Victorian Sofa

My Victorian sofa(that was my xmas present)is finished!!!! It is in the reupholsters window!!!! I drove by to see it and it looks awesome.It reminds me of a Ralph Lauren ad.I took photos but they are not the best because of the glare. I tried different angles,oh well!!! I can't wait until it comes home!!!!

New Faucet!!!!!

Finally,we have our copper faucet to go with the copper farm sink!!!! We looked and looked and looked!!!! Either I didn't like the ones we saw or my hubby didn't like them, price was an issue too. Some are in the thousand dollar range!!!! We finally found one on priceline .com . Love it!!!!! Hopefully ,we will install soon!!!! Here are photos.

Exhausted!!!!

We have had so much to do this weekend!!!! For me it started on Friday.I went to work with my husband.He works at a high end salon and we are both hairdressers.He was so overbooked for Friday that I offered to go and help him (become his assistant ) He is the educator/director there so it isn't too weird if I show up( since I don't technically work at salon)Normally he has an assistant but they needed the assistant else where that day,It was a tiring day since i am not used to being in the salon anymore. I Had to wear this super cute pair of shoes and by the end of the day I could barely walk!!!! Glad I don't work in a salon anymore!!!! I still have clients but I work either at home or their home. So much more fun!!!!! Then Saturday we went to a birthday party .My boys spent the whole afternoon in the pool.After that party we went home and waited around to go to another party where we watched the firework show that our city puts on. Our client invited us to come over and watch the fireworks from her two balconies as she has a fabulous view from her home!!!!! It was a great view and we did have a blast!!!! Then on Sunday we went to a Chicago program and spent the night at a great hotel. Came home on Monday afternoon attempted to rest and woke up Tuesday to do some of our home clients!!!! Now it is Wed. and I am exhausted!!!!!

Waterproofing!!!

Finally we are adding cement to the areas outside where water leaked inside!!!!! This weekend we broke out old concrete and poured new cement.We still have a few more areas to do but are hoping what we did will solve the problem in the mean time. The last straw was a few weeks ago ,there was a tornado warning and we were in the basement w/ our neighbors and the "trouble spot" kept pouring in water. I know we were lucky compared to most people whose whole basement flooded but we have been refinishing our basement and carpeted 3 rooms down there.Luckily the laundry room is the room where the water comes in and it just has a cement floor.I am thinking this weekend we will finish with the cement and finally I will be able to sleep at night during rain storms!!!!!

Victorian sofa

My victorian sofa was picked up yesterday to be reupholstered!!!!! I picked out the fabric in the May so I have been anxious to get it recovered . The fabric was deteriorating by the minute( also one leg was broken so we had books underneath it to hold it up)!!!!! I tried hiding it with throws ,pretty pillows but is was really looking in a sad state by the time it left!!!!! My neighbor,myself and the reupholster carried the sofa out to his van and into his shop (only a few blocks from our house).So now we wait and sit on the floor for a few months!!!!!!!

New camera!!!!

Finally I can take photos again!!!! Hubby bought me a new camera!!!! It is not the professional one I wanted but it takes good pictures for now. I appreciate being able to have it anytime I want instead of bugging him to use his iphone. This weekend was very mellow.It was my husband's birthday and we didn't have anything to do around the house!!!!! We slept late , cooked out,drank coffee, it was great!!!!! Today I am cleaning our room and then I will organize the rest of the house. I am having trouble with the clutter!!!! I have a love /hate relationship with clutter!!!! I like having displays but do not like seeing the day to day 'stuff'.In our bedroom, we have a lot of vitamins laying around and there is no where to put them so they look tidy.It drives me crazy!!!!! I know if I put them away out of sight then it becomes out of mind as well. We are on a health kick so we actually take them daily. Our kitchen would be my ideal spot for them but we do not have a lot of cabinet space. For now I try hiding them in baskets. I moved the vintage mantel from the kitchen to the bedroom a while back.I love how it looks in the room. It is a good place to add all my perfume bottles and candles (the good clutter!!!!) here are a few photos.

Bookshelf redo!!!

A few posts ago I talked about my bookshelf redo in my dressing room.Here are a few photos of it.I am displaying a few pairs of my shoes on it until the day I have a whole wall for shoes!! LOL I think I posted same photo twice sorry!!!!