If you're just joining us and that somehow intrigues you, see the starting point and previous progress of my 6 week dining room makeover with week one, week two, and week three.
This is the week that things went wrong. But first, the positive news! Window treatments are up.
I'm still debating whether the bamboo shade will stay. I love the warmth it adds to the room, but wonder if the light fixture demands for the more formal feel of drapes alone? What do you think?
Art from sponsor Minted arrived!
DYING. I love them allllllll so much. Candidly, it's been awhile since my last art purchase from Minted. Super impressed with their current print options and frame quality. And you're talking to a real art snob here. (Left to right: Untitled 4 by Jaime Derringer, Gentle Embrace by Ilana Greenberg, and visionary 2 by Taleen Bedikian.)
My picks from sponsor Bellacor also arrived. My little fiddle is happy in her sweet seagrass basket next to the newly-shined Sarreid chest.
The not-so-fun news: there was some miscommunication with the custom window and it was never ordered. So we can cross that right off the to-do list.
Not awesome. But maybe a sign that we should do the french doors I've always dreamed of?!
Since Eric was out of town all of last week (read: my electrician/installer/carpenter was unavailable), that left the weekend to hash out our (final, I swear) plan for the built-in storage wall. I've settled on something low with shelving like this:
We'd originally planned an IKEA hack, but with a Lowes credit burning a hole in his pocket, Eric suggested that we do a custom build instead.
Awesome!
Except TIME. And DEADLINES. And no hammering after 8pm because baby.
But he got to work making a plan, so I'm going with it.
Here's hoping that arrow isn't pointing to the end of our marriage. He did get to buy new tools, so he can't be all mad, right?
The room is nowhere near ready and since I committed to a photoshoot for work in this space TODAY, I had to do a quick solve for the soon-to-be storage wall...which I'm actually pretty okay with looking at for the time being. These astrology prints (a generous gift from Jessica) normally live in our "formal" living room, but are perfect pretty much anywhere.
Let's all just pray that
Once done, I get to find homes for all of my new art and accessories. Yesssssss!
On to the next party:
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Thanks to generous sponsors Farrow&Ball, Minted, Bellacor and Lowes for their help transforming our home!
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