Dining room update!

Good morning!
I'm so closed to being finished at April's............and I'm going to miss her actually - what a great lady - full of personality and it's been fun working and chatting away.
When I first got the job, I thought - ughhh - I hate working at clients houses with them standing over my shoulder in a panic.  But I have to tell you - if you ever get an opportunity to work at an April's home - TAKE it - ( loving her girlfriend Barb too - Hi Barb )
Ok enough sucking up to the client ( she's reading this I know btw )

Sorry if you're tired of seeing the before - but it's so dramatic a change that I may just post the before and after once a week, every week, for as long as I blog ( I'm funny like that )

April says - Can I put things on top of it yet?
Suzan says - No no - not yet - you have to let the paint cure !!!

and then April went out and I ran around to find some things to stage it with lmao.................
she has the most amazing collection of hearts I've ever seen - really - I'm going to ask her if I can take pics of them all to show you guys ( and she'll say - yeah sure - because she's very accomodating like that, right April? )

Here's a photos of the " driftwood " technique...............and I completely forgot to photograph the steps as I went............what kind of a DIY blogger am I, you ask?  Not a very efficient one, obviously, but I'll do it on the weekend on a scrap piece of wood, promise. ( sometimes I break promises too but I promise this time I won't )

Ok - while I'm at it, do you want to see a sneak peak of the pedestal legs?
Here is the before - it was so dark that none of the details actually showed
AND they're packed with gorgeous details!

But baby - look at her now!

Wait till you see the buffet/hutch!!!
They're changing the wood shelves to glass - and installing lighting.............

When I  saw the handles my first impulse was to spraint them - those of you that follow know that word by now - they looked so dated and drab against the wood but April said she wanted to keep them the way they were............
The customer is always right?
100 % !!!  I have to give credit where credit is due - and that was such a good call.
You learn something every single day.................I won't be in such a hurry to spraint hardware any more,

BUT it was my idea to paint the pedestal legs Old White - the original plan was to paint them the same color as the table and I was RIGHT about that!
( You see ?  There's that little girl hopping up and down, saying " look at me, look at me " I need to compensate - I need to give myself credit - I need affirmation,  I need ................... to grow up basically - but I just can't see that happening any time soon, you? )

Ok - time to move my butt and get those chairs done - because now I am DYING to see them done too!
Have a great Thursday all

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I WANNA live there # 32

I live in a pretty incredible area - in Montreal, It's an historical neighbourhood loaded with tons and tons of charm - and 20th century architecture, just steps away from the city center, it's also a pretty expensive neighbourhood ( in which I live in servants quarters basically compared to what I'm surrounded by ) 

Because there are days I don't have furniture makeovers to show you - I've chosen Wednesdays to showcase and feature one or two homes that are for sale around here.................( or apartment - or duplex - or teepee )
Keep in mind this is in the heart of the city - so the prices reflect that  - think Manhattan - where these places would cost 3 or 4 times what they're listed for here!
On occasion I'll showcase beautiful homes in other areas - countries - continents - the one thing most of them will have have in common will be their age - because I love old homes with stories to tell, join me won't you
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Happy " hump " day everyone - the first one in APRIL - it was soooo cold and windy here yesterday that I've just 
about given up on Spring even coming this year..................we get a few days of real promise and then WHAM the cold comes right back - I find myself constantly watching the weather network lately as closely as if if were Downton Abbey.  I mean it HAS to come, ( doesn't it? ) Those beautiful warm Spring days filled with promise of summer just around the corner?  I see photos of it all around Bloglandia so I know it's there, somewhere - it just
seems to have lost it's way this year in Montreal.

Ok - Hump day means House day - ( I just crawled out of bed at 4.30 in the morning because I had totally forgotten about it - give me a long weekend - and I end up as lost as Spring ) 
It's too cold to house hunt in Montreal today - we're heading down to Florida - 
Need me some ocean this week - and believe me - this one was worth getting up early for!

Highland Beach 
13,700,000
5 bds - 
6 baths - 2 half baths
Realtor:  VICKIE ARCURI
Information HERE

I had 2 other listings to show - but deleted them - it just wasn't fair to them......................

I would bow down on my hands and knees every single time I came " home " to this place - this must be as near perfect as any home on the planet can be

Do you see why I had to delete the other 2 listings now?  

Looking for that lost shaker of salt?

I can't quite absorb the beauty of this house - I mean I'm trying to - I really am - but it's just too big for me
I keep coming back and staring and staring and staring and staring and staring and staring....................
and if I didn't have to finish April's dining room set - I may have just sat here and stared all day long.

How can you take all this in at just a glance

The ceiling - the windows  - the dining room set - the floor

and he's buying me a stairway to heaven..................

John - I don't understand why you never come out of your office anymore......................

AGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Ceiling love - fireplace love - window love - 

the bathroom is probably the square footage of my home

wasting away again in Margaritville  Highland beach

OK - I know money can't buy everything - it can't buy health - and it can't buy happiness - I KNOW that - 
but it could sure buy me a hell of a lot of contentment................
And I'd like to try it - just for awhile - to see if it " fits " - for ummmm - say, a decade or two...............

Have a happy Wednesday everyone - dream big..................
( and buy a lottery ticket ) 

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