As you’ll recall, we had a vote on the outside lights for our house. Light number two won with 42% of the vote:


Eric and I will be heading up to Portland in two weeks to pick up the lights from Schoolhouse Electric. We’ll most likely get the base in chrome, since I’m a huge chrome fan. Nothing could be more 50’s. We’ll be getting two lights, since that’s the total number of lights on the front of the house. However, we’ll probably add one light a year for a total of three more. Oh, and I haven’t told Eric yet, but I also want him to put lights beside the two other french doors on the back of the house. I’ll wait to tell him in the Fall, after he’s done with all the yard work and stripping the Mahogany on the house (seriously, he doesn’t read the blog).

There is nothing more frustrating than finding a link that’s broken, when I’m *sure* it would have had just what I wanted. Anyway, right now I’m on a break and searching for information on padded headboards. The time has come to replace our bed, which we’ve now had for 9 years. We got it has a wedding gift when we were married 9 years ago. It’s a lodgepole pine bed. Yes, it’s wonderfully high off the ground, but our tastes have changed and we no longer dream of living in a log cabin. Instead, we want to live in a contemporary, cozy, intimate, retro flavored room! I’m trying to think of affordable ways to replace the bed frame, and I’ve seen a few padded headboards that have buttons and look kinda retro. Maybe I could make one? Here are some examples:
1) This headboard is a bit too big, but otherwise I like it.
2) This one seems very cushy.
3) This headboard is available at target for $299! But I want my headboard to go to the floor.
4) Hey even home depot has one. Too bad it’s boring and white.

Be prepared for a rant…

As usual, I’ve piled much too much on my plate. As you know, I’m a graduate student part-time, and I have a full-time job, I’m working on this house, and because that just wasn’t enough, this week I took on the development of a website - since it pays $30 an hour! And, I said it would take about 15 hours and I could turn it around in a week!

Why am I telling you about my new web project? Because it effects my progress on the house. You see, on Sunday I started painting the trim around the front door (don’t worry mom, I made sure to scrape and sand, etc. before painting). I put on the primer. Added a second coat of primer. The casing around the bottom of the door needed five coats of primer because THREE times the cats walked right on top of it. Seriously, if you need to open the front door of the house, it’s almost impossible to keep the cats from walking across the threshold. For example, I turned my back to the door, turned back around and saw Granola sneaking up to the door as I lurched and exclaimed “NOOooooo!” and she bolted, two paws on the wet casing and sprinted into the house and onto the couch. Luckily the floor is wood and the couch is microfiber and all are easily cleanable. But, onto my point. I did one coat of paint, and this weekend I planned on finishing up the door. However, I’m not sure when I’ll even have 30 minutes to finish this project! And when I start thinking about each window on the house, and if each window or door takes me two weeks…well that would be 58 weeks! Seriously, our house has a total of 29 doors or windows on the exterior of the house. You wouldn’t know it, but they add up fast! I’m going to be painting windows and doors all year long! AAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaagh. Seriously does someone want to paint my house?

Someone recently posted a comment about Elmira Stoves, which reminded me to take a look at the model I’ve been drooling over for at least a year. I’ll never own one, since they’re priced for Hollywood movie stars, but I can dream.

I love this fun retro 1950’s bathroom faucet! I found this image on HGTV, and the site says the faucet is sold through Lefroy Brooks. I cannot find this faucet anywhere on the Lefroy website…but I think it’s splendid!