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@lolakimono

Very sorry for your loss.  You have my condolences.

For a teacher you have a good eye for fashion & designing. 

My mother is a retired teacher.  She mainly taught 1st through 3rd grades.  In fact I come from a family of teachers on my mother's side.  None of them have your fashion eye.

[Wannabeincali]

Hi @lolakimono

First off, omgosh, I LOVE your posts! I am pretty new to the qvc forums, yet your posts captured me right away. From the handbag charm one, to the garden owls, to now this! I am always eager to read your next post! 

As to the deer inspired furniture, would it fit in with my mediterranean styled furnishings? Nope, lol. BUT, I can certainly see one or two pieces addimg a whimsical touch say to an Aspen ski chalet, or to a modern rustic log cabin in Utah or Oregon, or to a home in a wooded, natural setting. I have a good friend outside of Augusta, who has a gorgeous Georgian style home (brick with massive white columns in front). She has a CUTE carved wood modern sculpture of a deer. I LOVE that deer. So cute!!! It stands about 3 ft tall. She has it in her glass porch/grrenhouse type room, where she has gorgeous flowers and plants. Does it fit in her decor? Sure does, beautifully! 

I think these pieces you posted all look well crafted. I have a few pieces from Anthropologie in the family beach home.

One or two pieces with a touch of whimsical, modern, rustic, elegance in a fitting home. Why not?  I say YAY. 

[ChiliPepper]

@lolakimono

I like anything deer - anything animal - so some of this appeals to me.

I especially like the carved framed mirror.

I like the IDEA of the deer table but not the execution of this particular one.

Thank you for posting these pictures!

[ChiliPepper]

@lolakimono

I am so sorry for your loss, you will be in my prayers.

I truly appreciate all your hard work finding us these unique designs to look at.

(((((lola)))))

[magicmoodz]

@lolakimono

 I am so sorry to read about the death of your aunt.  It can be especially difficult when you are separated by many miles.  

I am glad you know how important it is to take some time for yourself. During the grief process it is quite natural for our minds to become foggy.    I am sure your BF is supportive.  I suggest he cook you a nice dinner while you open a good bottle of wine!  

Wishing you peace at this sad time.   

[lolakimono]

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@magicmoodz wrote:

@lolakimono

   I am sure your BF is supportive.  I suggest he cook you a nice dinner while you open a good bottle of wine!  

Wishing you peace at this sad time.   

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@magicmoodz

Thanks for the kind thoughts.

On Sunday I spent about two hours installing/reinstalling the software to get my copier/scanner/printer to speak wirelessly again to my computer so that I could scan in photos of my aunt and me and send them for the photo collage/video at the service.  Then I had about 3 hours of papers/quizzes to grade, so I put BF in charge of dinner.

What was really funny (as in NOT FUNNY) was that on Sunday night he was pre-heating the oven for salmon and we heard a pop and saw flames above the heating element.

When it rains, it pours.

As a D-I-Y minded girl, I got the serial number and ordered a new heating element that night from some company online that I had never used before.  They said "fast shipping", and of course the shipping was like 1/3 of what the part cost.

I never got a shipping confirmation, but on Tuesday when I got home from school, the package had arrived.

I went to spin class, came home ridiculously hot/sweaty, and decided to get to work on the five minutes it SHOULD have taken to change out the screws and pop the element back in.

Long story short, I was covered in oven gunk, trying to insert half of my body into the oven at weird angles for like an hour trying to get the screws to dislodge.  I finally got them out, pulled the old element out, and the wire disappeared back into the land of cotton behind the stove.  BF and I took turns in front of/behind the oven with flashlights, screwdrivers, drinking straws and tweezers trying to get the %&#@ wire to pop back out.  It was like playing "Operation."

By the time I finally fixed it, we were both exhausted, it was after 8, and so he cooked eggs on the stovetop and I microwaved my dinner.

I did discover the burnt out oven bulb from who knows when (it is the only appliance that I didn't replace when I bought my house), so I pulled it out to get a replacement and compare the sizes.

About 30 minutes after all of this, I heard a pop, and Mr. Handsome had hopped on the island and knocked the burnt out bulb off and onto the tile floor.

I had a big glass of wine and then went to bed.  

Last night we did get the oven up and running for dinner.  

[morganjen]

A few of them are a bit too Baphomet looking.

[riley1]

Nope!

[Mominohio]

I could see using any of these in a home I was decorating for a male only living there. The first picture is really different and very cool!

[Iwantcoffee]

So sorry to hear of your aunt's death.