I was a busy girl this past week. My daughter was home for spring break and we spent a day at the Met visiting all of our favorites!
This Joan of Arc painting is so beautiful in person. It's got such a mystical feel to it and is one of my absolute favorites by Jule Bastien-Lapage. Her eyes glow!
The detail in the twigs and flowers is so beautiful
The childlike details in this Klimt are stunning....
I couldn't wait to get home and paint! So inspiring.
There's also currently an exhibit of Gertrude Stein's collection.
The Horse in this Picasso is so sweet faced
Anyway...
I managed to make a little progress on my little dressing area. I added new trim moulding around the doors and baseboards.
I made a skirt from Walmart ticking. I still have to adjust the gathers and finish stapling. In the end I wish I'd just installed a shelf instead of building a table. It was a whole lot of extra work for nothin'...oh well
I really love the planks!
I made a skirt from Walmart ticking. I still have to adjust the gathers and finish stapling. In the end I wish I'd just installed a shelf instead of building a table. It was a whole lot of extra work for nothin'...oh well
I'm thinking of getting this light from Lowes. It's simple looking and inexpensive. I could even paint it. It could be cream like the walls, it could be gold!
image via Cote de Texas
A mirror like this would be so gorgeous with the whole rustic vs. glam! I'll have to figure something out. I so love the shape of this one.
I decided not to distress the planks but go for distressed touches in the accessories instead.
I got several of these frames for $1 each years ago and just crackled them.
I do really like the ticking...
and this old chair frame may work....hmmmmm. with a velvet poof! That could be just the glam touch it needs. I really covet a ghost chair for this spot, but maybe if I paint this one.
Well, things are really coming along little by little.
and....just to make it an even better and even more inspiring week...
I scored this AWESOME bentwood coat/hat rack!
That, my friends, is a work of art!
I love it. It really is looking great. That light is super cute too, even without paint!
ReplyDeleteThanks! I saw a deli when I was in NY that had similar lighting painted a creamy white which was the same as the siding. It looked wonderful.
ReplyDeleteYou're so lucky to be building a house! How much fun that must be. You're going to learn so much on the way.