Last weekend we attended a wedding in Savannah, GA. I really miss living there. Hope you don't get tired of me saying that. If you haven't visited yet, you should plan a trip. Here's a little clip of the gorgeous architecture and sites downtown.
Thanks to everyone for all of your nice comments on my foyer. You'll never know how long it took me to get it to that point. So simple but yet so hard. It was quite hilarious how many times I changed things before taking photos.
I'm still sick with the flu. I pray none of you get this stuff. It will not go away! Hoping I'll be back to a normal schedule of blog visiting next week.
And for the winner of the Shabby Apple skirt... Congratulations Erika of Just Peachy Photography!
Wishing each of you a restful weekend. May you sleep like a baby!
The foyer is just about complete. It may be a space I never finish before moving. I have ideas about tweaking it but for now it's done.
The mirror was the first purchase. I saw Kim's and fell in love with it. She was kind enough to send me the link- Home Decorators. This was my splurge. Next came the dresser.
And no, I did not paint it. I was shopping for a dresser that could be painted and stumbled on this at an antique market for a very good price. (Probably less than a "re-do" piece.)The booth owner was there bringing in new items and just wanted to get rid of it. Lucky me.
I like the drawers left in their original stained condition. That is why I left the rustic wood frames on the horse art prints.
The rug with the navy trellis pattern was another good deal at The Christmas Tree Shop. $40. The rest was pulled from around the house, including these chairs from the living room and the pillows from the bedroom.
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Here is the foyer when we first moved in the house. (I wasn't blogging then so excuse the poor quality of photo.)
And now...
I have to keep a runner at the bottom of the stairs because my boys rip up and down them about 50 times a day. One good scratch taught me that. Just life.
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We are all fighting the flu at my house. Well, everyone but the Doc. He always gets the flu shot. I never do but might should rethink that since this is the 2nd bout I've had this winter! I'm going to crawl back in bed and will visit with everyone when I feel better.
A new light for the foyer. It wasn't what I originally had in mind but the bargain bin at Home Depot convinced me otherwise.
I thought the style flowed well with the dining room light. You know, the other light I wanted to get rid of.
Notice anything different? Those metal leaves which were making the globes look like tulips have been removed. Amazing how fast those things snapped off.I left enough leaves on other parts to tie in with the foyer light.
Here's the foyer before.
Just felt a little dated to me.
We're getting closer to putting the for sale sign out on the lawn!
And to the Doc's credit, he did buy me a huge heart box of chocolates. He even got up early this morning to go fill my car up with gas so I wouldn't have to. Yes, I'm spoiled and I love it.
My weekend revolved around heart day. We went out for dinner on Saturday since the family usually spends a quiet evening at home on Valentine's Day. I'll cook up a special dinner with heart shaped anything and everything tomorrow.After dinner, we went to Home Depot where I finally found a light fixture for the foyer. It wasn't the lantern style I was hoping for but it's pretty. (I'll show it in my next post.) I told Doc my Valentine gift would be for him to put it up immediately, which he did. Woo hoo! Things like that usually don't happen so fast.
Little Man and I made a valentine mailbox for school. It was his homework. (When did they stop having time to do crafts at school?) I used left over Christmas gift wrap and a set of playing cards.
He was all for the title.
You may remember the banquet I decorated for a couple of weeks ago. I was asked to decorate again, this time for Valentine's. Since it was a different group of people, we just repeated the same decor. It was last night and I didn't even take one picture! I'm tired. To add a heart theme, I bought these frames at Dollar Tree and printed out love quotes. They sold all but two of them after the banquet.
This one was for the dessert table.
Had to throw this one in for the single ladies.
Now, here's how you can have a heart... Susan over at My Place to Yours, is sponsoring a Valentine Project for the girls of Hope Unlimited for Children. Valentine's Day in Brazil is not until June. So she is asking us to please send a couple of cards to these girls via her organization in CA. It will make their day! You will find the information HERE.
The vote is in from my last post. 2 to 1 in favor of installing a new light fixture in the foyer. It'll have to be a bargain at this point. Guess I'll go look this weekend. Sorry to drag this thing out. I've figured out it's harder to make a small space look right than it is a large one. I saved the above photo because I have a lantern light on my porch and a transom window above the door. Here they used the same style, yet different fixtures inside and out and it still looks nice. I'm leaning towards something simple like the lantern. If I wasn't selling the house, I'd go for something funky, like one of these chinoiserie fixtures or something in red.
But I don't want to scare potential buyers when they walk in the door. Not even sure if it'd look right. Just a fancy I have. It'd be memorable though. "Remember the house with the red light fixture?"
We want good first impressions. I'd say these all fit that category.
No secret that I love the equestrian style. I'm working on my little foyer which is merely a pass through to the dining and living rooms so I want it to flow with the style. Other than purchasing a mirror, I didn't plan anything. Never do. My decorating usually just happens. That's out of necessity, not because I can't dream something up.
I stumbled upon these two art prints at a yard sale. Can't remember if I paid $10 or $15 each but figured the frames alone were worth that.
I like how they are kind of beat up.
I actually passed these up but couldn't get them off my mind so returned later in the day to get them, and surprise! They were still there. The reason I almost walked away is because I didn't have a clue where they would fit. Not to mention our upcoming move. But when I went back and read about the artist, I knew it was meant to be.
Joseph Petro was a medical illustrator. He graduated from Cincinnati College of Medicine.I might put these in Doc's office some day. I have no idea if they are worth a lot. The names of the prints are Bay Plate I and Chestnut Plate II. The backings say, "... certified to be one print of 5,000 and checked and autographed by the artist." Maybe one of you have heard of this artist? I am making them fit in my foyer. Sometimes we just have to make things fit.
The reason I'm not showing my foyer yet is because... see that light fixture right up there? I'm trying to convince my hubs that the house would sell better if we installed it in the foyer. Actually, I'm not totally convinced myself that it would help. What do you think? Would an outdated fixture kill the sale of a house? Or better yet, do you think I would get the total bang for my buck?
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