tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221761792024-03-07T15:25:07.546-08:00Corey Moortgat- Collage ArtistI am a mixed-media collage artist from Florida. I love photos of my family and anything vintage, so my artwork tends to include those things. I am a mother to two adorable sons, Riley, born October 2005, and Noah, born February 2007, and daughter Avery, born August 2009. I love interior decorating, and our home is constantly changing and transforming. This blog details my journey, from artwork to decorating to my struggles as a mother. I hope you enjoy reading!Corey http://www.blogger.com/profile/07138221643369425005noreply@blogger.comBlogger521125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22176179.post-85865394716702843122020-07-04T14:57:00.001-07:002020-07-04T15:08:40.916-07:00Find Me At My New Website!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>Hello! I just wanted to announce that I've put prints of several of my mixed media collage/paintings in <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/coreymoortgat?ref=seller-platform-mcnav" target="_blank">my Etsy shop</a>! They come in sizes 8 x 10, 11 x 14, and 16 x 20. </i></h3>
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<i>All prints are available <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/coreymoortgat?ref=seller-platform-mcnav" target="_blank">here</a>!</i></h3>
<i></i><br />Corey http://www.blogger.com/profile/07138221643369425005noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22176179.post-30418056864288356692018-04-22T12:24:00.001-07:002018-04-23T04:31:54.175-07:00New Direction...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>Hey guys, I know it's been wayyy too long since I've posted. It's been a crazy couple of years around here. I don't know if anyone's still even checking in on me, but just thought I'd update you on the new direction I've taken.</i></div>
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<i>While I still love collage and mixed media, I've gotten back into traditional art again- painting and drawing. I'm now selling commissioned portraits of people or pets in order to make some extra money for the family. My husband lost his job last year, and still hasn't found work, so I'm picking up jobs where I can.</i></div>
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<i>In other news, I'm still into decorating, vintage, and dollhouses. None of that has changed. Maybe I'll get motivated and post some more dollhouse tours here soon. There are still so many I haven't shown you!</i></div>
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<i>Well, welcome, welcome! I told you I'd finally get around to posting pictures of my studio in our new house (new by a year now- it's about time!). It's a great little room at the front of the house, and it gets a ton of natural light. When I'm at my computer by the window, my cat and my dog like to sleep on the window seat beside me! So, without further ado, here it is!</i></div>
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<i>I purchased this vintage turquoise desk off Craigslist when we moved. It used to be a sewing table, but my cutting board covers up the hole!</i></div>
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<i>There's my computer desk. My husband built it into the wall, and I painted it to match the other desk! And there's the window seat where the animals sleep!</i></div>
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<i>This is the view across from the windows- dollhouses, dollhouses, dollhouses, even heading out into the hall! I took photos with all the houses faced front and back, so following you'll see both views.</i></div>
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<i> All the paper dolls are hanging in a vintage time-card holder next to the window!</i></div>
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<i> Just some more fun things! That dollhouse is made from cardboard.</i></div>
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<i>Just some dolls 'n things up on the top of one of the shelves.</i></div>
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<i> I adore this paper doll puppy and kitty!</i></div>
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<i> This hangs above my computer, and I love looking at all the little things every day!</i></div>
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<i>Most of my doll furniture resides up here! So, so pretty!</i></div>
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<i> Another hidden little wall...</i></div>
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<i> And then their outsides!</i></div>
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<i> I've used every available inch in this room!</i></div>
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<i> Some paperdolls hanging out by an armoire...</i></div>
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<i> Lots of babydolls and all their accessories (plus one big sister, who must be the babysitter!)</i></div>
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<i> You may have noticed this other wall behind my computer! I'm a bit of an X-Files/Gillian Anderson fan, so this is my little fangirl wall, including some signatures and photos with the stars!</i></div>
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<i>And so, there you have it! I haven't been able to devote nearly as much time to crafting or to working in the dollhouses since we've moved, but this is still my happy, happy, happy place! I need to give you all some dollhouse tours though. There are lots here that I don't think I've ever shown! </i></div>
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<i>Happy Holidays, everyone! This is what happens when I don't post in forever- you get a post with fifty photos to wade through! So I've decorated our new house for Christmas, and as you'll see, I've gone all out! Last year, I didn't decorate since we were trying to sell our house, so I was extra-ready to do some decorating this year! </i></div>
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<i> The stockings are going up the stairs this year, because we didn't have a great way to hang them from the fireplace. I made the stockings </i><a href="http://coreymoortgat.blogspot.com/2010/12/vintage-christmas-stockings.html" target="_blank"><i>here</i></a><i>!</i></div>
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<i> Found this little pink tree at a thrift store last year, and it's become the perfect display for some of my favorite vintage ornaments!</i></div>
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<i> The kitchen nook is where we've hung the Advent calendars (more info </i><a href="http://coreymoortgat.blogspot.com/2013/12/vintage-felt-projects-fun-vintage-find.html" target="_blank"><i>here</i></a><i> and </i><a href="http://coreymoortgat.blogspot.com/2014/11/just-in-time-for-december.html" target="_blank"><i>here</i></a><i>).</i></div>
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<i> I found this little silver tree at a thrift store, and fell in love! Such a pretty little spot to display these vintage colored balls!</i></div>
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<i> We even added a Santa up in the highest archway!</i></div>
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<i> More little Christmas trees and vintage ornaments!</i></div>
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<i>Ahh, the silver tree in more detail!</i></div>
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<i> This black display cabinet gets the same decorations as </i><a href="http://coreymoortgat.blogspot.com/2013/12/my-christmas-house-part-1.html" target="_blank"><i>in previous years</i></a><i>.</i></div>
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<i> Behind the map is the television set, so the mantle can't have much for decorations. But these little silver trees are perfect!</i></div>
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<i> I loooooove my vintage ornaments!</i></div>
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<i> I cannot tell you how many people have asked me why there are various Santas in "cages" around the house. But they're the perfect size!</i></div>
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<i>I adore this little child's cabinet so much!</i></div>
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<i> Hey, he fit perfectly!</i></div>
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<i> Santa and his reindeer!</i></div>
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<i> Here is a better shot of the children's tree (all of their ornaments and presents).</i></div>
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<i> Big presents fit in the corner!</i></div>
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<i> Our advent tree!</i></div>
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<i> All the vintage ornaments that didn't fit somewhere else...</i></div>
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<i> More of this little pink tree and it's yummy ornaments!</i></div>
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<i> Vintage doll furniture will always have a place in my décor!</i></div>
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<i> A Santa blowmold from a thrift store...</i></div>
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<i> Three little nativity sets. I found the cardboard and plaster one on the left at a Goodwill By the Pound a couple months ago- I love it!</i></div>
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<i> This is one of my favorite Santas of all! Such a sweet face!</i></div>
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<i> I don't think I've given you a tour of this vintage dollhouse yet- it's one of my favorites, and it's decked out for Christmas!</i></div>
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<i> Here's the living room of that dollhouse and a little boy who loves his new train!</i></div>
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<i> The vintage glass ornaments are everywhere!</i></div>
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<i> Another one of my favorites!</i></div>
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<i> I found this little angel while antiquing- she's adorable!</i></div>
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<i> A cute little Christmas music box- the star spins around while the music plays.</i></div>
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<i> Three santos angels to watch over us...</i></div>
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<i> Vintage stockings and vintage book pages hang from the ceiling!</i></div>
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<i> Some of the ornaments from the kids' tree!</i></div>
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<i>And finally, Grandma and Grandpa are wishing you a Merry Christmas!</i></div>
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<i>Congratulations if you actually made it through all those photos! It's been so fun decorating a new house this year. I hope you're all having a wonderful holiday season! </i></div>
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<i>Well, hello, hello! If there is anyone still out there checking in, yes, I'm still alive! It's been a crazy six months, moving into our new house, selling our old house, and slowly working on not living out of boxes and crates. I'm working one room at a time, and am nowhere close to done with my decorating, but have gotten our great room/kitchen nook/entryway close!</i></div>
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<i>These are not necessarily in any kind of order, but hopefully you can get a gist of the layout from the absolute plethora of photos I took!</i></div>
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<i> Here's the kitchen nook. Our old table/chairs was black and ready to be retired. I found this refinished dining table at a local shop, and got the chairs from Crate 'n Barrel. The chandelier will be replaced soon.</i></div>
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<i>A larger shot of the entryway. Sconce holes on the wall either need to be filled, or I need to find new sconces! The old ones just weren't my style...</i></div>
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<i> My gallery wall was one of the first things I did, and I'm in LOVE with it!</i></div>
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<i> This is taken from the hallway to my studio and our master bedroom.</i></div>
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<i>I don't think I've shown you this dollhouse before. I'll have to do a tour someday.</i></div>
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<i>Nor have I shown you this ginormous one! Yes, I may have been absent for a while, but the dollhouses have continued to accumulate!</i></div>
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<i>So, that's where we stand now. The other room that is close to being done is my studio- yay!!! I will take pics of that soon, and show you all of that yumminess (I've got my priorities straight, quite obviously- Bedrooms done? No. Studio/dollhouse room done? Yes!).</i></div>
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<em>I know it probably seems like we're moving at a snail's pace with our move and our renovations of our new house. But so much of what needs to be done is based more around my husband's expertise than mine, so that means it's done on HIS schedule- ha ha!</em></div>
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<em>But anyway, I've done a little of my own renovating recently. You may remember the TALL red walls and wood built-ins in our great room.</em></div>
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<em>I debated back and forth about whether I wanted to keep the built-ins as-is or to change them. Well, as you can see, I decided to change them! The wood just felt too dark, and I knew it wouldn't work with my general industrial/shabby-chic/eclectic/vintage style.</em><br />
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<em> Although I've been trying to curb my "collecting" lately, since we're somewhat in between homes for the moment, I did get a "new" dollhouse for Christmas from my wonderful husband! He obediently followed the link I sent him in my Christmas list, and "surprised" me with my favorite gift! Those are the best kinds of gifts, aren't they? The ones you pick out yourself? Ha!</em></div>
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<em>Anyway though, I am completely enamored with this little homemade house! I'll give you a tour. As you can see, the outside isn't much to look at, although I think the size of the door is quite charming! </em></div>
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<em> Each room has its own rugs and décor, and I just can't get over how cute that is!</em></div>
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<em> All my doll furniture is packed up now, so I'm not sure how it will be decorated, but frankly, I'm perfectly happy with the way it looks right now anyway!</em></div>
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<em> This is a photo from before we took possession, when the old owners still lived there. It was decorated beautifully, but the red walls just don't work with my style in the least! Painting them was a pretty big issue though, since these are 20" ceilings! </em></div>
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<em>After getting back quotes from a painter, we quickly decided that we wouldn't be able to take that route, which meant it was up to my husband, who is afraid of heights! And since he is very particular about painting, he doesn't allow me to do it at all. Usually that suits me fine, but I felt bad that he'd have to do something he wasn't comfortable with.</em></div>
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<em>But, he faced his fears, and he did it! I had to sit at the base of the ladder while he worked, just in case, but that was perfectly fine with me! He even let the kids climb the ladder just for fun!</em></div>
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<em>As you see here, I got a vintage pull-down map to hang. I plan to put it over the television, and it can be raised and lowered as needed. I'm not crazy about having a TV over the fireplace (that's prime display space!!!), but this thing is mounted in there pretty tight, and would take quite a bit of work to remove it, so for now, I'm going to try out the map.</em></div>
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<em>The shelves are currently just a drop-zone for things as I unpack them, so I'm not sure what will be going in those. And I have NO IDEA what to put in those huge archways up there! As you can see from the previous photos with the kids, they are like 4-5' tall! At first I had thought dollhouses (because, like, duh!), but I don't think I have any that wouldn't be completely dwarfed! We'll see, I guess.</em></div>
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<em>I also need to get a rug. We haven't had hardwood floors before, so I don't have much experience buying rugs, but I'm leaning right now towards </em><a href="http://www.wayfair.com/Artemis-Area-Rug-MCRR1029-MCRR1029.html" target="_blank"><em>this one</em></a><em>. I think it would work well with the map colors and the floor.</em></div>
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<em>So anyway, that's where things stand right now. Our old house hasn't sold yet. We bought a </em><a href="http://www.stjosephstatue.com/" target="_blank"><em>St. Josef's statue</em></a><em>, and buried it a few days ago, so we'll see if he does the trick for us!</em></div>
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<em>I'll keep you all posted as things progress further!</em></div>
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<em>Happy New Year to all of you who are sticking with me through my blogging semi-hiatus! I hope you all had a great holiday season and a great start to the new year!</em></div>
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<em>December was an extra busy month for us, since in addition to the holidays, we also gained possession to our new house! So I just thought I'd give you all a rundown on some of the fun things we did to make the month special!</em></div>
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<em> Here we are in front of the new house, the evening we took possession. The old owner actually took this photo, because they were finishing clearing out, late into the evening!</em></div>
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<em> The next day, the kids and I went over after school and got acquainted with one of our new neighbors! We're right next to a large field where Friar (the horse) comes out to play. We've already stocked up on carrots to feed him!</em></div>
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<em> And Noah got acquainted with our new basketball net! This house has a detached four-car garage on the property (in addition to the two-car garage attached to the house). Can I tell you what kind of Heaven my husband is in??? The room to the side of the garage will actually be my husband's office. He works from home, so now he'll work from the garage!</em></div>
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<em> Since I didn't decorate our old house for Christmas, I took out the kid's Christmas toys and let them play with them over at the new house.</em></div>
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<em> We also set up the Christmas tree and let the kids decorate while their cousins came over to check out the house!</em></div>
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<em>I didn't go all out with the tree, but just let the kids put their own ornaments on.</em></div>
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<em> It was nice to have some Christmas out at last!!</em></div>
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<em> Avery and I took a special trip to go see the Nutcracker!</em></div>
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<em>We also went to see some fabulous lights in a nearby neighborhood- the whole neighborhood looks like this- it's magical!</em></div>
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<em>Then came Christmas! We're still living at our old house until it sells, but we packed up all the presents and took them to the new house to open our presents. We set up the camping chairs and some rugs, and we were ready!</em></div>
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<em> The kids got very few toys this year. There's really not much they want, and we wanted to keep it light for obvious reasons. But they did get lots of things to use at the new house (the yard is HUGE compared to our current house), like baseball gloves...</em></div>
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<em> And Mommy got a couple nice things, too! Like this new dollhouse! I'll have to show you more in detail later, but it is A-DOR-ABLE! Completely homemade and quirky and wonderful!</em></div>
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<em>I love that this new house has an open staircase where I can get birds-eye-view shots down into the family room! </em></div>
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<em> But the kids' most exciting gifts were a new tire swing and a disc swing! My husband and father put them up in the backyard on Christmas Eve, and they were a wonderful surprise for the kids!</em></div>
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<em> You can't see it in the photos, but the tire swing has their names printed on the top. They each sit on their own name every time! As you can see, they had a great time!!</em></div>
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<em> We call it the rock beach, for obvious reasons!</em></div>
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<em>So, that was December for us! We are slowly moving things over to the new house-it's nice to have an overlap so that we can move at our own pace. But we're crossing our fingers that the old house will sell soon! We're working on painting our family room (the red walls in the Christmas photos), and then I can start beginning to think about decorating! I'll keep you all updated!</em></div>
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<em> With the move this year, we're trying to gift as inexpensively as possible. So that means handmade! Especially for teachers, since I think they tend to appreciate handmade gifts more than storebought anyway.</em></div>
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<em>A couple months ago, I saw this decoration at HomeGoods, so I thought it would be the perfect project for the kids!</em></div>
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<em> We gathered a bunch of sticks, distressed some wood, and Ta-dah! Really cute wall hangings for their teachers!</em></div>
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<em>Then, for my sisters, I decided to make this reclaimed wood snowflakes. These photos are from before I'd glued them together, but they turned out so nicely!</em></div>
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<em>This time, I was smart, and did make one for myself at the same time! Unfortunately, it will have to wait until next year to be hung though!</em></div>
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<em>As you know, we're moving and trying to sell our house (it is for sale as of today!), so we decided it would be best <u>not</u> to decorate for Christmas, since my style of decorating can tend to feel a bit, ummm, </em><a href="http://coreymoortgat.blogspot.com/2014/12/my-christmas-house-2014.html" target="_blank"><em>cluttered</em></a><em>, shall we say?</em></div>
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<em>We take possession of our new house in two weeks, so will quickly put up the tree and stockings there for a little more festivity, and may even decide to spend Christmas morning there! (We won't be moving in officially until early next year though.)</em></div>
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<em>But I wanted to have at least a little bit of Christmas here for the kids for the next month.</em></div>
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<em> So, in my studio, I set up a little Advent tablescape for them!</em></div>
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<em> I purchased this old printer's drawer a couple weeks ago (I know- what am I doing buying new things when I'm trying to pack up a house??), and it was sitting, waiting to be packed. So I thought, hey, that would work for the ornaments that go onto the Advent tree!</em></div>
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<em> Here's the candy Advent calendar, with our Elf-on-the-Shelf (Silly Pinnochio) hanging out up on top!</em></div>
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<em>I have to admit that even though I did it for the kids, it makes me happy as well every time I peek in and see it! Not decorating for Christmas is HARD when I see so much cuteness everywhere I look!!</em></div>
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Corey http://www.blogger.com/profile/07138221643369425005noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22176179.post-74380771157119670132015-11-18T13:01:00.002-08:002015-11-18T13:01:45.062-08:00Old House, New House<div style="text-align: center;">
<em>Well, it's still crazy-busy around here, getting ready to move. We're about to list our "old" house, so we've been cleaning, packing, fixing in order to prepare. We don't close on our new house until mid-December, but we're going to be doing some construction, so probably won't move in until that's done, if the timing works in our favor. </em></div>
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<em>I was taking some photos for our listing, and thought it would be fun to show you pics of our current house and our new house!</em></div>
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<em>Here's where we live now...</em></div>
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<em>...and here's where we'll be moving within the next couple months!</em></div>
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<em>We're very excited, but still have sooooo much work ahead of us. At least I'm in better shape than I was the last time I moved. That time I was 7 months pregnant, taking care of a 1 year old, in the middle of writing a book, and was moving clear across the country instead of just 10 minutes away!</em></div>
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Corey http://www.blogger.com/profile/07138221643369425005noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22176179.post-6131711533259969402015-10-30T10:17:00.000-07:002015-10-30T10:17:05.841-07:00Woes of a Serial Re-Decorator<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em> Well, as we're preparing to list our house, we're trying to clean things up as much as possible, so that it looks good to potential buyers. Which means filling nail holes. I just got finished filling the holes in my studio. Ummmm, yeah. And I probably actually missed a few.</em></div>
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<em> Need a closer look? Now, to be fair, some of these were from the shelf brackets I had hanging, so they don't really count, right? </em></div>
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<em>And in other news, this little girl turned six recently.</em></div>
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<em> And then she proceeded to lose like <u>all</u> of her teeth!</em></div>
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<em> And this guy turned ten. Double digits, baby!</em></div>
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<em> Still hasn't matured past a six-year-old though- ha ha!</em></div>
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<em> And this guy just continued being a cute little mess!</em></div>
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<em>We're coming along in our moving process. We will be listing our house next week, and closing on the new house in December. But we're also going to be adding onto the new house, hopefully before we move in, so there's a lot of work still to be done. I fear there may be no Christmas decorations this year. In some ways, that's a relief, but I know I'm going to miss all those wonderful vintage goodies!</em></div>
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Corey http://www.blogger.com/profile/07138221643369425005noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22176179.post-60671494474137382452015-10-11T12:31:00.000-07:002015-10-11T12:31:04.395-07:00What's Up!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<em>Hi there! I know I've been a bit absent on the blog lately, so I thought I'd let you know what's up! What's up is that we are in the beginning stages of moving (just in-town, not across the country!). We've been looking at houses, making offers on houses, and finally are in the process of buying a new house. And what that means is that I'm now beginning to pack up our old house, so that we can list it. And what that looks like is this:</em></div>
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<em> I think I should be a bit embarrassed, don't you? That is all of my dollhouses (and yes, my husband's pinball machine!), all in the same room, and ready to move to storage. While they make me happy, I don't know that potential buyers of my house would quite agree with the need to have 20 or so dollhouses (I don't even know the exact number!) displayed throughout the house!</em></div>
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<em> Here they are, organized a little more neatly at my mother-in-law's house, where I will store them until we move.</em></div>
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<em>Look at all those pretty roofs! It's like a really close-knit neighborhood!</em></div>
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<em> And this is what </em><a href="http://coreymoortgat.blogspot.com/2014/10/newest-studio-remodel.html" target="_blank"><em>my studio</em></a><em> looked like about a week ago!</em></div>
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<em> But this is what it looks like now. I displayed the doll dressers in my shelves, just so that it doesn't look completely empty!</em></div>
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<em>As I'm going around packing and staging the house, and simplifying a ton, I almost wish that we could live this way all the time! So nice and sparse and uncluttered! But, I know I'd start to miss all my STUFF before too long!</em></div>
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<em>I'll keep you all updated on what's happening. At this stage, we're waiting for an appraisal on our new house, and then will hopefully close in two months and move right before Christmas. Wish me luck!!</em></div>
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<em>Although I liked the </em><a href="http://coreymoortgat.blogspot.com/2013/08/addressing-my-front-room.html" target="_blank"><em>wall arrangement</em></a><em> I used to have in my front room, I was looking for a little change. </em></div>
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<em>I have a bunch of reclaimed wood I was itching to use, so I came up with a way to use it!</em></div>
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<em>I scoured Pinterest to find a quote I liked- I'm very picky about quotes- I only use them if they reeeeaaally mean something to me.</em></div>
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<em>It seems that quotes about gratitude really resonate with me. Here are </em><a href="http://coreymoortgat.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-ever-evolving-chalkboard.html" target="_blank"><em>two</em></a><em> </em><a href="http://coreymoortgat.blogspot.com/2013/01/someone-else-is-happy.html" target="_blank"><em>others</em></a><em> I've hung. </em></div>
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<em>"Take a moment to think about how blessed you are." It's a message I constantly need to be reminded of, as do the kids!</em></div>
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<em>I printed out the quote on offwhite paper, outlining the font before I printed it. Then I took about two hours cutting out every letter!!</em></div>
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<em>If I had a vinyl-cutting machine, it would have been a whole lot easier, but you work with what you have!</em></div>
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<em>I added the scroll-y wood pieces on the sides, and they were just the right size!</em></div>
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<em>Then placed the other frames and art around it.</em></div>
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<em>By coincidence, I came across this little "blessed" sign at Hobby Lobby a couple days later! I thought it fit in perfectly!</em></div>
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<em>We're all so blessed! And this helps me remember it every day!</em></div>
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<em> We took our out-of-town guests to this wonderful beach on Big Talbot Island. It's a beach where the erosion has caused tons of trees to slide down the banks down onto the beach. </em></div>
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<em>We took a few trips to the beach this summer as well. This morning was during the week, so it was pretty empty, which is always the nicest!</em></div>
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<em> Isn't this the most serene-looking photo? There was a wonderful tide pool the day we went, and she spent most of her time in there!</em></div>
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<em>I love the huge empty beach with little tiny Avery in the middle!</em></div>
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<em>Love this one as well, with Noah running out in front- such a representation of pure childhood!</em></div>
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<em>Digging up the clams and watching them burrow back into the sand.</em></div>
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<em> I try to periodically take photos of the three of them out in the water like this. There's one in my blog header- in fact, that may have been the first one I did of them like that.</em></div>
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<em>Then, Mom and Dad finished off the summer with a trip to Las Vegas! We used to go frequently when we lived in Seattle, but haven't been for many years now.</em></div>
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<em>And on Wednesday, it was Back-to-School! The kids are starting at a new school this year, and though they are nervous, I think it is going to be a very positive move for us. Riley had a nice attitude the first morning...</em></div>
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<em>I hope you are all having a nice end of the summer. I know that we start school pretty early here, but I was definitely ready for it this year. I need some time to get some things done! Some craft things, and decorating things, and dollhouse things, and thrift store things, and....</em></div>
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<em>Well, it's a month and a half since my birthday, but that's about how I roll these days! I did this piece of art for my forty-third birthday in May. Every year I try to do a piece- some years I'm able to do it on my birthday, and other years, it takes me a month and a half to finish it!!</em></div>
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<em> But regardless, I'm happy with the way this turned out. You may remember the </em><a href="http://coreymoortgat.blogspot.com/2015/04/some-artwork.html" target="_blank"><em>joint pieces</em></a><em> I did with my kids a couple months ago. If you</em><a href="http://coreymoortgat.blogspot.com/2015/04/some-artwork.html" target="_blank"><em> look back at them</em></a><em>, you'll see that I was obviously inspired by those. </em></div>
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<em> Is it wrong that I steal my five-year-old's imagery for my own artwork??!! Ha!</em></div>
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<em>This summer has been a whirlwind, and we don't even have that much scheduled. But we've been able to fit in some fun activities amongst the chaos. I hope you're all having a great summer!</em></div>
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<em>Well, it's June! The kids are home, and it's been a battle to keep them busy. I can't say that I'm always successful, but here's a sampling of what's been going on around here lately!</em></div>
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<em>We started out the summer with Avery's dance recital. She was in three numbers this year- gymnastics, ballet, and tap.</em></div>
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<em> I loved her ballet costume- such pretty teal and cream colors!</em></div>
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<em>In Florida, a lot of our free time is spent inside, since it can get so hot outside during the summer. Off come the cushions and pillows for some flying time!</em></div>
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<em> Noah's usually the one who gets this game going.</em></div>
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<em> And even Riley will make a few flights!</em></div>
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<em> On Father's Day, we went blueberry picking!</em></div>
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<em> It was 9:00 in the morning and already mid 80's. By the end of our time, we were completely drenched!</em></div>
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<em> Avery bowed out about 15 minutes in, and kept herself busy monitoring the buckets!</em></div>
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<em>One good way to beat the heat is with water balloons!!</em></div>
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<em> Avery had a hard time filling them, but had fun watching the leaks squirt out!</em></div>
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<em> Noah has spent a lot of time folding origami characters this summer. I gave him this shutter to display them all.</em></div>
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<em> Both my boys are pretty good at cartooning, and I love to look at all the different expressions he puts on these guys!</em></div>
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<em> Avery and I worked together to make this clock for her room!</em></div>
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<em> We were inspired by the clock I saw </em><a href="http://mycakies.com/2014/04/huzzah-96/" target="_blank"><em>here</em></a><em> on the </em><a href="http://mycakies.com/" target="_blank"><em>Cakies blog</em></a><em>. Avery loved the idea that we could make our own pom-poms!</em></div>
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<em>And finally, Riley has been working on creating his own blog (with Mom's help, of course)! He'd be over the moon if anyone decided to leave him a comment or two!! Here's the link, if you'd like to check it out: </em><a href="http://rileyslegos.blogspot.com/"><em>http://rileyslegos.blogspot.com/</em></a></div>
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<em>Well, guys, sorry for the quiet blog lately, but May always hits us hard here with obligations, etc. Add to that a nasty stomach flu that swept through all five of us within the last week, and you've got one busy mama! But hopefully this post will make up for it with a ton of photos full of vintage dolly eye candy!</em></div>
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<em>You may remember this </em><a href="http://coreymoortgat.blogspot.com/2015/02/hubby-says-that-im-insane.html" target="_blank"><em>dollhouse</em></a><em> that I purchased a few months ago. It's a larger scale than most, which I love, because I was able to use lots of large-scale doll furniture I'd collected over the years. And it also is perfect for these little 8" dolls, of which I've got an abundance!</em></div>
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<em>So let me introduce you to the inhabitants of this house. It is a rooming house that's owned by the lovely Myrna. She is up on the balcony holding her baby, Louise. Next to them is her other child, Harriet. Unfortunately, Myrna's husband died while she was pregnant with Harriet, leaving her with a large house and two young children to care for! So, to make ends meet, she's turned her home into a rooming house for single ladies.</em></div>
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<em>Her first tenant is Emmaline, who is standing next to Myrna. Emmaline holds the title of "Lady Hampshire", and is a bit vain about it. She insists on wearing her sash everywhere, but the other ladies try to just ignore it. Second we have Margaret, who is on the left side of the front door. She is quite shy, and tends to leave her eyes downcast so as not to draw attention to herself. Third we have Marie, who is in the red top next to the front door. She loves children, so wears a nursery rhyme skirt every day! She helps Myrna care for the children quite a bit. And lastly, we have Gloria, on the far right of the front door. She is actually Margaret's sister, and the two of them go to nursing school together.</em></div>
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<em>Myrna will show you the kitchen first. She does most of the cooking for her boarders, but since they are all nice ladies, they like to help her out as well.</em></div>
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<em>Next is the dining room/foyer. Although it's pretty crowded with the table and chairs in here, sometimes the ladies like to have guests over, so they need the extra seating.</em></div>
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<em>Gloria has come in to check up on things. I wonder why?</em></div>
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<em>Because tonight, Gloria has invited a gentleman to dine with her! Myrna made a beautiful turkey for the two of them to enjoy.</em></div>
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<em>That's a lot of turkey for just two people- I hope they're hungry!</em></div>
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<em>Emmaline will show off the parlor. She's the one who uses this room most often. </em></div>
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<em>Why, you ask? Because this is where the piano is, and Emmaline practices A LOT for future pageants!</em></div>
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<em>There's also a little writing desk in here, which the ladies use while the room is a bit more, umm, quiet.</em></div>
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<em>But nobody complains too much, since they are all a little bit proud of the fact that they live with someone of such "celebrity"!</em></div>
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<em>Isn't the hand-hooked rug made by Myrna beautiful?</em></div>
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<em>It's a tight squeeze fitting between the stair rails and the desk, but these ladies are all nice and skinny!</em></div>
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<em>The first bedroom is shared by Emmaline and Marie.</em></div>
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<em>They chose the pink room because Emmaline felt that it was more flattering to her coloring.</em></div>
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<em>As you can see, Myrna put her decal-ing talents to use in here as well!</em></div>
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<em>You can't see it, but Emmaline even sleeps in her sash!!</em></div>
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<em>And then we have sisters Margaret and Gloria's room.</em></div>
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<em>They're very happy with their yellow bedding, since it's their favorite color, as you could probably guess from their clothing!</em></div>
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<em>And up in the attic are Myrna and the babies' quarters.</em></div>
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<em>This room is the nursery, so Louise spends most of her time in here.</em></div>
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<em>She has everything she needs- a highchair, a cradle, a playpen, a rocker, and a soft rug to play on. The only thing she's lacking is a window for some nice sunlight, but Myrna makes sure to take her outside for plenty of sun time!</em></div>
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<em>And of course, Myrna has added some pretty decals to make things even nicer up here!</em></div>
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<em>Myrna and Harriet sleep in the adjoining room.</em></div>
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<em>Harriet has a lovely crib with handmade bedding.</em></div>
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<em>Sometimes Myrna moves out the crib so that there is more room on the floor for the babies to play.</em></div>
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<em>More fun decals and a pretty rug make things nice and cheery up here, despite the lack of windows!</em></div>
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<em>And so, that finishes up the tour of Myrna's Rooming House! This has been such a fun dollhouse to decorate- I absolutely love this larger scale! </em></div>
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<em>...and this is where it's finished.</em></div>
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<em>I hope you've enjoyed meeting Myrna and her friends, and seeing their lovely home! To see more of my dollhouse tours, check over on the right sidebar for a list.</em><br />
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<em>Oh, and send your good luck thoughts to Gloria for her date tonight!!</em></div>
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<em> I've been trying to find a good spot to hang the artwork from </em><a href="http://coreymoortgat.blogspot.com/2015/04/some-artwork.html" target="_blank"><em>this post.</em></a><em> And the only place I could manage to find was in our main bathroom. I've been looking to do some redecorating in there anyway, so this was the perfect excuse!</em></div>
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<em>These were the only photos I could find of the old décor. (some from prepping for Avery's dance recital last year!) I'm terrible at doing before/after photos!! But anyway, it's been lime green and aqua blue for eight years, ever since we moved into this house! While it was cute, it's been getting a little old, so time for some new blood in there!</em></div>
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<em>I chose the colors solely based on the artwork- and you know, I actually haven't heard one complaint about the pink, even though this is the main bathroom my boys use!</em></div>
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<em> I also found this needlework, which I added the pink frame around, and the gray frame. I printed the quote with a pink background to match. It says, "What if I fall? Oh, my child, but what if you fly?"</em></div>
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<em> Even found a pink bathmat to match at Homegoods! (Again with the peachy/tan cabinets and tile, but guess we'll live with it for now!)</em></div>
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<em>I like that this quote is now in the bathroom, because it's a room we all use multiple times a day. And it's a sentiment we all should be reminded of multiple times a day!!</em></div>
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<em> Last year, I was perusing Ebay (as I'm known to do quite frequently!), and I came across this Schoenhut dollhouse for only $35 Buy It Now. Knowing this was a pretty good price for this house, I snatched it up, and waited anxiously for its arrival.</em></div>
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<em> I hadn't ever seen a Schoenhut house in person, and I was pleased once it arrived. While it was a bit banged up, the details are all so sweet- the carving around the door, the shutters and windows, the stairs and archways...</em></div>
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<em> Here you can see the state of the roof though. It's pressed cardboard, and very shabby at this point!</em></div>
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<em> And the house came with some lovely interior decorating as well!</em></div>
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<em>Then, fast forward to last week, while I was perusing my local thrift store (as I've also been known to do quite frequently!), and I came upon this sitting there for only $10:</em></div>
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<em> Basically, the exact same dollhouse, minus the windows and door!</em></div>
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<em>Also with a pretty shabby roof and some lovely interior decorations!</em></div>
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<em>Soooo, I got to work! </em></div>
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<em> The thrift store house's roof was actually in much better condition than the Ebay house's. It still had a nice sheen to it, and much less roughness around the edges. So, since the Ebay house was in better original condition overall, I decided to switch the roofs. I made repairs as well as I could, and performed a switch-a-roo!</em></div>
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<em> I also repaired the broken windows and added some lovely window boxes to the front façade.</em></div>
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<em> Out with all the plaid and retro fabrics, and down to just the basics. I'm not sure if these were the original colors, but they look nice, so I'll keep them.</em></div>
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<em> There are parquet floor papers up in the attic, so I think it was probably meant to be used as extra rooms. I left the roof unattached on the back so that it could be lifted up.</em></div>
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<em> And the wonderful stairway- so cute!</em></div>
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<em> It received a complete makeover! After closer inspection, I could tell that the house had been over-painted at some point, and the roof I had traded from the other house was in pretty poor condition as well. So I decided that nothing would be lost if I repainted it all. </em></div>
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<em> I chose a cream color for the siding, so that it would contrast with the white trim, and a medium gray for the roof (I've got so many dollhouses with red roofs, so I took advantage of the makeover to do something different!).</em></div>
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<em> Then, to recreate the windows! Amazingly, I found this ridged molding at Michaels that looked just like shutters!! So I painted and antiqued it with a mint green, then cut it into shutters. For the windows, I drew on acetate with a white paint pen, to mimic the windows in the other house.</em></div>
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<em>I also needed to recreate a door. I just cut down a piece of masonite, and added smaller pieces of balsa wood on top, then painted the whole thing and added a nail for a doorknob. Thankfully, the hinges were still in place from the original door, so I was able to attach it.</em></div>
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<em> Another thing the previous owners had done was to cut into the lower side window and make a doorway (you can see the opening in the original pictures). So I made another door and some moulding to make it look like a kitchen door.</em></div>
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<em>Here you can see the door from the inside- I even added a little step up, since it was sort of "floating" on the wall!</em></div>
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<em> Onto the inside. The original inside was very BLUE, with lots of blue paint and blue carpet and blue wallpaper. The previous owners were pretty sloppy with their painting, so there was lots of mistakes as well. So I decided to snaz it up and cover some of the flaws with some added wallpapers. The carpet on the stairs was stuck pretty well, so I'm going to leave that. And the floor under the carpet upstairs is pretty damaged, so I think I'll leave that, too.</em></div>
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<em> Again, I left the roof unattached so that the attic can be used. All of the floors in this house are pretty damaged, unfortunately, so I'll have to use rugs to cover them.</em></div>
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<em> You may notice some of the same wallpaper as in this </em><a href="http://coreymoortgat.blogspot.com/2015/02/redecorating.html" target="_blank"><em>other recent dollhouse</em></a><em> of mine!</em></div>
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<em> Here are the curtains that were in the house. I'll probably use a few of them, depending on what furniture ends up in here.</em></div>
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<em> I just had to show you what the rods are made of- Q-Tips!!</em></div>
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<em> And here they are again, side by side. The Schoenhut twins that aren't really twins anymore! I guess maybe they're fraternal twins!</em></div>
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<em>I will be sure to show you once I start adding furniture and families!</em></div>
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<em> I haven't had a lot of time to do individual pieces of art lately. Some of it's actual lack of time, whereas most of it is lack of motivation and inspiration- ha! Anyway, here are two painting/collages I've done in the last couple months.</em></div>
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<em>The first here is a piece I made with one of my favorite phrases, "Always be kinder than you need to be". I've sort of made it my motto this year, and I try to remind the kids of it frequently, too. I think that if you really lived your life always being kinder than you need to be, you would have a very positive life. Sometimes it's hard, but I try to remind myself of it often!</em></div>
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<em> I used bits of vintage wallpaper, in addition to the children from an old storybook.</em></div>
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<em> I haven't found a place to hang it yet, but I'm working on it!</em></div>
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<em> The next piece is just a fun piece without a lot of thought behind it.</em></div>
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<em> I'm kind of obsessed with </em><a href="http://www.finelittleday.com/posters/posters/ohoy-poster.html" target="_blank"><em> this poster</em></a><em> from Fine Little Day, so that's what inspired me.</em></div>
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<em> It's so hard to capture the magic of children's artwork, and even though I try, my ships still aren't nearly as wonderful as those on the original poster!</em></div>
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<em>You may remember </em><a href="http://coreymoortgat.blogspot.com/2012/05/art-lessons-with-my-five-year-old.html" target="_blank"><em>this post</em></a><em> I did about creating joint drawings with Noah. I hadn't done one of them recently, so we tried it again last week. The one on the left is with Noah (now eight years old), and the one on the right is with Avery (five years old). I am so inspired when I do these with my kids, because it helps me see a child's mind in action, and I always hope I can glean some of that wonderful freedom that kids have when they do art. There are sections of these drawings that just amaze me, and are so much better than pieces I do by myself!!</em></div>
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<em>Anyway, I'm feeling a bit more inspired now, so maybe I'll get working on another painting soon!</em></div>
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<em>I am very big about decorating with photos in our house. Too big, in fact, because I never seem to have enough wall space to hang the photos I want to display! But sometimes I like a photo so much that I make some concessions with my other décor, and make room for it!</em></div>
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<em>This photo is one of those times. I took it about 6 months ago while we were camping, and I just love it- the lighting is so gorgeous! So I knew I wanted to hang it somewhere, but was just waiting for inspiration to strike.</em></div>
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<em>I'd heard about printing on wood, and I thought that would be the perfect treatment for this particular photo, just because it would add even more warmth to the image. So, luckily, I got an online coupon (through Living Social or Groupon or one of those- I can't remember) for a print on wood! I ordered it, and this was the result- if you look closely, you can see the wood grain in the light areas of the photo, as well as in the texture.</em></div>
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<em>Enter this pile of reclaimed wood in our garage! A couple months ago, I bought a whole bunch of reclaimed wood off of craigslist. Not for any project in particular, but I knew I'd find lots of uses for it! (Oh, and no judgement on the messiness of our garage- that's Hubby's territory- in fact, I'm lucky he's even letting me store this wood in there!)</em></div>
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<em>I cut the edges with the mitre saw, and made a frame for it. (It helps that I used to be a custom framer!) If you look closely, you can see some imperfections with the wood lining up at the corners, but it doesn't bother me a bit- you take what you can get when you're working with old wood!</em></div>
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<em>And here it is hanging up. The chippy wood frame really accents the photo nicely.</em></div>
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<em> So I've never really decorated for any holidays other than Christmas. But I do love vintage Easter decorations, so I thought I'd see what I could gather to come up with an Easter display.</em></div>
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<em> I basically just shopped around my house for anything Spring-y or Easter-y, and I actually came up with quite a bit!</em></div>
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<em>Of course, vintage books were the perfect addition! I was quite surprised at how many books we had that fit the theme!</em></div>
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<em> I got these nesting wooden eggs at Target several years ago, although they look like they could be from the 50's!</em></div>
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<em> The lamb above used to be a nightlight in Avery's room.</em></div>
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<em> The angel girls are probably for Christmas, but hey, angels and lambs are perfect Easter images, too!</em></div>
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<em> Sweet baby lambs!</em></div>
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<em> A collection of plastic bunny rattles...</em></div>
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<em> More lamb planters and a sweet vintage fuzzy book.</em></div>
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<em> How perfect is that Mr. Grabbit book?</em></div>
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<em> Doll furniture has a place in any holiday decorating, don't you think??</em></div>
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<em>And there you have it! It's a happy little display that makes me smile whenever I look at it. And now I'll have to start keeping my eye out for vintage Easter as well as vintage Christmas-just what I need, another reason to buy things!!</em></div>
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