Kitchen and Living Room Combined Designs: Guest Room

Showing posts with label Guest Room. Show all posts

Trompe L'oeil Bamboo Chest

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ZsfIfPWsc4zX1qCDyXqhF8YwkDAylwpzFrtew_7nTvVcybL1-70CdnmjOiUywtjNjbxnhlN6XGSOUuSyf_uZWRWUyzNQfS8wkbe5lEBQ2UfI8Z2wBt98Iw8WTPcR9AtfcjKbc3QagNE/s1600/P1040430.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ZsfIfPWsc4zX1qCDyXqhF8YwkDAylwpzFrtew_7nTvVcybL1-70CdnmjOiUywtjNjbxnhlN6XGSOUuSyf_uZWRWUyzNQfS8wkbe5lEBQ2UfI8Z2wBt98Iw8WTPcR9AtfcjKbc3QagNE/s640/P1040430.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was love at first sight but it's taken several weeks to get everything cleaned out</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">for the yard sale and this new gem moved in to place.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee; text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmJBFPsmkX-WDTT5tF0LmuFcGFAy_-EvpJKcXax5dIzIMbIUpJtsZYXeGasIvPcQ-6bAPY05dFGVIgN0cKgMrIdQOyYts776xHpV-5p9hKzWYBWpUoSiUT_Nteo0sxfV4k5FITy7DzW0I/s1600/P1040410.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmJBFPsmkX-WDTT5tF0LmuFcGFAy_-EvpJKcXax5dIzIMbIUpJtsZYXeGasIvPcQ-6bAPY05dFGVIgN0cKgMrIdQOyYts776xHpV-5p9hKzWYBWpUoSiUT_Nteo0sxfV4k5FITy7DzW0I/s1600/P1040410.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmJBFPsmkX-WDTT5tF0LmuFcGFAy_-EvpJKcXax5dIzIMbIUpJtsZYXeGasIvPcQ-6bAPY05dFGVIgN0cKgMrIdQOyYts776xHpV-5p9hKzWYBWpUoSiUT_Nteo0sxfV4k5FITy7DzW0I/s640/P1040410.jpg" width="464" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love September.  Gone are the air conditioners and fans in the windows.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">September provides cool nights and fresh, dry afternoon breezes that let us</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">open the windows to get a little wind in our sails.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's the perfect time to clean out, freshen up and make a few changes</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">around the house before we're stuck inside for a long, cold winter.</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAQMAZzM2yyAUql7rhsBCsMW-AV_q0icm81wrIOtJCOTXzDBaBuolRRnuIzWtZ3sYGmqbDDDh7HMvQe73e0PJnZNH1fdmov9ul1upwhH7eZndE68_3WFbkG65_PvioqepUURMQ1MX3doY/s1600/P1040393.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAQMAZzM2yyAUql7rhsBCsMW-AV_q0icm81wrIOtJCOTXzDBaBuolRRnuIzWtZ3sYGmqbDDDh7HMvQe73e0PJnZNH1fdmov9ul1upwhH7eZndE68_3WFbkG65_PvioqepUURMQ1MX3doY/s640/P1040393.jpg" width="401" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This circa 1880s English chest from <a href="http://www.darbyroad.com/">Darby Road</a> has found a new home</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">in the guest bedroom which is where I've kicked off my shoes</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">each night since I started work on the master bedroom.  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This narrower chest allows me to fully open the door</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">which makes the room feel much larger.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsUvrkt2f_lkmzWiYp_8p43eAOoEbSBcAwIgMt1xG3emDdHe7B-BY4V5jVXxULCPLFew9CuWSI4V2gGryxc3QxoplQ4uqUTZaOgXGmNPV3a8zKiCa1lo2NKZU7Xw3j3iHIBReEcIVwHzk/s1600/P1040386.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsUvrkt2f_lkmzWiYp_8p43eAOoEbSBcAwIgMt1xG3emDdHe7B-BY4V5jVXxULCPLFew9CuWSI4V2gGryxc3QxoplQ4uqUTZaOgXGmNPV3a8zKiCa1lo2NKZU7Xw3j3iHIBReEcIVwHzk/s640/P1040386.jpg" width="466" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Transforming a simple chest with a painted bamboo design like this would be</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a great DIY project so I thought I'd show some of the details close up</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">so you can copy them.  Should we have a contest?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-JkO1WCzHbHsSXA5YxfStmKIEta90U4zbOWtsz-WblJmqIl84i_Dcm6lkeGIpMODOfYunHSFPkifQ1XHZbhORQJ4C2vmJHxJHkYxCsi90xCvQiwp2JCSd4ydWIee_TBhyphenhyphenst-I4VdH8HM/s1600/P1040396.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-JkO1WCzHbHsSXA5YxfStmKIEta90U4zbOWtsz-WblJmqIl84i_Dcm6lkeGIpMODOfYunHSFPkifQ1XHZbhORQJ4C2vmJHxJHkYxCsi90xCvQiwp2JCSd4ydWIee_TBhyphenhyphenst-I4VdH8HM/s640/P1040396.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The design uses three shades of gray and black.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Painting the straight lines would be a biggest challenge.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM2tEYYOQbq1XTNdL-cwyhWtTCFVqCr3yoEjvS8PFjW0ySBVbLU8kBEDVAw7-kTLhzYI93cg6AM7H3YVU2TXve6uBeoiSRd3j2siyQADB3V7vGjwQa_Ay20j2OYgTl8_JTu1CG_Jxl1nc/s1600/P1040435.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM2tEYYOQbq1XTNdL-cwyhWtTCFVqCr3yoEjvS8PFjW0ySBVbLU8kBEDVAw7-kTLhzYI93cg6AM7H3YVU2TXve6uBeoiSRd3j2siyQADB3V7vGjwQa_Ay20j2OYgTl8_JTu1CG_Jxl1nc/s400/P1040435.jpg" width="375" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've chosen a few sea-inspired items to go on the chest.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The antique Chinese bowl is the perfect place for a watch and few coins to</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">keep them from the paws of bad kitties entertained by pushing things</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">over the edge in the middle of the night.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Fy6SNTHHy-h71LvNge_M1A7cXxOtAbBSK1fUHtfdCr7to8_AXzDQCnZ_w7r8kfWBfzyDePI62NENoF-CncW_eMDUybaDEjckF5j0uMGhL7CviP32slLwIP2CxgfYYhiXmS5Lzj5M71k/s1600/P1040391.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Fy6SNTHHy-h71LvNge_M1A7cXxOtAbBSK1fUHtfdCr7to8_AXzDQCnZ_w7r8kfWBfzyDePI62NENoF-CncW_eMDUybaDEjckF5j0uMGhL7CviP32slLwIP2CxgfYYhiXmS5Lzj5M71k/s640/P1040391.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A pulls are wooden and painted with the same treatment.  Their surface</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">is "polished" by years of use almost making them look porcelain.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOzkF-UcNbc1RlOXYucAIx-3U5pj-QmG5ERMgBKNcLs_D2h_Vz2PiiVwfoOTpWTgStTU8cHEW4R4ZF6zoTNu8JYV4bmNDvYAlup3cx6bS3YfzRU-aIfJNJCoaIHu_ByFm7M7w10Q85QNY/s1600/P1040384.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOzkF-UcNbc1RlOXYucAIx-3U5pj-QmG5ERMgBKNcLs_D2h_Vz2PiiVwfoOTpWTgStTU8cHEW4R4ZF6zoTNu8JYV4bmNDvYAlup3cx6bS3YfzRU-aIfJNJCoaIHu_ByFm7M7w10Q85QNY/s640/P1040384.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Detail of the ogee edge and the simple gray line on the side.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvsQ5w4ALWwQ2WpDOgL7ePgYajwFi1YyXXSSes3XXrINVqAFdnNkmF8yMz5j2SDqBPdKq5BvZmUK989UtwUz_NCuyEOSSvDCPYYRaK207nyirLgoDLTe8IymCAkQzNDCzHGL7AS-4mxkY/s1600/P1040412.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvsQ5w4ALWwQ2WpDOgL7ePgYajwFi1YyXXSSes3XXrINVqAFdnNkmF8yMz5j2SDqBPdKq5BvZmUK989UtwUz_NCuyEOSSvDCPYYRaK207nyirLgoDLTe8IymCAkQzNDCzHGL7AS-4mxkY/s640/P1040412.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Let me know if you undertake this faux bamboo technique.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love to see and share it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>

Trompe L'oeil Bamboo Chest

It was love at first sight but it's taken several weeks to get everything cleaned out for the yard sale and this new gem moved in to pla...

3:19 PM

Guest Room (So Far)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLj-zvNIe41KP1X7x9EVJyoRwGwjopa7gqpb9Q7D-IP9RftbNHMuP55Q1DM-VjRqwn0txXLTsX8Tn1I7nuXkAh401d9YhlzgnNWfuGOgU-b-DdYhqAgFJNeDu_u2IqvXFNkntv-xOU3tw/s1600/IMG_6206.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLj-zvNIe41KP1X7x9EVJyoRwGwjopa7gqpb9Q7D-IP9RftbNHMuP55Q1DM-VjRqwn0txXLTsX8Tn1I7nuXkAh401d9YhlzgnNWfuGOgU-b-DdYhqAgFJNeDu_u2IqvXFNkntv-xOU3tw/s400/IMG_6206.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mom arrives this week.  It took me longer than I expected to make it through the guest bedroom redo.  It took me about a day each to tape up, prime, paint, and clean up the windows and then hang the new window treatments.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I didn't start with a clear plan for what I wanted to do but the room was inspired two things.  First, the bright yellow toile bedding I bought several years ago because I thought it was really unusual...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFeOYObgI8vXxjRAY8wRikFfswqZHlh_sHK2Zmt3WFGbGFbg5RYHkvDDwt-d5bi11HQHlTIaiZyosp1KC3koUOABgIE1q1ujmhTax3Q3yXGG15kuFoPlB8tlL58LBwkdhkCiER5Wzx25U/s1600/IMG_6246_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFeOYObgI8vXxjRAY8wRikFfswqZHlh_sHK2Zmt3WFGbGFbg5RYHkvDDwt-d5bi11HQHlTIaiZyosp1KC3koUOABgIE1q1ujmhTax3Q3yXGG15kuFoPlB8tlL58LBwkdhkCiER5Wzx25U/s400/IMG_6246_2.jpg" width="293" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...and this large collage I've had for several years but never found a place for in this house.   Artwork is really personal and this large artwork may not appeal to a lot of people.  It's a very bright, bold piece and although the yellow toile was soft and pretty, I thought its color was bright enough to hold its own.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As you can see, I've moved the bed from the other room and placed it in front of the window.   It was interesting to read everyone's comments on this subject.  Some didn't mind it, some liked it and others thought it is a crime against humanity.  I thought it made sense for a few reasons.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSYUYMr76CZ8KeQJ6cuFshq0NaLHWNLEv_fXF2uIhaIwoq1ebZDnRW7a1BxYFlbkF7Y3XMrcICXos-yv_RoeNt6TiUiAsDVecOJwHqDgfOfFHFKG8IbRrQhcH9PePmPCBtnOx1QxnPHTc/s1600/IMG_6027.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSYUYMr76CZ8KeQJ6cuFshq0NaLHWNLEv_fXF2uIhaIwoq1ebZDnRW7a1BxYFlbkF7Y3XMrcICXos-yv_RoeNt6TiUiAsDVecOJwHqDgfOfFHFKG8IbRrQhcH9PePmPCBtnOx1QxnPHTc/s400/IMG_6027.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In its former position, the bed acted as a barrier to walking into the room.  Its height also blocked about a third of the window.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKiXRr70E-NVx5amPOCxS0ejAFjXMJXb76KuMwGiupizQx0U_qIQY-dM1lSd0n8kSi-2_PpOu0p-M1b2811VRXFopiuHcIobF-pL4TyWEahCuZR5OLIOaoPUL16-1j-EXCO-f3Ktef_bg/s1600/IMG_6276_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKiXRr70E-NVx5amPOCxS0ejAFjXMJXb76KuMwGiupizQx0U_qIQY-dM1lSd0n8kSi-2_PpOu0p-M1b2811VRXFopiuHcIobF-pL4TyWEahCuZR5OLIOaoPUL16-1j-EXCO-f3Ktef_bg/s640/IMG_6276_2.jpg" width="378" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">By bringing in the platform bed from the other room,  the low headboard covers only a bit more of the window, but the lower bed takes up much less volume in the room, and you're now able to walk right into the room rather than do-si-do around the bed.  (The old bed has a new owner and has gone to live its new family.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also find the symmetry of having the bed centered in the room, much more calming.  Everything is much more resolved for me.  Call me crazy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(For the Feng Shui people, I did my due diligence and I think I'm okay.  The bed isn't supposed to be in line with the door.  The bed faces the wall on which the door is placed, but it's not in line.  There always seems to be a remedy so if you have any concerns, feel free to comment.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2-qEan-QmTf-H1LYKaPKChf_tjZqfX1BXxb3IrjkBytHkaG8Uga7rqXh-__2F0Qz4MudP02NPRFjlC4HYGl49F9RmMoyi6iHgDhtzloVB7_WvH5QNKZZ6OvbQdcDIZUe5Jzhsl3oEnW0/s1600/IMG_6255_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2-qEan-QmTf-H1LYKaPKChf_tjZqfX1BXxb3IrjkBytHkaG8Uga7rqXh-__2F0Qz4MudP02NPRFjlC4HYGl49F9RmMoyi6iHgDhtzloVB7_WvH5QNKZZ6OvbQdcDIZUe5Jzhsl3oEnW0/s400/IMG_6255_2.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">I put one of the Louis chairs between the windows...</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkhJJfctk2kq8gotka5JU6_qXkmSR41RM33L1wcR_yExITg0KQeTk0X5IMaSZ79JPmDpev-ALAxA-CHItslrBoXXCA3XETZWQMjYAJje1SHjvV2Whf8ITxUp8OBnZ9gb0hPw2FGuXdPBg/s1600/IMG_6237.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkhJJfctk2kq8gotka5JU6_qXkmSR41RM33L1wcR_yExITg0KQeTk0X5IMaSZ79JPmDpev-ALAxA-CHItslrBoXXCA3XETZWQMjYAJje1SHjvV2Whf8ITxUp8OBnZ9gb0hPw2FGuXdPBg/s400/IMG_6237.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">...and hung a small painting above it.  This piece is by Henry Botkin and is a collage of painted papers from 1961.</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWd3OYCHLW5IHISSU3xf4SMk1InCseE5YDYsO8R0sseoSgZ6p1v5l9q7qUuwsGEaLWNgtPIM5_Cz33Il5_LnOzKpuGEBivRQDmv6lvNrHc3vbfTwVgY5OZZA4ePckiP2Ks2YXKUhJjnNw/s1600/IMG_6261.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWd3OYCHLW5IHISSU3xf4SMk1InCseE5YDYsO8R0sseoSgZ6p1v5l9q7qUuwsGEaLWNgtPIM5_Cz33Il5_LnOzKpuGEBivRQDmv6lvNrHc3vbfTwVgY5OZZA4ePckiP2Ks2YXKUhJjnNw/s400/IMG_6261.jpg" width="293" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Closeup of the Botkin painting.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz9B7s6aOcIEtTj7cg7NwGhqXbIWyPsl6qbHI6Vq-hYq3ynJV_2Gadv18htMmTbVr6ZBBisS_8q9wfdgyIIzhyphenhyphensEYMZy0GX4HA94-xZLyvjZejMGuUYRx061Uhim4SXh9riftB-Hd0jsU/s1600/IMG_6253_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz9B7s6aOcIEtTj7cg7NwGhqXbIWyPsl6qbHI6Vq-hYq3ynJV_2Gadv18htMmTbVr6ZBBisS_8q9wfdgyIIzhyphenhyphensEYMZy0GX4HA94-xZLyvjZejMGuUYRx061Uhim4SXh9riftB-Hd0jsU/s400/IMG_6253_2.jpg" width="271" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">On one side of the bed, I've placed this barley twist table.  This was a piece that in the middle bedroom.  I've haven't figured out the lamps.  I thought I might want a red lamp to help balance the color in the artwork.  I placed this wooded sculpture in front of an old amp just to see how some color light look on this side of the room.   The sculpture is by Provincetown artist Mike Wright.  It has a modernist feel but it's contemporary.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">The little footstool on the shelf below was my grandmother's.  It would be something familiar and for any one of family that might be visiting and help make them feel at home.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi86j1az9LUvxFOq9N3g6pZe4NJLZIhiTQpAE17kTwlnGduQDxH9oGgJ8CxLBDf7ojhHsaOXF2UgwAP5_YLXlhu98emLvulzwKpgvx7D5AWBLT__hliErSwXiH8iLJ6ijpEZI0DxeGpPdI/s1600/IMG_6280.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi86j1az9LUvxFOq9N3g6pZe4NJLZIhiTQpAE17kTwlnGduQDxH9oGgJ8CxLBDf7ojhHsaOXF2UgwAP5_YLXlhu98emLvulzwKpgvx7D5AWBLT__hliErSwXiH8iLJ6ijpEZI0DxeGpPdI/s400/IMG_6280.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">I later swapped out that lamp and hung the sculpture on the wall.  I'll find the perfect lamps sometime but this is fine for now.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6G89yiswCbBh70znpN8KCrkzsWKtZr4gtQmhj03PAuK5JvcfCn8oDUwwU0EzZipxCWPcz9ZkJXPKMU-p_yRVx4SzkkU_ohsPQLg6eVFYO3gjjs94rn-w_ccgd-IUyBDAU-VvRqgPZrrw/s1600/IMG_6216.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6G89yiswCbBh70znpN8KCrkzsWKtZr4gtQmhj03PAuK5JvcfCn8oDUwwU0EzZipxCWPcz9ZkJXPKMU-p_yRVx4SzkkU_ohsPQLg6eVFYO3gjjs94rn-w_ccgd-IUyBDAU-VvRqgPZrrw/s400/IMG_6216.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I found an old feed sack that works with the color scheme and I've placed that on the Louis chair.  I still can't figure out what I want to do with these chairs but I do like this circular graphic on the seat.  I know, it's a little bizarre.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBuPjXR57Uafe-pfG7ZgUVKYIDCQuXdTGWEHG_EJj4t6llco55xAH9QeQddNYZCPwV677m7DRIP9hiCRCP1DWK4TtNBkECZPkBMuuhyphenhyphenDyyV3Og3xrPrcfOqtEzzlcNhAgLVILqi30TvVw/s1600/IMG_6231.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBuPjXR57Uafe-pfG7ZgUVKYIDCQuXdTGWEHG_EJj4t6llco55xAH9QeQddNYZCPwV677m7DRIP9hiCRCP1DWK4TtNBkECZPkBMuuhyphenhyphenDyyV3Og3xrPrcfOqtEzzlcNhAgLVILqi30TvVw/s400/IMG_6231.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But kind of fun with the toile at the same time.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX4mocAlN-5sBiQs-GW2BSROfk9Gn91cbwowsowNfmv1Yn-7F6LKH4FwU1cdjqJZvuiigJocuYEDfZSq2mZfwIaq8Y_HnI8u8_xssA1rpHsaVv9l_zk0oHK-iZ2bqab8lOSK_mJhbxmXU/s1600/IMG_6244_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX4mocAlN-5sBiQs-GW2BSROfk9Gn91cbwowsowNfmv1Yn-7F6LKH4FwU1cdjqJZvuiigJocuYEDfZSq2mZfwIaq8Y_HnI8u8_xssA1rpHsaVv9l_zk0oHK-iZ2bqab8lOSK_mJhbxmXU/s400/IMG_6244_2.jpg" width="328" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On the dresser, I've put two large pineapple finials.  One of these was in the living room.  These are cast iron relics from the 1920s and used to top old street lights.   For now,  I've set this drawing, a grid of scribbled dots, by Maine artist/dealer/collector Corey Daniels. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6T0LmQfwBo4ktRTWiXfAT5Ol0seplaqVe2VBz9-uBdZNTv8-hwX5L59RTDejAQXr64XulGWq_9ns7FlH2ykrrmNLLXBCKZWQWXmRHMuybxFdqJATf-4LtucsWeODZhMFgTjnzJHk8cIw/s1600/IMG_6214.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6T0LmQfwBo4ktRTWiXfAT5Ol0seplaqVe2VBz9-uBdZNTv8-hwX5L59RTDejAQXr64XulGWq_9ns7FlH2ykrrmNLLXBCKZWQWXmRHMuybxFdqJATf-4LtucsWeODZhMFgTjnzJHk8cIw/s400/IMG_6214.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's a modern piece in an antique frame with beautifully wavy glass.  I love the piece itself but I think I would like something much larger for here.  I tried that big mirror horizontally but it's way too big.  It's another thing I'll know when I find it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkte2H0faD3OC5VwFaFi0xu4OQyZu1-v17e0gbzrnABNYax3tdQAXq_th8qetpSNndWVaFUXISV_2-lazx7vwJNlLyLftA_aS0bCtZPPWXLwBwxrGyqc73YpFxtz7BNJaNYHxM3K2xPw8/s1600/IMG_6220.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkte2H0faD3OC5VwFaFi0xu4OQyZu1-v17e0gbzrnABNYax3tdQAXq_th8qetpSNndWVaFUXISV_2-lazx7vwJNlLyLftA_aS0bCtZPPWXLwBwxrGyqc73YpFxtz7BNJaNYHxM3K2xPw8/s400/IMG_6220.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Other than the yellow toile bedskirt and shams, all the bedding is white.   The matelasse is a duvet cover but I've removed the down comforter and use it as a coverlet for summer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQTRLKysJupC0KTFpIv_pQR-_vH_paAHvR93dEJHYTNDsBsCXnQJij3I4OsydUgPDECyzsRRl0olHiNfnyS2b7kSyQtVxDiXCJUkCtZGg1zgMC2Rm4chsflr5ZBmwRAOmDAB3n5toZNcQ/s1600/IMG_6284.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQTRLKysJupC0KTFpIv_pQR-_vH_paAHvR93dEJHYTNDsBsCXnQJij3I4OsydUgPDECyzsRRl0olHiNfnyS2b7kSyQtVxDiXCJUkCtZGg1zgMC2Rm4chsflr5ZBmwRAOmDAB3n5toZNcQ/s400/IMG_6284.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The little "forgiven" pillow is from the etsy shop <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/enhabiten">enhabiten</a>.  It's filled with buckwheat hulls and lavender.  It thinks its message and scent promote calm and relaxation.  Liane from enhabiten is a New Hampshire artist who uses vintage fabrics and textiles to make simple, beautiful utilitarian goods such as pillows, bags, scarves, pincushions, etc.   She also has a <a href="http://enhabiten.blogspot.com/">blog</a>.  Check out her cross pillows and balsam pillows; they're really beautiful.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjpbSGORgWMackWsCmemjG1BwjD29mAp4Cv8R2rCr46syWbrJDceBeqHrPCHDLSdts017_WXgo5_IKlwBDmtOorxF7mVsWpsASSTadxyNmQn0TFZiLtnCITCBLy11pwtqqlJCB-I3VMXY/s1600/IMG_6240.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjpbSGORgWMackWsCmemjG1BwjD29mAp4Cv8R2rCr46syWbrJDceBeqHrPCHDLSdts017_WXgo5_IKlwBDmtOorxF7mVsWpsASSTadxyNmQn0TFZiLtnCITCBLy11pwtqqlJCB-I3VMXY/s400/IMG_6240.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On the other side of the bed, I've borrowed a pale yellow end table from the living room and a lamp.  I've matched the shades on both lamps with shades from Target.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvbPtbJrRe2LxoPZYPKiFan4Rbs3miNAaymFhGC5YUvwFGe9xZQ0aOieuL6ezzJvnI4gbhJ2r2JyjI0O1LFy4XYG8Mx8yCGJWg1Bez4PkFNopKE67VZBcE06PIO29ohCly9QeCRxsaFao/s1600/IMG_6208.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvbPtbJrRe2LxoPZYPKiFan4Rbs3miNAaymFhGC5YUvwFGe9xZQ0aOieuL6ezzJvnI4gbhJ2r2JyjI0O1LFy4XYG8Mx8yCGJWg1Bez4PkFNopKE67VZBcE06PIO29ohCly9QeCRxsaFao/s640/IMG_6208.jpg" width="412" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next to the lamp is a vintage Sputnik alarm clock, a magazine and some fresh flowers from the garden.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbhHIDJGs1KkQpMfxPHtmmiUr-rsc-JxtzgERnfLinyZ7UjRBRwqwZZPEKTcroWio0uX2au6vVJwji-0IkZfyV29kk2HXLwR4ut7q3NiFIggn7PB1q2oljh00KYptEhQhl1wTQK4HWGUo/s1600/IMG_6209.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbhHIDJGs1KkQpMfxPHtmmiUr-rsc-JxtzgERnfLinyZ7UjRBRwqwZZPEKTcroWio0uX2au6vVJwji-0IkZfyV29kk2HXLwR4ut7q3NiFIggn7PB1q2oljh00KYptEhQhl1wTQK4HWGUo/s640/IMG_6209.jpg" width="401" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This single huge peony from the garden, along with some white verbena and a few pinks, is enough to fill the whole room with the scent of peony.   I think this simple arrangement is the perfect welcome for mom.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'll be linking up to Jane's <a href="http://flwrjane-smallbutcharming.blogspot.com/">Small but Charming</a> Flowers in the House Party tomorrow.  Be sure to check it out.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm also linking to Nita's Mod Mix Monday.  You can see that <a href="http://modvintagelife.blogspot.com/2011/06/mod-mix-monday-3.html">here</a>.</div><br /></div>

Guest Room (So Far)

Mom arrives this week. It took me longer than I expected to make it through the guest bedroom redo. It took me about a day each to tape up...

6:23 PM

Your Room Now

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHFHysk-exaTvOyTlLOih7m0tkWET5iWr3D3x1U2VAMdObsCVHeHWsdoWw-JC3uAV1HIMmh-ex1KjvD9Kg-AL3LrST1kmOijJtn_aAOc0TEk6ssYDEtWZpx2VPm3GAEu47DkPQzmszIxI/s1600/IMG_6048.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHFHysk-exaTvOyTlLOih7m0tkWET5iWr3D3x1U2VAMdObsCVHeHWsdoWw-JC3uAV1HIMmh-ex1KjvD9Kg-AL3LrST1kmOijJtn_aAOc0TEk6ssYDEtWZpx2VPm3GAEu47DkPQzmszIxI/s400/IMG_6048.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So I took your advice and took out almost everything you didn't like. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmpEXcpJCNPrYj-2cRPBwp2TiA0z2bTXGl1hkkgbAJXOaNFUPOO8ayR0N2GuEzQinKL-Q0zUO9w-6p_tFAJ01amkHm1XaJ8Yy8kF4tCLOZ6WSccA7DVWrM5xdNImH_SrKNke22QXYa1qM/s1600/IMG_6050.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmpEXcpJCNPrYj-2cRPBwp2TiA0z2bTXGl1hkkgbAJXOaNFUPOO8ayR0N2GuEzQinKL-Q0zUO9w-6p_tFAJ01amkHm1XaJ8Yy8kF4tCLOZ6WSccA7DVWrM5xdNImH_SrKNke22QXYa1qM/s400/IMG_6050.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLQ_BmMpo4bVZUGCAh0rdb0VIBq7ChsvO-DbUsQmhi97pLIJ5SNlyBwh68elsD2zqIT_KPyj3sInfkQVH2n4CLo4NoHFhGg-yZDksYyyavfnSqAVTFJXAyb45WjuZ_R51aKxf9ZXmWuFw/s1600/IMG_6055.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLQ_BmMpo4bVZUGCAh0rdb0VIBq7ChsvO-DbUsQmhi97pLIJ5SNlyBwh68elsD2zqIT_KPyj3sInfkQVH2n4CLo4NoHFhGg-yZDksYyyavfnSqAVTFJXAyb45WjuZ_R51aKxf9ZXmWuFw/s400/IMG_6055.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQcQKKZd9zjaaT_7eu49JoZBBu5fZZ48T6a1A_QI9Od5WM9wE7xwSINUszrcG0ZKRpvFAtm0cnReOpIzIS3Yv1dXB1gmBqgPCs09IxHdRplHQZaUV66cfRJWqsspz34pI5Eu23Uclr3LA/s1600/IMG_6054.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQcQKKZd9zjaaT_7eu49JoZBBu5fZZ48T6a1A_QI9Od5WM9wE7xwSINUszrcG0ZKRpvFAtm0cnReOpIzIS3Yv1dXB1gmBqgPCs09IxHdRplHQZaUV66cfRJWqsspz34pI5Eu23Uclr3LA/s400/IMG_6054.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGSRg0YxfWif_ysoQTfY6dwdxnJidSOorsf8x_xAMc0BHVP7unj9PZL2e6iuioTA6Swq5e_EPf8HTuH_hi_dFTD7lT2tg7eGIuxj7T6wDFSAyJly4AYpE5peH91L2bkvUpgmzGjE1oL1o/s1600/IMG_6053.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGSRg0YxfWif_ysoQTfY6dwdxnJidSOorsf8x_xAMc0BHVP7unj9PZL2e6iuioTA6Swq5e_EPf8HTuH_hi_dFTD7lT2tg7eGIuxj7T6wDFSAyJly4AYpE5peH91L2bkvUpgmzGjE1oL1o/s400/IMG_6053.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyCN2-a_-purIP41Ot4Q66xnj4RgOIB88zcHzdZ0483-j85wPRxIBtx4BPAtxRUlGy3Plz8pN0AuwPdCVcQLZwWWPCjzXoiK-DKcVw9bHy2WTTQtF_LG60z1lyT7PXeqUWyV6-yDxXcg0/s1600/IMG_6051.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyCN2-a_-purIP41Ot4Q66xnj4RgOIB88zcHzdZ0483-j85wPRxIBtx4BPAtxRUlGy3Plz8pN0AuwPdCVcQLZwWWPCjzXoiK-DKcVw9bHy2WTTQtF_LG60z1lyT7PXeqUWyV6-yDxXcg0/s400/IMG_6051.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div>

Your Room Now

So I took your advice and took out almost everything you didn't like.

6:07 AM

Your Room

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAMtqxa-Hr9oyKFXkck9hNDYuZfZjb_NOhJnMfcSfWEVW6DAhyZYrP45ZzWCILojYQfxdfHeOJzsBqQN4JR9R_1XTEaPAni3MyL8MpILUa42L4_7R_bVjHOoT0Y1pRgxpipcwfcr4ijyc/s1600/IMG_6039.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAMtqxa-Hr9oyKFXkck9hNDYuZfZjb_NOhJnMfcSfWEVW6DAhyZYrP45ZzWCILojYQfxdfHeOJzsBqQN4JR9R_1XTEaPAni3MyL8MpILUa42L4_7R_bVjHOoT0Y1pRgxpipcwfcr4ijyc/s400/IMG_6039.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I"m talking tomorrow off to get the dining room painted and then I have to set my sights on your room.  You may remember this was one of the rooms I talked about in my <a href="http://anurbancottage.blogspot.com/2010/12/new-year-new-projects.html">New Year, New Projects</a> post.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBg4pfmwhOQ-rHWrDCPPgzgG8cgd742IFmohFMiAPS6O8dWe_We-4h6iAlDGqdkB5lpPNLdmBUsvVzweGFMxmndVJFQmzxnWfEXAwmcG2yjuwTC4DWlzJxAnhCgvYOtXD6OHLkiv0khUk/s1600/IMG_6018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBg4pfmwhOQ-rHWrDCPPgzgG8cgd742IFmohFMiAPS6O8dWe_We-4h6iAlDGqdkB5lpPNLdmBUsvVzweGFMxmndVJFQmzxnWfEXAwmcG2yjuwTC4DWlzJxAnhCgvYOtXD6OHLkiv0khUk/s400/IMG_6018.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You'll be happy to know that this room is the brightest room in the house.  It's also the cats favorite room as evidenced by the two craters in the comforter.  I hope you're not allergic.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcohfR9JGijaAfE-5Z29IREbAgpbW0U7Pp0Rh_0-KINRqWbc8RFLqyJl_lxMKvdXQ1NOq6U1OJ72pAspkGwL66xKrkOQiwqwr8uTWEZuLBGiVR6GC2Fg3cYqbhZ_QNocrg5MiQab7FvF4/s1600/IMG_6030.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcohfR9JGijaAfE-5Z29IREbAgpbW0U7Pp0Rh_0-KINRqWbc8RFLqyJl_lxMKvdXQ1NOq6U1OJ72pAspkGwL66xKrkOQiwqwr8uTWEZuLBGiVR6GC2Fg3cYqbhZ_QNocrg5MiQab7FvF4/s400/IMG_6030.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But there something that's always bothered me about this room.  There's no decent place to put the bed.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieYdQuGSZCDxP9N9S7Tcf4FrYl22bTF_Bs90q266Kh6UgyOKDgvePIfhgm7Q8QZH_oON-A3L5_Jy2-hn1t-0Bas8U_Rmi0FiBJHTEbCR9BDE6VHsfudbWkP7G__lHsoBetMTZApSNb_ao/s1600/IMG_6020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieYdQuGSZCDxP9N9S7Tcf4FrYl22bTF_Bs90q266Kh6UgyOKDgvePIfhgm7Q8QZH_oON-A3L5_Jy2-hn1t-0Bas8U_Rmi0FiBJHTEbCR9BDE6VHsfudbWkP7G__lHsoBetMTZApSNb_ao/s400/IMG_6020.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">To the right of the bed there's about 9 inches of wall space between the bed and closet door.  That leaves very little room for a bedside table.  Where will I leave a vase of welcoming flowers?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwpv4jLWM8UurtLWjJsYmwIv1TNouff0IZ3eSrsTnRU2d7Fbmitb8R-2PF_plhkIpFOOWE-UQHHZ5QK4EuhgqTByPT2bijTibhzD86bspW-ZXAHUdiVor-s5gboFwjEokLDFJ8zsf5avE/s1600/IMG_6023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwpv4jLWM8UurtLWjJsYmwIv1TNouff0IZ3eSrsTnRU2d7Fbmitb8R-2PF_plhkIpFOOWE-UQHHZ5QK4EuhgqTByPT2bijTibhzD86bspW-ZXAHUdiVor-s5gboFwjEokLDFJ8zsf5avE/s400/IMG_6023.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">To the left of the bed there just enough room to get through.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwQXWc4ZwFpDetefGncYcNknxoUH8WHClJHyaKKN-SRK8ZGaDaOGZiHKRk2OSBC966orcxEmEKuv_5tefqPiCuwOvVblebzSqZEWTwf9VdqwHcCnWSTyN0t6ZNKCp77R314vzr1-uU_bc/s1600/IMG_6027.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwQXWc4ZwFpDetefGncYcNknxoUH8WHClJHyaKKN-SRK8ZGaDaOGZiHKRk2OSBC966orcxEmEKuv_5tefqPiCuwOvVblebzSqZEWTwf9VdqwHcCnWSTyN0t6ZNKCp77R314vzr1-uU_bc/s400/IMG_6027.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This wall has a window right in the middle of it.  As you can see by the height of the bed, it would almost entirely cover the window.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW_uh7wdWpLSJYFNErHRtppl7AJyzt6I_fjO2pmQq4ir2VIqGyfHEhCohyphenhyphenK6_uSFbfQaYK1pB5y_QL1w0Ogcj5mbnDAcfVr6pf-rkJpTnJmgoP5eW_uzuqg5-EdidCiw-AHBT5pKvPl_o/s1600/IMG_6026.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW_uh7wdWpLSJYFNErHRtppl7AJyzt6I_fjO2pmQq4ir2VIqGyfHEhCohyphenhyphenK6_uSFbfQaYK1pB5y_QL1w0Ogcj5mbnDAcfVr6pf-rkJpTnJmgoP5eW_uzuqg5-EdidCiw-AHBT5pKvPl_o/s400/IMG_6026.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You can also see that I didn't make my goal of getting all the windows painted by the end of March.  The one-window-a-week plan lasted three weeks.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPJr_hXp4KdZfQ4ZzTH6W2Eon1SPJsO5j7fZNgNC9y9-rNiK9Snq2BFjx72Z7eqKO_y52sIdQ2J9TnSOPPBLWbq2mWqRCiMiTXodeMngvRSIeujQDIaWmvv2iCX_zCRDXQtThqU_jeE_4/s1600/IMG_6040.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPJr_hXp4KdZfQ4ZzTH6W2Eon1SPJsO5j7fZNgNC9y9-rNiK9Snq2BFjx72Z7eqKO_y52sIdQ2J9TnSOPPBLWbq2mWqRCiMiTXodeMngvRSIeujQDIaWmvv2iCX_zCRDXQtThqU_jeE_4/s400/IMG_6040.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This wall faces the street so I wouldn't want to have the bed blocking the windows here either.</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV8yjOxRx6_og73sRK6FC2YAKAtnurXD7QOHUFUC-t8_WK-KQ-z9f9bA9mXb7WzYFaDDCcPSvT_R6WVd2G_MC_Jpl-Ty5Qybhyphenhyphen2Mcb-jIqciG8qyB8pX0otZZ9joRTKvm_G4WP2IJyOVg/s1600/IMG_6036.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV8yjOxRx6_og73sRK6FC2YAKAtnurXD7QOHUFUC-t8_WK-KQ-z9f9bA9mXb7WzYFaDDCcPSvT_R6WVd2G_MC_Jpl-Ty5Qybhyphenhyphen2Mcb-jIqciG8qyB8pX0otZZ9joRTKvm_G4WP2IJyOVg/s400/IMG_6036.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And the other wall that has the door has just enough room for the dresser.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgXrxfoyPaufEw6RrApfgz5RNmna3bqooQqhSSx5HO98vklzkkwlEG7LbdX4_JHLVfVLweK_it141hx738upsUfBBQCC_mKa5Hc_7QTEMMyzv8Cnf_1GsRN8E1dng4kxDIa981XXtYpbw/s1600/IMG_6042.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgXrxfoyPaufEw6RrApfgz5RNmna3bqooQqhSSx5HO98vklzkkwlEG7LbdX4_JHLVfVLweK_it141hx738upsUfBBQCC_mKa5Hc_7QTEMMyzv8Cnf_1GsRN8E1dng4kxDIa981XXtYpbw/s400/IMG_6042.jpg" width="262" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The dresser was Mrs. Mastrullo's and it's not in the best shape.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMgbtHStSJAdCggJltzpI5YgIDmr_7IukrnlMjFSxmCaIA4a1xpsfZiGin6EogpeKDAe2qTSYAbzYwsbh8r5nd21br06ifNDuA14i7r8ZzFkZvfG7IGcI3pNO0U_Kc9iO3MIGbpsUnlx8/s1600/IMG_6044.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMgbtHStSJAdCggJltzpI5YgIDmr_7IukrnlMjFSxmCaIA4a1xpsfZiGin6EogpeKDAe2qTSYAbzYwsbh8r5nd21br06ifNDuA14i7r8ZzFkZvfG7IGcI3pNO0U_Kc9iO3MIGbpsUnlx8/s400/IMG_6044.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was thinking of painting it a medium to dark gray.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But what to do about the layout of the furniture?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7aR-o23t5S_m6uI8ussXRgv7UCKuXfVSRpQSjbCajFUuhprKDNDtYhowv3YMF-gEitawpNLNXOvWLNyjExDEA7oc3css7JkVb_NkCL0h0AK7sFeFTe427FngugUFko71iMOUwBnKZ7-c/s1600/IMG_0818.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7aR-o23t5S_m6uI8ussXRgv7UCKuXfVSRpQSjbCajFUuhprKDNDtYhowv3YMF-gEitawpNLNXOvWLNyjExDEA7oc3css7JkVb_NkCL0h0AK7sFeFTe427FngugUFko71iMOUwBnKZ7-c/s400/IMG_0818.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's a picture I borrowed from <a href="http://flwrjane-smallbutcharming.blogspot.com/2011/05/day-earth-stood-still.html">Small but Charming</a> and I have two questions.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1)  Would you mind having a bed in front of a window like this?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">2)  Is that someone's finger in lower left-hand corner of the picture?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT3FOHWwSLu8E5ILO5A-rKsvBXt5Ntvv87K_27hi7iH4vzBZON7B9Cyq_shpgFZGc7eQIUzTzyhfPFhgxBDaoFRssOnQBFXAgzFHgwRf9gG1qQEwCrCy0iaQXMgQg1IkfCPZbLJKDwWQE/s1600/IMG_6039.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT3FOHWwSLu8E5ILO5A-rKsvBXt5Ntvv87K_27hi7iH4vzBZON7B9Cyq_shpgFZGc7eQIUzTzyhfPFhgxBDaoFRssOnQBFXAgzFHgwRf9gG1qQEwCrCy0iaQXMgQg1IkfCPZbLJKDwWQE/s400/IMG_6039.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I got this bed from Ethan Allen and it was floor sample so I got a great deal.  But I bought it before I really knew what I was doing.  I never considered that these chunky posts on the headboard and footboard would take 8 inches out of the room.  In a small room, that could make all the difference in the world.  The bed is also really high and I never considered how much visual space a high bed would take out of the room.  Purchasing this bed was a mistake for my house.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The bed I have in the master bedroom is lower, has a low headboard and no footboard.  So I think I'm going to try switching the beds to see of the other one works better and allows me to put the bed in front of the window.  That leaves me about three feet on each side of the bed for lamps, flowers, gifts and chocolates that I will leave for you.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If it works, I might even let you take the Ethan Allen bed home with you.</div></div>

Your Room

I"m talking tomorrow off to get the dining room painted and then I have to set my sights on your room. You may remember this was one o...

5:34 PM

New Year, New Projects

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1exk7NfmOgfBEvPB21f-8gDjhbThygodxcvmjIHs-1SCwl4sGeqsuNFsyTVqWd1tS-k1BJN9PivMz2ITsC1TgkrfPqqryFDYA7DolIcuafFjpaaV5hcZ-YrcFPGSzJpg6GzLuQWHcfLA/s1600/Picture+2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1exk7NfmOgfBEvPB21f-8gDjhbThygodxcvmjIHs-1SCwl4sGeqsuNFsyTVqWd1tS-k1BJN9PivMz2ITsC1TgkrfPqqryFDYA7DolIcuafFjpaaV5hcZ-YrcFPGSzJpg6GzLuQWHcfLA/s400/Picture+2.png" width="278" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Finishing my first major renovation project this year feels like a great accomplishment.  I'm thrilled that it's done but, at the same time, I'm a little sad it's over.  There was quite an adrenaline rush (or various combinations of sickness and excitement) in seeing my house stripped back to its 168-year-old core...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhof4lK5vpVF8Io5xPQ3EHr6WGdegOC8ujnW7kySvGGwWdXyITAyx_y2CzU6IRtQGQn96aU1hjiT7fu9ylfT2Ft0rsClVlT5buIkAv0h15Tzavm6TZMkPgOAN_dDMnXqraQN6FBfOWybMk/s1600/IMG_3213.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhof4lK5vpVF8Io5xPQ3EHr6WGdegOC8ujnW7kySvGGwWdXyITAyx_y2CzU6IRtQGQn96aU1hjiT7fu9ylfT2Ft0rsClVlT5buIkAv0h15Tzavm6TZMkPgOAN_dDMnXqraQN6FBfOWybMk/s400/IMG_3213.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...and put back together. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I miss coming home to see progress being made.  I'm eager to see that progress continue on the inside but the renovation coffers are depleted for a little while.  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In the meantime, I have several projects I can work on.  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimPn2EkaK19FxqweH2H5d9ANHnqO545W9QZwpREv4DXbMa7rjRdgr68KpGnokfFQ1LVX99IId5ghUwFiWGaE63nxd960l_UlP_-ItWOjNM9ztakLR3DYWSCAUcjHuUODYY5jlv8eVhxeM/s1600/Picture+2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimPn2EkaK19FxqweH2H5d9ANHnqO545W9QZwpREv4DXbMa7rjRdgr68KpGnokfFQ1LVX99IId5ghUwFiWGaE63nxd960l_UlP_-ItWOjNM9ztakLR3DYWSCAUcjHuUODYY5jlv8eVhxeM/s400/Picture+2.png" width="222" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">First, I need to finalize the plan for the new kitchen and the two bathrooms.  I have a sick feeling that I'm going to have to get another variance for the windows changes I want to make for the new kitchen layout.  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5PWdL00DfmvH06snP8Z1-l4v-mTtiaLOhxSzY0NCsVrwfVDwVlcalKt3BWgjwKe4ODrjD046ZnsOQ0gYpfafajXuYGUWN3f7J66hxydCe6WoPu-XQlnB-eQuaZfbhPlSzdur3JCXAa2U/s1600/IMG_3983.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5PWdL00DfmvH06snP8Z1-l4v-mTtiaLOhxSzY0NCsVrwfVDwVlcalKt3BWgjwKe4ODrjD046ZnsOQ0gYpfafajXuYGUWN3f7J66hxydCe6WoPu-XQlnB-eQuaZfbhPlSzdur3JCXAa2U/s400/IMG_3983.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As I mentioned earlier, I want to redecorate the guest bedroom.  Future renovations will not involve this room at all so it's a good opportunity for me to work on establishing a new feel/mood for the inside that better fits the new exterior.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHoxT_rgjtJ7RXcdIpsHJatk6_eQwMX3ANzROefNeyrTfBnZsxc8iNit4CGRujJ_dxSxMqJELHnmm0NrU7bmhivT3YUyJACuWdELhwmyaAKF9PRc2XQ5pOtLNhXJd3rVgZVD_-Ln116H4/s1600/bagleymischka_elledecor5-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHoxT_rgjtJ7RXcdIpsHJatk6_eQwMX3ANzROefNeyrTfBnZsxc8iNit4CGRujJ_dxSxMqJELHnmm0NrU7bmhivT3YUyJACuWdELhwmyaAKF9PRc2XQ5pOtLNhXJd3rVgZVD_-Ln116H4/s400/bagleymischka_elledecor5-1.jpg" width="312" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm envisioning something that's a little Ralph Lauren...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip8VMVtMvAaXnwl2Mh7VnwkSiE3-94NVFTi9MRdxCr5_l17P2lpBFkYCbrHyNuc_gDk82fV5k81uInFBoxI__BDOHgB-VHKEB6uY46gv_E6cP9RxvufmEP3z0nfh9a6Fx8km0Hd-AERqk/s1600/8ba42e31b9a9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip8VMVtMvAaXnwl2Mh7VnwkSiE3-94NVFTi9MRdxCr5_l17P2lpBFkYCbrHyNuc_gDk82fV5k81uInFBoxI__BDOHgB-VHKEB6uY46gv_E6cP9RxvufmEP3z0nfh9a6Fx8km0Hd-AERqk/s400/8ba42e31b9a9.jpg" width="312" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...a little European country...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBty5Dv-ZgGIJ6HGGMsu-jwyIXyu8bThDCa7Ni9sLgF3ywa9n2v36uFxQnLU5fxS4s4KDbKqw5v8mboOc1LqeWlkD6Bo_HaRLN7JNX4hnAtMKWWzp5dZV4qvk-M7H8o9leYGLK6v7LqWQ/s1600/196850f2b03184ea_Picture-3.preview.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBty5Dv-ZgGIJ6HGGMsu-jwyIXyu8bThDCa7Ni9sLgF3ywa9n2v36uFxQnLU5fxS4s4KDbKqw5v8mboOc1LqeWlkD6Bo_HaRLN7JNX4hnAtMKWWzp5dZV4qvk-M7H8o9leYGLK6v7LqWQ/s400/196850f2b03184ea_Picture-3.preview.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...and a little junk shop.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKfVBUN3W9v5Gi2fqVng5gZ5K7gCG_07_8Ry2OP0QHkizN4ZC7Ak4EkT2DX4L890TCIIHsCuKdd4AjfVIeVZ50fWfUU9jIuOgunAowKnHixHv-xI_YWZAwJg3y8ShpUBuipfED_eeo4u8/s1600/IMG_4421.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKfVBUN3W9v5Gi2fqVng5gZ5K7gCG_07_8Ry2OP0QHkizN4ZC7Ak4EkT2DX4L890TCIIHsCuKdd4AjfVIeVZ50fWfUU9jIuOgunAowKnHixHv-xI_YWZAwJg3y8ShpUBuipfED_eeo4u8/s400/IMG_4421.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here are some of the things inspiring this look.  Remember my glazed wallpaper experiment?  I'm leaning toward glazing it in the same color as I've used in the living room but I'll try to leave more of the gray pattern showing through.  Many of you liked the gray glaze--as did I--but I think I want to keep the house light.  I may do a few accent walls in a darker gray.  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I found the ivory matelasse coverlet (with Grecian urns no less!) on a recent trip to Maine for 70 PERCENT OFF!  (That NEVER happens to me. )  The pillow sham with the gray stripe is Belgian linen from Restoration hardware.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgASYsiH5yAPuM2tsMcBELRCaqRWrLY9Btp2VSIZ1wlO9MNrRWabOQsI0vPqt-b4P_brE0J1gl6Wfb8xTr8nnROV3qHSMgFs2cz0qIAaVXyOxVjQgwhVnH3kYcNfKtTMohsSPqmy2_OuEQ/s1600/IMG_4422.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgASYsiH5yAPuM2tsMcBELRCaqRWrLY9Btp2VSIZ1wlO9MNrRWabOQsI0vPqt-b4P_brE0J1gl6Wfb8xTr8nnROV3qHSMgFs2cz0qIAaVXyOxVjQgwhVnH3kYcNfKtTMohsSPqmy2_OuEQ/s400/IMG_4422.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'll add to that some of the vintage things I love to collect, primarily wood and black metal.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-mmbY5YssQoi5Adv_Gjn3m7FVNzTSvrLpM94T1sQvCv7RAqBxWDAoWeg-nx6BOeAmch8QQ1x5Z0cYJ-JfurigOeRO8XfqUxV4vjdZhwFQGk910UgIR03VKFj4b-tLHSI0SYWAOfP-IOw/s1600/IMG_4417.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-mmbY5YssQoi5Adv_Gjn3m7FVNzTSvrLpM94T1sQvCv7RAqBxWDAoWeg-nx6BOeAmch8QQ1x5Z0cYJ-JfurigOeRO8XfqUxV4vjdZhwFQGk910UgIR03VKFj4b-tLHSI0SYWAOfP-IOw/s400/IMG_4417.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm still trying to think of a creative way to display my collection of vintage show forms.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_h828zp8L7pW81GJTHwwSWFJam2iCjcR8uVfYpwxy60xinq3LYYr7BP9fpptRLUirk3ityMuKsgKQGrMCw6_JGpcnqVUrVkTgorrMzUnTQ6sXgik95AHThnIhPOtl-5lO1tajdqmGJFQ/s1600/IMG_1660.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_h828zp8L7pW81GJTHwwSWFJam2iCjcR8uVfYpwxy60xinq3LYYr7BP9fpptRLUirk3ityMuKsgKQGrMCw6_JGpcnqVUrVkTgorrMzUnTQ6sXgik95AHThnIhPOtl-5lO1tajdqmGJFQ/s400/IMG_1660.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I would like to paint this old bow-front dresser that was left in the house...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2McYUhO-esaEWAFOXAOiRIV0Pb-P96jpmmIQZ-DGRhN6fQ7rwgWEOwZYbh3og8rUyjp0V-A7L95hJzWGQ5eBpoxwQ_0h3tiQE86cX7bTrZTTFkqPQ6s0XXDooekKUKL7SKWoVjoe_wbM/s1600/cabinet+33.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2McYUhO-esaEWAFOXAOiRIV0Pb-P96jpmmIQZ-DGRhN6fQ7rwgWEOwZYbh3og8rUyjp0V-A7L95hJzWGQ5eBpoxwQ_0h3tiQE86cX7bTrZTTFkqPQ6s0XXDooekKUKL7SKWoVjoe_wbM/s320/cabinet+33.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...to look something more like this Gustavian piece.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYd9DbWPY6xF_omCprfFfTIdwmemzMBqK7zxPx-4W1vSaXAqb_26qDjEsA9hxDIRUKQ-VSibTndGqvqGHonVAPaNvqxjkc1y-O_lBSwqfbFy5XLiiihVwTik0dTbBgtlut9uasvQHY1fo/s1600/IMG_1163.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYd9DbWPY6xF_omCprfFfTIdwmemzMBqK7zxPx-4W1vSaXAqb_26qDjEsA9hxDIRUKQ-VSibTndGqvqGHonVAPaNvqxjkc1y-O_lBSwqfbFy5XLiiihVwTik0dTbBgtlut9uasvQHY1fo/s400/IMG_1163.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The dining room that's right next to the living room will also get a makeover.  I've never been happy with the modern dining room table in my old house.  It's too sleek and takes up too much room.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit12XX2MoUGb-nBS2YwdCPD0PWmGVh4X0oCmjKpDM1U3IQaqdiugfeOG8itiIuN3gDGNvqL1on4cfizstxQfnvv6ealtljzE643ZMxKAzrA5YsAV_CnpMJ1aw_ylGRCVV7rTgpuKRGuMY/s1600/IMG_4404.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit12XX2MoUGb-nBS2YwdCPD0PWmGVh4X0oCmjKpDM1U3IQaqdiugfeOG8itiIuN3gDGNvqL1on4cfizstxQfnvv6ealtljzE643ZMxKAzrA5YsAV_CnpMJ1aw_ylGRCVV7rTgpuKRGuMY/s400/IMG_4404.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I recently found this chunky pedestal table base...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjYwra6VlWUS6opK-gWBLePBSJ7WuInRY9b2eOhBUSkveltBn7W84zdwGfzTuwErBCbBQcisnXwaWHRJpmq40_vmtjioevpq6EUVBt_MIBhv56ME3h6AqZ7-pVc5oQcRaTRLYpsOqFKj0/s1600/IMG_4405.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjYwra6VlWUS6opK-gWBLePBSJ7WuInRY9b2eOhBUSkveltBn7W84zdwGfzTuwErBCbBQcisnXwaWHRJpmq40_vmtjioevpq6EUVBt_MIBhv56ME3h6AqZ7-pVc5oQcRaTRLYpsOqFKj0/s400/IMG_4405.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...and I'm going to pair it with this tabletop that will be wrapped in zinc.  It's going to be cut in two and put on an expanding frame so two leaves can be put in for larger dinners.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_mluwweEaVyNOwyHoYfzDRF1yyhH5RPWgWmm1Waedvn53Zb9gadwTGffr7gitV0ahaOQ4RetFI-oIehbswljPiGZGgdweTiRtOOEmB92_2p3IHbMobcQOfwHin5g6qCLJlukxe1uFKhc/s1600/401959839_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_mluwweEaVyNOwyHoYfzDRF1yyhH5RPWgWmm1Waedvn53Zb9gadwTGffr7gitV0ahaOQ4RetFI-oIehbswljPiGZGgdweTiRtOOEmB92_2p3IHbMobcQOfwHin5g6qCLJlukxe1uFKhc/s400/401959839_o.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Remember these chairs I bought on ebay?  They turned out to be too small for the living room so I'm going to overhaul these to go with the new zinc-topped dining room table.  They're pretty scary right now but just a simple change in color...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7-nDwISoN2gFjV7dwrvIg666AcPnIpgREITyEWNWhH67am1eMRf__vvBrXTLWW_vH20JOIX_n31ujICOhOQygqd8v7cdsAoFYpRjZV_vAzGeZilXpYfJ9jYz5alPaqdySWTwjDKVMnYA/s1600/Pair+Louis+XVI+Chairs%252C+c.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7-nDwISoN2gFjV7dwrvIg666AcPnIpgREITyEWNWhH67am1eMRf__vvBrXTLWW_vH20JOIX_n31ujICOhOQygqd8v7cdsAoFYpRjZV_vAzGeZilXpYfJ9jYz5alPaqdySWTwjDKVMnYA/s400/Pair+Louis+XVI+Chairs%252C+c.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...would really change their look.  Or I could...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEJAh7JVNsHpLv4cy0DNABXR3SFvu6J_u5NR4Wh1EO6utzFSB6wiPNMfxphcJGQVXsyleDdZQHjre-FVGP_GBPQMKafkvDq7GJoCb5MF77B4way4YIeXxXRRQhBdf6V0Dz2j9TE1JoO3Y/s1600/Louis+XVl+style+Fauteuil+with+Leopard+Print+Velvet+Upholstery.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEJAh7JVNsHpLv4cy0DNABXR3SFvu6J_u5NR4Wh1EO6utzFSB6wiPNMfxphcJGQVXsyleDdZQHjre-FVGP_GBPQMKafkvDq7GJoCb5MF77B4way4YIeXxXRRQhBdf6V0Dz2j9TE1JoO3Y/s400/Louis+XVl+style+Fauteuil+with+Leopard+Print+Velvet+Upholstery.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...no, I'm just kidding.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm thinking they'll be painted a dark gray or brownish gray...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRVNQYkbLquSze_67uH9e5pIbXnfOXQ5xvEA9CWLK22ATUKPJz-69zoor-9TPqgRS78G1xnjD5uyNyV2vkRlFoJOrRKS78kiYwi_YkYLpvwyCaD6O_hXc8cdArhVSeSroQTdmKH2o1LXU/s1600/IMG_4284.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRVNQYkbLquSze_67uH9e5pIbXnfOXQ5xvEA9CWLK22ATUKPJz-69zoor-9TPqgRS78G1xnjD5uyNyV2vkRlFoJOrRKS78kiYwi_YkYLpvwyCaD6O_hXc8cdArhVSeSroQTdmKH2o1LXU/s400/IMG_4284.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...and upholstered to look more like this bed.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE5D6EjXQKD-htNfdSXbcvOJfFoP3SkzQSzjUwOvKnIb5VMwBq4ZlYjme_Eiy5p_ut-yUjKbN8iO6iWfROPOi5uAXaAUh1f6lkchuxD2CvoCscNoDfyUuanYLIWlfSC_kN51_SO2_hxM0/s1600/402050536_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE5D6EjXQKD-htNfdSXbcvOJfFoP3SkzQSzjUwOvKnIb5VMwBq4ZlYjme_Eiy5p_ut-yUjKbN8iO6iWfROPOi5uAXaAUh1f6lkchuxD2CvoCscNoDfyUuanYLIWlfSC_kN51_SO2_hxM0/s400/402050536_o.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I just got these wingback chairs for the living room.  I find these so horrible they're almost wonderful,  if you know what I mean.  I think I'll leave the natural brown legs and then I'll have them recovered.  These might also work in the bedrooms as a nice comfortable place to sit and read before going to bed.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtEx7zbzPsgy3ztFBajAqOe5jYSQSbIKQY9mB5Uxb8nBq75vKndKNlCUempRQgWHIoMpdgF98S85ZxwCJ7_etElYYL0XC1e5oDWcbjO_J0vTuBsdanIM_6SaKvqtXlOdkzZo3J1wr1F4s/s1600/louis4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtEx7zbzPsgy3ztFBajAqOe5jYSQSbIKQY9mB5Uxb8nBq75vKndKNlCUempRQgWHIoMpdgF98S85ZxwCJ7_etElYYL0XC1e5oDWcbjO_J0vTuBsdanIM_6SaKvqtXlOdkzZo3J1wr1F4s/s400/louis4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I like this windowpane fabric but I'm thinking I'd like them to be more masculine with perhaps a houndstooth or herringbone on the outside...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPm0neJ_VKGgV-5B2hU5-2EZV0D1SpOhy4KmOwBjmctvo6CyOyfoO5ZEhx7mcAs-8DHAOMNZRQ6pREpNlQWd09Y7uVrOzMTMV292pcizLBvyXzLU0sEUT_Ql62kjlNNDs05L_NavH6reQ/s1600/chair+option+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPm0neJ_VKGgV-5B2hU5-2EZV0D1SpOhy4KmOwBjmctvo6CyOyfoO5ZEhx7mcAs-8DHAOMNZRQ6pREpNlQWd09Y7uVrOzMTMV292pcizLBvyXzLU0sEUT_Ql62kjlNNDs05L_NavH6reQ/s400/chair+option+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...with just linen on the back and seat.  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And in between all of that, I've got 10 windows that need to be painted on the inside.  Getting the windows painted actually is my first priority but I'll try to work in these other projects and keep you updated as progress is being made.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">*****</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's been almost a year since Trina from <a href="http://acountryfarmhouse.blogspot.com/">A Country Farmhouse</a> encouraged me to start a blog.  I wasn't sure anyone would be interested but I particularly wanted to document my process of getting a variance in Cambridge, Massachusetts and going through a renovation in a congested urban area.  Along the way, I've found people <i>were</i> interested and I've been encouraged by those of you who are kind enough to leave (mostly) supportive comments.  I've "met" some wonderful, interesting and inspiring people around the world and I've gotten frequent e-mails from people who are renovating homes in the area or who grew up or lived in Cambridge.  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>To all of you, I send out a thank you and a sincere wish for a happy, healthy New Year.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Steve</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>

New Year, New Projects

Finishing my first major renovation project this year feels like a great accomplishment. I'm thrilled that it's done but, at the sa...

9:15 AM

Kitchen and Living Room Combined Designs

Trompe L'oeil Bamboo Chest

Guest Room (So Far)

Your Room Now

Your Room

New Year, New Projects

Popular Posts

Blog Archive