Day 3

Today it's three days since we found out we will not be relocated for Jason's recruiting orders! The official word came down Thursday. He'll be recruiting out of Orange County, which is all of an hour north of where we live now (and conveniently, less mileage than what he's currently driving down to the recruit depot in San Diego). So we'll both be commuters. But we'll be commuters together.

Happy doesn't begin to describe how we feel. ♥

Victory is mine!

I finally, finally, finally settled on a paint color/finish for our bed frame! FINALLY. After a failed attempt at rusting, a messy try with my beloved Rubb n' Buff, and a fleshy tone mistake of a painting disaster, I tentatively perused the paint cages at Home Depot once again (I'm so glad our local store leaves them unlocked--I would hate to have to bug someone every. single. time. I visit.). The big shocker? It's not even a rust color. It's not even in the copper toned family (ha! sunscreen reference). The paint that won?

Rust-Oleum Hammered Metallic spray paint in "Silver." In real life, it's just as hammered, grooved, and textured as it is on the cap/nozzle/sprayer thing. So far I've only hit the finials (since it's going to be a pain to drag the whole bed frame down stairs one piece at a time), but I'm loving the results. Hoping to have most of the bed painted by the weekend, but because of the nature of the paint, the curing time seems to be a bit longer than regular spray paint (feels tacky for longer).  

In any case, I can't wait to see the finished frame! Now I can start focusing on the other parts of the room like hanging curtains, sorting out what books and decor I want on the shelves, and getting stuff organized (but in a cute way). 

Worth the wait

I know I mentioned in a previous post that we had yet to do anything in our dinning room. Part of the reason was our need to relocate our book cases (done!) but the biggest issue was it had become a dumping ground for boxes when we first moved in... ...and we never got around to moving them. But after four months of staring at a pit of ugliness (and chaos), we braved the clutter and got our butts in gear. 

And holy crap was it worth the wait. I refused to take any sort of before shots, so believe me when I say these afters are even better than I could have imagined.

Ignore the bare bulb. We have a light fixture ready to be hung, we just need a ladder. The room feels little off kilter, as there's some open space to the right of this photo (we have plans to keep our eye out for an old rusted serving cart or something similar), but I didn't want to off center the table from the light. 

Our little Tessie étagère gives us a spot to drop sunglasses (we have hooks for bags and keys on the other side of the door) and coral all her goodies; from her treats, to her leashes, to her bubble machine (she loves to chase bubbles), it's all pretty and organized in a vintage soda crate.

The corner hutch that I refinished back at the old house has a new home int he corner of our dinning room. I had the most fun decorating this time around. I stuck with white, silver, glass, and wood tones to play off the blue back drop and the rest of dinning room. The globe on top is from Pottery Barn (marked down to $12!), and I love how the water is black rather than blue. Jason has a thing for globes.

My little glass collection is hiding in the cubby below. My (not so) vintage coke bottles, an Eiffel tower bottle Jason and I bought for our very first apartment, and a small sampling of my many mason jars.

Some items I kept from the original set up at the old house, but since I was working with a new color scheme, I had fun finding new items to show case (like the cake topper from our wedding).

In my vintage milk glass candy dish I used some leftover reindeer moss from the copper bird cage and dropped in some eggs for a little pop of color.

Every time I walk downstairs now I have to pause and stare dreamily at how it looks. We even managed to to do upgrades to living room to make it feel more cohesive, but that will have to wait for another post!

L♥ve.