{"id":15929,"date":"2013-02-10T18:52:42","date_gmt":"2013-02-10T23:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=15929"},"modified":"2013-02-10T20:21:23","modified_gmt":"2013-02-11T01:21:23","slug":"young-house-love-week-day-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=15929","title":{"rendered":"Young House Love Week, Day 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mom and I decided that a perfect way to celebrate Valentine’s Day on our blog is to feature our spin on one or two projects each day that John and Sherry Petersik developed for their book Young House Love <\/em><\/span>(available here<\/span><\/a>)\u00a0. \u00a0Afterall, it’s all about the love, right? \u00a0And we’re here to spread it around. \u00a0So welcome to “The 2 Seasons Celebrate Young House Love Week.”<\/span><\/h3>\n

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Many of you might remember this buffet<\/a> \u00a0that we found at the thrift store last year, redesigned and painted with chalk paint that we made. \u00a0I’m sure you will be glad to know that since then we have changed the hardware to give it a more youthful look. \u00a0This buffet which has been a great addition to our dining room<\/a> seemed like the perfect place to do Sherry and John’s Project<\/span> Number 001.<\/span><\/h3>\n

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I decided that this open area could use some enhancement with the addition of a background.<\/h3>\n

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Like Sherry, I used foam board, but in my case, two pieces were needed. \u00a0I cut them to size and then gave the two paper possiblities a test drive. \u00a0I bought two different paper styles to use as the backdrop. \u00a0One was bold, and one was subtle. \u00a0I gave them both a test drive and went with the softer\/lighter choice. \u00a0It can play a supporting role and let the buffet be the star. \u00a0But remember, the foam boards can easily be removed, and I can switch out the paper on a whim.<\/h3>\n

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Here’s the first shelf after Mom and I accessorized it with some of my girlie books and a pair of ancient bar bells that were in our 1928 bungalow when we bought it. \u00a0I figured they could offset the feminine vibe the books added.<\/h3>\n

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See how the paper-covered foam board just kind of does its thing in the background?<\/h3>\n

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Here’s the second shelf with some colorful balls I had on hand along with a container of corks, a unpolished silver julep cup, and a horse shoe from our wedding. \u00a0The green in the balls really enhance the green in the paper backing.<\/h3>\n

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Here it is all put together. \u00a0I love the way it looks. \u00a0We have a touch of that green in every room on our first floor, and it’s a great way to pull all of the rooms together.<\/h3>\n

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I added a Valentine thought to our chalkboard platter and a red and white hand towel. \u00a0Here you can get a good look at the new hardware. \u00a0It’s so much better.<\/h3>\n

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There’s some more of that green.<\/h3>\n

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We’re thrilled with the way the new foam board background upgraded our buffet. \u00a0Thanks, John and Sherry for the idea.<\/h3>\n

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Cheers!<\/h3>\n

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Mom and I decided that a perfect way to celebrate Valentine’s Day on our blog is to feature our spin on one or two projects each day that John and Sherry Petersik developed for their book Young House Love (available here)\u00a0. \u00a0Afterall, it’s all about the love, right? \u00a0And we’re here to spread it around. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[3,13,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15929"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15929"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15929\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16009,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15929\/revisions\/16009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}