the gallery is open

as you can see i have been working very hard in crossing of a few items on my husband's to do list (back in 08), we (he) finally got the gallery wall completed and i must say i am very impressed with his work.... you say what?

this was my inspiration... and though i didn't use as many frames or the same ones, the key was making one big square shape and keeping the frames within the square so everything has a uniformed look... the mystery room is coming along wonderfully, stay toned for pics...

one night stand

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not only am i working on the mystery room but i am also working on our master bedroom as well. it's been so hard trying to decide on a night stand but i think i have narrowed it down. picture number two was my first choice, i love the elegance and simplicity of this night stand but i really wanted it to have a draw (to put my chap stick and nightly reading materials in). but once i saw night stand number one, i immediately knew it was a match, for both of us. it's more versatile. since my husband and i share an office and i was yearning for my own office, i thought the setup above would be perfect with the bench underneath. so i am heading out to the furniture store today in search of the perfect one night stand...

everyone is doing it and so am i

hello, as you can see i have been busy working on the mystery room.... and the trend these days are stripes.... so i have decided to jump on the band wagon.... i just ordered two pillowcases (pictured above) from pottery barn (they were on sale $22.99....score)! the plan for one set is to cover with a bench for the mystery room and the other set will be on the bed.... i choose stripes (not just because my good friend Brenda told me to) because i like the added pattern it brings to the room and the airy feel it gives.... plans are finally coming together and i can't wait until you see it....

keeping the beauty

is it possible to have a headboard this beautiful and continue to keep it this beautiful?

boomya...

pure genius... thinking about throwing out those old chairs that's been stuck in your garage for decades? now you have a solution to bringing them together as one cohesive group and all it cost was a can of spray paint, some incredible gorgeous fabric and a little manpower... genius, just genius

in the gray

lately i have been loving cool/cold tones but i am a warm person, promise... but there is something that just draws me to gray, i think it's the new black.... however from the pics above you can see how they have mixed gray with beige... the best of both worlds. i want a beige bedroom but now i may have to introduce some grays.... caller you say what?????

ingenious

i've been busy being creative and creating.... it's been a busy summer so far and we are pining away on our mystery room. I know that you are dying to see the results (patience my friend, it will all be over soon enough)... focus for a minute on the above picture... does this headboard look familiar? maybe search back about 20 years into your memory. still no clue? well this is actually a mirror from a dresser. how do i know you ask? because my mother and grandmother had that very same mirror attached to a dresser and dared to hand it down to me... i have since sanded and stained the dresser and left the mirror part in my mother's garage... but i thought it was a fabulous idea to turn it into a headboard... it really opens up the room and even thought the wood around the mirror is painted a dark color it really makes the room feel fresh. don't you think? i want that, let's pray my mother didn't have a garage sale...