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  • Butterflies in my Stomach

    Butterflies in my Stomach

    Hrmmm… What do you all think about this?

    Art Project

    I was at Paper Source today, and I just happened to see those buterflies. So I thought: “Oh! I can frame them in little shadowboxes and hang them down the hallway!” I bought that textured yellow paper, and I can pick up some white shadowboxes pretty inexpensively.

    I was planning to put them in the library/hallway/upstairs space, and I think they’d look good against the chocolate brown walls. I’ve never really been into taxidermy or butterflies, so it’s sort of strange to me that I thought to do this little art project. I still think I might just return the butterflies and do something else. We’ll see.

    *edited to add: No need to worry, butterfly lovers. These are indeed fake butterflies!

  • The Perils of Coupons

    The Perils of Coupons

    My living room looks like a mini Pottery Barn warehouse. It’s not my fault – really! They lured me in with a coupon (the “welcome to the neighborhood” discount) and clearance merchandise.

    Bedside Lamp

    Ta da! That will soon be one of two lamps flanking the bed. They swivel and rotate and are all-around nifty.

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    And see? &! As in Smart & Lovely! It looks a little strange all by itself in a messy office, but it’s still pretty neat.

    I also picked up several card racks. I’m pretty jazzed about them! They’re really quite pretty, and they were about the same price as the regular old boring card racks (yay, clearance!). I think they might be a little heavy to lug around to shows, but they might be worth the extra effort.

    So…Beware the Post Office! They sell your name when you move, and you get tempting, tempting coupons!

  • The Chicken or the Egg

    The Chicken or the Egg

    living room

    So many projects are hinging on other projects around here. The living room hasn’t been painted because I want it to complement the wallpaper for the dining room (which hasn’t been chosen yet). The dining room is in shambles because the kitchen cabinets (not yet assembled) are in there. The kitchen has stalled because I want to paint the ceiling to start, but I haven’t picked a light fixture (I may be changing the placement).

    Things are not much better upstairs. None of my clothes are put away because we haven’t built the new closet/wardrobe yet. That hasn’t been done because we want to paint the bedroom first, but of course we’re waiting to do that because we might take up the carpet (and therefore the baseboards too). And the painting of the library/hall hasn’t continued for two reasons: there are clothes strewn about, and I haven’t decided what to do for the ceiling color.

    *sigh* …so I guess I need to pick a light(s) for the kitchen, and decide what to do about the bedroom floor.

  • The "Library"

    Our upstairs hallway/landing/library is coming along nicely! We painted the walls a super-rich chocolate brown. Well, some of the walls. We only painted the two walls where the bookshelves are, because there’s too much stuff in the way to paint the rest! We’ll get to it eventually.

    At least the shelves are up! They’re anchored to the wall, the glass doors are on, and the lighting has been installed. Here they are, in progress…
    the landing

    … and a bit further along, with some books in them…
    bookshelves

    The ceiling is the same white it was. I’m not sure what to do with it yet. Brandon wants to keep it white, which is the obvious ‘safe’ choice. I don’t really mind it because we’re painting all of the wood trim white, and the bookshelves are white too. It’s just so stark though. I don’t know if I’d want it to be the same brown as the walls, because it gets quite dark at night. Maybe a brownish/taupe color? Something a bit lighter than the walls, but still complentary? Or a color from the carpet (tan)? Any ideas?

  • Friday’s Flickr Fix

    Friday’s Flickr Fix

    Ez from Creature Comforts just started a new flickr group: Friday’s Flickr Fix. “This group is about finding inspiration by juxtaposing (putting side by side) two or more of your flickr favorites to make a statement or tell a story.” Here’s my first submission:

    little houses

    The first photo is from Liquid Paper, and the second is from TypeFiend. Aren’t they sweet together? I love the little paper one, in that iconic house shape. And the second one? It’s like a full-sized gingerbread house! There’s just something so wonderful about both of them, especially together. Two perfect, tiny houses.

  • Exit the dragon.

    Oh, dragon. Someone painted you with such care, but I just can’t keep you. I took photos, so you will not be forever lost (though you will not be appearing on my walls any longer). Fare thee well.

    painting the dragon