The Rooster Room

Another decorated upstairs bedroom.  Roosters, roosters everywhere!

Floor still needs refinishing, but....

 

 

I'd love to get rid of the ceiling fan in favor of some type of chandelier.....at some point.

I'd love to hang pictures on the walls too....but it's so hard to do that with plastered walls.

Also, I need a bedskirt.  I'd like a red/cream buffalo check....I think.

 

This (below) is what I'd really LOVE....but I don't have the dollars for it....yet.

That's all for now.

Dining room...moving right along!

The dining room! I need to find a bench that works better than this one, but I'm going to use this design concept that was suggested by a sweet friend who follows my SunnyGrace blog.

 

 

 

The green cabinet is going to hold a set of dishes that Jim bought at an antique store quite a while ago. Here's what the set looks like.

 

 

We are considering built-ins on either side of the window with a window seat....

 

 

....something like this.

For the fireplace.....

this is what we're leaning toward...

....of course, our's will have to be faked :(

And, just a quick glance at what I'm loving for the kitchen NOW!

 

I need to replace those two cabinets on the right (below) with this wonderful cabinet! Ummm, Jim, that doesn't look too hard to build to me.

One step forward, two steps back!

 Well Goodness!!! Remember the dining room, which was scheduled to be stained today?!! It's not!

 

See this fireplace surround?

 

It ain't there no more!

 

We knew it never really belonged in the dining room.  It really didn't fit right. It was a tad too wide and somewhat more than a tad too short.  Initially we thought it was too short because the dining room floor has dropped a little (which it has), but in reality this was never originally there.

Jim and I carried that monstrosity up.....

 

 

.....these stairs....SHEW! It was funny, and I was laughing so much I could hardly hold on to it. As you can see, we knocked the top off the banister (or whatever that's called). We also bumped it against everything we could going up! We got to the top of the landing where we have to turn and go up the side stairs.....and we were stuck.  Both of us set it down and stood there looking at one another...no idea of what to do. Jim just kept trying to lift it but I didn't see any reason for that as we didn't have a plan of what to do after he lifted it. It's funny now (and kinda then too), but we did eventually manhandle (and womanhandle) it into place!  Every time Jim attempts plumbing he tells me I should have married a plumber.  Today I told him he should have married a moving man!

 

Anyway, here it is....

 

 

....in The Greta Room

 

 

 

See these little notches in the baseboard? We knew that's where it used to live....however long ago.

I guess it's back home (or will be when it's fitted (it does perfectly) and nailed in place.  Sweet.

 

 

Of course, we'll now be searching for one to replace it for the dining room....hopefully one that will fit better.

OK! Shew (again)! We went almost to Roanoke today for this Craigslist find.....

Wall cabinets....OLD wall cabinets.....Kitchen cabinets.  We couldn't pass them up!!!

We considered putting them here....

 

.....but I SO love the look of this cabinet we already have.  I don't know, maybe we'll save the cabinets we got today for the laundry room.  I have some great laundry room inspiration pictures I'll post!!!

 

What to do, what to do!

 

 

Dining room...

Dining room all cleared out (with all the junk piled up in another room!)

 

We have NO idea why they plastered over the fireplace in the dining room....?  There's another woodburning fireplace on the wall right behind this one....in the sitting room. It is not plastered over, and appears to work....although we've not tried it...yet.

 

 

 

Let the sanding begin!!!!!

"The Greta Room"

This is one of the upstairs bedrooms. Jim "lovingly" refers to it as "The Greta Room" because my friend, Greta, provided the bedspread, the rug and a lot of the accessories.....Thank you, Ms. Greta.  As you can see, the floors have yet to be refinished...but that will have to come later.

 

I think it goes to show you can put "lipstick on a pig" and have it look good.  In spite of all that stiil needs to be done, a little bit of "pretty" goes a long way.

Dining Room (to be)

This is the dining room.  Not many people would be willing to show you a mess like this, but I have nothing to hide....it is what it is.  However, we will be attempting to make some sort of calm from this clutter in the next week.

 

I have to be honest, I'm at a loss.  I have NO earthly idea what I want to do in this room....or what sort of look.  I showed Jim a bunch of dining room pictures (from very formal to primitive rustic---and everywhere in between!) and asked him which he tends to gravitate toward. He said, "I just do floors."  My friends, IF you'd like to share your ideas with me, I'd sure be interested....either here or through Facebook.  I tried to take a picture from every angle so you'd have a better idea what we're working with.

 

This is looking into the dining room.....with the picture taken from the kitchen.

I tried to show that there is a space behind this cabinet. The cabinet is just sitting in the middle of the floor, and in some of the pictures it was hard to see that there is space behind it.

If you look behind the green cabinet, you'll see a fireplace tucked in there. It's been boarded up but the surround is still there. Also notice that there is a radiator underneath the window (matters for furniture placement!)

Above is a closer picture of the fireplace surround.

Here is a picture taken from inside the dining room....attempting to show the location of the dining room in conjunction with the foyer and kitchen.

Fireplace would be on the right in this picture.

                                                                            

OK, there it is. The only thing that will be done in here is sanding, staining, and polyurethaning the floors.  Any decorating ideas for window treatments, fireplace mantel, walls, ANYTHING? Ceilings are 10'.  Help!

 

Foyer....before Christmas decorations

Hoping to start decorating for Christmas.....maybe tomorrow if I can locate the Christmas decorations.....? 

 

I wanted to give you a glance of the finished foyer before Christmas decorations. The pictures are a little fuzzy....I don't know why....?

 

 



This picture above was given to Jim; it belonged to someone very special. He loves it. It deserves a prominent place in the foyer.

 

....and here's a quick glance at the downstairs bath. I have stuff to hang above the potty....all is not decorated here....yet.