This little pretty has created quite a stir around here...
You may remember back at Christmas hubby gave me this
chandelier, well it's up
Here you can see I added one of my favorite touches, the vintage ceiling tin (and trimmed it out)
After it went up, we noticed everything else was looking a bit tired, so up went the crown molding we've been meaning to get to, and of course then the walls and trim
needed a fresh coat of paint, which led to realizing the hardwood floors
desperately needed a new life...so for the past several months we've been shuffling furniture here and there.
We means us, not me calling someone to do the work...no wonder I dream of dialing for services!
Last week everything finally got up and out of both the living and dining rooms to do the floors, stuff is everywhere
It was kind of fun having to swing yourself into the kitchen, and walk around outside to the sun room to watch tv, but now the push is on! My Mom and Big Girl jumped in to help, thankfully, and we got so much done
I can't wait to put everything back together. Of course it's still a 100 year old cottage with all is charming quirks, but at least the living and dining rooms look so fresh and clean and pretty ~ I love it! Oh how I wish I could freshen everything up with new furniture ~ a girl can dream!
Since we will have a house full of guests this summer, plus hosting the
Mermaid Cache ~ Creative Tea, I've been chipping away at packing up and cleaning out Big Guy's bedroom to make it into a guest room. He's been on his own now for two years, so it was time. It was bittersweet, but I had so many laughs remembering his childhood as I packed up his many collections; rocks, marbles, cars & little figurines, magnets, coins, journals & writings, comics, boy scout stuff (he's and Eagle Scout,) and books. This kid has
books, and most of them he took with him already!
The oil paint and polyurethane fumes must be making me loopy, because in the midst of all this Big Girl said we
NEED to paint the kitchen cabinets, so
of course we grabbed the nearest screwdrivers and removed all the cabinet hardware...that's about when hubby walked in from work. You know, he's such a good guy, he just quietly looked around and saved his thoughts for later...and
later he shared that
maybe we should finish all the other projects before moving on to the kitchen. Very good advice, so that's the plan! See, there is a plan ~ oh help!
Wish me luck ~
xo Heidi & Company
