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Chalkboard Armoire and A Tiger

Welcome to RustiChic, which is currently transitioning to This, That & LIFE! Please "Like" the new facebook page to stay up to date on all the changes and the most recent content including Furniture and the Beach House before and afters. You can also find me on Twitter and Pinterest. Glad to have you today!

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What is it about 3 years old? Seriously.......It's like this magical number

that brings upon pre-3-year-old-picture-destruction.

Exhibit A:

If you are laughing....

1. It's NOT funny!!! (of course it is) ;-)

2. It gets worse.....

He knew he was Busted with a capital B.

"But I a Tiger mommy"...he tells me so innocently.

"Well, that wouldn't be so bad, IF....

.....it were not THE DAY of your

3 year old Birthday pictures!"

I say in (possibly) a calm, cool voice.

Forget that!!!!!

It was more like hands on the head,

texting my sister (photographer) pictures, saying,

"OH MY WORD WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!!!!!!!!"

Somehow (baby wipes and hand soap) we managed to get all

of the ink off of the arms, legs, calves, toes, elbows and forehead.

My second child cut her bangs before her 3 three old picts.

What's the deal anyway? Oh life... ;-)

As for a Beach House update, we FINALLY picked an

interior color that actually goes with the trim and doors as

shown above. I have a complete new found

respect for whites and beiges, because they definitely are

NOT all the same, and play an very important role in making

some homes work (like ours).

It even has the perfect name...

Powder Sand by Behr.

Now I feel like it's all downhill from here on out!

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In the meantime, I was able to finish up this armoire

that's been hanging out in my

"In The Works" box!

TV Armoire in unwaxed ACSP and the black panels are chalkboard paint!

Can wax seal for additional charge. Unwaxed will allow for natural distressing.
 The doors open and slide into the armoire, and

it comes equipped with two outlet plugs.

$275 cash

Dimensions are: 42" wide (at top) x 76" high x 22.15" deep (at top) 

contact me for arrangements 
 through fb or at rustichic@gmail.com

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Last, but not least!

I am off to The Farm Chicks Show in Spokane, WA.

This is my first time going and I am SO excited!!!

Also, because my amazing sister is coming with

me for a fun sister weekend!

Then home for a day and off again to Vegas with the hubby and

some friends to have some fun & relaxation.

See you soon!

~Anneke

Thankful This Memorial Day 2012

This Memorial Day

2012

WE REMEMBER

source

Please take a moment today to honor those

who have fought and died for our many freedoms.

~ God Bless America ~

Anneke

Beach House Update and Armoire Sneak Peek

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Same stuff...different place. ;-)

Well, it's been a busy week getting things going

on the renovation and interior design of The Beach House.

Hooray!

Here is the upper bathroom started.

Taking out the bath and weird gold shower really

opened up the space and you felt like you could

actually breath...the before was

b.a.d!

I finally went went through my 1 inch stack of color chips

and have settled on these colors through Benjamin Moore.

You may have seen on Facebook that I painted the

sample colors on cardboard so that I could move them around

in different lighting and shadows, etc.

It really made a HUGE difference and actually

 saved a ton of time.

Not to mention "color blocks" that could show

through the end result!

On another note, I was beyond excited when these green

chairs came back in stock on Overstock.com, so

I snatched up two for the family room and they arrived

within a few days - the fabric and quality is just awesome.

They make me smile. :-)

Last but not least, today was GORGEOUS, and I

have been missing painting and working on furniture pieces

surprisingly A LOT! You know the

"In The Works"

that's been at the top left of my blog page?

Well...here's a sneak peek!

My awesome facebook fans helped

me out in deciding between

mirrors and chalkboard paint.

Look what won. :-)

I hope you have a wonderful

Memorial Day

weekend,

remembering and honoring those

who have fought and died for our country

and our freedom.

"Memorial Day used to be a solemn day of mourning, a sacred day of remembrance to honor those who paid the ultimate price for our freedoms. Businesses closed for the day. Towns held parades honoring the fallen, the parade routes often times ending at a local cemetery, where Memorial Day speeches were given and prayers offered up. People took the time that day to clean and decorate with flowers and flags the graves of those the fell in service to their country."

~from Help Restore The Traditional Day Of Observance

God Bless,

~Anneke

 

Back from Vacation and Back to Work!

Aloha! And Happy Monday!!!

As much as I'm missing my time in Maui, I'm really

SO happy to be back home! I especially missed my kiddos!!!

It really was a great opportunity for my hubby and I 

to celebrate our 10-year anniversary.

Thankful to God and thankful for Grandmas! ;-)

Today, I'd love to share a few quick highlights, and

then it's beach house, beach house, beach house!

Did I say beach house???

Cuz it's on!

Enjoy!

We snorkeled and swam with giant sea turtles, went zip-lining (do it!),

slept, ate, slept, ate, and laid on the beach.

But one of our BIG highlights started on this

little path (shown below) off the road to Hana.

Just before mile marker 11, you can follow this

path a little ways, look to the left and see this....

Gorgeous!

....then, to the right and see this.

This is Lower Puohokamoa Falls my friends -

a 200 ft. high waterfall.

Not much of a great picture here, but keep reading!

We were using the popular guide book Maui Revealed

and I browsed it quickly, thinking it basically said,

"Follow the path to the waterfall."

Um, no. It did not.

It really basically said,

"Go a ways on the path and enjoy the

beautiful view, unseen by drivers!"

But HEY, we're adventurous!!!

So we.kept.going. ;-)

Oh my goodness, we saw some very cool things...

But after not too long, we were headed straight down.

Literally...straight down, 200 ft.

The end of the path????

Oh that??????

Why yes, that IS a rope...to basically rapel down!!!

Ohhhhhhhh, but it was SO fun!

We got to hang out at the bottom of the waterfall

and go swimming and NO ONE ever showed up.

Other times of the year the waterfall is rushing, but this day

it was calm, not to warm out, and the upper terrain surrounding

the waterfall is lush green foilage - I couldn't capture that with

my little phone camera! But talk about GORGEOUS!!!

Wow.

This was one of my fave pictures of

a little side cave at Black Sand Beach. :-)

And that's our trip in a super tiny nutshell!

Now that I'm home, I went to pick up some paint samples

for the beach house this past weekend and came home with these....

Looks like I need to order my own personal fan deck. LOL :-)

They really all look so different though, I swear!

Thanks to everyone on the Facebook page for giving input on colors!

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the Facebook page it the go-to right now to keep up on all the latest.

Both of the Facebook pages will have the same information

posted for awhile, and then we'll transition completely to

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I'm still figuring out the transtition of other networks.

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under construction at

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I hope you have a great start to the new week!

~Anneke