Good morning all !!!
I can only show " peaks " because there are so many finishing touches to do in this room it isn't funny
but for now at least I can walk into ( even sit in it when I have 2 minutes ) and not go into a full out depression :)
I placed the mirror in front of the fireplace insert to see if a pewter frame would look good ( the frame around it currently is a brassy gold - and I know gold is making a comeback but it doesn't work here at all ) Anyway I placed the mirror there and the room instantly brightened up - this is what I'll be putting there in the summer when the fire is redundant :)
John's favorite item sits on the mantel - this week anyway - he calls it Tea Biscuit - is that the cutest name ever??? ( hope you realize that it's a reference to Sea Biscuit - but being British and all ? )
I remember one of John's friend's wives coming over once to one of our other homes - and asking how often I change decor around -
Often - I replied
Wow - she said - you need to get a life
(TWIT - that IS my life - I decorate - I didn't reply :)
I also took the covers off the pillows to be cleaned - and discovered I love the white - so they'll be covered in white now - but I'm very seriously considering having the couch and chair slipcovered as well - if I can find a place that doesn't charge the price of new furniture !!!
I painted a small stool I had ( I think I paid 3 dollars for it -
It's perfect to place a cup of tea on or a glass of wine :)
Here's what it looked like before
A little paint and frog tape and probably 10 minutes later ( well actually 14 months later ) and voila a petite grain sack stool :)
Large mirrors help to bring light into this kind of dark space ( the living room windows opens to the enclosed porch )
I have 3 of them up - not including the one in front of the fireplace - basically the room of mirrors lol
( the room being so small it's basically wall to wall mirrors )
here you go - mirrors reflecting mirrors lol
You can see the elephant candle has not been lit yet - but it will be ( you can read about The Elephant in the Room and Erma Bombeck
HERE
For now he rests among the flowers :)
and now I'll show you why you're only getting sneak peaks
The new heater covers have not been made yet
The " pony " wall has not been refinished - OMG - I searched the entire house yesterday for those sunglasses - went out in the blinding sun without them - why didn't I do this post a day earlier ???
The leaded glass windows on either side of the fireplace need new molding around them
It's driving me insane - really it is .................and I know that Rome wasn't built in a day - but that's because MEN were building it back then - otherwise it would have been :)
It's coming - I know it is - but I'm impatient by nature so it's just not coming fast enough - although I have to say I'm amazed at the difference when I see the before shots - not just at the transformation but how damn big those camera's make rooms lol LOL - it's half the size that it appears - and I do mean half, truly !!!
Look how far away the seller's couch and chair look from each other - and the table looks lost somewhere in the middle
Here's the reality - although I know my furniture is much larger and chunkier - still - look how close together everything is - ( I made a lot of bad decisions here - but the floors were the best one ever - so happy I stayed with the original and had them refinished )
You know what's coming right?
C'mon - you KNOW what's coming!
Alan Jackson, ladies
Well it's all right to be little bitty
A little home town or a big old city
Might as well share - might as well smile.......................
Life goes on for a little bitty while.
and on a side note - NOT THAT I'M BRAGGING OR ANYTHING - BUT WOW - GO CANADA - LOL - 9 MEDALS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ( ok - maybe I AM bragging - but really just a little )
Have a good one all !
Much love,
Partying Here !!!
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