I would love to earn your respect.....

I have had a lot of turmoil in my life recently (hubby's employer was sold, lost my job, son was thinking about going in the military, one of my BFF mother whom I adore was in hospice care, lost one of my best friends, my very ill father, etc. etc.), and so I did what I always do, deleted my blog. I am way too emotional, I blame it on being menopausal. My daughter says "Mom people are going to think you are a weirdo if you keep doing this". Heck, if I were you guys I would think I was weird. So I made a decision there was no way I could come back after deleting my blog so many times. But I am because I love my blog. I promise I am not a weirdo but a very energetic impulsive person.

Sometimes I make hasty decisions. I have been miserable since I quit blogging. I get mixed reviews from so many people about if I should blog or not but the simple truth is I love to blog and I love to read blogs.

I admit I am fickle and sometimes too quick to make decisions, hence why I paint and repaint. But I would love to earn your respect so I am asking for another chance to blog. So if you want to stick with me, hang on cuz I've got a lot to show ya.

I guess I just didn't feel like anybody cared about my blog but I now realize it doesn't matter if I get 1 comment or 82 comments, this blog is my creative outlet and I need it. I love to change the header and the wallpaper, it's decorating without spending any money....LOL!!

So please forgive me for my impulsiveness. No more Simply Dandy but "My Vintage Modern Farmhouse"!!!

And if you do like my blog, please add me to your sidebar, I hate feeling left out!!

So for my first post of "My Vintage Modern Farmhouse", take a look at my dining room wall when it used to look like this.....


and my fireplace looked like this......

WELL NOW THEY BOTH LOOK LIKE THIS.....





At first I just painted the wall this color called Wedgewood Gray from Benjamin Moore. I am in love with the color. My daughter put it in her dining room a couple years ago and every time I go over there, I drool over it. I actually put this color in the master bedroom which I will show you in another post. I then decided to paint the fireplace, I figured if I didn't like it, it was only paint.

For now I like it, I didn't at first but it is growing on me......

When I sold my white hutch...



I realized I needed something else so went to an old barn full of antiques and I found this...


Do you like my $27.00 vintage mirror find???



For now I'm not going to paint it, I put our parents wedding photos on it. I want to get new frames, something more modern maybe. What do you think? Good buy for $175??

That's all for today. Please just know, I have missed all of you and I hope you will give me another chance.

LeAnn