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I by no means, hope anyone thought I was bragging. Just trying to say after a new house build there are still many things to do and it takes time to be able to afford them. We have done almost everything we could ourselves, my husband did the landscaping himself. He is very handy but finish work is not his forte. I am attaching just a picture of our home we worked very hard to have. We don't have any grandchildren yet, but I hope to someday. I wouldn't trade them for anything either.

Linda

Oh how welcoming and lovely. I love the punch of pink pillows and I love the plaque with all of it's depth and interest and I love the elegance of your bedroom with it's softness and layers of tones and gentle colors. It all looks like something from a magazine, but better.

Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful home with all of us!!

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Originally Posted by Lpierleo (Post 745309)

John W, your place is beautiful, it does belong in a magazine!

Gracie, I have seen several pictures of your homes, Helene and Sweetie. It is just lovely and hope to meet you all sometime. I would love for us to all share pictures. I am on my IPad right now and will have to get on my laptop to add some.

Whit53, I am sure you will be happy with all your choices, they look perfect.

We have had our home for just a year now and it is still a work in progress. We are Snowflakes hopefully to be Frogs soon. Between landscaping, gutters, solar tubes, sliding screen door, etc, etc, etc; we now have created a priority list. The next thing is crown molding in October which is not high on my husband's priority list. However, purchasing these comfy golf cart seats were not a high priority on my list, but I surprised him with them anyway since he works so hard and he is my "sweetie" of 33 years next month! I can tell you I thought having the garage floor epoxied was a waste of my decorating money, but is sure cuts down on the cement dust. We also had the whole interior painted a soft off white color before the crown molding is to be installed in October. Accent walls to come later. Builders paint isn't at all washable. Eventually we are looking at wood floors for the living and dining room but knew when we built we could do some of those types of things later. I love our home, it isn't perfect, but it is ours and we enjoy it every chance we get (about 5 times a year).

Shaumburger, we had a ranch in TV before we built this house. We just brought the furniture from there. Many sources, Southern Lifestyles, Bargins and Treasures and garage sales. We will be bringing our dining room from home along with just a few other special pieces. I Love to decorate and makes floral pieces. When you get here, let us know, would love to help.

Best Wishes to all...

Pardon my ignorance but what is a Snowflake?

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Originally Posted by John_W (Post 744509)

We have just a CYV with white cabinets. For color, we put wood floors 5" planks in the kitchen, DR and foyers. The dinette and bar stools are brown metal with the color coming from the fabric. The LR is three pieces all beige leather. The MBR we have dark wood in the Ernest Hemingway style and the guest BR is white tropical style furniture. We have tan carpeting in the BR's and LR. The walls are painted a light seabreeze blue, that was done by Investment Painters. The backsplash is white subway tile with a blue line halfway down. The area rug came from Overstock.com, the chandelier came from Home Depot.

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Hi John,

Where did you buy those bar stools I love them ! If the fabric off white or yellow can't tell from the picture.

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Originally Posted by janieb (Post 745785)

Pardon my ignorance but what is a Snowflake?

My understanding is a Snowflake visits his/her/their home in The Villages periodically throughout the year, maybe for a few weeks at a time.

Janieb, That is my understanding of a snowflake as well. We are not full time yet, but try to come down about 5 times a year for a few weeks at a time until my husband retires.

thank you both for the answer. I guess I have been a snowflake since April, but looking forward to being a snowbird in December

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Originally Posted by janieb (Post 745879)

thank you both for the answer. I guess I have been a snowflake since April, but looking forward to being a snowbird in December

janieb, Snowflake or Snowbird, I hope you are enjoying your home in The Villages! And I love the doggie in your avatar. :wave:

Linda and Rich, your home is lovely! So warm and inviting.

Schaumburger, when you come down in January if you get time look me up...post here, pm me, maybe we can get together. You are always welcome in my home, you're my neighbor! I know our home will be a work in progress but if you don't mind a box or 2 and a bit of a mess please come on by.

We should be there a week in Oct, then another week in Nov and hopefully January, February and part of March.

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Originally Posted by Futurevillager2013 (Post 745834)

Hi John,

Where did you buy those bar stools I love them ! If the fabric off white or yellow can't tell from the picture.

The bar stools and dinette came from Southern Lifestyles in 2011. They are a goldish tan color, more in the tan color. This photo might show the color better. The frame is brown metal, the only negative is they are very heavy, before we had the wood floors installed they were a real pain to lift when we had carpeting but now they slide easily on the wood.

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Thank you for the compliments everyone. The pillows are acutally more of a burnt orange, not pink. You would think after working 32 years for Kodak I would have a better camera. Perhaps that is one reason they went bankrupt. That acutally occurred literaly days after we placed on deposit on this lot but decided to continue to build anyway, and so glad we did. Hope to be frogs sometime next year. Best wishes to all.

We are country folk from PA. When/if we ever get the rest of our furniture down to TV from PA we will have a "country" decorated home in TV. Our home in PA is on the market and I just can't part with some of the d�cor that we love and have so much invested in. You don't see many "country" decorated homes in FL, but we will have one!

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Originally Posted by Schaumburger (Post 745004)

I have really enjoyed reading this thread. If/when I ever move to TV, I will need serious help with decorating. My home in Chicago area looks like it was furnished from a 1980's garage sale; and it would not be worth moving most my Illinois furniture to FL. My youngest sister (A/K/A the Martha Stewart of Burlington, KY) makes fun of my house when she visits me :(. I have sent a PM to the Admin asking if a decorating forum could be set up within TOTV.

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