I'm in love with BOARD and BATTEN...

LINKING WITH SUSAN

for MET MONDAY

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This living room belongs to KIMBA over at A SOFT PLACE TO LAND...

It's a precious room just as it is...but...

it is BEFORE she fell in love with board and batten....

THIS is the very same room...AFTER she did her fabulous wall treatment....

Now, it just about knocked my ever-lovin' socks off !! MAGNIFICENT, Kimba!!
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I've always loved this look.....

(I can't take as good photos as Kimba...hope you can see it well enuf, tho)

When we converted our double garage into our dining room, I, too, wanted board and batten on the wall the vintage, pine mantel was located....

But, ALAS....I didn't even think about it until AFTER the electrical work for the sconces on either side was already done....

I started throwing hissy fits after I remembered that I wanted BOARD and BATTEN on that wall...

(and sorry, but I didn't take a photo BEFORE the boards were nailed in place)

MR. SWEET, being the kind and loving man that he is, and getting sick and tired of my whining and fit throwing, did the only logical thing....

He just started putting up those pretty boards and when he came to the first sconce..just skipped that area and went right on across to the second sconce, skipped THAT area and went right on to the end of the wall.

NOW...
I must say that I was wailing, squalling, sweating, and swearing because I was pretty sure it was going to look half-a**ed....

but....MR. SWEET was so right !!

It looked just perfect....I was totally IN LUV !!

I adore the added architectural interest it adds to my plain, little dining room...

our 1957 house is plain....a tract house with NO architectural interest any where to be found..

What little there is, we have added...just trying to make our cottage a little different from all the rest on the block...

I have got so many great ideas from so many bloggers...much better than

decorating mags !!!

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Yes, I do ! I like it very VERY much...

THANK YOU, MR. SWEET...

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To see more board and batten treatments, go over to KIMBA'S...

she has a small list for you to take a look at. Boy...there's some FABULOUS photos and ideas over there at

A SOFT PLACE TO LAND....

.....and thanks for coming to see mine today.

*just to say that 2 grands and i watched "DIRTY DANCING", for the umpteenth time last night and it is such a GREAT movie..i just wanted to remind you of it in case you haven't seen it in awhile. that music playing just makes me want to dance. i can't make "those" kind of moves anymore but i sure could at one time!! :O)