Ordered My Craft Room Chandelier Today!

I ordered the chandelier for my new craft room today! I have a very industrial shelving and basket system for holding most of my supplies so I really want to soften the room with color and ultra girlie details. Still on the hunt for the color........

Painting the Front Door!

New Front Door - ready for a makeover!

The door on the new house has a glass insert that I am not super fond of - but for now we are working with we we have - so a gallon of glossy paint and a little elbow grease will spiffy up this door.

I have always been fond of brightly painted front doors. They have a welcoming, cheery feel and set the tone for the home. Eddie and I both decided to go with a bold color.....now what color will it be????

While we were shopping at Sears for new appliances, I stumbled across the new paints by Ty Pennington. Most of the colors were rich and vibrant. Two colors that popped out at me were, Kiwi Green and Tortuga Teal.

I love the Tortuga Teal color, it really has a southern California feel and the Kiwi color is my "all time" favorite color. I think the green would look really pretty with all my holiday decorations both Halloween and X-Mas.

I found this doormat from Smith and Hawken for Target. I think it would look cute with the Kiwi paint.....


I am still looking for new outdoor lighting fixture and house numbers. I do like this one but the glass edging in the window is gold. I am thinking of using a silver leaf paint pen by Krylon to change the gold to chrome. I think then maybe the front door will grow on me.

The Krylon leafing pens have a unique patented valve system allows the user to dispense paint in a smooth, controlled flow. They also have a special chisel point allows you to vary the width of your paint strokes. You can use them on wood, metal, ceramics, glass, rigid plastic and fabric.

Dining Room Design Part 2

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So as much as I love the idea of the hot pink dining room I am not sure that Eddie will flip for it. So I might reserve that design idea for my sewing or laundry room. I love the idea of a swank laundry area with a funky chandelier. So I have reworked the dining room design and have incorporated another one of my pieces from my art collection. It is also by Ryden but it has a very different feel. The piece is titled Exotica and it has a tiki vibe to it.

I have also included a few other goodies of mine: My wine sling that my sister Debbie gave me for Christmas last year. It usually lives in the family room with all the darker tones but it looks very swank with the mod table and chairs. I also have a collection of ceramics from the 50's that include a gold mermaid that would look swell. I adore the work of Jonathan Adler and last year my hubby bought me the "Woman Pitcher" she would be perfect on the sideboard. I have loads of accessories that will blend with this design including some other art work.

For this design we would need to buy paint, the chandelier and fabric to recover the chairs. Not bad for a new dining room!

Dining Room Design Ideas

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Woo Hoo! It looks like we got the house!!!! We still have tons of red tape and hoops to jump through but it looks like we will have the keys by early July!

I was up at 4:00am scouring the internet for ideas and on the hunt for the perfect black chandelier that does not cost $5,000.

We will have 3 different eating spots. One is a counter style in the kitchen, the second is a mini area in the family room with dark rich wood tones (eclectic modern style) and the other is a more formal/fanciful dining room.

One of may favorite pieces in our art collection is Little Star by Mark Ryden, so I decided to build some design ideas based on it. We own a danish modern oak table and chairs for 6 and 2 matching sideboards. I want to work with I have for now so I think I am going to re-cover the seats with new fabric. Still looking at fabrics..... so many I love. I especially love Joel Dewberry's fabrics.