This Room

Hello!  I have been obsessing over Miss Bean's room.  I have filled myself to capacity on Pinterest and various online searches.  Can't. Look. Any. More.  I've reached my visual fill and now I just need to get in there and work, but, um, I have to work so it's going slow.

Way back when--moving in.

 The image above is from almost 4 years ago when we were moving in.  The Lady Bean was little then.

The same wall a week ago.

This is that same wall; the space to the right of the window.

Detail of gallery wall.

This is a little bit of wall art DIY.  The empty frame in the previous picture became the home for a happy little salt dough cloud.  I made some ornaments in December (and then I wondered what to do with them).  I put printable paper from Mini Eco in the frame and glued the cloud on the glass.  Boom!  A little bit'a cute.

The new dresser when we first saw it in the store.

Another update since the first picture is a new dresser.  She's 13 and 5'5; I think she could use some grown up furniture.  We replaced the two pieces of children's furniture with one large dresser and I love it, but this finish wasn't going to work.

Our inspiration

The "French Maid" dresser was the inspiration for the new finish on her new dresser.  It's pretty great.

The room in 2015.

This is how the bedroom looks currently.  You can see that it's still very much a work in progress, BUT...  The dresser is done!  Look to the left, that's 5 feet of lovely.  Oh how I love to do finish work.  The decorations hanging from the ceiling are nice, but they need to be taken down.  The Lady doesn't do pink anymore so while I love paper decorations, we are going to move on to something similar, but different.

There are mirrors to paint and more frames to hang, cords to hide, etc. and so on, and so on...

xoxo,

b

I need to get paid for this...

I need to find a job where I get paid to travel and stay in design/concept/theme hotels.  I would give it my very best every time.  We arrived home late Sunday night and I'm already plotting my next destination.  We stayed at the beautiful and expectation surpassing Hotel Endemico.  It's more beautiful than the photos and the juice is fresh squeezed daily.  Yum.

My next spot will (hopefully) be Hotel the Exchange in Amsterdam.  From the looks of it, it would be a great birthday destination because January is the cheapest month for travel to Amsterdam and the month of the best rates.  Woot!  Woot!  Maybe I'll be there for my 35th birthday.

Hotel Endemico en Instagram

For now though we've been home less than a week and we'll be going away over night, but sadly, I'll only be seeing a room in a northern Indiana Best Western.  We'll also be taking in the Red Barn  Experience for the Saturday nuptials of Mr. Husband's long time friend.  It should be a good party.

Okay so, real camera photos soon.

xo,

B

Home!

I think I was talking about tackling the living room and other stuff.  I get behind very easily.  I have my own photos now and I suppose I should post them.  I also figured out some lighting by combining the ideas behind several of the pricey items that are commercially available.  I found a tutorial for making a pendant lamp out of fabric strips and a metal frame.  I can't find a picture right now, but maybe you can imagine it?  I sort of hated it, but the fabric strips were appealing.  Here is a not-so-great photo of what I came up with:

I have a basic and cheap cord with socket, a cheapy hardware store bulb cage, and a reproduction Edison bulb.  The bulbs are more expensive than a basic light bulb, but they a add a really nice detail and produce a different kind of light.  The bulbs make an interesting pattern on the ceiling (a little of this can be seen in the photo above-- look behind the wire cage).  They also have a warm, yellowy glow.  It's a different kind of light than what I'm used to, but it seems to be working.  Now I can see and I was able to put my other lights back where they belong.

The new living room:

The couch with a new throw pillow-bot and some art work that's been hanging around was finally hung.

Our Eames knock-off came and we put it together during a 2 hour school delay.  I absolutely love it.

Also, in keeping with tax return tradition, I got a new piece of artwork.  Yay for faux taxidermy and for art that goes on sale.

That's my living room round up for now.  I'm still trying figure out how to take pictures in the house.  The lighting is totally different and it's difficult to get good photos.  From the dining room/living room area I went to my daughter's room.  The weather has not been my friend for outdoor decor, but I have been piling up my project supplies.

The Bean's room is all about this:

Next time...

xoxo

We moved.

We live here now.  Not in a "house with many rooms"-- also known as an apartment building.  We like it lots.  I decided to tackle the living room first.  I'm doing a little updating and changing to what I already have; curtains, a chair, put out the new Tv, etc.  Here's a little peek at what's new:

This is not my living room, but I do love this woman's house and I ordered the same rocking chair.  It's my solution to a kitty clawing problem.

Once again, this space isn't mine, but I did pick up one of these typwriter carts for the new TV.  It's far too big for my little cabinet.

A new throw pillow for the couch.  I'm trying to bring in some of the blue that's in the artwork now.

Pictures of the actual room coming soon, but for now, check out this living room. 

Updates...

Hello! This is an update to previous posts.





The short film that I recently assisted on has received some local press. You can read about the film makers, Venogram Productions, here.

http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=106434311637&h=Q31cC&u=B3xob&ref=mf



The fabulous glasses from MJX have finally arrived. The sacey bamboo things pictured below...They are great along with a variety of other frames from the same company. In the Indiana/Michigan area, these frames can be purchased or just viewed and tried on at: Urban Optiks

http://www.eyes-4u.com/

The last thing that I want to update on is this frame tape. I like it and I found out that it's available in my are area. The IMA design center is selling it for $18 a roll as part of the current design show.

http://shop.imamuseum.org/Design-Center/