Blog loving and a few great before and after's

So today was the big day that Google Reader quit working. Honestly, I didn't even understand what Google Reader did until I started reading other blogger's remarks about the changes. I noticed that quite a few of you switched to Bloglovin' so that is what I did too. Embarrassingly, I wasn't sure why I switched until Sue asked the question, "How do you keep up/subscribe to blogs?" "Ah," I thought, "So that is what it is for!"

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I took the whole follower thing off my blog a while ago because I didn't really understand the point of that either. Until today when I got a lovely email from Bloglovin' showing me all the new posts from all the blogs that I FOLLOW.  Ha! Now I get it. I see why it was so upsetting to have this change made. I have always "followed" the blogs I wanted to read daily by putting them on my blog roll on the side of my blog. I had no idea there was an easier way.

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At any rate, the emailed posts I received today were fun to see and although most of the blogs I follow have made it to my sidebar - not all of them had. I read a new post from Maria Killam - a color expert and consultant that I used to read religiously when I first started blogging. In fact, her blog may have been the first blog I ever read. She had some amazing paint before and after photos of a client that she helped and since we all love a good before and after, I thought I would share a few of them. Ready?

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After 

The island was changed too but what a difference the painting made!

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After

I did not even notice the white marble before! And did you notice the light fixture changes?

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After

What did you think? Nice, right?
You can see Maria's entire post and more fantastic before and after photos here. All before and after images are Maria's.