tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72104516203520534402024-03-13T12:13:46.639+11:00A Birds Eye ViewApril @ Composed by Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17403585622248576430noreply@blogger.comBlogger904125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210451620352053440.post-64445161362915679182013-04-26T10:00:00.000+10:002013-04-26T09:13:21.919+10:00I Moved<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Changes needed to be made around here. I had been toying with using wordpress for a little while, it had more features I was starting to look for. Like having more than 1GB storage allowance.<br />
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So rather than than stick with Blogger, I jumped ship to Wordpress, and decided to change my direction on name for the site.<br />
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Over at <a href="http://www.composedbyapril.com/">Composed by April</a> you can keep up with me on the blog, Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest.<br />
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Please come with me. You could win a prize in the coming weeks if you do.<br />
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Head on over to <a href="http://www.composedbyapril.com/">Composed by April</a> - it involves a giveaway of my favourite things<br />
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I am looking forward to the day Eliza gets a toy kitchen, mainly I can get her the following items - I have been loving them for more years than I care to disclose.</div>
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<a href="http://www.sendatoy.com.au/store/pc/-Honeybake-Wooden-Mixer-Set-165p2155.htm">Honeybake Wooden Mixer Set</a>, <a href="http://www.sendatoy.com.au/store/pc/-Wooden-Toy-Toaster-71p1138.htm">Wooden Toaster</a>, <a href="http://www.sendatoy.com.au/store/pc/Honeybee-Wooden-Weighing-Scales-3p2114.htm">Kitchen Scales</a><br />
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Currently I am loving the Janrod <a href="http://www.sendatoy.com.au/store/pc/Janod-French-Grocery-133p1545.htm">French Grocery</a> and <a href="http://www.sendatoy.com.au/store/pc/Janod-French-Patisserie-Bakery-71p1544.htm">French Patisserie</a>.<br />
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<br />How cool is this idea? I have no idea where it is from, I found it on my work computer (so it was from before I went on Maternity Leave). I'd want one for dirty washing, and one for clean washing for each person - least I wouldn't have to look at it on the couch all the time!<br />
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For years I have been cursing having a shower over a bath, it was such a pain to clean, get in and out of post surgery, and was just a thorn in my backside. It has been a good 9 years since I have had a non shower-bath combo!<br />
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But, now that I have a freestanding shower, I am at a loss of how people shave their legs without<br />
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Does anyone have answers for me?<br />
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Our house is like most modern houses, and has tiles. Which is a problem when you don't like tiles.<br />
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This might take some convincing.<br />
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<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/309/37C1AE113E3C1821CFBDB3200AAD930D.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a>April @ Composed by Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17403585622248576430noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210451620352053440.post-59920389931461736842012-07-11T08:00:00.000+10:002012-07-11T08:00:02.475+10:00Possibly the stupidest design feature everWhoever designed our kitchen hated cooking.<br />
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Our kitchen has two drawers. One cutlery type drawer and one big pot drawer that is useless, as if you filled it, it would be too heavy to open.<br />
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My cutlery drawer looks like this and it is killing me.<br />
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Actually, that is a lie. That is the tidy version.<br />
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I really need to be home one day for a cabinet maker to come and fix the issue.<br />
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It seems that the husband had a case of the guilts after forgetting our anniversary (the convo went like this: "Happy anniversary B". "Don't scare me like that April......(a brief pause)......oh."), and realised that the best way to rectify this situation was to go all out.<br />
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Wise move husband. Wise move.<br />
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but I do love all the cuddles I get when she is sick!<br />
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Before buying a house, we made it well known that it must have broadband. It wasn't a negotiable thing. We even declined looking at some very nice looking houses because they didn't have broadband.<br />
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So before we brought this house we looked into broadband, and according to everything we saw, it had become available recently. Yay to Telstra.<br />
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So we dutifully ordered broadband through our chosen provider, for connection on the day of settlement. After a week of being in our house they said they couldn't provide a service, but that wasn't to say another company also couldn't.<br />
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So company number two was chosen. Same deal. Seriously starting to think about selling our house.<br />
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A letter from company number 1 arrives, stating that they couldn't connect broadband to the following number. A number that was my mobile number. Well duh, even I know that is not possible. No wonder you couldn't do it. Hope is not lost. Only it is, because after 2 separate phone calls, 9 departments, and one rather rude woman, they can't work out why they can't provide me with broadband. I possibly got lucky here, as I don't know if I want to be in a contract with that much chaos.<br />
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They did suggest the NBN. Which would be good if a) it was working b) some idiots weren't opposed to it in our area. Moderately high speed internet people, what is your issue with that? Oh it will ruin the view of a lake that you need binoculars to see? Boo freaking hoo. (I am slightly bitter by now, just in case you couldn't work that out).<br />
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So I contacted company number three. Within five minutes of completing an online order I have a response back from them telling me there is an issue. Oh fudge. On the positive side, they have an action plan. Something that is easily done, and can be done by and telco. Something that the previous two companies neglected to inform me of.<br />
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Negative side - it can take 8 weeks. We're stuck with the stupid Next G dongle for that time, with its super powers of eating data. Yay! So please forgive the lack of posts, besides time being short in my world, internet access is shor<br />
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1 week down. Possible 7 to go.<br />
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For Eliza's birthday invites I knew I wanted to do a cake smash. I had a whole board on Pinterest dedicated to them.</div>
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I was thrilled with the end results, and received many lovely comments about the invites.<br />
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And because I am incredibly lazy, far to lazy to edit them, I am going to show you the photos from the Real Estate agent. It is quite tricky to photograph most of our house without a fish eye lens!<br />
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There is also a spare room and an office (4th bedroom) that are pretty much the same as Eliza's room.<br />
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So thats our new house. There are things we want to alter, and replace, but that will come in time.<br />
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<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/309/37C1AE113E3C1821CFBDB3200AAD930D.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a>April @ Composed by Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17403585622248576430noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210451620352053440.post-11056065773893694262012-06-19T08:30:00.000+10:002012-06-19T08:30:00.521+10:00What is in a name?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">(Eliza Rose, found from </span><a href="http://www.bloomsbythebox.com/pub/orderflowers.cfm?categoryid=175&productid=1593"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last night I learned that our family has welcomed a new little boy into the world, by the way of my husbands cousin. A new life is a prescious thing, and with a new life comes a name.</span><br />
<br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The name that his parents chose for their special gift just happens to be the name we had chosen for a son, if we were ever blessed with one. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And whilst I am happy for the husbands cousin (who I don't know very well, I think I have met her less than fice times in eight years), I am sad for the fact that we won't be able to ever use that name.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The name is a family name to me, and is the name of my great grandfather, a man who I idolised growing up. My Pa and I had a special bond, quite possibly because I was the only great grandchild he had. I have fond memories of him telling me the story of </span><a href="http://nishi.slv.vic.gov.au/latrobejournal/issue/latrobe-63/t1-g-t7.html"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jane Duff</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, a story which holds special meaning to him, as he lived close by.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But this got me thinking about Shakespeare, and how we put so much meaning into a word by which we call ourselves. Why do we put so much emphasis on a word, that is shared with quite possibly millions of other people in the world. Take my name, April. Whilst it is reasonably uncommon, it is not unique. The reasoning I was named April quite possibily is, however the word is not. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The logical side of my brain is yelling at me to move on, yet I still feel sad. The husband doesn't see the great deal and is still happy to use the name, as we rarely see them. But to me it's just not the same.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For those wondering, I was named April after my Great Gran and my Grandma being born in April, and my mother meant to be born in April. When I came along in July I had to follow the trend of the previous 3 generations, and was given the name to carry on.</span>April @ Composed by Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17403585622248576430noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210451620352053440.post-68342936483173742422012-06-08T08:00:00.000+10:002012-06-08T08:00:06.227+10:00It's mine. All mine.<br />
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So with the first birthday being a write off, it was lucky her party was planned for the very next day.<br />
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I scoured pintrest for many many months, collecting ideas on what I wanted in a birthday party. In the end I decided I wanted finger food, a pink and orange theme, and a bunny cake.<br />
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Must have a <a href="http://www.aprilcandice.com/2012/06/birthday-cakes.html">bunny cake</a>.<br />
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Eliza woke up in a good mood (as in not screaming, its always a good mood if she isn't screaming), and we were able to open some presents.<br />
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It is very lucky for me (who doesn't do pretty baking) that my sister in law is a magician when it comes to decorating cakes, and offered to whip something up for me. I can not describe how thrilled I was when she walked in with this creation! The woman is a magician I tell you!<br />
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The girl was spoilt rotten, she is very lucky to have some wonderful friends and family who love her almost as much as her mummy and daddy.<br />
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Nothing ever goes to plan in our world. Eliza's birthday was not an exception to this.<br />
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The poor dear was sent home from daycare the day before her birthday, as she had a mid-level fever and was miserable. By the time I got to her she was into the high end of fever, and whimpering. A quick dose of panadol gave some relief, but not enough to warrant going to daycare the next day.<br />
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The daycare I send her to is a lovely place, a place where the staff are lovely, caring and go out of their way to make each child feel special. When it's a child's birthday they have a party in the room, and give a card and have cake, however Eliza had to postpone her party due to staying home with Daddy.<br />
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I had arranged to work half a day on Friday, with the plan of getting the grocery shopping done, dealing with the bank for settlement, and spending some quality family time with Eliza.<br />
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Instead I quickly did the grocery shopping, picked up the husband and Eliza, flew to the bank to sign contracts (a whole other saga) and we spent our quality time sitting in the doctors surgery with a miserable child. Diagnosis: fever, ear infection, throat infection and quite possibly a school sore on her mouth.<br />
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Not the plan we had for her birthday.<br />
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By the time we left the surgery and got home it was dinner time, where we endured the nightly battle of eating, and the girl was in bed by 6.30pm. She didn't even get to open her presents from us :(<br />
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First birthdays are meant to be memorable. Eliza's will be memorable for all the wrong reasons.<br />
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<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/309/37C1AE113E3C1821CFBDB3200AAD930D.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a>April @ Composed by Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17403585622248576430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210451620352053440.post-37766052930024043062012-06-01T08:00:00.000+10:002012-06-01T08:00:04.589+10:00Birthday CakesAs a testiment to how busy I am these days, I haven't been able to sit down and write about planning Eliza's birthday party, something I have been planning for months (and pre-planning for years!).<br />
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So, as I have a few spare minutes, I am going to share with you some of my favourite cakes, courtesy of the Pinterest.<br />
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Source: <a href="http://hello-naomi.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2011-08-15T21%3A26%3A00%2B10%3A00&max-results=20" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;">hello-naomi.blogspot.com</a> via <a href="http://pinterest.com/littlerobinred/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">April</a> on <a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color: #76838b; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></div>
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Source: <a href="http://www.google.com/imgres?q=cake+decorating+ideas&hl=en&sa=X&biw=1360&bih=622&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=K-siYRAt1i_OiM:&imgrefurl=http://www.freshcakedecoration.com/fondant-cake-decorating/fondant-cake-decorating-ideas&docid=aOYhpnWDiVm0mM&imgurl=http://www.freshcakedecoration.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Fondant-Cake-Decorating-Ideas.jpg&w=383&h=400&ei=_NeJT4a8A-be2QW204W9CQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=441&vpy=279&dur=80&hovh=229&hovw=220&tx=104&ty=133&sig=107351655392066911991&page=2&tbnh=138&tbnw=152&start=26&ndsp=28&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:26,i:199" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;">google.com</a> via <a href="http://pinterest.com/littlerobinred/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">April</a> on <a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color: #76838b; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></div>
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Source: <a href="http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=fondant+cat&view=detail&id=AD0BCAB1DDF84E9F0C898C1CB80824B89F7ADE7F&first=0&qpvt=fondant+cat&FORM=IDFRIR" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;">bing.com</a> via <a href="http://pinterest.com/littlerobinred/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">April</a> on <a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color: #76838b; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></div>
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Source: <a href="http://hello-naomi.blogspot.com/search/label/cake" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;">hello-naomi.blogspot.com</a> via <a href="http://pinterest.com/littlerobinred/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">April</a> on <a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color: #76838b; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></div>
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Source: <a href="http://karaspartyideas.blogspot.com/2010/03/bumble-bee-party.html" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;">karaspartyideas.blogspot.com</a> via <a href="http://pinterest.com/littlerobinred/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">April</a> on <a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color: #76838b; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></div>
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As for what we have ended up with? Well you will just have to wait and see...<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/309/37C1AE113E3C1821CFBDB3200AAD930D.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a>April @ Composed by Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17403585622248576430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210451620352053440.post-39366419930426955072012-05-31T08:00:00.000+10:002012-05-31T08:00:07.085+10:00Eliza Wears<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Working full time is not without its challenges to a regular person, throw an almost one year old into the mix and it becomes a little more tricky.I am incredibly lucky that the staff at Eliza's daycare centre are amazing, and are more than willing to fill in the blanks when I can't do something.<br />
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Our days look like this<br />
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6am - I get up and get ready for work. I generally pack Elizas bag the night before, but still need to get her bottle from the fridge in the morning, make sure she has a bunny etc.<br />
6.30am - I wake Eliza and get her dressed for daycare.<br />
6.50am - Eliza and I get in the car and drive the 15 minutes to daycare. We drink our morning bottle in the car on the way (hers = milk, mine = coffee)<br />
7.05am - Arrive at daycare, talk with her carers for the day, check on how she is going developmentally etc, if there is anything to be changed etc.<br />
7.20am - Kiss the girl goodbye. In 6 weeks she has cried once when I left. Every other time she hasn't given two hoots that I am leaving her. Makes me feel loved.<br />
8am to 4.30pm - I pack as much into my work day as humanly possible. I rarely take my lunch break, knowing that the time is better spent doing other things.<br />
5.10pm - I arrive at daycare and collect her belongings, chat with the night staff, collect any memos and finally claim my nightly cuddle and kiss.<br />
5.30 - Eliza and I get home, where we play in the ktichen, whilst I try to prepare something edible for dinner. Whilst that is cooking we play games together, practice walking and other developmental things.<br />
6-6.30pm - Dinner.<br />
6.45pm - Bath.<br />
7.00 - 7.30pm - quiet play time in the lounge. Eliza isn't one to sit still and listen to a story, so we play with her trucks, make up stories and generally just hang out together.<br />
7.30pm - Bottle, night nappy, hugs and kisses and into bed.<br />
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Then the real fun begins, I start the washing, preapre things for the next day, try to get some housework done, catch up with friends online and update the blog.<br />
<br />Some days our systems work. Somedays they don't. But tomorrow is always another day to try to make things right. Where our system comes unstuck is when I need to have extra things done, like buy birthday presents, organise family events etc. Thank goodness for technology!<br />
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<small><a href="http://www.houzz.com/photos/traditional/laundry-room" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;">traditional laundry room design</a> by <a href="http://www.houzz.com/professionals/design-build/orange-county" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;">orange county design-build</a> <a href="http://www.houzz.com/professional/23150/spinnaker-development" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;">Spinnaker Development</a></small></div>
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<small><a href="http://www.houzz.com/photos/traditional/laundry-room" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;">traditional laundry room design</a> by <a href="http://www.houzz.com/professionals/design-build/orange-county" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;">orange county design-build</a> <a href="http://www.houzz.com/professional/23150/spinnaker-development" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;">Spinnaker Development</a></small></div>
Love the under-bench lights.
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<small><a href="http://www.houzz.com/photos/traditional/laundry-room" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;">traditional laundry room design</a> by <a href="http://www.houzz.com/professionals/interior-designer/toronto" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;">toronto interior designer</a> <a href="http://www.houzz.com/professional/13425/avalon-interiors" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;">Avalon Interiors</a></small></div>
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Love the hanging rack, would be incredibly handy.
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