What have you bought recently?

I just ordered one of these. The measurement markings on my old one are no barely legible to my bad eyes.
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hollydolly said:
wow, that's a compliment indeed, thank you very much.. 🤗.. my o/h always sneered at my taste, we always had to have his...hence the reason for me changing so much around the house now he's gone
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Did you ever switch out those drapes you were asking our opinions about?

I do like the ones in the pic above..
 

hollydolly said:
Today among other things I bought 2 lamps..I've had my eye on the silver one for a while, and today both of them were on Sale at half price..
It's night time now here.. 10pm.. so I'm sorry about the quality of the pics...

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The silver one has crushed diamanté decoration which you can't clearly see... and the one for the spare room is a lot larger than it looks in the photo, but a perfect matching colour for that room..

I was delighted to find scented Sachets smelling of Night Blooming Jasmine.. ooooh I love that smell. We have night blooming jasmine growing by our front door in Spain and I miss it very much.. so now I have one sachet here in my office room and it smells glorious, and I've put one in the hall, and in the spare room...
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I love both those lamps, especially the first one. You have very good taste Holly.
 
Marie5656 said:
I have been hanging on to a $50 Amazon gift card, Decided to use it today. I bought this cart for my laundry. I do have one aready which I have used for both laundry and grocery trips. Decided I wanted two. So I do not have to always pile laundry on the floor to go for a grocery trip. Plus the new one has 4 wheels instead of just two.
You know you are an adult when this gets you excited.
I still have money left on the card, so will hang on to it for another time

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I had a four wheeled cart like that for a long time. They are awesome!
 
hollydolly said:
wow, that's a compliment indeed, thank you very much.. 🤗.. my o/h always sneered at my taste, we always had to have his...hence the reason for me changing so much around the house now he's gone
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I think that is a common thing with widows; to finally get to decorate the way that they like it. Two years ago we bought a brick twin, which had only had two previous owners. The seller was in her mid 80s and had kept the place in excellent condition. The only thing that puzzled us was her very awful taste in wallpapers. We estimated that after her husband died, she had gone mad with papering. The kitchen has three different kinds of wallpaper on the walls, and looks really crazy. We plan to have it stripped one day and paint the walls a soft yellow.
 
carouselsilver said:
I think that is a common thing with widows; to finally get to decorate the way that they like it. Two years ago we bought a brick twin, which had only had two previous owners. The seller was in her mid 80s and had kept the place in excellent condition. The only thing that puzzled us was her very awful taste in wallpapers. We estimated that after her husband died, she had gone mad with papering. The kitchen has three different kinds of wallpaper on the walls, and looks really crazy. We plan to have it stripped one day and paint the walls a soft yellow.
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I can't say because I'm not a widow.. I'm just married to a cheating POS who I threw out of the house a few months ago... but I take your point.. (y)
 
Trish said:
No worries. I am just being nosey :)
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no probs, I've found a few stray ones in my Pics.. but the folder with them all in seems to be missing, I'll find out somewhere no doubt.. but here you are.. you get an idea from this.. It's my office room where I had the back wall painted emerald green, 2 summers ago... This is where I'm sitting right now.. the pictures on the back wall were all taken by me.. I have 4 there now..

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hollydolly said:
no probs, I've found a few stray ones in my Pics.. but the folder with them all in seems to be missing, I'll find out somewhere no doubt.. but here you are.. you get an idea from this.. It's my office room where I had the back wall painted emerald green, 2 summers ago... This is where I'm sitting right now.. the pictures on the back wall were all taken by me.. I have 4 there now..

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Wow! I love that and all the accessories. The etched doors on your cupboard and the pop of yellow and green from the hat and headphones is very clever. I now have headphone envy, that colour is beautiful :)

Did you take that beach hut photo? It is very effective.
 
Newest purchases, new battery for the car. Then I left the lights on for days, in the garage. 2nd purchase, a NOCO gb340 gizmo on Amazon. Charged it up and that started the car. I did not have to have my son come over or bother my neighbors. This gadget is the greatest thing I have purchased in a long time. Now it is in my car, if I get stuck out and about I don't have to ask for help.
 
hollydolly said:
no probs, I've found a few stray ones in my Pics.. but the folder with them all in seems to be missing, I'll find out somewhere no doubt.. but here you are.. you get an idea from this.. It's my office room where I had the back wall painted emerald green, 2 summers ago... This is where I'm sitting right now.. the pictures on the back wall were all taken by me.. I have 4 there now..

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That is absolutely gorgeous, Holly! So tasteful and the colors work together so well.
 
hollydolly said:
no probs, I've found a few stray ones in my Pics.. but the folder with them all in seems to be missing, I'll find out somewhere no doubt.. but here you are.. you get an idea from this.. It's my office room where I had the back wall painted emerald green, 2 summers ago... This is where I'm sitting right now.. the pictures on the back wall were all taken by me.. I have 4 there now..

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So cheery and pretty!
 
This reminds me of a time when we were house hunting and this very elderly woman was showing us the prospective property. In her living room were two very odd decorating schemes. There was a fireplace with a group of framed photos of her family, but they were displayed down in the bottom of the fireplace, where the wood goes, and not on top of the mantel. In one corner of the living room was an alcove with a twin sized bed positioned in a way that eerily reminded me of a casket. The decorations around this bed also were unsettling; flowers and candles, which added to the creepy tone. It was one of the oddest things I had seen.
 

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