Good one Bright!!! I mught have to participate in this one, especially since seeing the barrel orb that Cindee made!!! I brought back some metal stuff from Mexico too, yah, couldn't haul anything nice and light home, oh no!, had to be rusty metal and heavy glass items!! Jane

I have done something similar to what brutuses is recommending. My room is smaller than yours, I think.. but it is long, has a fireplace on one end and a number of doors and windows that interrupt the walls. Similar to your room, the path to the bedrooms (upstairs in my case) is through the living room. So I have the fireplace on one end-- my sofa along the wall that would be equivalent to floating your sofa with its back to the kitchen pass through .. tv in between the sliding door (windows in my case) and the entry to the bedroom foyer (front door in my case). I think it works really well.. if needed, the fireplace seating can supplement the core seating-- and from the sofa, you can enjoy the fireplace and the tv... and you still have pretty decent walking paths through the room. You could probably set up a third little area on the far wall. Stereo and maybe books/reading chair or such. Something small but cozy. I am surprised your prints aren't working on the walls. Do you just need to get used to the color? What color frames? Good luck-- and enjoy your new home.

You can change this one up by using, minced ham or canned crab, or salmon. I often make three different types so everyone has a choice. Stuffed Baguettes 1 Baguette or French stick 2 cups spinach leaves choped and packed 4 oz cream cheese room temp 1/4 cup fresh dill chopped 1 TBSP milk 4 cups minced ham 1/3 cup toasted pistachions chopped (optional) 1 TBSP dijon mustard 1/3 cup mayonnaise Slice the baguette lengthwise. Hollow out the bread leaving the shell about 1/2 inch thick. Rinse spinach and shake off excess moisture cook in just a bit of water until the leaves are wilted. Drain and squeeze dry and chopp in the food processor ( I just use frozen and ensure it is well drained). Combine cream cheese , dill , milk, and spinach until spreadable. Combine ham, nuts, mustard and enough mayo to make a moist filling. Spread cream cheese all over the inside of the shells. Spoon the ham mixture into the bottom shell, mounding slightly. Place top of loaf back over the filling. Wrap tightly in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours and as long as 8. Serve cut in slices. Here is another Muffuletta recipe. Excellent and can be made the day before. SOunds harder than it is. Real N'awlins Muffuletta (Weed) 1 Cup pimento-stuffed green olives crushed 1/2 Cup drained kalamata olives crushed 2 Clove garlic minced 1/4 Cup roughly chopped pickled cauliflower 2 Tbl drained capers 1 Tbl chopped celery 1 Tbl chopped carrot 1/2 Cup pepperoncini drained 1/4 Cup marinated cocktail onions 1/2 Tsp celery seed 1 Tsp dried oregano 1 Tsp dried basil 3/4 Tsp ground black pepper 1/4 Cup red wine vinegar 1/2 Cup olive oil 1/4 Cup canola oil 2 (1 pound) loaves Italian bread 8 ounces thinly sliced Genoa salami 8 ounces thinly sliced cooked ham 8 ounces sliced mortadella orcappicola 8 ounces sliced mozzarella cheese 8 ounces sliced provolone cheese Directions 1. To Make Olive Salad: In a medium bowl, combine the~ green olives, kalamata olives, garlic, cauliflower, capers, Jcelery, carrot, pepperoncini, cocktail onions, celery seed, oregano, basil, black pepper, vinegar, olive oil and canola oil. Mix together and transfer mixture into a glass jar (or other nonreactive container). If needed, pour in more oil to cover. Cover jar or container and refrigerate at least overnight. 2. To Make Sandwiches: Cut loaves of bread in half~ horizontally; hollow out some of the excess bread to make room for filling. Spread each piece of bread with equal amounts olive salad, including oil. Layer 'bottom half' of each loaf with 1/2 of the salami, ham, mortadella, mozzarella and Provolone. Replace 'top half' on each loaf and cut sandwich into quarters. 3 Serve immediately, or wrap tightly and refrigerate for a few hours; this will allow for the flavors to mingle and the olive salad to soak into the bread.

Beth, a row quilt has blocks set into horizontal strips. So, you may have a horizontal row of cloud blocks, then a row of house blocks below it, then a row of flower blocks, etc. In the row-by-row last year quilt shops in the area had a pattern and/or kit available for their row of the quilt. Here in FL there were turtles, fish, suns, etc. And each shop usually had a quilt made up of several of the rows that were available. ETA - Google "Row by Row Experience 2016" and you can find the shops in FL that are participating this year. :) Donna