Everything seems to go into hibernation during the winter and this includes me. I spent the fall focusing on getting a new job (which I did!) but not much time on the house. Then the holidays came and it was all I could do just to clean the house and decorate. However, I have used some of my down time to start planning for spring. I have rather large goals for this year. Thirteen is my lucky number (I was born on the 13th of August) so I am going all out this year. I have managed a few little projects but Matt has done a little bit more. But first my little triumphs.
This is the barren wall above the towel rack in our tiny bathroom. We have this grandiose idea to some day redecorate the whole room in a "French Metro" style. Now, neither of us can really explain what that means but it will have a black and white color scheme and I guess be a little art deco-ish. Anyway, I mentioned to my mother and for Christmas I got a little mini art collection. She water colored these four little square paintings specifically to fit our style theme.
They look really great with the silver towel holder and black and white towels we bought a little while ago. I like the idea of a black and white bathroom because it feels very clean and simple. The room is very small so I want everything to blend together and only have hints of color such as the red sign in the bottom left hand corner. Here are some close ups of the paintings.
I guess some day I will have to go back to Paris and actually see these signs in person.
This one is my favorite because it reminds me of the old movie Metropolis which is very art deco. Our house is very old so having an older, less modern style really fits.
I just wanted to show some more of the art we have in the house. Most of it is thanks to my mom who likes to watercolor. The painting above is in our kitchen and really goes with the retro 1950's vibe of that room. Mom even gave me some of the objects from the painting and they reside in my kitchen now.
Above is my mother's idealist version of what our house could look like. In reality the fence is gray, there is no stone retaining wall in front and there is a garage to the right. Maybe some day it will look this nice.
Matt is hard at work right now installing a new fan/light in the kitchen and making a decorative wood ceiling medallion to go around it. Here is what the old fan looked like. It was ugly and made a weird noise.
It is laying on the floor. It really has no pizazz and with only one light bulb it didn't give off much light. The new one has two bulbs!
Matt started putting it in and then realized the new one was slightly bigger than the old one. So he rigged the shop vacuum to suck up the dust while he made the hole bigger. We also had to take off the square piece of wood that helped cover up the square hole.
And here is the new fixture. Much more stylish but obviously the ceiling needs some work. That is why Matt is currently outside in the 25 degree weather using his new wood working tools to make a ceiling medallion. I will post that picture when it is done (hopefully tomorrow).
We have big projects slated for this year. With me finally getting a decent job and a little Christmas money from my wonderful Grandmother we can finally fix the little issue we have with the foundation and put new flooring in the kitchen and bedroom. But more exciting for me is that is looks like we will finally get a dishwasher! Yes, that is right, we have been here for almost two years without a dishwasher!!! Plus the side yard is becoming a garden and if all my wildest dreams come true we might even redo the bathroom...but I'm not holding my breath for that one.
