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- Hey friends.
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I know I've been promising y'all for a long time
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that I was eventually gonna get through with the living room
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and be able to take y'all on a tour of the living room.
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The living room's nothing like it was at Riverbend.
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It's a fairly small living room, but I love it.
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I adore being back in a smaller house.
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And this was the house that Michael and I built 17 years ago
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when we married and we called it our forever home.
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Well, little did we know that life was gonna get so hectic
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after I got a TV show.
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Life quickly changed.
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And it seemed like all we were doing
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in this house was shooting for TV shows.
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So, the rest is kinda history about us going down
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and buying a lot down the road.
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But we sold it back in October 'cause Michael
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and I both realized it was time to downsize.
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And that was why we never,
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never intended to ever sell this house
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because we felt like that might happen one day
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as we got older. (laughs)
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So, we're so happy to be back here in our forever home.
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So, the living room is done.
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So, I want to invite y'all in,
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and I'll give you a quick little tour.
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So come on in y'all.
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Pumpkin's even brave in going outside.
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Come on Loo, didn't Eddie do a great job.
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Oh, and look at these y'all.
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You remember when I did that shoot at Anne's Garden Shop?
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Well, I bought these the last time I was home.
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I did a book signing at her shop.
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She's got just some of the most unique things,
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and these are the planters I bought from her.
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I thought they were beautiful, just simple white.
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And then these the last trip I bought from her.
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- [Eddie] Yeah, that was a great find.
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- That was a great fund. They're beautiful.
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I was hoping that I was gonna be able to hang them out
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in the trees, in the Oak trees over the water.
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But after I bought 'em,
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I found out they can't be out in the open.
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They have to be undercover.
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So Looloo, come on in, come on in.
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Let's show everybody our house.
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So, I want to start by doing this.
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I want to show y'all these beautiful,
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beautiful, old antique doors.
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I can't even tell y'all where I bought 'em from.
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I know I bought 'em here in Savannah
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from an antique shop or something that carried a lot
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of architectural stuff.
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And I saw these doors and I just fell in love with them.
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And these were in our bedroom when we first built the house.
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And a half bath is right here, and it's holding up one
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of my son's favorite pictures of bears.
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They asked me to hold on to it for them.
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It means an awful lot to Jamie and Bobby.
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So, I'm keeping it safe in the potty room.
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So come on in y'all.
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I think the living room turned out real good.
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Eddie and I, along with Carolyn Hultman
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from Carolyn Hultman's Interiors.
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We have worked on this house to get it completely done.
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So, we can just sit back and take a deep breath
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and enjoy the fact that we're back in this little house.
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And it is little compared to where we came from.
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So, oh my gosh, where do I start?
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These drapes that I have in here were
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in the dining room 17 years ago.
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These were made for the dining room,
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and Eddie found them winded up somewhere.
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And he took them to the dry cleaners.
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- [Eddie] They were in my apartment. (laughs)
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- They were in your apartment. Oh my goodness.
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So, Eddie took them to the dry cleaners,
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and had them cleaned.
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And did we have to cut them in two?
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- These were perfect. I didn't have to do anything.
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- So we said, "Oh my gosh, that's wonderful,"
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because I always love that fabric.
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And it's the same color as our sofa
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that's in the dining room end of the kitchen.
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So, it worked out perfect and saved us so much money.
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So much money because custom drapes will set you back y'all.
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I could kick myself for not learning to sew.
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And of course all the furniture is Paula Deen furniture
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by Craft Masters.
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And it's such wonderful, wonderful furniture.
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It's heavy and it's just good stuff.
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And I opted to put swivel rockers in all the chairs.
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And I love that.
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I just love having a chair that moves with me.
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And y'all can see we got the house all decorated
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for Christmas.
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Years ago, my aunt Peggy collected
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these Byers Christmas dolls, and I fell in love with them.
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And I can't remember who gave me my very first one,
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but over the years I've got quite a collection.
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You can see them all over the house.
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I was so excited to do this cabinet right here,
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and display the Christmas dolls, the Byers dolls.
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And they've got so many accessories now that go with them
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that are so, so neat.
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- [Eddie] Yeah. The snowman, I think are kind of a-
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- Yes, the snowmen. Yes.
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Well, we didn't find those until what two Christmases ago,
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Eddie, we found them at Home Goods, didn't we?
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- [Eddie] Yeah. (laughs)
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- And we didn't even know that Byers made a snowman.
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So, I think we bought every one they had.
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And this is one of the accessories, the little gates,
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and course, the light post.
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And she is probably my oldest one that I have.
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Do you remember the date on her?
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- [Eddie] I don't.
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Actually, I think it's just from the early 1990s, maybe?
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- Oh, really? - Yeah.
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I don't think it's too long.
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- I may have some, I don't know.
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But the thing about Byers is they put the date on the bottom
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of every one of their dolls.
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- And they do themes. - Yes. Different themes.
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Now over here, is poor little precious Tiny Tim,
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and his mama and his daddy.
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And here is that, oh, Mr. Scrooge
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that made life so miserable for them.
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(Eddie laughs)
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- And he's here looking over him and kinda scary looking.
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(Paula laughs)
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But I do love him and look at this little fixture back here,
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it's a fireplace.
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I don't know if you can see that,
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but they just have some of the neatest accessories.
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Never in my wildest dream did I ever think
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I would start back collecting dolls, y'all.
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(both laugh)
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And this is some of the snowmen, and they're so cute
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and you can see they have the date on them.
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And course, this is very, very special to me.
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It's a thank you note from Ms. Rosalynn Carter.
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And I thought it was so sweet, I had to frame that.
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And now this is one of my favorite ornaments right here.
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I adore old ornaments.
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Well, one Christmas my Christmas tree fell over,
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and it had all my vintage ornaments on it.
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And I just wanted to cry.
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Well, Eddie went online, and he found-
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- [Eddie] These are the hand-blown
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Italian Christmas ornaments. - Yes. Yes.
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And I couldn't believe when I opened my gift,
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and Eddie had found the ornaments,
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the very ornaments that I had lost in that fall.
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And the triplets were over the other day,
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and Linton comes in and goes straight to the tree.
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And he says, "Batman, Batman."
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Batman is Linton's hero.
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He thought it was Batman since he had the mask on.
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So, he took this ornament and just pulled it straight down.
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So, the hook and everything is somewhere on the tree.
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And oh, I sucked in my breath.
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I thought, "Am I gonna lose that one for the second time."
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(Paula laughs)
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Now, this ottoman we found from Seventh Heaven,
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and this one came from Tapis.
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And I think it's just one
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of the most beautiful tables I've ever seen.
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- [Eddie] It's a 18th century French-
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- Yes. Yes. It's from the 1700's y'all.
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So, it was just a beautifully made piece of furniture.
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And of course the rugs, we finally got our rugs in.
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That was another thing I was waiting on
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before I took y'all on a tour.
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All the rugs came from over there on President Street.
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- [Eddie] The rug shop.
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- The rug shop on President Street.
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We do try to spend our money in the town that we live in.
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And we're trying to be supportive
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of the other business people here in town.
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This is a tilt top table and it actually tilts up,
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and you can just stand it in a corner against a wall.
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This one came from Seventh Heaven.
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But there's some new places that I want you to take me to,
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Eddie, that I've never been to here in town.
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'Cause I didn't get out and play a lot 'cause I was working.
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But somebody mentioned a place today or yesterday
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that we need to go to.
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- [Eddie] I'll have to check.
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- I can't remember the name.
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- [Eddie] I told you that maybe tomorrow we'll go
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to this place called Ella's.
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- Ella's, yes.
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- [Eddie] In Richmond Hill.
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- Yes. Yes. That's a new store though.
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- [Eddie] It's been there for awhile.
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- No, I mean, it's just new things. Is it old things too?
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- [Eddie] I think they have a little bit of everything.
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- 'Cause you know how I feel about old things.
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- [Eddie] Yeah. Yeah. (Paula laughing)
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- I think old things are still pretty good. (laughs)
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Alright. So, I'll give you a quick run-through
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of the kitchen.
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This is the only room that I had toured y'all.
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So, it was pretty much this way,
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I think when we did the tour. Right Eddie?
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- [Eddie] Yeah. Yeah.
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I mean, I think we've changed things around a little bit.
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- A little bit, yeah.
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And I know we added our rugs
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because that's what we were kinda waiting on.
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And I'm sure I told y'all this is Michelle
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and Anthony's great-grandmother's old sofa,
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and I'm just thrilled to have it here in the house.
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I'm so happy to have something
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that they remember from their childhood. So.
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- [Eddie] And then we showed them the light fixture
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we've kind of re worked it a little bit.
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- Yes, that's another thing
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that I've been waiting to show y'all.
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All of our light fixtures were made by Becky,
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at the Light Post in Bluffton, Georgia.
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- [Eddie] South Carolina. (laughs)
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- South Carolina. What'd I say?
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- [Eddie] Georgia. (laughs)
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- Bluffton, Georgia. (laughs)
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Well, it's might as well be Georgia,
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it's so close, right? Just over the bridge.
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But when they first delivered this,
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it didn't appear to be quite like I wanted.
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So, they came back and picked it up,
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and took my advice and made it more three dimensional.
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And I think it's just beautiful.
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And it's so funny.
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All the fixtures are new except for the one
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in that huge pantry, and the one over the sink.
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That one's 17 years old.
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And I couldn't believe what I picked out for this house,
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you know it has the marsh grass,
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and look what that one over the sink is.
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It's marsh grass and stars. So.
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- [Eddie] Perfect blend.
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- Yeah, a perfect blend that I didn't realize was happening.
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Now, our pantries, they're still a work in progress,
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along with the rest of the house.
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So, as we get each room ready,
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we will take y'all on a quick little tour.
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And of course I couldn't part
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with this old piece right here.
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It's from the 1400's, I was told.
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I bought this from a man up at Scott's Antique Market
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years and years and years ago.
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But all these are interchangeable.
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You can take them off depending
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on how much height you use.
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It's not a nail in it, not one nail anywhere.
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And I just think it's beautiful.
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And from what I understand, it was where,
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back in the 1400's, people would put their bread to rise,
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or their cheese to ripen.
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So, it's very handy and it makes it so easy for me
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to just come out here.
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I don't have to bend over and look in cabinets.
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And I just found these beautiful things
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from another one of my favorite shops here in town.
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And that's Clutter.
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My friend, Lincoln has some of the neatest things.
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She has a store full of things that people are ready
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to get rid of and get something new or they're moving.
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Or regardless, they want to get rid of it.
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Well, I found these two the other day,
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and I could not believe it.
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I mean, they look just like this.
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We didn't have to paint them, do anything.
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All we had to do was hang 'em.
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And we were able to use one of the shelves from our rack,
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our dish rack, to display some of our chickens.
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(Eddie laughs)
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Some of our chickens, I just love those chickens.
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So that's about it. I'd love to show y'all the porch.
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So, let me take a little break and then I'll come back,
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and show you the back porch.
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How's that?
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- [Eddie] So, it's all right here.
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- (laughs) Yeah.
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- [Eddie] A lot of people comment about your kitchen
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and they want to know where all your copper.
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- Yeah. 'Cause I had a lot of copper.
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- [Eddie] You had a lot of copper.
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- Well, guess what y'all. I still got a lot of copper.
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Look what Eddie and little Mike has done.
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They have hung my copper from when I had owned a pot rack
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at Riverbend.
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They hung this on that strong brick wall,
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and it won't come down.
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So, when this is clean, y'all, it's so beautiful,
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and it'll shine like a new penny.
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But Eddie and I have had a few other things
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to do besides shining copper.
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So, we promise one day, we're gonna get to ya. (laughs)
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And over here in this side is my cast iron.
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Cast iron is so heavy, so heavy.
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And if you have to lean over and get it out of a cabinet,
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if you can stand back up straight
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after you reach a certain age, you're doing good.
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So, this is so handy.
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I can just come over here and get whichever one I want.
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So, these two guys that are here with me,
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they're just geniuses. They're so good.
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So, okay. I'll give you a quick look on the porch.
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It is still a work in progress.
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And, ooh something smells so good.
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- [Eddie] That candle right there.
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- Oh, it smells yummy over here.
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So, if y'all will remember this house,
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this room ended right here.
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And from here back, that was part of the porch.
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So, we had them take that wall, push it all the way back.
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And so we have a lot smaller porch now than we used to,
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but it's a gracious plenty. It's a gracious plenty.
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So, I don't have a whole bunch of flowers out here
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'cause kinda not that time of year.
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But these beautiful Ivy trees
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I got from Anne's Garden Shop.
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And these, I found at Anne's Garden Shop.
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And you know what?
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Eddie and I have talked about 'em and talked about 'em
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and talked about 'em. And you know what?
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I think that we have finally figured out the use of these.
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You know back long time ago, when someone passed away,
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they kept them at home, either in the bed,
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or in a coffin in the living room.
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And Eddie and I believe that these held flower arrangements
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that sit on either side of the coffin.
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Is our guess. If y'all know better, let us know.
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But that's our thoughts on it.
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And course, the little Wicker furniture,
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I've had it for years and years and years.
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And I got an extension cord for our little Christmas tree,
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Eddie. (Eddie laughs)
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And these are Paula Deen furniture.
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And they are just handy, handy, handy,
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but we no longer have,
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all of the Paula Deen furniture is now cloth. It's soft.
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So, that's it. I found this at Clutter.
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And where did I find this one, Eddie?
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- [Eddie] Clutter, as well. I mean, Tower Place.
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- Tower Place, yes.
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So, and this is the same swing
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that we hung up here 17 years ago.
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And I got me a Stag Horn Fern
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that I want to see if I can get it growing on a tree.
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Well, I hope y'all enjoyed the little tour,
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and I thank y'all for y'all's interest,
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and the love and the support that y'all have shown to me
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throughout this year and all the years before.
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And I certainly return that love to y'all,
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and I hope you have a very Merry Christmas,
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and a Happy New Year.
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And we just pray that 2022 will be a better year
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for our whole nation.
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I'll see y'all on the next room tour. (laughs)
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