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April

Lawrenceville, GA
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Happy (Belated) Thanksgiving!

May everyone here have a very blessed Thanksgiving, filled with love and celebration. And may we have much to be grateful and thankful for, not only this day but everyday!

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April Lawrenceville, GA on Nov 23, 2012
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    April on Nov 24, 2012
    Jeanette S, Miriam I ...»
    - You're welcome! Thanks for the sentiments! I'm glad to hear you two had a great time! :) The sign actually comes from http://viintage.com/gallery/vintage-thanksgi.... I should've noted that in my post. Sorry.

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On the hunt for Shabby Chic...

I have this bed that I'm trying to match or at least find pieces that give harmony to them. The color is antique linen, which is slightly more yellowish-cream than the picture depicts. I ...»
know I've asked something similar before, but we've been searching all over locally (and some surrounding cities) from Goodwill to flea markets but to no avail. Does anyone know of any places around here that I may have missed? What is your favorite store? Even if you're not local, I would love to know what shabby chic treasures you've found! :)

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April Lawrenceville, GA on Aug 03, 2012
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    April on Aug 03, 2012
    Since I'm on a mobile device, an iPad - it won't let me edit my post without uploading the ...»
    pics again, which I can not do from there site. So I want to add a note, that the picture on the right depicts more of that yellowish-cream (at least on my screen LOL.)

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  • Picture of the Shrubbery in question... Sorry about the blurry small photo - it was taken from the iPad.
  • A pic of the shrubbery from an earlier post.

Gardening: Questions About Shrubbery

Several months ago I posted about some shrubbery (but you might as well call them small trees, if not for their size alone) on either side of my windows from the bedroom. I was told they ...»
may be part of the "Thuja" family, because of their shape and size, but their actual species within that family is still a mystery. They used to have blue type berries but have not in quite awhile and are starting to get brown patches. We've been having drought like conditions and extreme temperatures over the past few years, so we're wondering if that might have something to do with it. They're also kind of growing wildly and uncontrollably because we're not sure of just exactly how much trimming we should do to them and what would "safe." These shrubbery or "mini trees" have been here a very long time (presumably since the house was built), so I'd hate to think of getting rid of them. Therefore I have a few questions to shoot to the crowd and experts concerning them:

1) Concerning the considerable amount of brown patches on them -- There is still some green foliage on them, but the patches and how far they've gotten concern me and there are weeds near them. Is there a way we can nurse them back to their original splendor?

2) Their condition, size and trimming and identification -- They're uncontrollably large and we would like to trim them (and we have to the branches that were close to the house, but they have yet to grow back). Do we need an arborist or specialist in this situation? If so, how much would it cost and where would we start looking?

3) Opinions and possible identification guesses are welcome.

Attached is a close up of the foliage from my window. Since i can't upload pictures from the iPad, I will post a url to it instead. The URL is: http://rhapsodyofthoughts.files.wordpress.co... . You can also find a picture of it in my profile.

I hope no one minds the long post. :)

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April Lawrenceville, GA on Jul 17, 2012
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    April on Jul 19, 2012
    KMS - Thanks for the advice. Exactly. :) I'll try to keep you guys posted.
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To all of the kind and generous folks in my network and at Hometalk...

Hoping and praying you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

God Bless you all. :) How are you enjoying Christmas?

April
April Lawrenceville, GA on Dec 25, 2011
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    April on Dec 27, 2011
    Aww that's really sweet. I bet their little eyes light up when they see the endearment of ...»
    Christmas and all of the toys. Yes, I bet it is. :) it's good that the older kids have an appreciation for Christmas, too.

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I guess this isn't a home improvement question, but more of a design question.

We're still working on the Shabby Chic transformation of my bedroom... And aside from wanting to create a mural of birds with a garden feel, I came across this wonderfully shabby chic picture and want to try my hand at something similar. However this is the only picture I can find of it. Has anyone seen this before and do you know of the artist? I'm presuming it dates back to the 1920's, but that's as far as I know.

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April Lawrenceville, GA on Dec 03, 2011
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    April on Dec 09, 2011
    Whoops, our bad. :)
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I hope this picture is detailed enough to tell.

There's some large bushes outside of my bedroom window that have never been identified. They have a very similar shape to Christmas trees and grow these little bluish-grey berries on them. I'm wondering if it is safe to trim them as they are kinda becoming overgrown - which is why we haven't already trimmed them. Can anyone identify them for me? Thanks. :)

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April Lawrenceville, GA on Nov 28, 2011
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    April on Nov 29, 2011
    That's a great idea - I've never thought about it in that way before. Thanks! :)
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