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Corner of the House Friday
Here is an early morning shot of my dining room for Corner of the House Friday. As you will discover, I have very few curtains in my house. When I moved into my mountain home I decided that curtains would take away from the mountain views and so, eight years later, I still have no curtains. There are times when I contemplate sewing some curtains but most of the time I contemplate how I would rather knit than sew!
Having no place to put it, the fixture remained in the middle of my living room floor in the city. Occasionally, I would hold it up and admiringly turn on its lights. Apparently one day I “forgot” to unplug it and left it on the floor in its usual spot. Soonafter, my daughters and I began to notice a “burning” smell in our house. My husband was away on business and every night I would tell him that I could not locate the smell but KNEW something was not right in our house. Several days passed before I finally determined the odor came from the living room and in horror realized it was coming from my elk lighting fixture. When I picked the lamp up I discovered the halogen bulb had burned a hole through my carpet. Not only had it burned through the carpet, it had burned all the way through the floorboard underneath the carpet!
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Your house looks so nice. Next time I’m in Colorado I’m coming by for a visit. I mean, only if you invite me of course.
I have to admit that I envy you living in your beautiful mountain home! Wow! My only chance is to win the HGTV Dream Home.(LOL) I am glad your Elk chandelier didn’t start a worse fire in your old house. My husband was fireman and I know how serious it could have been.
That is too funny now I am sure. That also sounds like something I would do. I love your IHS scarf. The color is beautiful, it matched the quilt perfectly. I had to look twice to notice that the scarf was hanging over it. LOL
i love your elks 🙂
I wouldn’t put curtains up either if I had beautiful mountain views. You were lucky the light fixture didn’t burn the house down. Glad everything worked out.
I am a non curtain person too – My mother-in-law keeps asking why I like living in a fish bowl!
Hi Rebecca, what a beautiful house. With that view, I wouldn’t put up curtains either! You know what, I had never been able to see your blog before (I saw your link on my friends post) When you left me comments, I tried to reply, but I would click on your profile, and it does not show your blog, just your knit-alongs. How strange! Anyway, glad I found you now and can see the cool projects you are working on! 🙂
Yikes! Glad it was just the carpet and that you knew of a clever carpet guy.
With views like that, who needs curtains?