Sponsor Love: Century Flooring

<a href="http://www.centuryflooring.com/images/cflogo.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.centuryflooring.com/images/cflogo.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 167px; height: 59px;" /></a><br /><br />I'm very pleased to welcome<a href="http://www.centuryflooring.com"> Century Flooring</a> as a new sponsor on ::Surroundings::! Century Flooring has built its reputation on precision craftsmanship, creating quality solid wood flooring and engineered wood flooring that will endure for centuries. <br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.centuryflooring.com/images/roomscenes/large/eli_west_WW3E_H_8i.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.centuryflooring.com/images/roomscenes/large/eli_west_WW3E_H_8i.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 355px; height: 355px;" /></a><a href="http://www.centuryflooring.com/roomscene_det.cfm?RStype=1&id=21">Western Woodland Oak</a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.centuryflooring.com/images/roomscenes/large/build_cherry_CO2B_V_8i.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.centuryflooring.com/images/roomscenes/large/build_cherry_CO2B_V_8i.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 362px; height: 362px;" /></a><a href="http://www.centuryflooring.com/roomscene_det.cfm?RStype=4">Cherry Orchard Oak</a> (this is what my floors look like - love them!)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.centuryflooring.com/images/roomscenes/large/hins_desert_DS5H_V_8i.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.centuryflooring.com/images/roomscenes/large/hins_desert_DS5H_V_8i.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 354px; height: 354px;" /></a><a href="http://www.centuryflooring.com/roomscene_det.cfm?RStype=5">Desert Sand Oak</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.centuryflooring.com/images/roomscenes/large/CEN_Vineyard_VO3A_RM_16i.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.centuryflooring.com/images/roomscenes/large/CEN_Vineyard_VO3A_RM_16i.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 354px; height: 354px;" /></a><a href="http://www.centuryflooring.com/collection_item.cfm?series=5&type=1">Arlington Oak</a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Click <a href="http://www.centuryflooring.com">here to visit Century Flooring</a>'s website. They show a wide variety of finishes and styles, a great image gallery, installation instructions and purchasing information. There is nothing like a quality wood floor - they are not difficult to maintain and will last for years with proper maintenance.<br /></div><br /></div><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/40/61AD69B5456EE9E48D48218DA34439B1.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" /></a><br /><br /><p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/EQjz" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml"><img alt="" src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon16x16.png" style="border: 0pt none ; vertical-align: middle;" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/EQjz" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml">Subscribe to ::Surroundings::</a></p>

Sponsor Love: Century Flooring

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Grey Gardens Bandwagon

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWCPjb_raNQb7JjAH44abD3PJp-jbjPvZeUGvhXTae1VKDi13NKp43pG_AnJ4XHGSLkeKycntRGJUAKdMTfDIofYKnAPH1dSvNeRlw9UNYj_IooQk_dCkEeNRRFFS58IE9OIk0n19jdixU/s1600-h/Photos+from+Grey+Gardens_1241367764994.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331791441445542866" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWCPjb_raNQb7JjAH44abD3PJp-jbjPvZeUGvhXTae1VKDi13NKp43pG_AnJ4XHGSLkeKycntRGJUAKdMTfDIofYKnAPH1dSvNeRlw9UNYj_IooQk_dCkEeNRRFFS58IE9OIk0n19jdixU/s400/Photos+from+Grey+Gardens_1241367764994.png" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 399px;" /></a><br />Okay, I said I wasn't going to do it - because so many others had already covered the subject. As I said on one of our recent<a href="http://www.skirtedroundtable.blogspot.com/"> Skirted Roundtable radio shows</a>, I usually lose interest in a subject if it's been covered extensively elsewhere. But <a href="http://www.cotedetexas.blogspot.com/">Joni</a> said I should anyway, so<a href="http://silverscreensurroundings.blogspot.com/2009/05/grey-gardens-two-lives-one-documentary.html"> click here</a> for my small take on the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Grey Gardens</span> legacy. <br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgN9qamKRG1c_hgiazULUIqjy-0APTGpCPq9_bZGCSTw4egreYm1iWuUxqxFKYDFWaWinNR4zl8hyKeiuoj7Mz_kpbuvTzCBMaX64jUEFGE_EwzixyFhs2irPRO6hw8Xd3VxeEg7vFGTGF/s1600-h/GreyGardensmusical.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331791708276992050" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgN9qamKRG1c_hgiazULUIqjy-0APTGpCPq9_bZGCSTw4egreYm1iWuUxqxFKYDFWaWinNR4zl8hyKeiuoj7Mz_kpbuvTzCBMaX64jUEFGE_EwzixyFhs2irPRO6hw8Xd3VxeEg7vFGTGF/s400/GreyGardensmusical.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 253px; height: 366px;" /></a>From the broadway musical <span style="font-weight: bold;">Grey Gardens </span>starring Christine Ebersole<br /></div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/40/61AD69B5456EE9E48D48218DA34439B1.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" /></a><br /><br /><p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/EQjz" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml"><img alt="" src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon16x16.png" style="border: 0pt none ; vertical-align: middle;" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/EQjz" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml">Subscribe to ::Surroundings::</a></p>

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A magic - and eco friendly - transformation!

See how this sofa...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXxoLMeRV62CF3s9dtl03d8-iXX_tnWqaTAgav2moOKMk2WNGoUO3bNvytkmWe8TlvGJ6iLxDH6K-QI-G5onmRCCdMQOAZPayVVzPIbycb8Q9a6KHc1SCOs0UBftrVUmCl8wquUUPPL3w/s400/Beansofabefore.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXxoLMeRV62CF3s9dtl03d8-iXX_tnWqaTAgav2moOKMk2WNGoUO3bNvytkmWe8TlvGJ6iLxDH6K-QI-G5onmRCCdMQOAZPayVVzPIbycb8Q9a6KHc1SCOs0UBftrVUmCl8wquUUPPL3w/s400/Beansofabefore.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 282px;" /></a><br />...became this sectional sofa.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYrBAIuxQjn_ZHFwVxziV5YAVcwS7eGATSZCX7PGa6YfWjy7q_uoDQUJXjAmLqH9vBc2rPIgVzUzdl50FScdPzsNJ3ADJd9Fb3Nhw8ys-NyVw6kBVMJdjE8CJVnqLz8Fm7IJDeZnRIrnuq/s1600-h/Bean-Sofa-in-situ.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330946428699018466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYrBAIuxQjn_ZHFwVxziV5YAVcwS7eGATSZCX7PGa6YfWjy7q_uoDQUJXjAmLqH9vBc2rPIgVzUzdl50FScdPzsNJ3ADJd9Fb3Nhw8ys-NyVw6kBVMJdjE8CJVnqLz8Fm7IJDeZnRIrnuq/s400/Bean-Sofa-in-situ.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><br />And, learn how it was done in a great, green, manner. Click <a href="http://upholsteredfurniture.blogspot.com/2009/04/eco-salvage.html">here </a>to visit Heller Furniture's <a href="http://upholsteredfurniture.blogspot.com/2009/04/eco-salvage.html">The Upholstery Blog</a> for the details.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/40/61AD69B5456EE9E48D48218DA34439B1.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" /></a><br /><br /><p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/EQjz" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml"><img alt="" src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon16x16.png" style="border: 0pt none ; vertical-align: middle;" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/EQjz" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml">Subscribe to ::Surroundings::</a></p>

A magic - and eco friendly - transformation!

See how this sofa... ...became this sectional sofa. And, learn how it was done in a great, green, manner. Click here to visit Heller Furnit...

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