Come Hither... Step into My Boudoir

Mrs. G at Derfwad Manor is holding an open house today at my house and many of her other readers houses.

She asked, "Reader, where is the heart of your home? What room in your house makes you breathe easier-makes you feel genuinely content?"

My bedroom, the only room nobody goes into but me.


Probably because it is the only room that is completed since I started painting and redecorating last January.

My mad photo skills didn't capture the true colors, but once again, as in my living room photos, my orbs were hanging out with me. I asked them to fly low while I took the rest of the photos, and they did.


My headboard is chocolate microfiber. The walls and comforter are the teal/blue that everyone and their brother are using with chocolate brown this year. Pretty close to the colors in the first photo. The orbs must have brightened up this shot. [that was taken in less than 30 seconds before the other, go figure]

The bench, also chocolate microfiber, opens up for some great storage. The picture above it is "The Girl With the Pearl Earring" by Johannes Vermeer. The gold faux silk drapes were inspired by the tones in this picture.

Since it's just my room, I decided to remove the bathroom door. It opened into the bathroom and took up too much space. It made the wall it opened to useless. Again, I used the chocolate and teal colors.


The print above is "Paris Rendezvous" by Jeff Williams.

I have my coffee while watching the news every morning as I sit relaxed, resting on the soft headboard. As far as sleeping ... it is so comfortable, I don't sleep. I slip into a coma before my head hits the pillow and awake with the Java I.V.

Head over to Mrs. G's house for links to other "open houses".

Paint Project, Lot's of Pictures!

Be sure to read to the end [insert surprised look here]

I'm halfway through the "house project". Here are some before and after shots of the hallway, living room and kitchen. It's still all work in progress. Last night I painted the switch plate covers for the kitchen, so they aren't up in the pics. The hall and living room are a "dusty pea soup" color. The wall sharing the living room and kitchen is plum, and the kitchen is "bright ass goldy-yellow". (Yeah, the colors are the same as in my header here.)


I ordered brushed nickel drawer pulls on line last night. I also decided on louver bi-folds for all the closet doors. I'll probably get them this weekend at Home Depot.

I found "boobless" lights at Home Depot that come in three different sizes that will work throughout the kitchen, hallway and over the front door entrance.







I am ordering all new LG appliances today. I went with all white, with the handles being brushes stainless. I know everyone is digging the stainless look, but my kitchen is too small to pull that off. Also, since I painted all the trim white, I think the white appliances will work better.



I am still deciding on the window treatments, but the white paper is growing on me. [smirk] I'm sick of "blinds" and I'm seriously thinking of drapery ... maybe a casual grommet?

I haven't even began to look at furniture. Opinions? What about a deep burnt red sofa? Too much? Maybe just in an accent chair? A more neutral sofa with pillows in the plum, gold, green. and red? I'll recover the kitchen seats to match the new furniture.

Okay, here's the best part ... all the "after" photos above? I took them in succession last night. All within 5 minutes of each other.

These two are the very first ones I took. After these two first shots, I stopped and said, "OK guys, you're all fully of energy and enjoying the new colors, but please va-moose so I can take a few clear shots." And you can see, the rest are "orbless".

"Orb" visitors