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Ok, but I've got a burrrrnnnnnrning question for you to answer:

HOW DO YOU GET MOTIVATED

TO SPRING CLEAN?

Cuz it is HIGH TIME i kick the booty into high gear

and get down and dirty like a bad mambajamba.

(even i am shocked at how lame i am.)

I got a wee start over the weekend

but my list of chores keeps getting lonnnnnggger.

AND.

Isn't it surprising how quickly things around the house

start to feel outdated  and passe even when you thought

you were achieving a timeless look 5 years ago?

Today's post is a sort of to-do list.

all images mine

1.

Extract granny from the dining room.

despite my modern canvases, it is still too precious and unsexy.

not that grannys can't be sexy...just striving for milfy not gilfy.

2.

Inject more texture and personality into the kitchen.

i need rugs and probably some contemporary and oganic strokes.

there's a phrase painted above the window over the sink you can't see that

reads LOVE LIVES HERE.

and it does.

3.

Figure out those *%#$ shelves.

they were a friggin mess when this was snapped.

honestly they are different every week because

i am never satisfied.

4.

Hello? The screen porch needs therapy!

a rug, new pillows, and maybe some curtains will lift her mood, yes?

5.

Figure out how to replace bulbs 18 feet in the air.

when you're not a masochist.

6.

Keep the calm, but puhhhhleeease lose the boring factor.

functionally, the room works great.

7.

Sew a laundry bag to go in the antique hamper.

my sewing skillz? this should be interesting.

8.

Find an alternate location for the dress form.

this is our closet, and my man says she creeps him out and must go byebye.

9.

Find properly scaled accessories.

these are a SCALE FAIL.

10.

Replace the dried hydrangea.

and i'm sick of the teal.

wanted to show off the antique stained glass we

put in the WC to steal natural light from the downstairs hall.

11.

Lose the dollar store silver chargers.

it's only the laundry room, but they've over stayed their welcome.

original landscape by aimless olive

12.

Find storage for a teeny powder room.

need to hide the Febreeze and extra rolls.

btw, yes. that is COLOR on the walls: Nurture by Glidden.

do i sound edgy?

i'm just exhausted and keepin it real.

and sadly out of chocolate.

The appointment book is full this week:

scrubbing and organizing

while my man works magic on the basement.

If your week promises something different...

YAY! LIVE IT UP FOR ME!

Hope you'll follow this lovely journey.

Hugs.

linking with romantic home and common ground

peek inside my windows (1)

This is our home,

and as much as I can

I try to keep things

simple and spare.

I'm easily overstimulated,

and there are already

such big personalities

living here 

*cough*

that it's just not

necessary for rooms to shout.

Not even

the grown men in the house

can resist the swing.

I am a fan of

DIYs and inexpensive finds

(or FREE finds...benches in dining room

were found curbside).

I snag accessories

for pennies at the flea market

and shop eBay

(even our tub was an eBay find!).

Important art is not

in the budget.

I create some,

find pieces on etsy,

and barter with my friends.

For me, painting and creating

are lovely lovely therapy.

Even the huge Marie Antoinette

chandelier above was

scored on eBay for cheap!

The architectural fragment

above our bathroom mirror

is old and French.

Thanks for taking a peek!

If you're visiting via Miss Mustard Seed,

or from the linky parties,

I'd love it if you decide

to follow and take this lovely

journey with me.

peeks around the house

This was taken months back,

but I wanted to show you

the benches at the table

which are mid-century

oak coffee tables I snagged curbside,

we cut down into benches

and then casually covered with

an antique French linen sheet

embroidered with my monogram.

I was too lazy at the time to sew slipcovers.

Maybe next year, Miss Mustard Seed.

The dining furniture and entry table

were ugly, less than $99 each at an outlet,

and received 3,000 coats

of a linen white paint.

Antique French prayer chairs

sit under modern quote panels

created by me.

(both are Oscar Wilde quotes)

Sparkly!

My office with a pop of red.

The best feature in the room.

OH, YES I swing.

OFTEN.

IT MIGHT BE A PROBLEM.

This dropleaf table was our very first

antique purchase and was used as our

kitchen table in the 80s and early 90s.

The old croquet box was found in

a magnificent cellar in our very first

home in the Chicago area.

Since that house was torn down,

it's about all that remains!

Where we live.

More old wood boxes:

One that once held explosives

(love how it says 'dangerous' all over it)

inside a bigger one from 1949

that once held wine then later

my eldest son's prized possessions.

Thanks for peeking!

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all images mine

my guest room + $81 + sonnet lxix.

Our guest room got a wee facelift with:

1940's bed & dresser

(shell motif and snagged for $75!),

dropleaf table ($5),

little white chair ($1),

and Louis chair (free from mom). 

White paint (Benjamin Moore, white dove)

unites everything.

all images mine

Watercolor of the princess

by Italian artist

Irene Diamente.

This old box has been with me forever.

Abstract landscape by

Chad Wys.

Commissioned drawings by

Alicia Lynne Carrier.

Panel by me.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Hope you'll follow and share this
lovely journey with me.

Hugs.