s1600/family-room-chair-stonegableblog.com.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZIbdhL_S8K2XOrirY6kG83B6WHnWrrQYo_XsY886m8vYedWe8R144J7nUCTzjmKbMK1wphQtJ0yhHoyB5KqXnAKWZPmJt3qLCM4WB0Y1hPE068o9lrXFe8a1WF3vItdWEJhk06UiIW2w/s1600/family-room-chair-stonegableblog.com.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Now that the floors have been installed and the chair has found a home I'm going to start decorating for summer. I'm thinking of splashes of red, white and indigo blue!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br />PS. I FINALLY got my Pin It button to work! Thanks to all for letting me know there was a problem!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Remember to</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a data-pin-do="buttonBookmark" href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/button/"><img src="//assets.pinterest.com/images/pidgets/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png" /></a><!-- Please call pinit.js only once per page --><script async="" src="//assets.pinterest.com/js/pinit.js" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></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/AVvXsEjwNEBDJ12l_49yHYGP5Ecc9x0k3fdZLPBfQjTq_tm2cL7FhQcnmUhZeFXf6Ld_zaerg-1_aGTHfZvG2JJ8erjuBPQPky6iVMJXbOYbezwF45HA0lnoWgT2jPLTXYtzhFxQw0ByY2aU9yk/s1600/FAMILY+ROOM+CHAIR+REVEAL-pin-stonegableblog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwNEBDJ12l_49yHYGP5Ecc9x0k3fdZLPBfQjTq_tm2cL7FhQcnmUhZeFXf6Ld_zaerg-1_aGTHfZvG2JJ8erjuBPQPky6iVMJXbOYbezwF45HA0lnoWgT2jPLTXYtzhFxQw0ByY2aU9yk/s1600/FAMILY+ROOM+CHAIR+REVEAL-pin-stonegableblog.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>

FAMILY ROOM CHAIR REVEAL

 It all started because Bobby thought I needed a recliner to put my feet up. I was not going to have an ugly, bulky recliner in my family ro...

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SHARING "WISDOM" BECAUSE I AM A WOMAN OF A CERTAIN AGE!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><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/AVvXsEiwJlk4-mFPvACHf7uM7Bam1sDDbIbv8j5iGjjHAmxacyxPDKLYRh1jzt4bA5ReTP3_Hlt0ymXxQPU4BLc1agXqmjhvmbI7ghfXou8p4LQcGBYwh38fzWbkFxe2l4zq9FtVJvs0PUierTU/s1600/Yvonne+@+StoneGable.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwJlk4-mFPvACHf7uM7Bam1sDDbIbv8j5iGjjHAmxacyxPDKLYRh1jzt4bA5ReTP3_Hlt0ymXxQPU4BLc1agXqmjhvmbI7ghfXou8p4LQcGBYwh38fzWbkFxe2l4zq9FtVJvs0PUierTU/s1600/Yvonne+@+StoneGable.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">What does it mean to be a woman of  a "certain age"?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mature, seasoned, settled, mellowed by decades... maybe. But I have my own take on age and aging!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Today I am over at <a href="http://www.4aroundthetable.com/2014/05/sharing-wisdom-3/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">AROUND THE TABLE</span></a> for a very saucy interview!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Most of you have never seen me in this light... very personal... even discussing what sexy means to me... SHOCK!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Stop over and visit<span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="http://www.4aroundthetable.com/2014/05/sharing-wisdom-3/" target="_blank">LESLIE</a></span> as she asks me some very interesting questions about being a woman and being of a "certain age"!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>

SHARING "WISDOM" BECAUSE I AM A WOMAN OF A CERTAIN AGE!

What does it mean to be a woman of  a "certain age"? Mature, seasoned, settled, mellowed by decades... maybe. But I have my own ta...

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LAMPS.COM DIY LAMPSHADE CHALLENGE~ I NEED YOUR VOTE!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvXrhb_swTevhQbNZche0MXeqZYnM364qhkiYQ-3qFFP-6u4nK_GjhSvTfwuPBI-oL0k4npiMrw91tJ7-2ALRgEcGW315kycOCUVUcw70U972tYCiolBhpqdJurEqwSniJ_HnVO7iLSpE/s1600/Lamps+Plus+Monogrammed+Lampshade-TITLE+PAGE-stonegableblog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvXrhb_swTevhQbNZche0MXeqZYnM364qhkiYQ-3qFFP-6u4nK_GjhSvTfwuPBI-oL0k4npiMrw91tJ7-2ALRgEcGW315kycOCUVUcw70U972tYCiolBhpqdJurEqwSniJ_HnVO7iLSpE/s1600/Lamps+Plus+Monogrammed+Lampshade-TITLE+PAGE-stonegableblog.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><br />I love a good challenge! How about you?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.lamps.com/blog/diy-lampshade-challenge/" target="_blank">LAMPS.COM</a> asked me to participate in their<br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">DIY LAMPSHADE CHALLENGE!</span><br /><br />Whoo Hoo!<br /><br />They gave me a white drum lampshade and asked me to do something with it. So I did...<br /><br />And now I need your vote!!!<br /><br /><a name="more"></a><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRiim7WgcluVBbBOFuZO6VvOx1eVZRdGSwkwlC8Rlz5cbA5EH_9rgo1dqJVwxbeowddcg6UnpcZbc_pM7bLmU-oBPSgDg3dXPOiUunvPQno3XE-rOOhByEkAhu6Yz32P_hNJPSGLsXZTs/s1600/monogrammed+lamp+shade-stonegableblog.com.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRiim7WgcluVBbBOFuZO6VvOx1eVZRdGSwkwlC8Rlz5cbA5EH_9rgo1dqJVwxbeowddcg6UnpcZbc_pM7bLmU-oBPSgDg3dXPOiUunvPQno3XE-rOOhByEkAhu6Yz32P_hNJPSGLsXZTs/s1600/monogrammed+lamp+shade-stonegableblog.com.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br />I hand painted our monogram on a plain white drum shade and then painted sassy horizontal stripes... with a little bit of gold bling!<br /><br />And to finish it off I added burlap ribbon to the top and bottom of the shade.<br /><br /><br />The white monogrammed circle was not painted so when the lamp is turned on the monogram circle lights up!<br />It's sorta like a glow in the dark lamp shade!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZbfWpSyhpiKdgF9uRdw90vo-vOKTZZbvOWQZCBaP2Mdhy3psl00GNsetIxIAl70Ijx5y0vuVICyZMQskvEcRKJ0kTWnS6c-S6a4szFbfp0OQ7Mu07z6eKzL-LnlS3SjzHMn7sGYMEf8w/s1600/Painted+Lampshade-lit+up-stonegableblog,com.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZbfWpSyhpiKdgF9uRdw90vo-vOKTZZbvOWQZCBaP2Mdhy3psl00GNsetIxIAl70Ijx5y0vuVICyZMQskvEcRKJ0kTWnS6c-S6a4szFbfp0OQ7Mu07z6eKzL-LnlS3SjzHMn7sGYMEf8w/s1600/Painted+Lampshade-lit+up-stonegableblog,com.jpg" width="404" /></a></div><br /><br />Please head over to <a href="http://www.lamps.com/blog/diy-lampshade-challenge/" target="_blank">LAMPS.COM</a>  and vote for my lamp.<br /><br />I need every vote! Thanks so so much!<br /><br />You are the best!<br /><br />Next week I'll show you how I painted the lamp!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJx02An7dnfwg5HZaKuPCj8Q-owRi4F6aB3vt2vUnm8mc4XEo7UVWKdAQNNR7nZLLsngIj-TMhaOCr7b_VQCGMp7pJK64S-aMtL6UG8GvZzPAVm3GOCBhD1-2XQHMYY7_38NAnjjXd8W0/s1600/Lamps-Plus-monogrammed-lampshade-stonegableblog.com.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJx02An7dnfwg5HZaKuPCj8Q-owRi4F6aB3vt2vUnm8mc4XEo7UVWKdAQNNR7nZLLsngIj-TMhaOCr7b_VQCGMp7pJK64S-aMtL6UG8GvZzPAVm3GOCBhD1-2XQHMYY7_38NAnjjXd8W0/s1600/Lamps-Plus-monogrammed-lampshade-stonegableblog.com.jpg" width="410" /></a></div><br /><br /><br />Check out 11 other unique lampshades... and remember to vote... FOR ME!!!<br /><br />Click<span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="http://www.lamps.com/blog/diy-lampshade-challenge/" target="_blank">HERE</a></span>  to vote!<br /><br /><br />Remember to<br /><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><img alt="Pin It" class="aligncenter" src="http://www.clickinmoms.com/cmprodaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pinit.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><br /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimaxtWK9QvOyBMCKfgUciqMPtAz0Gxt949_CwHtHO37PaYSA72Ho9n7FNoYGyyHX5Z7tPuEwoQHT5xoePbrxfoAXQ6VtwBWm1mYeUVxV5iZREvt98_XoDmyuC2_DZvEJZwZ0dW83ZAjyg/s1600/Monogrammed+Painted+Lampshade-pin-stonegableblog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimaxtWK9QvOyBMCKfgUciqMPtAz0Gxt949_CwHtHO37PaYSA72Ho9n7FNoYGyyHX5Z7tPuEwoQHT5xoePbrxfoAXQ6VtwBWm1mYeUVxV5iZREvt98_XoDmyuC2_DZvEJZwZ0dW83ZAjyg/s1600/Monogrammed+Painted+Lampshade-pin-stonegableblog.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><br /></a></div></div></div>

LAMPS.COM DIY LAMPSHADE CHALLENGE~ I NEED YOUR VOTE!

I love a good challenge! How about you? LAMPS.COM  asked me to participate in their DIY LAMPSHADE CHALLENGE! Whoo Hoo! They gave me a white ...

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