Showing posts with label bathroom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bathroom. Show all posts

Sunday, January 25, 2009

Bathrooms and Sofas.


Oh yes, yes I love this bathroom! I saw it on Apartment Therapy-Nyc. It makes me want to paint my natural woodwork in my house. I love white woodwork, white doors, le sigh. I also really love the unique window on the far wall. Its amazingly beautiful and full of character with its wide wood trim and narrow long glass pane. I just want to walk into the photo and open the window to see what's outside.

I could never live in a new construction home, old homes have way more character and feeling. Hopefully my next home will have white woodwork, if not, I will paint it myself! [we don't expect to be in our current home for a long time, so we have to think about resale]


Yesterday the light was coming into my bedroom in the most lovely way. I had to snap a photo before it was gone. I must say, I am really beginning to get tired of the winter. I wish the sunlight was around longer, I wish the air was warmer, and I wish the snow would go away. My car is filthy, my shoes are salt crusted, I am super ready for spring.

I am feeling a bit under the weather today, so my etsy shops will suffer. I have five new frames to fill, photograph, and list! Unfortunately, none of them were completed today! I will work on filling them this week in the evenings and be ready to photograph them on Saturday, when I am home and there is actually day light.

Not that I need a new sofa, but I have been lusting over these two sofas from Urban Outfitters for a year now. I just researched them and have found that people are very disappointed with the quality of these pieces. Its really a shame that it is so difficult to find affordable AND stylish furniture. These both look great, but I read that the fabrics are thin and the wood legs are cheap. I guess you get what you pay for.

xo.

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Custom Portraits @ Olivesomeday

I painted a new frame for a custom portrait. I think it came out pretty cute. It would make a very sweet wedding gift. You can pick it up in the shop!

It is snowing in Eastern Pennsylvania, again. This is the view from my studio window. I have an outhouse my back yard! Its snow covered and the snow is expected to continue. I miss the maple tree and its leaves. When that tree is full, it is a sight to behold. I adore it. I love layingin my bed, listening to its leaves rustle...

My husband and I bought a 100 year old farm house about 19 months ago and we have been fixing it up, slowly, but surely. This is a little sneak peek at our upstairs bathroom that we re modeled this summer. It was a long process that involved repainting a claw foot bathtub, moving a sink, removing a sink from the wall, light fixtures, pipes, paint, etc! I adore the new look very much!For a month we had the tub shoved on its side in our hallway next to our bedroom. We had to inch by every time we walked down the hallway! The frustration was worth it in the end!

The wall paint is Martha Stewart's "Celadon Pottery" and the shower curtain is from Ikea. [it is actually a curtain turned on its long side and held in place with large window curtain rings] Only $14.99, which I love that price tag! We kept the same toilet but bought a new sink from Lowes. [as charming as the old one was, it was in horrible shape and we could hardly fit out hands underneath the faucets to wash] Also, we have oil heat, so the hot would get blasting hot and scald our poor hands! My hubby tiled the floor, which was an entire major project in itself, but he was amazing. His only request: that I stop coming in the room to "help", ha! Guess I wasn't very helpful!

Now enjoy a cup of hot cocoa brimming with marshmallows...

xo