Walls and More for the Office/Bedroom

Here are another picture as promised:

This is a new color palette from Sherwin Williams.  I use a lot of Sherwin Williams and Behr paints.  It depends on what I want to do.  I have an area in my kitchen where there are stools and a counter to sit at.  The previous owner used a linen faux technique that has a texture in it.  I decided at one time to sand the wall down.  Then I saw this new metallic paint from Sherwin Williams.  Here is the ad that I saw:

 

 The second on the right is Collonade Gray Metallic, Faux impressions metallic, that looks like it may give me the perfect look.  It is SWF-307.  It had to be ordered as they did not stock it at our Sherwin Williams, all of these above are metallics.  They could really be beautiful in redoing things.  the sapphire is really gorgeous.  I may have to do a piece of furniture in it. 

 

Today, the magazines are calling Gray the new Black.  It is a very nice neutral and goes with everything.  It is a definite throwback to the 50's.

  

Here is another picture of the guest room/ office, my ongoing project:

 

 

I added a panting above the hutch to give more warmth to the room.  This is one of my paintings and can be viewed on: www.nancysadowskisfineart.blogspot.com.

 

There is the letter/ file holder in marble on the top shelf.  I may add or subtract things as I go.  Today, as I was returning a dish to my neighbor, I got a almost brand new desk chair for free.  Best kind of things.  I need to buy a chair mat for the carpet and then set in the new chair.  Chair mats do crack with wear, and ours is cracked.  Really, rolling chairs do much better on wood or tile.  Since it is a bedroom also, carpeting is warming, as wood or tile are cold.  The room is coming together.  I need a few more organizational things so I may look to Ballard Designs, TJ Max, Marshalls or Home Goods.  Perhaps a garage sale on Friday.  Thus far, I have spent nothing on my

new office except for a trade.  Pretty good!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Polished

Polished: is today's term.  What is polish?  Shoe polish, shines shoes; silver polish, shines silver; brass etc., etc, brings out shine or brilliance.

How can we be polished in redoing rooms and making them multi purpose?  For one thing, change hardware on drawers, cabinets even door knobs.  That can in itself make quite a change and it is an easy job.

Shine any metal pieces that are in the room, or add some metal or even polished stone such as geodes.  Add the unexpected.  I will add a glass paper weight tomorrow, or even several.  Many people collect paper weights.  What a better way to display them, than in an office/ extra room situation.  It adds interest and surprise.  I look for unusual things that serve me in my office.  I found a marble file holder.  This can serve as a multiple of things.  A letter holder, incoming and outgoing things.  I  like pretty things, so I try and find things that are different and no one would think of them.

For instance a silver glass, used as a pencil holder.  I have two sinks in the master bath.  So I have two soap dishes and two tumblers.  I am always breaking one or the other.  I have many one of a kind tumbler.  I use them in my art room for pencils, paintbrushes, different size scissors, and it keeps everything organized and at hand.  I now have silver metal ones in my bathroom, so they should last longer. 

What can you do to polish up a room?

This is the marble file, letter holder that I found.  I have nothing else to match it, but it adds a touch of elegance to the top of the hutch.  This is the side view.

This is the front view, see how it blends in with the rich oak and the light bouncing off it.  It is a polished piece.

A Bit on Taste

Taste: Another great term in design.  A designer can tell a person's taste in many ways. The way they dress sometimes is a dead give away.  The term there is sometimes.  The colors they wear, sometimes.  Sometimes is the key word in most instances.  I have known very wealthy clients that don't spend money on clothes and really don't care how they dress.  I met one lady, years ago, with runners in her hose, a dirty dress, unkept hair, and come to find out, her husband was a great Surgeon.  Go figure.  Some of the lower middle class women and men, dress beautifully and you would think they were very wealthy.  All this has to do with taste.

I read in yesterday's paper, that there was an Estate/ moving sale at a subdivision in Melbourne.  The ad said," deigned by Hilda Flack WPB".  To most people who go to garage sales, that wouldn't mean much, but in essence, she is a widely known designer with offices in affluent neighborhoods throughout Florida.  WPB is West Palm Beach.  I thought of going, but decided that I maybe would go tomorrow.  I need nothing.  That is where you find taste.  Whether it is your own, you may find something you love.  Remember, each person has their own taste.  It is how you put it together that counts, just like your wardrobe.

Tomorrow: Be Polished!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A Touch of Class

Today in reading, I came across several different things that peaked my interest. 

It was quoted by: "Clinton Smith, editor in chief, Veranda Magazine".

" The art of living well isn't going out of fashion, we just have to make time for it".  Enjoy the simplest pleasures like a vase of tulips, or any flowers on a table to brighten a cold winter day.

If you are redoing a room or rooms in your house in the New Year, think of simple elegance.  If you live in Florida, a crystal bowl filled with sea shells.  A crystal vase filled with sea glass.  Crystal mixes well with everything.  Not with Americana, so you have to look for fabulous wood bowls and wonderful containers.  So in my computer room/ guest room, I am going to look throughout my house to see what may add a touch of class to this room.  One thing to add a little class is to trim my lampshade.  The lamp in here was bought at a resale shop for $15.00.  It reminds me of a Lenox look.
It needs to be straightened and I need to go to Jo-Ann Fabrics to look at trim.  I am adding a painting of Seagrapes above the hutch.  I always like to use clocks that stand on their own.  It has to be a certain room, as this one could be to add a fabulous clock to the wall.  This will take some hunting.
So I have two things that I am on the look for, and possibly a vase for shells or sea glass.

Now I must check out the cupboards and maybe garage sales tomorrow or Saturday morning.

This is making time for great fashion.  People who live near places such a Naples, Florida, Palm Beach Florida, Palm Springs, Calif. or many such places with big names, their resale shops and estate sales are so fabulous.

Tomorrow, On The Hunt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

More of Previous Days

I have shown you several pictures of the double dust ruffle.  Here it is with the duvet  on top.

This picture shows the total look.

 

 

 

This picture shows what it would look like without the top dust ruffle.  See how neat it looks, nothing hanging down.

 

 

Next are the shelves that we built inside the closet.

 

 

This is a side part that you really don't use.  It comes in handy for this.

 

 

Just another view.  I still have a lot of storage left.



Saving Space

 I read some very profound statements today in the new Veranda Magazine.  This was one of them, in an advertisement for Ann Sachs, "Shouldn't all rooms be living?".  This is something we have been talking about.  For instance turning a guest room into an office with plenty of space for the guest.  I put a television on the desk.  Do you know hard it is to find a nice little T.V.?  Had to buy a 19" one, as guests like to relax and perhaps watch T.V..  Another thing to add is a ceiling fan.  It adds to the comfort of the people in any guest room.  I have a television in the large guest room also.  My little addition of the file drawer desk and the regular drawer, has now freed up space in my kitchen drawer.  I used some drawer dividers I picked up at Bed and Bath, to organize the drawer.  So this room is living an extra life.  Now someone is in here all the time.

 My husband likes to play games on the computer and now he can watch his football etc. games at the same time.

My little one who spends two nights a week here, can watch her programs.

We put shelves in the closet to hold all the papers and etc. so we have a great storage area out of the way.  Will do a picture of that tomorrow.  Plus the printer table has two shelves for storage.  In the nightstand, I use the three drawers there for storage too.  I just need to remember where things are or make a schematic of each area so I know just where to look.  As a matter of fact, that is what I will do tonight!

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Guest Room #2

I am trying to stay on the subject at hand.  Yesterday, I talked about the double dust ruffles.  So I will stay in bedrooms for a bit.
Here is the guest room that I am slowly turning into a total office.  Before, I was a bit fragmented.  The reason, no drawers in the computer room, just a desk and shelves.  this picture is a little blurry, but this as the old desk:

 

So therefore, I had my files in one place, the bills in another, and I used my kitchen table for a desk.  Now, here is my new desk:

 

You can't really see them, but I have a drawer and a file drawer on the right hand side.  I am still working on it, as I said, I have been so fragmented.  This will be perfect and give us so much more room. 

 

This is our second guest room and has a trundle bed in it.  Our great granddaughter uses this room two nights a week, as she stays with us.

 

I will take pictures of the completed room.  Below is the armoire that I painted and use it for office storage.

 

You can see the storage on top, I use it or price lists, and a book shelf.

 

This is the old Mediterranean armoire and I showed it to you before.  I painted it white and hand painted ferns on it. You can look back in the blog and find out about it.

 

The bottom has four drawers that hold the rest of my supplies for Decorators World Inc and art supplies.

 

 

This is a small room yet it maintains enough room for two twin trundles that an make a king.

Tomorrow, more on organizing and finishing this room.