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Good afternoon! Hope you had a great weekend, I am finally on the mend and today was a serious “catch up” day. Thankfully\u00a0 I had started this post a week or so ago\u00a0 and just put the finishing touches on.<\/p>\n

So here I am\u00a0 with chapter 4 of the Bluff Diaries…things are moving along I am happy to say. We have pretty much signed off on the interiors and I am loving the flow, it’s going to be a great space with a lot of open living. I am thrilled with how it’s\u00a0 all coming together and now we are tweaking the outside elevations.<\/p>\n

The first round of permits has been submitted so fingers are crossed that we could start building maybe late June\/early July! As we inch closer, I am starting to think about the house in a more realistic sense, how we will use it and live there day to day (when we are there).<\/p>\n

One room that I think we will use a lot is a study\/small-ish family room right off the kitchen with access to the long back porch and a view of the lake. I can imagine that I will look to retreat there\u00a0 early in the morning with a cup of coffee and late in the afternoon with a glass of wine or cocktail:)<\/p>\n

I have this persistent vision for some reason of doing lacquered built ins. If I get really daring,\u00a0 I would do them in a pale blue\/gray but the safe\/left side of my brain says do a pale wheat\/taupe color. Truthfully either color could be spectacular.<\/p>\n

I see a beautiful worn soft colored rug (think Oushak) a comfy but good looking couch, a few really cozy club chairs, maybe a small desk. I see built ins with plenty of bookshelves and no over head lighting, just a few perfectly placed lamps for soft lighting.<\/p>\n

So as I daydream about a lacquered room that is what’s on my mind this go around and this is one room I feel like I know exactly what I want to do and chances are this will not change.\u00a0 I did some “investigative research” (makes it sound official) and spent a lot of time to find the images that best convey the look I am after. So here are some pictures to drive home my point……<\/p>\n

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This picture\u00a0 best illustrates the look I am after, love the color, the tones and the overall feeling…..from John B. Murray<\/p>\n

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And yet this below is my argument (and a mighty good one) for the pale blue, love the feeling here and the colors! I happened to see this house 2 years ago on a house tour and this room stayed with me ever since! SB Long,<\/p>\n

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And look at the before and after picture that I found in my “investigative research”…amazing!<\/p>\n

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So seeing them both….which would you choose?<\/p>\n