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House Progress: What's Up?

I thought by now I would be able to share pictures of our refinished floors, and freshly painted rooms that I've started to furnish. Well, as we all know, life doesn't usually go how you plan. Long story short, the guy we hired didn't strip the painted wood floors correctly, the stain didn't absorb, and then he put the poly on while the stain was still wet. 

So now we are starting over with someone else and the floors are getting redone in two weeks. Licenses have been double checked, better business bureau called, and multiple recommendations have been noted, so hoping this time everything works out. 

Rather than bore you with pictures of mottled floors, I'll share a picture of a bedroom featured in Elle Decoration magazine. Pretty much defines my design aesthetic: Ornate metallic bed matched with minimalist bedding, palest pink pillow meets sooty black, all resting on rustic chevron wood floors. 

Digital image created by Moodboard from Elle Decoration/Photography: Jeremy Wilson

 

House Progress: Vintage Wingback Chairs

Finally got a chance to dive into Lonny Mag's October issue and got a little nostalgic when I saw Emily Procter's home featured in it. I got to see her (and the rest of the CSI Miami gang) every week at my old job in LA and they were one of the nicest tv casts I worked with.

I'm not sure what room this is in her house, but I love the moon painting and corresponding blue chair to the right.

We bought two vintage wingback chairs at an estate sale with the intent of reupholstering them with a patterned fabric. Unfortunately, every fabric that I had on my wish list will blow our budget. We are talking over $200 a yard, gah! We thought about covering them in an emerald green linen but now I'm inspired to make them a vivid blue. 

House Under Destruction

After going back and forth for months on what we were going to do about the dining room floor, we went nuts on it Saturday night. The good news? Our hardwood floors are still underneath. The bad news? There is 1970's linoleum glued to it. 

But I'm still happy, because the laminate flooring in our dining room was driving me nuts. Not only is it a different color than our hardwood but it runs in the opposite direction as well.

Rotting wood found in living room windows was a lovely surprise. And not in original budget. Oy!

Figured out my fingers were the best tool to fix hairline cracks in plaster.

After making it through various things breaking down and breaking into our house, we seem to finally be making progress. Slowly. We were told the work being done on the exterior and interior won't be finished until the end of month, which means the majority of decorating won't start until then.  

 So what is all getting done for the month of June?

1. Fixing cracks in plaster walls upstairs
2. Painting bedrooms and hallways
3. Taking up carpet from bedrooms
4. Taking up layers of flooring in dining room
5. Taking up layers of flooring in kitchen
6. Refinishing most of the wood floors
7. Scraping, repairing, and painting exterior wood siding

A little overwhelming, but at the same time I feel like I'm waking from a stupor. Things are finally moving forward, which always pushes you to get more things done. Hey, if Tiger can get his mojo back, so can I.