Trim....

We are now entering the fun part of our home renovation. TRIM!

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I have been loving on this square trim for a while now. Above is shown with the detail inside each square.

And here are just the squares. We are doing the more intricate look, and I can't wait for it to be done!

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We started out with some really fun math to try and figure out where all the trim would go and look the best. Then we dismantled our bed that Drew built, and Polly destroyed... Lovely... So our before was this...

This pic was obviously Pre Polly terror!

We are doing thus trim on a curved wall! Exciting! That made for an extra step in our process. We had to score the back of each horizontal piece so it curved with the wall. Brilliant Drewpy made a jig on his chop saw, so I could evenly score the strips with out cutting all the way through the wood.

We decided our bed was just too big and bulky for the room.... And a certain Polly nibbled on the corner. So we took the bed apart and reused it for this trim! Awesome!

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Now that we have all the big squares up we need to do the quarter round trim on the inside like we did with our beam in the Kitchen.

Love are tiny recessed art light from ikea. The trim will be accented perfectly with these lights.

...continue on this little journey>>>>

 

Song...

How adorable is this print? A while ago I happened on a blog that I fell entirely in with. She takes the most incredible pictures. Has the most adorable children especially her little girl... I have a soft spot in my heart for totally spunky, rambunctious, tomboy, girlie girls. Anyway.... They started in on a journey to add a special little one to their family. They are in the process of adopting a little girl from China. She hosted a fundraiser for her little ones orphanage. The goal was for an incubator for the premies... And when you donated Ashley offered a selection of prints as a thank you.

All the little girls in the orphanage are given the middle name of Song. That is what the themes were for these prints. Ashley was able to raise enough for the incubator, and for I believe 12 little ones to receive life changing surgeries!

Now this print full of good karma and special thoughts sits in my office. Life is good.

 

Painting My Dogs...

I love these Foo Dogs, or Fu Dogs... I think they are such a fun way to add a color to a room.

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I found these gems in the sale section of Home Goods... Love how many times they were marked down.

I bought a can of enamel spray paint, and voila!

I seriously love this color! We haven't found the perfect spot for them yet... But I love them on my gold trunk!

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My second project was a bigger pooch....

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I love these regal pooches. I found a gold one right after our Dane Caesar died. It was a grief purchase... But then I started seeing these enamel hounds everywhere.

Drew just happened to have a can of white spray paint in his truck....

And now our Memorial to Caesar bear sits on our unfinished floor, next to beige walls.... (barf).... But I love that pooch!

Fate...

"Well this is fate... She's divorced, we don't want to redo the cabinets and you need a new wife! What do the. Call it when everything intersects?"

"The Bermuda Triangle..."

(You've Got Mail)

I had an amazing moment with fate yesterday. I have been loving these brass trunks for a long long long time. I just couldn't imagine where to happen upon one, let alone how much it would cost! I was supposed to meet a client to look at some tile, but last minute the had to reschedule. So last minute I was in the car about to get on the freeway. No biggie, I guess I'll just stop. Y Savers since I'm here...

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And what do I spy? For $5..... Are you kidding me? Of course this treasure had to be instagrammed right away.

Pictures sent to my sister just to make sure I wasn't seeing things... It has some spots that need a little cleaning. The rest just gives it charm.

I walked the entire way to the register grinning from ear to ear. And a little worried someone would ambush me on my way there and still my treasure.

Here she is next to my favorite couch.

I love gooooollllldddddd!

 

 

 

 

Bathroom Update...

Drew built us a beautiful hutch for our bathroom. He built it in the wall so it sticks into the bathroom 3", but is actually 6" deep. We got this glass door entertainment center from a job Drew did. The link will take you back to Drew converting it into our vanity. I painted these while Drew was building this dog run. Because these are in our bathroom and I painted the tub sides in the same color, I got an oil based enamel paint. It's actually a porch or garage paint so it can withstand a lot of moisture and use.

I wanted the vanity door to have the reflective quality of glass, but be solid so you can't see all of our combs, towels, etc. I rolled it on with a foam roller, on the inside. I used a hair dryer to help the paint stick to the glass.

I love how it has a milk glass appearance. It gives the room great dimension.

I matched the oil based enamel paint to Martha Stewarts, Zinc. Hard to get a true color in the pictures. The one below shows it better than the close up.

Our built in still needs more shelves and doors, but it is looking so great. Drew out in a tiny recessed can light from Ikea and I am totally in love.

We are coming right along. Baseboard, ceiling painted, and we are pretty much done with this room! Hooray!

Cloffice Faux Wallpaper(Updated)

While doing my daily design search I came across this room.

(Here is the original picture I found...)

Designed by Katie Ridder. I can't remember where I originally saw this room, but found it again here. In our basement remodel we have expanded our closet sizes, by moving some walls and openings. More on that later.... In moving these closets I have made an office, within an office. The office closet, is turning into my "Cloffice".... I wanted to try this wallpaper on a much smaller scale, and by painting it, instead of actual wallpaper

I started out measuring out 1'x1' squares, and taped them off with 1.5" tape.

I bought this Martha Stewart Metallic Paint from Home Depot for $5. Then went to a craft store and picked up this dowel with foam round tip for $3. After I had the squares measured out, I put two strips of tape on a ruler, and dabbed paint on the ruler every 1.5". It ended up being 9 dots on every side.

After doing a few lines and rows I went through and marked all the corners, this helped me keep an eye if the dots were getting too close together.

It took a while, and quite a few Keeping Up With the Kardashians, on Netflix.... Question.... Why do these people have a reality show? Ah, what does it matter? Besides their use of the "r-word" they are a pretty funny family.... I get their humor.... Take that for what it's worth...

Dot after dot....

I am crazy about how it turned out! The metallic gold against the flat white is awesballs!

I moved in my $5 thrifted desk.... It needs a lot of work, but I love the shape. I'm just trying to decide how to finish it.

I have been in love with campaign furniture for a long time. And I think with the right hardware I could make it look similar to the one below. I would love to do a fun color like the green as well. Or maybe a peacock blue!

Doing an ombré finish would be less expensive, I would just need paint, no hardware etc, and I think this is a fun look. You can see my other office ideas (here).

And as always the pups were a HUGE help!

Final reveal also here...

Pooch Palace!

Drew built an awesome dog run... To make it custom Drew matched the existing slope of the roof, shingles and fascia.

Now it just needs paint that matches the exterior of the house, and it's perfect!

 

Fascia...

I think this pooch will be very pleased with his new place.... But again I have to emphasize dog runs aren't for full time living for your dog. Just when you need a safe place for them while you are gone for a short time.