Almost Done! (The downstairs)

This is my living room. I especially like the candles in the fireplace. I am aiming to go with a lot of oranges in this room. I currently only have the loveseat, more furniture will be purchased in the near future.

On the opposite wall is a credenza (AKA my other dresser that doesn't fit upstairs). On it are my lovely music dishes! The black and white chair will go upstairs in the office when more furniture is acquired.

This is my cafe styled kitchen and dining room. I have done it all in blacks and reds.

Yes, I even have a tea pot and crock pot in red.

Almost Done! (The upstairs)

I have been in a rush to get my place put together for Christmas. Not decorated for Christmas, but put together to show my family. My room has pulled together nicely. I am going for a tropical feel, keeping just a little connected to San Diego. I have some great material to put together some pillows, maybe even a throw.



This is my guest room. So excited to have a place for guests and its a real mattress not a blow up! As I started pulling this stuff out I realized 'Wow I've got great taste!' It has been like Christmas early as I open up all the stuff I packed away 8 months ago.






I truly enjoy decorating for the holidays! I didn't have time for the tree, but I did pull out my snowflake shower curtain and accessories... When my ladies come up in February it will be decked out in pinks for Valentine's Day.




CLOSETS! So after living in a very small, old house and then the hall closet at my parents house I am very excited about my walk in closet...and even more excited when I realized the other two closets in the house were all mine too! Therefore, coats/jackets are in the spare bedroom and dresses in the office, and shoes, purses, shirts, and everything else in the master. I think I found a place for everything.


The last room upstairs is my soon to be office/sewing/music room. It will all be done in black and white, should be very cute. Downstairs pics to come....

My New Fireplace

My new Townhouse was first built in the '80's, so of course the exterior is blue, the linoleum is blue... and the tile is pale pink (I guess to match the pink paint that was in the stairway). So I had decided the cost of re-tiling was way too much. But Casey, my lil brother, said, "No way Sis, I can't let you keep this horrible tile. I will retile it for you.

I hate to tell all of you this, but life is not like HGTV. It doesn't just work out. The old fireplace had 8" tiles but when I went off to Lowe's I discovered they don't make 8" tiles anymore only 6", 12" and a variety of smaller things. Well I looked at some tiles and selected a tile called Sedona and brought home samples in a whole varitey of sizes. Casey came in and went to take the old tile off and the tiles were glued to the wall board! So Casey, thank goodness, made the next trip to Lowes and purchased all of the necessary items: grout, wallboard, tools, tiles.

Depite all the bumps, I believe you will agree that the finished product is gorgeous! Amazing! I can't wait to see what it looks like with Carpet and all! Pink paint...gone! Pink tile....gone! Blue linoleum you're next!

New Place!

I purchased my new home the first of November. It wasn't in perfect in condition. It needs new floors and a lot of paint. I've selected three paint colors: Hopsack (for the Kitchen), Natural (for most of the house) and Swiss coffee for the trim. We began painting a little over a week ago and I am shocked at the difference paint makes. Everything looks so much cleaner.

I'm replacing all the blinds and a couple doors, but I have run into a little problem...none of my doors and windows and doors are a standard size! But thanks to some family help it will all get done! Here are some before and after pics

This is the kitchen before paint. I thought it was a little too bright white. Also the sides of the cabinets are bleached a blue color from the sun.

This is the Kitchen painted Hopsack, after this pic was taken we painted the side of the cabinets Hopsack as well...it really warmed up the space and brought out the grout color. Can't wait to put my red and black Cafe decor in here!