Laundry Room is Really Done Again

I really mean it this time. I am really, really, really done with my Laundry Room. I don't think I could cram another thing into it! As I mentioned in a previous post, I found a wonderful hand painted floor cloth by Gwen Dumas at the store Mary Contrary here in Greensboro, NC. I brought it home and it is perfect for the you guessed it....Laundry Room.

The original room that inspired me at Southern Hospitality Blog had a black and white tiled floor. Putting new tile on our floor was on hold while I was looking for a source for the tiles and deciding on the more economical peel and stick or go with real tile and grout. Well, this gorgeous floor cloth has the black and white floor tiles built in! The colors in this floor cloth are perfect. The green in the border match my walls and the reds in the border match the red in the basket of geraniums I have on top of the cabinets and also matches some of the other accent reds I have in the room.

I also tried moving and setting the floor cloth out on my deck in front of the doors that lead into my kitchen. It looks great there as well. I think I will put it out there next time I have a party when we are using the deck. It looks great under the awning with a big black pot of geraniums on one side and a big bushy Boston fern on the other side. It won't live on the deck permanently because the weather would take it's toll so it will reside for the most part in my Laundry Room and will make an appearance on my deck only on special occasions. I am a happy girl! And the Laundry Room is pronounced.....finished! Really.

The 2 Week Party is Finally Over

Love this! The 2nd week of my birthday festivities finally came to an end yesterday with a lunch at one of my favorite restaurants called Liberty Oak, here in Greensboro, NC. My good friend "M" planned the whole thing and there were about 11 of us enjoying, salads, wraps, salmon, and several Sgt. Pepper Sandwiches. (A Sgt. Pepper was turkey and sharp white Cheddar with red pepper jelly on a warm croissant...delicious!) There was more cake. This one was a rich Chocolate Chambord Cake with thick fudgy icing and fresh raspberries on the top. I have been eating cake...really good bakery cakes for about two weeks solid now. :) and :(. My other cake looked just like the one in the picture from my previous post. It was a Strawberry Butter Creme Cake with fresh strawberries inside the cake. Heavenly good! Anyway enough about cake....I have had my quota for all of 2009.



After lunch, three of us, M, J, and I decided to head over to Simple Kneads Bakery and pick up some fresh bread. This bakery is such a wonderful addition to Greensboro. It is right downtown but so worth the drive for real bread and pastries. I'll be posting about this great place one day soon. So after picking out our bread, J and to leave so M and I headed over to Mary Contrary which is a delightful boutique that had unique things for your house, jewelry, and clothing. (Click on the shop's name to visit their cute shop's website.) Under a display table that was set with colorful dishes I spotted the hand painted floor cloth in the photo above! It was painted by an artist who lives and works in Southern Pines which is right next to Pinehurst (for all you Golf fans) here in North Carlina. Her name is Gwen Dumas and if you click on her name you can view some more of her work on her blog site. I think you can guess where I am going to put my new floor cloth. Happy Birthday to Me! My Birthday is officially over....really!