3 posts tagged “decor”

A little change of decoration in my front room, courtesy of IG and the previous occupants of Indy House.

Before:

After:
Wonder how long it will be before Hubbicula notices...

Thanks, IG!  It's totally awesome.

I finally finished "decorating" my office with an item I salvaged from the the Brain Tumor Hall moving extravaganza.

The English Department decided to part with this gem:

It's one of those serious wall maps that rolls up inside a steel tube that's a good three feet long.  I think it adds a certain something to my office.

I love all the various cat/mirror/light interplay going on in this pic.  (Here's my question--they invented anti-red-eye technology for cameras, but when will they invent anti-yeem technology?  After all, at least 35% of all photos taken in America are of peoples' cats.  Right?)

If you're wondering what sorts of things are on a Literary Map of New England, let me offer you a sample:

There you have it: Salem, MA, birthplace of Nathaniel Hawthorne, author of The Scarlet Letter.  Oh, and home of "Witchcraft."  Odd.

You bet your sweet bippy I can.

My people, the new washer and dryer are like plus-size fashion models: big and beautiful.  Through some combination of ignorance and bravado, hubby and I selected the industry's largest washing machine, which also happens to be quite energy efficient.  It's a top-load, but works like a front-load, complete with a glass lid, so you can watch your delicate and not-so-delicate underthings being cleaned

Hey, how do you know it's a writer's laundry room?  The typewriter:

Five days of plumbing and painting later and I can have a whole lot of clean laundry and more pleasant surroundings throughout the house.  Wednesday I installed the new drains for the washer and utility sink.  Thursday Dadzilla drove down and ran some new pipe for the sink and washer.  Friday I started painting on one of the three rooms I painted, while waiting for washer and dryer delivery guys (who acted like they were extras from The Sopranos, only Irish.) With a good 75% of our daily living space undergoing painting, Friday kind of blurred into Saturday and here I am on Sunday night, back in my freshly painted office, a few hours away from sleeping in my freshly painted bedroom, a good night's sleep away from eating breakfast in my freshly painted dining room. 

For almost a year we've been living with the color scheme of the previous owners, as we had more pressing issues in getting the basement done.  Now, at last, we've repainted in colors we like.  I admit--I may have a black heart, but I'm more of a pastel person when it comes to interior design.  I like light.  I like airiness.  Without further ado, let's take a little before/after tour.  The before shots are really before--before we owned the house, so you can see the color schemes complete with the furnishings of the people who chose the wall colors.  I don't have anything in general against the colors, but they're not for me..

The dining room: way too red and dark for me. 

The kitchen, also too dark--made it feel cramped.