Spring Into Action Progress

Well, I thought I'd have more to show for my progress report on my breakfast area make-up ( not really a make over, just adding "cosmetics"!)

 I did get the new chandelier hung today with help from Bethany and my husband. I can often change out fixtures myself, but this one required extra hands, and patience. The wires would not thread into the tubes easily but kept getting hung up on bumps inside the tubes...very frustrating.

out with the old...

The shade had to be attached to the links of pipe as it was assembled which was tricky!

.....in with the new

The bad news is, the shade got "crimped"  in the process, and is very noticeable.  

I'll contact the manufacturer for a replacement, but Im also thinking of covering the shade in the meantime..we'll see!  Here is the damaged shade.

Does anyone have a solution to getting out "crimps" in the plastic of a shade???  HELP!!

Check out the "undaunted dozen's" progress on their blogs:

Kerry at Design du Monde

Suzy at Saved by Suzy

Tiffany at  Living Savvy

Laurie at Traditional & Modern

Cathy at Room Rx

Carrie at Hazardous Design

Lisa at A Room with A View

Sam at The Junk House

Becca at from Gardners 2 Bergers

Jean at Flower Hill Design

Linda at My Crafty Home Life

Next on my list is reupholstering the dining chairs, making a valance, and adding trim to the draperies.  

The final room reveal will happen April 19th!  Stay tuned!

~Nancy

What's on your list?

I must admit, before Bethany and I started our blog in November I really thought my house was well on it's way to being finished as far as decorating goes.  Then I get to see what all the bloggers are doing, and all of a sudden I am uber-inspired! Everything I do leads to something else, as you well know..... once you add one thing, then another part of the decor needs tweaking..

I'm like a little tornado, undoing something in every room or changing something, and not quite finishing it.  

[FOCUS Nancy!]

Projects on my list:

• Finish the (repurposed) chandelier I got from Habitat Restore.  I painted it, and then put it on hold… possibly for my office?
• Paint the sunroom
• Redo the laundry room: paint and window treatment
• Paint the guest 1/2 bath ( My "equestrian" bathroom: love the theme, tired of the faux finish on the walls.)
• Get a new rug for the sunroom, and finish pulling that together, which of course will mean new pillows! YAY, I love pillows!
• Get rods and hang new drapes in the breakfast room, and pull that room together.. I may need to stencil the white drapes, but I want them up first to "visualize".
• Get matching rug for in front of the sink (Fallon by Jill Rosenwald) & new window valance.
• Make a new bedskirt for the king size MBR bed...( thinking drop cloths to match drapes)
• Get busy on art projects I have in my head, i.e. large drawings of our horses

Here are some rug ideas I'm mulling over for the sun room.  The one I put in the picture belongs in the breakfast area, but I like how it looks with the new reupholstered sofa and art, so here are some choices:

  

Which of these do you think I should get?

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3.

West Elm




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What do you think?  What's on YOUR list?

-Nancy

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