https://www.thebeigeblues.com/thebeigebluesblog daily 0.75 2026-01-21 https://www.thebeigeblues.com/thebeigebluesblog/mixed-media-art-ceiling monthly 0.5 2023-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/0f17eb78-9615-4fdd-bbe6-0d9a722cbf2c/IMG_0840+%282%29.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - MIXED MEDIA COLLAGED CEILING - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/5d2a5cf4-46ed-497f-b6d4-b6bad2e97903/IMG_0064+%281%29.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - MIXED MEDIA COLLAGED CEILING - Make it stand out (Here’s the bathroom from the vantage point of the attic bedroom. All of this will remain open. That’s right. No bathroom door! We actually had a similar design scenario in the attic conversion of our last house, and the lack of a bathroom door didn’t bother us. Plus, we wanted the tub to be open to the rest of the room.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/5742afa6-60ea-449b-a4fb-7621c7eabc83/IMG_9712.PNG The Beige Blues Blog - MIXED MEDIA COLLAGED CEILING - Make it stand out (Shrug.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/3b9ad3b2-3d66-4793-93db-42dbf9088aee/IMG_9703+%281%29.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - MIXED MEDIA COLLAGED CEILING - Make it stand out (I have no idea where I found this.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/af73bd53-a4d1-490d-a7aa-129585a773fd/IMG_9717.PNG The Beige Blues Blog - MIXED MEDIA COLLAGED CEILING - Make it stand out (LOL! I must’ve been losing my mind at this point.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/38c46644-503e-4064-a7aa-6a63f105e3ce/IMG_9694+%281%29.JPG The Beige Blues Blog - MIXED MEDIA COLLAGED CEILING - Make it stand out (Yes, this is the green bathroom in The Shining. So creepy beautiful!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f59341ab-ae3e-414c-b015-a13a908a1b33/IMG_5735.JPG The Beige Blues Blog - MIXED MEDIA COLLAGED CEILING - Make it stand out (The Belfry Chamber. Pantone 344U is in the same genre as the mural background color (our color has slightly more blue undertone). I also liked the darker, crisper green in this photo and may try to incorporate some of that elsewhere in the attic by going 25% more saturated on the Pantone 344U match. We shall see.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/ddef467e-9a19-4494-81cb-39c7efafa7c9/IMG_0067+%281%29.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - MIXED MEDIA COLLAGED CEILING - Make it stand out (Here’s is how things looked after two coats of the Pantone 344U. myperfectcolor.com only sells their mixes in the Benjamin Moore Aura line, so the quality of paint is excellent even if it is sometimes hard to work with (it can show lap lines when it’s rolled). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/0451aef7-d9c3-41c0-90a9-8c72d2fe26e7/IMG_0309.jpg The Beige Blues Blog - MIXED MEDIA COLLAGED CEILING - Make it stand out (I’ve tried unsuccessfully to relocate the source for this photo.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/9f230c88-08e1-4762-92a0-24ffd126b4fd/tumblr_nx97dyxfDt1qlq0eio1_1280.jpg The Beige Blues Blog - MIXED MEDIA COLLAGED CEILING - Make it stand out (Lofty or possibly unrealistic inspiration, I know. I still think this would be a beautiful aesthetic for a bedroom, but the Sleeper-McCann Belfry Chamber inspiration ended up winning the day for me [at least as the inspo for the main part of the bedroom].) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/e65a3195-9db1-49db-86c9-61ba58a531d0/IMG_0076.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - MIXED MEDIA COLLAGED CEILING - Make it stand out (My supplies work table, ready for action.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/dc46d979-98a3-4ec8-a7a9-c91e78b39703/IMG_0092+%281%29.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - MIXED MEDIA COLLAGED CEILING - Make it stand out (Here are the Re-design With Prima decoupage papers applied. In retrospect, as discussed below, I would have cut these into more random shapes so the lines that showed through in the finished product would have less deliberate shape [perfect squares look deliberate, and as with all decoupage collages, some of the cut-out shapes will show]. I worked on a ladder on top of scaffolding, which I highly recommend if scaffolding is feasible.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/7eb524c2-b4c9-49b8-9aa6-a1cdddea3edf/IMG_0094+%282%29.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - MIXED MEDIA COLLAGED CEILING - Make it stand out (Here, I’ve started working with random pieces of decoupage paper and also the copper leaf, which I purchased here on Amazon. In addition to the decoupage paper and leaf, I used furniture art transfers by Re-design With Prima and Iron Orchid Designs (IOD) which I purchased from various Etsy shops [many shops sell these, and I purchased based mostly on how fast the seller could deliver]. I layered the transfers directly on the copper leaf, and in some places, over the decoupage paper.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/8368df68-35ac-446f-8500-9e546f0a29e3/IMG_0102+%283%29.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - MIXED MEDIA COLLAGED CEILING - Make it stand out (The layering process continued fairly randomly as I worked down the expanse of the ceiling. Some of the transfers I had left over from the tower ceiling project, as they didn’t work with the motifs in that room. I save all leftovers, as I always find some use for them in my artistic projects.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1a321139-7fbb-4c4b-9303-9fe940e8b4e5/IMG_0105+%282%29.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - MIXED MEDIA COLLAGED CEILING - Make it stand out (During the process, here’s how the bathroom ceiling looked from the stairs leading to the attic.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/7b1466c4-b540-4beb-b06c-dd717e890808/IMG_0118+%281%29.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - MIXED MEDIA COLLAGED CEILING - Make it stand out (This photo illustrates just how hodge-podge the decoupage and transfers were. The maps are wrapping paper which I bought for decorative books and never used.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/5fe5931e-3d9c-45d7-9371-c0d9ebcce58b/IMG_0122+%282%29.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - MIXED MEDIA COLLAGED CEILING - Make it stand out (I just kept layering more elements.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/14db3b52-85e3-4d9c-a50d-65e8b2eeeed1/IMG_0123.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - MIXED MEDIA COLLAGED CEILING - Make it stand out (Here, I’ve started working leaf between and over the decoupage paper. The goal was to make the decoupage elements peek out from pieces of copper leaf so, in the end, there would be a sense of layered wear [fancy layered wear, that is].) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/4651b498-6b67-4ec0-be2e-d6c6dc8df533/IMG_0127+%281%29.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - MIXED MEDIA COLLAGED CEILING - Make it stand out (More layering of materials as I work across the ceiling.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1d005a65-572e-4614-8294-efb55eb34ca2/IMG_0129+%281%29.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - MIXED MEDIA COLLAGED CEILING - Make it stand out (These IOD birds were left over from the lounge front bar project. IOD and Re-design With Prima transfers are so much fun and are easy to apply over leaf.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/34f59f57-942d-4507-83ad-5b03249b450f/IMG_0130+%282%29.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - MIXED MEDIA COLLAGED CEILING - Make it stand out (I added text transfers for a more eclectic look and to balance out the motifs, as the transfers can be placed wherever you want them. The butterflies in this picture are transfers, but some in the ceiling are part of the decoupage paper.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/4f3d3cc5-9231-43ca-a72e-104a8741f294/IMG_0132+%282%29.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - MIXED MEDIA COLLAGED CEILING - Make it stand out (More progress. It’s important to note the decoupage paper should be applied first and should not be layered over the copper leaf, since the gel is water-based and thus will discolor/tarnish the copper leaf.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/64624841-b2a3-49af-8a47-1c0b5634a771/IMG_0141+%281%29.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - MIXED MEDIA COLLAGED CEILING - Make it stand out (As I got further into the process, I realized I wanted a denser look with the elements closer together, so I ended up buying more transfers to fill in the gaps. The transfers can go over the leaf, but the decoupage paper cannot.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/2a9a1ef8-3986-447b-9a98-cb2ef775ee15/IMG_0145+%281%29.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - MIXED MEDIA COLLAGED CEILING - Make it stand out (The view looking upward.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/6c32b66a-d3a7-466b-bc6c-40e884f3a9a0/IMG_0149+%281%29.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - MIXED MEDIA COLLAGED CEILING - Make it stand out (Magnolia Pearl’s quote about not being afraid to layer something beautiful over something beautiful applies here.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/d0998b47-4aa5-4aa5-ac26-b31dad6d4ded/IMG_0150+%281%29.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - MIXED MEDIA COLLAGED CEILING - Make it stand out (In fact, layering over elements I was tempted to leave uncovered was mandatory, as it makes the ceiling look less intentional and suggests more of a feeling of wear [even if it’s faux or theoretical wear].) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/6a9b6805-0618-4267-a4c9-f329eb2c3dae/IMG_0167+%282%29.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - MIXED MEDIA COLLAGED CEILING - Make it stand out (I loved the dark floral look where the ceiling peaks and juts out, but I knew it just didn’t look right. Bummer. I’d have to cover a lot of that paper to make it look less contrived.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c08ce1a0-a0d1-4c2a-9b42-7f3cdd476056/IMG_0199+%281%29.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - MIXED MEDIA COLLAGED CEILING - Make it stand out (This area would be directly over the vanity sink. Fairies and peacocks are mandatory.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f00f745b-3277-4ad9-8d2d-f81f2b2fd808/IMG_0257+%282%29.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - MIXED MEDIA COLLAGED CEILING - Make it stand out (This is a good example of why we shouldn’t be afraid to layer something beautiful over something beautiful. I didn’t want to cover up the floral decoupage paper and, as a result, the sections looked too squared-off and thus, intentional or contrived. I’d have to layer more copper leaf over the floral decoupage paper to make it all seem more spontaneous and stratified.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/8de2340f-af35-4552-99d7-91f746232225/IMG_0317+%283%29.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - MIXED MEDIA COLLAGED CEILING - Make it stand out (Here, I’ve finally bitten the bullet and layered A LOT of copper leaf over the floral decoupage paper [this view is from the opposite direction compared to the prior photo].) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/9b0c3cb9-fb9b-472d-bbe8-2f47c2777390/IMG_0273+%283%29.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - MIXED MEDIA COLLAGED CEILING - Make it stand out (The lower left is the area over the shower. It’s one giant transfer with additional butterfly and dragonfly transfers layered throughout.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c49ac786-faa5-4f32-851c-28ac2200b530/IMG_0296+%282%29.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - MIXED MEDIA COLLAGED CEILING - Make it stand out (The ceiling, pre-top coat.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/9c60b3f8-3fe9-45db-8239-80074512600f/IMG_0343+%283%29.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - MIXED MEDIA COLLAGED CEILING - Make it stand out (This photo shows the streaks of discoloration/tarnishing from the varnish process.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/85e3f786-a613-4052-b44f-15c3c54c3eab/IMG_0327+%283%29.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - MIXED MEDIA COLLAGED CEILING - Make it stand out (Close-up of an area where I layered the acrylic copper and rose metallic paint over the top coat. This paint is called “goop” and has a thick, paste-y consistency.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/34990c28-feeb-43c2-9af3-4988e7d32eb7/IMG_0328+%282%29.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - MIXED MEDIA COLLAGED CEILING - Make it stand out (Here's the ceiling after three coats of varnish and the additional [thin] layering of copper and rose metallic paints. There are areas where you can see the outline of decoupage sheets, but this is unavoidable for the thicker, fabric-like sections [the Re-design With Prima dark florals]. I could’ve avoided this by using thinner decoupage paper, but I liked the dark floral motif and was willing to sacrifice the seamless aesthetic for it.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/cc78c499-e2ab-49ad-8460-064318ba4f91/IMG_0447+%281%29.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - MIXED MEDIA COLLAGED CEILING - Make it stand out (I used stencils to outline the birds, then hand-painted them. At that point, I wasn’t experienced enough to completely free-hand them, but now that I’ve finished the bedroom ceiling, I’m able to free-hand paint birds of all shapes, sizes, and floof.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/03e90729-3a80-468e-b29b-7144f569deca/IMG_0429+%281%29.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - MIXED MEDIA COLLAGED CEILING - Make it stand out (More post-top coat layering with the rose and copper paint, and hummingbird painting.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/784f3378-c8d7-4bd6-a77a-ff3bc0059811/IMG_0541+%284%29.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - MIXED MEDIA COLLAGED CEILING - Make it stand out (The top coat sheen is satin. I felt this would provide more protection in a bathroom than the matte sheen I used in the tower.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f5e34ea4-17f9-4a66-b546-1d7d96f8901f/IMG_0542+%282%29.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - MIXED MEDIA COLLAGED CEILING - Make it stand out (More fairy power.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a7da0267-a2a4-4efa-813b-883113be868d/IMG_0544+%282%29.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - MIXED MEDIA COLLAGED CEILING - Make it stand out (I really liked the owl decoupage paper, so there are two of these guys in the bathroom. The gold butterflies are foil transfers. The peacock transfer is part of a tableau.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/8892c8a3-f17c-4f89-bba2-3305cd1f9fa3/IMG_0547+%282%29.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - MIXED MEDIA COLLAGED CEILING - Make it stand out (I think this ceiling would be EVEN MORE FABULOUS against black walls.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c47371d2-5e74-4161-8775-3edcd7c2bb9e/IMG_0548+%282%29.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - MIXED MEDIA COLLAGED CEILING - Make it stand out (I was surprised by how much people love this ceiling. I feel the ceilings in the tower and the bedroom are more interesting, but for some reason, this is the one that draws people in. Go figure. I guess that’s good news, because this ceiling is much more attainable from a DIY standpoint.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/04cb4cff-ef0a-4b48-939b-25d8d85bd682/IMG_0650+%281%29.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - MIXED MEDIA COLLAGED CEILING - Make it stand out (The warm and pinkish cast this ceiling takes in certain lights is a good counter point to the cool, green walls.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/5470e3d5-9865-4c8f-bc8d-6272072d8996/IMG_0652+%281%29.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - MIXED MEDIA COLLAGED CEILING - Make it stand out (This shows how visible some of the outlines are from the decoupage. It’s unavoidable, but if I was to do this project over, I would cut more random patterns out of the Re-design With Prima floral decoupage paper rather than setting up the full square.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/bd0afa84-a738-411a-bf03-811f87c458a8/IMG_0549+copy.jpg The Beige Blues Blog - MIXED MEDIA COLLAGED CEILING - Make it stand out (This mural was my first attempt to paint one-stroke roses. Needless to say, I practiced more before I painted the main bedroom ceiling). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1cf22288-336f-4e4f-9d52-3455e06e57dc/IMG_0840+%282%29.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - MIXED MEDIA COLLAGED CEILING - Make it stand out (You can read about how I created the chandelier here.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/47b5454f-e781-49e9-ae77-460d2621feca/IMG_0772+%282%29.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - MIXED MEDIA COLLAGED CEILING - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.thebeigeblues.com/thebeigebluesblog/how-i-created-those-fancy-bejeweled-chandeliers monthly 0.5 2026-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1e02656d-013b-41b7-a58a-ec8f11f395cf/IMG_1210+copy.jpg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/b30fcbe6-8c31-4b66-b35b-9f59b8d4b820/1.jpg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out Photo credit: raymondleejewelers.net https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/8382facf-853c-478f-ad03-49a454a43ab0/2.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out The Erickson Beamon Glam Rock Chandelier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/d43eb35a-e31c-4c63-8060-02d6284cb414/3.jpg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out Image credit: Lamps Plus. This is the Grace 30” 12-light chandelier with a comparable value of $1,199 and a retail price of $799. However, it’s priced at $499 as part of Lamps Plus’ Daily Sale, which has been going on 365 days a year for at least the past six years (lol). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/231955be-73ca-4969-83b2-848b7ca5add1/4.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out P.S. The lamp didn’t start out this way, but had a large silver drum shade which I could not abide. As it turns out, I couldn’t abide the lamp at all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/78b552b9-bc97-443f-8523-2e065dd895d7/5.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out Collage components on the ready. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/14d06401-50ac-4727-9123-550eb1a4e30d/6.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out Again, the process to make this is the same as for the chandeliers below. I wrapped the base in rhinestone mesh from Planet Rhinestone and then layered on trims from the fabric section of Hobby Lobby. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/94791f71-3b6a-45d0-95cb-c5abeb0352a0/7.jpg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out All of the materials I used to embellish this are mentioned below, as I repeated the same process for the chandeliers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/e8e4587a-11f5-4d08-94c6-0d2a3525e343/8.jpg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out The base is embellished completely with trim from the fabric section. You’d think this would be a nightmare to clean, but truth told, it’s been finished for a year and a half and hasn’t shown signs of needing a cleaning. I have thought through how I’ll do that when the day comes, and the plan is to use a soft-bristled brush dipped in rubbing alcohol or glass cleaner. I may blow off dust before doing that with one of those compressed air canisters used for sensitive electronics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/94c8a2e9-d1df-4011-bfb1-9f2eba32d235/IMG_1664.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out This is so SAD. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/8bc0131e-2dde-4735-8891-7ee2f91e0593/9.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out Back to the tower chandelier. Here, we have Mike and his brother, Greg, hanging the chandelier on scaffolding after I finished painting the ceiling (another blog post I should do, but haven’t). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/0c3c3243-6ad8-4a9e-89d8-19be22489768/10.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out I took this picture while I was working on the second chandelier, but the tools are the same. I started with a full-sized battery-powered glue gun, but it was too big for tight spaces so I switched to the mini. Some people on Instagram pointed out that I should’ve used E6000 adhesive, but I didn’t have the time or patience for taping during the dry time (and the insufferable wait). I used hot glue on the floor lamp, which I finished over a year ago, and I’ve only had one piece of trim start to pop off. Easy peasy. I just reattach it with hot glue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1edfd9f7-c845-40ed-b094-61d17eba2e54/11.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out Some of my collaging stash. (I do pick up whatever I can when it’s on sale, knowing that eventually I’ll have use for it). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/295c5928-d9f3-4fa8-95d5-cc9ea03e639a/12.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out I felt the pearl trim alone wasn’t opaque enough. And it looked cheap. So over the pearls, I layered elaborate rhinestone trim from Hobby Lobby’s fabric section. I learned during the process of collaging both chandeliers that layering is essential to create depth and interest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/31348b98-1681-4f29-855f-f0d9aed89c7c/13.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out Here, after layering the rhinestone trim over the pearl strand, I worked upward. The aqua trim with the diamond shaped stones is inexpensive iron-on trim I bought from an Etsy shop and trimmed down to fit this section. Above that is clear-colored iron-on trim I bought at Hobby Lobby. And above that on the crown is colored (red and gold) three-row cup chain which you can purchase here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/78e4c3ca-ed1d-4169-b118-f4eaf6b94e50/14.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out This is the aqua iron-on trim I found on Etsy. I cut it down for easier and gap-free wrapping. As for the finger bandage, I wrapped some of my fingers when I first started the project to avoid getting burned by the hot glue. As I became more experienced, I didn’t need the bandages. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f8aa782a-513c-4777-95d4-aede05c00dbb/15+%282%29.jpg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out After finishing the crown, I continued downward with the column. The section with a black background covered with clear rhinestones (where arrow number 1 points) is rhinestone mesh (think disco skirt). The mesh is surprisingly easy to work with and is flexible, although you can’t cover large curvatures with it without gaps. Thus, it’s essential to test first to ensure you cut the right amount of mesh for the section. I bought the mesh from Planet Rhinestone, but learned later it can be purchased in smaller quantities and more economically here from Amazon. After that, I worked downward where depicted at arrow 2, using the same red and gold three-row cup chain. You will need to cut the three-row cup chain in sections rather than trying to wrap it, as it’s too thick to wrap without gaps. And you will need to glue down every bit of the three-row trim. Moving downward, at arrow 3, the aqua section, is the iron-on trim from Etsy and then at arrow 4 pearl-colored iron-on trim from Hobby Lobby. Over the rhinestone mesh, I’ve layered three-row pearl and rhinestone trim I bought on Amazon. Arrow 5 points to more rhinestone mesh with the same three-row pearl and rhinestone trim layered on top. For all of the trim, and the mesh, I used scissors for cutting. Wire cutters will damage the rhinestones. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f85f4268-ad9b-4f62-bed8-4118dc67602d/15a.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out A close-up of the wrapped scrolls and some of the trims described above. As you can see, I’ve started wrapping the arms. These were easy and fast to wrap, as you just wind the material around and around, tacking it down every couple of inches and at the beginning and end. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/2fbe7c61-c5a8-47e0-b8f7-db923b8ca81e/16a.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out Wrapping the lower arms with rhinestone mesh. As mentioned above, I purchased enormous sheets of this from Planet Rhinestone before I saw it available in smaller quantities here on Amazon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a41a95ac-7523-4162-8ca4-4c61680d8307/16.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out Here I’m wrapping the arms with cup chain. This process goes pretty fast. After gluing down the starting point, you twirl upward, letting the chain drop down onto the arm as you wrap. It’s easier than it looks, and I only tacked it down with glue every three inches or so, and then at the end of the wrap. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/889b6d52-4e2c-449e-ac06-f7140b97bf3b/16a1+%283%29.jpg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out To cover the seams in the rhinestone mesh where I glued the edges together, I layered on gold rhinestone four-row trim which I bought on Amazon (where the number 1 arrow is pointed). The number 2 arrow points to fancy rhinestone trim I layered over the top of the arms on the rhinestone mesh (this is from Hobby Lobby). Arrow 3 points to an open spot where the mesh wouldn’t work, so I wrapped these areas with pearl trim similar to what is shown at arrow 4. Arrow 5 is the aqua iron on trim and arrow 6 are ends which I finished by gluing on aqua and rhinestone buttons from Hobby Lobby. Arrow 7 are ends that I finished by gluing on jewel table scatters from Hobby Lobby’s bridal section (these are very economical). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/6b614569-94ba-4e18-86b1-6a281cfc5314/16c.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out When wrapping with the cup chain, I had open areas like this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/ddf7c58c-c226-46a0-9a91-09d5c7e80264/16d.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out I finished/closed these open areas using rhinestone and pearl trim from Amazon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/caf01f52-0830-40d0-b1ad-f448784a6044/17.jpg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out This photo shows my layering process to add more interest to the piece. Arrow 1 points to rhinestone chain with drops, and I can’t remember where I found this online, possibly Planet Rhinestone. Arrow 2 shows layering of fancy gold and rhinestone trim from Hobby Lobby over the aqua iron-on trim, and on top of that is the pearl and rhinestone trim. Arrow 3 points to random pearls I glued over several layers of pearl and rhinestone trim. The pearls can be found here on Amazon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/bfe06fa7-c477-47b4-be8d-b628b3c92142/18.jpg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out A close up with arrow 1 showing the layering discussed above. It just creates more depth and visual interest. Arrow 2 points to the jewel scatters glued on the ends of the arms. 3 is iron-on trim from Hobby Lobby. 4 is fancy trim from Hobby Lobby over the mesh, and 5 are the rhinestone buttons glue don the ends of the hooks. Arrow 6 points to emerald buttons I found on Amazon and used to cover open gaps. Sometimes these aren’t available in this color but can be found in other colors as discussed below. For all buttons, you’ll want to cut the metal loops on the back off with wire cutters so they sit squarely on the fixture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/efc2bec5-09fe-40ca-9a14-2d4fddcc331b/22.jpg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out On this photo, arrow 1 points to the bobeches which I covered in four-row rhinestone trim which I bought here. The next layer down is the aqua iron-on trim and below that is the three-row colored trim which can be found here. Arrow 3 points to the insulators, which I’ve covered with the aqua iron-on trim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/63598c6d-0e62-40c4-8c0a-c51495310ca7/23.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out The sunflowers, which I glued over the aqua trim on the insulators, are brooches from Hobby Lobby’s jewelry section. I cut the backs off with wire cutters (because these and the buttons are mostly pot tin, they cut easily). I’ve also draped pearl multi-strand necklaces on the arms which I purchased here from Amazon. These are fairly inexpensive given they come in a set with bracelets and earrings which could be repurposed elsewhere on the fixture (I used all of it on the floor lamp described above and used the bracelets on the chandelier described below). The giant pearls glued to the ends of the top scrolls are from Amazon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/8f417dd4-74bb-4de7-b488-6fe29cba071c/24.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out As you can see, the necklaces aren’t affixed and are merely draped over the arms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c8e8f83e-3175-4339-9ac5-7d2042c35cb0/25.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out Another view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/93a3c5c1-6694-4cbb-b071-e0bf1b4177d4/28.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out A close up of the bottom bowl, which I covered with three-row colored trim and four-row clear trim. Over that, I glued rhinestone buttons. You also can see the crystals attached to this (I used jewelry wire to attach these to the hook on the bottom finial on the bowl). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/b38d48b6-788d-408f-b1ba-fae29c4b7fbb/33.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out This shows how I attached strands of crystals to the hooks using jewelry wire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/67c34724-a3bf-46a0-a15c-adedb9f03347/IMG_1210.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out The first chandelier is complete. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/70a84005-f0af-45a4-9893-dab868e825f4/FullSizeRender+%2893%29.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/2b94a6c7-97a7-4499-af1d-00ebd57a8b9d/IMG_0989+copy.jpg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a5c3c86e-0b46-421b-ab04-06e744f11534/35.PNG The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/69b4cdc2-52f5-45a8-a7de-32e4133c3124/36.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out All the crystals are removed. This also shows how I used a step stool to hook the chandelier and keep it in place while I worked. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/8d9e39c6-5adc-42d1-8564-80736291bfc0/37.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out I wrapped the colums with iridescent (AB) four-row trim from Amazon, which I bought here. I also glued on strands of pearl trim from Hobby Lobby, and the same pearl and rhinestone trim I used on the other chandelier. Below that is leftover iron-on trim from Hobby Lobby. You can also see a strand of green rhinestone trim, as I originally was going to do this fixture in greens before I changed gears. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/117046b4-31f7-4df5-80ec-adf73c4a6f6d/38.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out This photo shows the column wrapped. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/28d4f917-2777-4023-98fc-524a614ae289/39.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out For the crown, I layered on orange iron-on trim from Etsy, and over that rhinestone drop chain which I found on Amazon here. I also layered on more of the pearl and rhinestone trim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/249eb404-4b9b-4c24-adc8-8c8a9b3bfc09/40.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out Here I’m wrapping the scrolls with peachy pink pearl strands from Amazon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f589f7ca-9932-49d6-8019-79f94d472803/41.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out The lower arms I wrapped with gold rhinestone cup chain which I bought here from Amazon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/d4b04d18-c1d3-4ac4-be1c-370a22226062/41a.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out Here, I’m wrapping the hooks with orange iron-on trim (which I’ve cut down the middle) from Etsy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/41e1f618-ad46-4060-abab-70403c9c1b4f/42.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out The lower arms I’m wrapping with large pearl strands from the bridal section at Hobby Lobby. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/b6e39253-f190-452b-9987-bc72a64e022b/42a.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out Here, I’m layering four-row rhinestone trim over the pearl strands on the arms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/dc9507fa-20b2-459f-9fe5-265c6ec7a7f0/45.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out I then wrapped the insulators with the orange iron-on trim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/81997f9a-5237-45ab-92d3-180c117a984f/46.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out Next, I trimmed the bobeches with three-row AB chain from Amazon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/400c7d5a-754b-4f67-8436-fe0df59291c7/47.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out After wrapping the scrolls, I layered on three-row colored trim (again, all of this is hot glued). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/89b1d373-5d63-47fe-89f6-695d85269e42/48.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out For contrast, I layered the colored rhinestone trim over the pink pearl strands both on top and underneath the scrolls. More bling is better. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/5910848a-30bd-4a9a-b24a-3791e4256247/49.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out All gaps/open areas are wrapped, here, with pearl trim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f080b073-a746-43a7-b6a0-aa8ccd68224a/50.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out Gaps are inevitable, but remedied by … https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f3074a2f-e8d5-4e3e-b52c-ed62d06a7d86/51.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out … more layers of colored rhinestone trim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/b2336c57-ddec-463c-b4ad-d2d5c7f4a7ad/52.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out By the time I reached this point, I still was deciding how I wanted to finish the insulators. I’d bought red rhinestone fish brooches here on Amazon for the insulators, but after wrapping the insulators with the orange trim, felt there wouldn’t be enough contrast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/846cc36d-e1cc-41ac-a52d-91d297c0b0d2/53.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out So I decided to layer more of the pink pearl trim over the insulators. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/17b142a3-a6a0-459c-a7a5-048a62cd8281/54.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out I then cut these backs off the fish brooches and . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/73238a45-d04b-4c6a-8e6c-f49555ceeef9/55.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out . . . glued them over the trim on the columns, interspersed with pearls from Amazon which I also attached with hot glue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/54ecc2b2-eea8-4f52-a2b7-ae8f27116a26/56.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out I wanted the orange to show through the pearl strands, and thus wrapped the strand randomly. I glued down the first and last row. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/8138d0a8-fe54-4b45-aa57-165873c03690/58.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out I then randomly glued on loose pearls from Amazon in different sizes. Be sure to put the bobeche over the candle before doing work on the insulator/candle, because after you embellish it, the bobeche won’t fit. Here, I’ve also glued trim on the bobeche. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/271670b4-0916-422f-96d4-96fe1ec7c2ec/59.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out I glued the large, loose pearls from Amazon to the ends of the scrolls. The loose pearls come in packages containing four or five different sizes of pearls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/0b491e2b-a81a-4bd7-86a3-38df1001bb96/63.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out I layered crystal buttons from Hobby Lobby on the column. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/720fffd8-b2bb-48c4-9726-10da460cc21e/64.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out It’s starting to look fancy. More please. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/cbe95a4a-1809-4711-a6b6-c16b4f09ba2a/64a.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out But still not fancy enough. So I cut the backs off these ruby red buttons from Amazon and … https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/b1b10902-de93-47b6-8e13-76e88c05d38d/65.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out . . . glued them over the rosettes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/5ea1911b-0e06-41e4-9efc-0de69493e2f2/66.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out As I looked up at this, my eye went to places which were missing bling. More work! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1b0034bf-3916-4f27-9712-bba3d29dfd30/67.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out So, open areas like this . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/6536bd6f-5f6e-432d-b29d-fdf788ec2bbd/68.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out . . . I covered with trim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/d24ec657-a152-4d36-9b6f-0203d87f1506/69.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out Gaps like this . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/123df154-59dd-4b3b-b090-704d0c795b6a/70.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out . . . I covered with rhinestone buttons from Hobby Lobby. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/e84ccfef-6e44-4c24-829e-2b7253fd520d/71.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out Areas where two different materials met and looked unfinished . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/3b7afeaf-5a2e-4611-9980-a3323671f495/72.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out . . . I covered with these cameo buttons, also from Hobby Lobby. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/6af6d83f-50b2-4ee5-bbf4-bcffaf35894e/73.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out This photo shows more progress, including more rhinestone buttons added here and there, more pearls of varied sizes add to the columns, and also draped necklaces from Amazon. The pearl-colored version I bought here (they come with earrings), while the pink version I bought here. The pink version also came with earrings and also bracelets, which you can see I’ve dropped over the candles to sit inside the bobeches. I’ve also added pearl and more rhinestone trim to the bobeches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/8032dc4f-e1b0-413d-887e-4ce307e38385/75.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out Getting closer! But . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c1127f04-0fe5-411a-b303-3c1b3da19a7a/77.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out . . . it’s not done until it’s overdone. So I added these strands of colored crystals I found on eBay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c45994b2-0bda-4e25-9c86-90fd6e008dc3/83.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out I glued three and four-row rhinestone on the bottom bowl, alternating depending on the circumference and flexibility of the different trims. Here, here, here, here and here are additional trims I used throughout the project which may not have been cited above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a9b3f60f-7f51-4929-89b3-bfd1d2cad09a/84.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out I glued more fish onto the bowl, and additional pearl trim to finish it off. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/7eb859b4-70d6-4d64-9b9a-b023226e1932/86.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out Here are more crystal strands and prisms, which I found on eBay and strung in a shape I thought would work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/dbeec9bf-2680-42ba-bccb-f9f2e96e8f6e/87.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out I then added them in a manner that gave the fixture symmetry, using jewelry wire to attach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/62ba47ea-e045-49b2-a2ab-746c086befe0/88+copy.jpg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out Here’s how it looks from beneath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/279b24b9-dbde-4147-afab-8fd11c79e56f/89.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out The necklaces aren’t attached, but are merely draped over the arms and hooks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a0a37578-b0da-4622-a3f7-a05686015c05/IMG_0845+%281%29+copy.jpg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/04fd6a35-9dd4-4fe9-885b-1fd1b7de515f/IMG_0840+%281%29.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/847fb275-5163-4d0f-8b24-1cdfb4d9b58c/IMG_0849+%281%29.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/96ab3872-271c-48f0-adcf-7bfda3edc731/IMG_0860+%283%29.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f288039b-23e2-4993-8c41-2a05593b1921/IMG_0889+%282%29.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f39de303-62b3-41fe-bc96-91ac381d2cd7/IMG_0889+%282%29.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/71064bcd-ce62-476e-a376-5ea0db13032b/IMG_0891+%282%29.jpeg The Beige Blues Blog - how to turn a plain chrome chandelier into a bejeweled statement piece - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.thebeigeblues.com/thebeigebluesblog/the-lion-the-witch-and-the-washroom-final-reveal monthly 0.5 2023-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613750699508-DZVK4ROER78DI71HVHRD/1.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the Witch And the WAshroom: Final Reveal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613750729636-N94Y5USEF9MQ98MYHD8X/2.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the Witch And the WAshroom: Final Reveal - This is how the bathroom looked shortly before we demolished it . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613750751745-P1560JI89S4O54WXVV8R/3.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the Witch And the WAshroom: Final Reveal - . . . and this is what the bathroom looked like after demo. Someone along the way tore out the original hardwood floors and portions of the subfloor before laying down sheets of plywood and vinyl. Because the subfloor was wrecked, we had to rebuild it. We then installed hickory, which is a hardwood commonly used in homes within our historic district. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613750796629-R99BRONOEYQV0VALTTWI/4.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the Witch And the WAshroom: Final Reveal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613750819147-1MY99CQIUYBX3WC8NSH4/5.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the Witch And the WAshroom: Final Reveal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613750848744-5DKB8DVPMCSOIRWDYUFK/6.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the Witch And the WAshroom: Final Reveal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613750874873-51TY7O3TV7EHOGVU8S64/7.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the Witch And the WAshroom: Final Reveal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613750902642-V2JTWFM3DOEFDV0X9QKU/8.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the Witch And the WAshroom: Final Reveal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613750927916-UBS6B3JCJ2Y1EGG0XUWO/9.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the Witch And the WAshroom: Final Reveal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613750947962-L49QIYT1V7Z4FP4SVXQ2/10.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the Witch And the WAshroom: Final Reveal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613750973975-SQIGH2T1093U240LVG5G/11.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the Witch And the WAshroom: Final Reveal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613751042289-X3PKNVN8XCUSL7FB2BX0/12.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the Witch And the WAshroom: Final Reveal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613751089579-ITADR55Y2FGT5YD382NM/13.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the Witch And the WAshroom: Final Reveal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613751108420-HI9MFM90K0522WXRESOP/14.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the Witch And the WAshroom: Final Reveal https://www.thebeigeblues.com/thebeigebluesblog/the-lion-the-witch-and-the-washroom-part-7 monthly 0.5 2021-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613750140795-53S03MIL333OBEH7EGPL/1.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the Witch and the Washroom: Part 7 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613750178353-MC0JZ1CIUMPZT2P1Z5KA/2.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the Witch and the Washroom: Part 7 - Mike used Black Absolute granite quarter rounds to trim out the niches. We were going to use brass trim for the niches and around the tile mural, but the product wasn't workable in the size we ordered PLUS Mike was concerned grouting would scratch the brass. We haven't decided whether we'll tile up to the ceiling. Definitely that's preferable, but like many wall-ceiling intersections in this house, this one is Limony Snicket crooked and the tile might accentuate that. If we don't tile up to the ceiling, I'll paint the wall and ceiling black. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613750211214-QJCKPRI6DPSO0JQYXISG/3.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the Witch and the Washroom: Part 7 - The tiling saga continued for days until Mike got to the side wall at the entry to the tub/shower, at which point he stopped and commenced building the Narnia cabinet in this location. Despite laying out most of the project on AutoCAD, he didn’t have a clear path to victory for tying the tile into the cabinet in a manner both visually appealing and designed to prevent water from splashing on the wood cabinet. And thus, the tile had to take a temporary backseat while Mike built the cabinet. If you’ve followed our DIY kitchen renovation from a couple years ago, you know Mike is a master at making relatively inexpensive ready-to-assemble cabinets look like something straight out of Versailles. We applied the same concept here, purchasing drawer and upper cabinet assemblies from www.rtakitchencabinetsonline.com which Mike has started cobbling together against the tub/shower wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613750250804-SG05DFGHHKCPBT8UAKS2/4.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the Witch and the Washroom: Part 7 - Here's an example of a detail piece we'll be adding to the cabinet doors. We buy most of our onlays and appliques from Architectural Depot which sells molding and ornamentation by many manufacturers. This particular onlay is by Pearlworks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613750271960-VT8SNO3KFRP5C5R0V0MX/5.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the Witch and the Washroom: Part 7 - Another example of an architectural onlay we'll be using. This center also is made by Pearlworks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613750311505-JDAP97AHT679SAY6YS6M/6.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the Witch and the Washroom: Part 7 - This is the Timeless Butterfly tile sold by Tile Bar. It's made of black and white nano glass on porcelain with inlaid brass butterflies. Needless to say, it's very pricey and I'd rather stretch myself artistically and paint the floor than buy super expensive tile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613750373234-S9FXVTTH9HG9N02HNPAZ/7.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the Witch and the Washroom: Part 7 - I'll stencil a spray of butterflies across the black and white pattern in the previous picture and probably will have a few stragglers painted up the window casing and shower area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613750407776-Z2JC59LLME4RQVHJGHS9/8.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the Witch and the Washroom: Part 7 https://www.thebeigeblues.com/thebeigebluesblog/the-lion-the-witch-and-the-washroom-part-56 monthly 0.5 2021-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613749343520-Q81CX9M9P50V8WOWGXPN/1.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the Witch and the Washroom: Part 5/6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613749468291-L7U3KOOX78G1QBGFBX6S/2.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the Witch and the Washroom: Part 5/6 - American Tin has numerous mix-and-match options for their ceiling products, including 39 historic patterns and 52 different colors and finishes. You can order 6” sample tiles to help visualize how the product will work in the space. These are the samples we selected. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613749494171-XIH0U99XQ0OZCDCD8FBN/3.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the Witch and the Washroom: Part 5/6 - Winner winner chicken dinner! We ended up ordering Pattern 29 in oil rubbed gold because the ornate detail is dramatic and ups the ante for what’s evolving into a very theatrical space. The color ties in with black and gold used elsewhere in the bathroom and I like the feeling of weight and drama on the ceiling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613749513683-QBWMQ7VE9B4YGUYFOW4G/4.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the Witch and the Washroom: Part 5/6 - Carmine Red, pictured here, was a one of my favorites but I felt with the rosy colors I was considering for the walls, this would not have provided sufficient contrast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613749534669-IM3W3DAB1Q5V2F7SOKR5/5.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the Witch and the Washroom: Part 5/6 - I also loved Pattern 29 in Artisan Silver Patina, but the color was not right for the space. In the right space, however, this would be a stunner. Like maybe with black walls. Or deep purple ones. Or a fresh green. Sheesh. The mind reels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613749581141-2JD0P3ENW2E0JJGX4RDS/6.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the Witch and the Washroom: Part 5/6 - Here's the filler we ordered in Pattern #2. While the filler tiles have either texture or pattern depending on which style you order, the patterns are forgiving so it doesn’t matter where the tile is cut – it simply fills the space nicely and gives a great balanced, layered and finished look to the ceiling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613749634108-RDTFG90M08C3G9NDGCL8/7.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the Witch and the Washroom: Part 5/6 - This is the C1 crown molding in oil rubbed gold. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613749650923-4GDNMEBJK86DEI7PF82I/8.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the Witch and the Washroom: Part 5/6 - And here we have the M2 flat molding in the same finish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613749687915-EE701CN5GHRZE3DIX0X5/9.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the Witch and the Washroom: Part 5/6 - This photo shows the snap lines and the first couple of tiles installed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613749708796-C0L9S69WR0PTSQ8XF5E9/10.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the Witch and the Washroom: Part 5/6 - This picture shows Mike installing the filler tiles which abut the wall. As you can see, perfection is not required in regard to the spacing against the wall as the crown molding will cover this gap. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613749756286-IMDT2VHGO0OMSB0R8166/11.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the Witch and the Washroom: Part 5/6 - Mike and the tin snips. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613749801118-CNS821P5GAZLUCBXISS3/12.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the Witch and the Washroom: Part 5/6 - Installation of the crown was more efficient with with Mike's brother holding the material in place while Mike shot the nails. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613749831491-G7TIZWVF300STQP0CMBW/13.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the Witch and the Washroom: Part 5/6 - The current view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613749877107-0HNA4EBAKA6KWKU8EM9F/14.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the Witch and the Washroom: Part 5/6 https://www.thebeigeblues.com/thebeigebluesblog/the-lion-the-witch-and-the-washroom-part-4 monthly 0.5 2021-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613599702971-A9S0SZIEY2U2PNUXXV88/1.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the WItch and the Washroom: Part 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613599758786-AYSYNRCK0W3OHBJSM97R/2.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the WItch and the Washroom: Part 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613599797247-RAU28QQY8YKDE9NSMFLA/3.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the WItch and the Washroom: Part 4 - Glamorous by Behr. Btw when I use Behr paint, I always have the color mixed in the Marquee line as this is a great quality paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613599841182-SG9RXE51AEPAUZX5R083/4.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the WItch and the Washroom: Part 4 - As you can see, the color is MUCH punchier and more coral in appearance than it is on the card sample above due to the lighting in this space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613599880554-3I2Q3IHZ8GL2YZ692X9L/5.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the WItch and the Washroom: Part 4 - Modern Masters Ruby Red metallic. Bar none this is the most beautiful, rich red paint I've ever seen or used. It's spectacular if red is your thing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613599922227-QNIW44UANUEVP3XWWYE3/6.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the WItch and the Washroom: Part 4 - Here are the walls half ragged. I didn’t do a traditional treatment, both in terms of the paint choice and technique, but simply rubbed the metallic red over the eggshell cerise in swirly random patterns with some painter's rags. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613599971128-Y9G2RZV3UEYTRKSWJLK5/7.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the WItch and the Washroom: Part 4 - Amazingly, the metallic ruby swirled over the cerise makes the walls look like they’re covered in crushed velvet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613599993502-JB8N0H5W3XIUS5GXSZZH/8.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the WItch and the Washroom: Part 4 - Here are the walls completed after my improvised "rag" treatment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613600029990-VNQPR2J0K729RITCTDE5/9.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the WItch and the Washroom: Part 4 - Here are the colors I used for the scales. The painter's pale at the top is the deeper pearl pink I mixed by combining Modern Masters pearl pink and some of their gold metallic with latex hot pinks and corals. The next pale down is a gold I mixed using several shades of Modern Masters metallic golds. The third pale looks white but it’s Modern Masters Flash Copper which is a beautiful iridescent copper. The small jar next in line is Modern Masters Pink Pearl and the last jar is the rosy red I mixed by combining Modern Masters Ruby Red metallic with various shades of latex pink and pink pearl. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613600062006-FDKLLADKY0EGA669TVXI/10.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the WItch and the Washroom: Part 4 - This is where I started with an initial coat of the rosy pink applied by dabbing and swirling with a high-quality chalk paint brush. I initially used tape to hold up the stencil but this was disastrous so I ended up applying thin layers of a 3M spray adhesive to get crisp edges. Because I used adhesive, I also used Goof Off to remove the adhesive periodically which helped prevent build up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613600082795-NST0JZCE089J7LGEAVYR/11.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the WItch and the Washroom: Part 4 - Here is a different section of the wall, although I applied the same process. After the rosy pink base dried, I dry brushed in swirls the lighter metallic Pink Pearl over the lower part of the scales on some of the scales and over the entire scale on others in a random pattern. I followed the pink pearl with dry brush swirls of the rosy red at the top V of the scales. Next I dry brush swirled gold metallic over the entire scale and last dry brushed in swirls the Flash Copper. It is KEY for all steps other than the initial rosy pink base to ensure you offload most of the paint onto a paper towel or cloth so the coats are transparent and that you use a chalk paint brush or a large stencil brush. Also key is to use a flash or iridescent paint as the top coat so you get variations as the eye travels around the room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613600122134-5F7XQJF5RBVRJUTR0K1M/12.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the WItch and the Washroom: Part 4 - I painted over most of the wonky scales with the ruby red metallic before applying the gold leaf. Btw I used imitation gold leaf which is made of copper, so it's essential to apply a clear coat varnish over this because reportedly it will tarnish to a green color. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613600158139-SZE3BZZ9TA6YZ3ORJ9UC/13.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the WItch and the Washroom: Part 4 - Again this is another part of the wall, but I used the same process. As you can see, the gold looks like a bad rash and needs some sort of feathering or distressing to feel more natural. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613600182300-10JU7VLFZAHPP6R7GIGW/14.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the WItch and the Washroom: Part 4 - I swirled and dabbed the same colors over parts of the gold leaf that I used on the scales plus the ruby red metallic. I continued adding layers until it achieved satisfactory eye appeal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613600204977-R316M182PXQWOGCJFG0C/15.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the WItch and the Washroom: Part 4 - At some point during this process, I realized the effect produced by this technique was something geode-like in appearance. So I continued to shade and add colors here and there to enhance that effect. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613600222864-FLN3A1KFXCFIJKOXSC6U/16.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the WItch and the Washroom: Part 4 - Like most things in design, decor and art, layers are imperative. And fun. The more I played with this, the better I became at the process. If I made a mistake, I just folded it into the final product. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613600244513-GNTFI3TGOBPUGTBATLR4/17.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the WItch and the Washroom: Part 4 - After finishing the layered paint overcoats, I still felt my "geode" didn't look organic enough so I layered more gold leaf in random patterns on top of the overcoat. As for the swath of red on the lower left, that will be covered by a radiator so I didn't waste time on that section. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613600265430-W4J49L1DB166J5R3X50E/18.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the WItch and the Washroom: Part 4 - On other areas of the wall, I stenciled more fish scales over the gold leaf to enhance the organic effect and create an illusion perhaps of a worn mural peaking from beneath layers of paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613600284602-Y7QD5AQPVA11DPFUF1QZ/19.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the WItch and the Washroom: Part 4 - I didn't use the exact same technique on every part of the wall as I felt this would look too contrived. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613600307154-HZMS0EF1Z56B5ANVIGWW/20.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the WItch and the Washroom: Part 4 - Some of the wall feels more like worn out watercolors. I achieved this effect by continuously layering metallic and iridescent paint and bits of gold leaf. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613600343848-MFU5JQRJS758LDD66NOW/21.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the WItch and the Washroom: Part 4 https://www.thebeigeblues.com/thebeigebluesblog/the-lion-the-witch-and-the-washroom-part-3 monthly 0.5 2021-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613598900122-QZIPA3ESNXCJLOY6K6ND/1.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the WItch and the Washroom: Part 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613598945875-CZJ4RPHRWA96ZXCFTU88/2.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the WItch and the Washroom: Part 3 - Mike built scaffolding over the tub to avoid damaging it with the ladder whilst installing the GoBoard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613599012122-29723HDBNORQWLPNSMBV/3.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the WItch and the Washroom: Part 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613599035551-BTDWPJQUJR900MBS3ZB8/4.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the WItch and the Washroom: Part 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613599100863-6S0D7IH6O41XKELYYGK9/5.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the WItch and the Washroom: Part 3 - First Mike taped off the inside of the bowl as I didn’t want this part painted due to use of chemicals for cleaning. He then sanded the entire area that wasn’t taped off. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613599131462-6JGEPEQ44BXBTZMW3IFN/6.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the WItch and the Washroom: Part 3 - Next he primed it with an automotive spray primer as we believe this grips better than standard primer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613599177906-KQAWKLPQM8GXSY058XLX/7.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the WItch and the Washroom: Part 3 - Ta dah! We used a gold spray paint called Ironlak. Mike then applied a number of topcoats to protect the paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613599214316-F5OC7HHVDHH42DNI5H07/8.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the WItch and the Washroom: Part 3 - On the top of the seat, we have dragon scales. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613599229984-ZYNO4Y58DOYRFZ20WUGD/9.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the WItch and the Washroom: Part 3 - Open the lid and many surprises await, including hearts on the seat designed to look like rear ends and big bold stripes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613599248359-LHSIJT4BMQC9U0NX36K9/10.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the WItch and the Washroom: Part 3 - That’s not all folks. Flip the seat up and we have polka dots! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613599283491-4UK45Z6RGCXFIK35QRCG/11.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the WItch and the Washroom: Part 3 - That’s Mike modeling the sink. We got a screaming deal on the Rozin faucet which was $95 on Amazon. The price has gone up to $128 but I've seen this elsewhere on line for around $500. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613599327799-VLL0DAJZ9ZB9VGU689QL/12.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the WItch and the Washroom: Part 3 - The amazing sleeves are from ChandelierParts.com and come in numerous fun and beautiful patterns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613599355722-FRLBY4BA9W755FG369W2/13.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the WItch and the Washroom: Part 3 https://www.thebeigeblues.com/thebeigebluesblog/the-lion-the-witch-and-the-washroom-part-2 monthly 0.5 2021-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613581378851-SAZSDENB7S0E6EP5GLIF/1.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the Witch and the Washroom: Part 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613581457952-MNH4OW0TNXTTROK8DMDT/2.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the Witch and the Washroom: Part 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613581531873-NELWPZDG7DP0AGTIKWNU/2.1.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the Witch and the Washroom: Part 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613581606365-VUQWLCTXRNIXEU796P0Y/3.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the Witch and the Washroom: Part 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613581650685-ILRSP8U2QM8TIO1D1HLH/4.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the Witch and the Washroom: Part 2 - I think the nail on the right dates back to 1902. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613581703235-S2OPSBBYAAMGNTC3R6TV/5.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the Witch and the Washroom: Part 2 - Of course, the bags formed a giant heap in the backyard and were then covered with snow and then more bags and then more snow until we had geological time layers of bags and snow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613581749378-JMDUMBF2Z91YQC4GB18R/6.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the Witch and the Washroom: Part 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613581814205-0CSCMDWQ5DUJIBZ5L34D/8.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the Witch and the Washroom: Part 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613581871159-13JG7GUOW1P9OL6WRLWW/8.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the Witch and the Washroom: Part 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613581909042-IG0WLCY8K328WRUQCA2L/9.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the Witch and the Washroom: Part 2 - Glamorous is the third color from the left. The sample jar is Modern Masters Ruby Red Metallic. The other pinks are colors I might use on the floor, which I intend to hand paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613581942925-NBYLQAX92LW6APDN36ZL/10.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the Witch and the Washroom: Part 2 - This is the construction foam. It looks like frosting but don’t be deceived. Anything that touches this stuff will be fossilized for eternity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613581991077-9PL30QB4NQP346QSTERZ/11.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the Witch and the Washroom: Part 2 - That’s Mike starting the framing with his handy dandy Makita. The Makita served as our kitchen island for many months while we renovated that space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613582035367-E7YTV8AZQ4U7ZFZ9OYPT/12.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the Witch and the Washroom: Part 2 - Mucha was a Czech painter, illustrator and graphic artist who lived from 1860 to 1939. This tile mural is a reproduction of Mucha’s 1898 work called “Dance” and is sold by Picture-Tiles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613582065457-A235KVRB62PZR5IE4UCI/13.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the Witch and the Washroom: Part 2 https://www.thebeigeblues.com/thebeigebluesblog/the-lion-the-witch-and-the-washroom-part-1 monthly 0.5 2021-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613580000913-Q4C0RNTRRDHTNUHHZYDB/1.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the WItch and the Washroom: Part 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613580123738-IOFBHMJ30VIWKDX9KEV3/3.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the WItch and the Washroom: Part 1 - This is how the upstairs bathroom looked when we moved in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613580186577-DCXN3OYBIEFU5QOVNBYU/4.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the WItch and the Washroom: Part 1 - I also wrote messages to Mike on the back of the door lest he forgot my terminal unhappiness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613580219810-25FXZ04IQTAYFF2ATGVC/5.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the WItch and the Washroom: Part 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613580271153-6T27ABXBZRBQNT7BCZTV/6.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the WItch and the Washroom: Part 1 - Image credit: somewhere from The Land of Pinterest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613580299429-QAPYYFJF0X69MRP4KFNP/7.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the WItch and the Washroom: Part 1 - Image credit: Paul Rogers on Pinterest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613580378852-ZDH3H0A8IWQLG5WQ0PWK/8.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the WItch and the Washroom: Part 1 - Image credit: Overstock, but this looks like a Renovator’s Supply toilet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613580434363-AJO8GUAHMR6D8NU9VEZH/9.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the WItch and the Washroom: Part 1 - Image credit: Ian Roddam Photography. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613580479441-M0ECOUY4X91F1KV4SSHB/10.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the WItch and the Washroom: Part 1 - It’s essentially a hand-built “wardrobe” or armoire with a shower/tub inside that will be tucked against the back wall thus opening up the space whilst providing maximum functionality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613580901745-JGF3CP02C0J7TPKS063J/11.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the WItch and the Washroom: Part 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613580920594-1JEZTH6XAU50Q6T3QV4U/12.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the WItch and the Washroom: Part 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613580942626-8R8A3PG83XH4L8DYPY8S/13.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the WItch and the Washroom: Part 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613580959930-EIJM2TYLEIIHNEE1EXCB/14.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the WItch and the Washroom: Part 1 - The sink was his idea, btw. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613581040170-QVUKHEVSR5ZE8KZ7J20Y/2.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Lion, the WItch and the Washroom: Part 1 https://www.thebeigeblues.com/thebeigebluesblog/butterfly-effect monthly 0.5 2021-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613572626916-6P02DUZONP7CAIR0ALQC/1.png The Beige Blues Blog - Butterfly Effect https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613572746246-BMPPFQHY19RGJW65LN46/2.png The Beige Blues Blog - Butterfly Effect - Little Miss Muffet Sat on Her Tuffet. This is me in 1995 in my first apartment in Santa Ana CAREFULLY decorated by me. My auntie Gayle took this picture, and I’m glad she did, because these might be the only pictures documenting my profound rigidity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613572782383-PFW70RV9VX6WFKQRFQJ9/3.png The Beige Blues Blog - Butterfly Effect - The Santa Ana apartment from another vantage point. That’s my beloved grandma Mona at the front door admiring her granddaughter’s décor. See the fridge in the background? There was an ice chest there until my mom told me it was immature not to have a refrigerator. Feeling chastened, I bought one at Sears. The only thing I put in that fridge for the first four years was a huge bag of potatoes I bought at Costco and divided up into multiple glassware containers my mom bought me for Christmas. I kept the potatoes for four years, packing and moving them from one apartment to the next, for no good reason except I knew they'd reek. By the time I rose above my dread and threw them taters away, they looked like shrunken monkey heads. Much to my surprise, they did not stink, possibly because they were fossilized. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613572934179-ARSTP6ZUZBPG1S44D3FE/4.png The Beige Blues Blog - Butterfly Effect - The bedroom in my first apartment. The art is the only interesting thing going on in the room. It’s a painting by my grandma Missy, which I still display with great love and pride. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613572959842-2TGOWB14MKVWU7L3TKXQ/5.png The Beige Blues Blog - Butterfly Effect - Another picture of the bedroom in my first apartment with another painting by grandma Missy along with a Miro lithograph I inherited from my great aunt after everyone else in the family passed it over. So free of mess and excess! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613573010471-UI3HITOLWMIWMZUQXF4G/6.png The Beige Blues Blog - Butterfly Effect - A job change took me to my second apartment in “the Valley” circa 1996. Just call me Polly Perfect. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613573038530-W3U6Q5WR12U4NZ5SIPNI/7.png The Beige Blues Blog - Butterfly Effect - The kitchen in my second apartment was so neat and tidy! I lived here almost two years and never once used the oven. I used the stove one time, I think to heat a can of soup. I used the dishwasher for the sole purpose of washing coffee mugs. The only thing in the fridge were the shrunken potato heads resting in neatly-stacked pink glass containers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613573066400-HJR16R1SGJ2Y08V4GUUF/8.png The Beige Blues Blog - Butterfly Effect - Another job change, and here I am in December 1998 at The Metropolitan Condominiums in Irvine, California. I skipped over one other place, but I barely remember being there anyway. The condo at the Metro was a rental which I later purchased and then fully remodeled through no fault of my own. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613573138129-SPEY3Y4PCLO94ZXWKJ8O/9.png The Beige Blues Blog - Butterfly Effect - My serene color-free bedroom at the Irvine condo, again circa December 1998. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613573167732-GAGJFUP18FFJR45UGT6Z/10.png The Beige Blues Blog - Butterfly Effect - Here is the Irvine condo again in December 1998, this time facing towards the kitchen. I have only one bar chair because I was single and not very optimistic, so a second bar chair seemed pointless if not downright stupid. I still had the potatoes hidden in the fridge, bringing their life span to four years, which is approximately the same amount of time it took me to pay off the fridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613573725227-YT0I789BAS8RT0LKO8YU/11.png The Beige Blues Blog - Butterfly Effect - The same Irvine condo in 2004-ish. The red kitchen is in the background. As you can see, I’ve started to embrace color and have even traveled to Mexico where I bought some doo dads and butterflies to put on the walls. By this time, I had succumbed to peer pressure and bought two matching barstools. Ya’ never know, right? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613573805719-ZW9AP9QHRHUL246JT6NE/12.png The Beige Blues Blog - Butterfly Effect - The art collection is slowly expanding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613573831782-OMHAEWKRHPABTTN4ADMV/13.png The Beige Blues Blog - Butterfly Effect - The red bathroom. The wall backing the green hall table was supposed to be the accent wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613573850711-8VV0MY4853YC3YS8P6VM/14.png The Beige Blues Blog - Butterfly Effect - Another pic of the red bathroom in 2004. As you can see, the accent wall spans the entire bathroom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613573875789-8P3A9S9JN9QBJA9OJ7WS/15.png The Beige Blues Blog - Butterfly Effect - The Irvine condo in 2004 from another vantage point. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613573930583-RSJ2WMJOLAGB3A2WUAW6/16.png The Beige Blues Blog - Butterfly Effect - Me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613573989221-H89QHVQU3SY08C593GBZ/17.png The Beige Blues Blog - Butterfly Effect - Isn't it swanky? The Irvine condo in 2005 from the same vantage point as photo #9. This was before the ceilings were painted. By now, I’ve gained enough confidence in my social skills to add another bar chair. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613574006355-4T0T8NY5RRFOF668O829/18.png The Beige Blues Blog - Butterfly Effect - My kitchen, designed by Catherine Monaghan, again before trompe l’oeil went up on the ceilings. It looked like a jewel box. Unfortunately, I have very few photos of the condo, and no photos of the flood damage. I wasn’t a shutterbug back then. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613574028431-G6TRQYHEHS2MHDGIODM3/19.png The Beige Blues Blog - Butterfly Effect - The Irvine condo bathroom in 2005, in its post-flood condition and taken from the same vantage point as photo #12. This, with some help from Catherine, was my primary design contribution to the remodel. Mermaid art hangs over the cool tub designed to look like draped cloth. The lamp on the table to the left is the one that inspired the exterior paint colors on my next house. The flooring is a really pretty tumbled granite which I selected during the Expo afternoon rampage. I also wanted glass doors, because this was MY underwater lair and I wanted it to be MY way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613574054685-7SWIB0JKA0KX4SH2V0ZL/20.png The Beige Blues Blog - Butterfly Effect - P.S., I still have that Venetian mirror. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613574073792-WSYFY3L3AYA2AZNPM42D/21.png The Beige Blues Blog - Butterfly Effect - Catherine and me guzzling some wine. Notice the butterflies flying over my head? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613574152771-7MX1GEXTDYVXQVKVKDUJ/22.png The Beige Blues Blog - Butterfly Effect - During this remodel, I learned an important lesson about design: black walls are more neutral and unifying than beige or taupe walls. Just about everything – even stuff that doesn’t match – looks good against black. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613574448078-6A6NSBJQ81086VE4T8R2/23.png The Beige Blues Blog - Butterfly Effect - Catherine designed the trompe l’oeil on the ceiling. This is the same vantage point as the one with me holding a hammer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613574500094-ZOANRXZPH0L6OXU6VQ1G/24.png The Beige Blues Blog - Butterfly Effect - This is the only photo I could find of the den area, which Catherine sectioned off with some spectacular striped, puddling drapes that she had made. My dogs used to lay in the puddles so I dubbed them the “dog pockets.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613574525756-H6J09JDAMAVDQ98PPK8A/25.png The Beige Blues Blog - Butterfly Effect - I still have those butterflies. Some of them float up the staircase in our current home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613574543235-RIHDYEP03TGUN4YOF665/26.png The Beige Blues Blog - Butterfly Effect - The puffy “clouds in the sky” trompe l’oeil in the bedroom was my request. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613574570452-Y9TNCYMYHP4PNIFIWF6V/27.png The Beige Blues Blog - Butterfly Effect - I loved waking up to the dreamy art on my bedroom ceiling. BTW, the gal who bought the condo from me painted over it. White ceilings are de rigueur in Irvine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613574595289-0D0BLB61548YFI3WE8K5/28.png The Beige Blues Blog - Butterfly Effect - As usual, butterflies abound. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613574613383-1PWB9WFSWWSC4V39W2RI/29.png The Beige Blues Blog - Butterfly Effect https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613574649496-1AP9AF3T3USPJEBZZQB1/30.png The Beige Blues Blog - Butterfly Effect https://www.thebeigeblues.com/thebeigebluesblog/love-story monthly 0.5 2021-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613571507251-O7BWMFA0OOEQQP6LYJXJ/1.png The Beige Blues Blog - Love Story https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613571578475-S0LSKBZ1CE8IJNPTTXG0/2.png The Beige Blues Blog - Love Story - Rembrandt created a number of his etchings in stages, called “states.” Some of the changes between states were minor, while others were more distinct. Our art is known as the first state of Three Heads of Woman, One Lightly Etched. As can be seen in Photos #3 and #4 below, the plate that created our image was later significantly altered to produce an image depicting two additional women, hence the title Three Heads of Woman, One Lightly Etched. Based on my understanding of this process, the original plate – in the state that existed when our art was made – was subsumed by the second and then third state and therefore no longer exists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613571653847-3ZAFIDJAB15SVJL1GT9T/3.png The Beige Blues Blog - Love Story - Portrait of Saskia in a Straw Hat is Rembrandt’s 1633 silverpoint drawing on vellum of Saskia during their engagement. Rembrandt’s handwritten description in Dutch reportedly was added some years later and reads, “This is drawn after my wife, when she was 21 years old, the third day after we were betrothed, 8 June 1633.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613571699692-Y9SUD0MZP0SZC99I4KZD/4.png The Beige Blues Blog - Love Story - A close-up photo of our 1637 Rembrandt, Three Heads of Woman, One Lightly Etched, first state. I believe Rembrandt’s adjustment of Saskia’s facial expression from the 1633 portrait in Photo #2, which was drawn during happier days, reveals how deeply he must have understood her emotions. Her almost wry smile and heavy, knowing eyes, makes me think Saskia’s grief was giving way to hope. Or the other way around. I’m not sure which. He also changed her hands, which now appear older, maybe even arthritic, and more detailed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613571722212-92N8OYS3IOR81EAFNSJ8/5.png The Beige Blues Blog - Love Story - This is a Google Images picture of the third and final state of Rembrandt’s 1637 etching Three Heads of Woman, One Lightly Etched. This is an adjustment to the first state that produced our art shown in Photo #3. There is a second state, but I don’t know much about it or where to locate it on the Internet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613571771494-FK8B92Y48M0SE6Q6G58C/6.png The Beige Blues Blog - Love Story - Rembrandt’s 1640 etching of thinning Saskia entitled Sick Woman in White Shaw. I think the etching just exudes resignation, anxiety, and quiet dignity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613571825411-KNZLNM9526OKCA7N3TR4/7.png The Beige Blues Blog - Love Story https://www.thebeigeblues.com/thebeigebluesblog/the-re-redecoration-of-a-guest-bedroom-from-dark-and-disturbing-tosquirrel monthly 0.5 2021-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613404993065-Q90N8V202HN0QGEYLUEA/1.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Redecoration of a Guest Bedroom: From Dark and Disturbing to…Squirrel! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613405045206-TENQ1PJMQQ8VRWG1P3PQ/2.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Redecoration of a Guest Bedroom: From Dark and Disturbing to…Squirrel! - MacKenzie-Childs Moss Meadow Round Pillow and Bolster. I mean, in theory, these are super fun. But in a room? They look like someone ate a flowering shrub then projectile vomited all over the furniture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613405135066-S7IHUW1AI3FQBJU05JM3/3.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Redecoration of a Guest Bedroom: From Dark and Disturbing to…Squirrel! - Reds, blues, greens, pinks. Black. Orange. Purple. Pastels. With all the multi-colored splotches on the walls and torn wallpaper, our new home was starting to look like a crack house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613405201764-X3JW456YBCG0E5ZHPJRZ/4.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Redecoration of a Guest Bedroom: From Dark and Disturbing to…Squirrel! - Here’s the loot, ready to be loaded into our trailer. Back then I didn't know that, by the time we were three quarters finished with the house, we’d have bought enough paint to fill that flatbed trailer in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613405246815-6Q5VFN3X21VIGWW0IMGF/5.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Redecoration of a Guest Bedroom: From Dark and Disturbing to…Squirrel! - A real estate photo of the battleship green guest bedroom at our current house. Because I wasn’t planning to write a blog back then, I didn’t do great photo documentation before painting this room, either the first or second time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613405277919-F1VBGA874CK33U41POGN/6.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Redecoration of a Guest Bedroom: From Dark and Disturbing to…Squirrel! - (A picture of the inspirational guest suite at our former home in Orange, California taken with a turbo wide-angle lens. Please take note of the armoire in the right of the photo, because it’s coming around again, except in hot pink.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613405319463-HF9FV47PO4WLTJV81KC3/7.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Redecoration of a Guest Bedroom: From Dark and Disturbing to…Squirrel! - (The den at our Orange home painted in Vintage Wine. I painted the ceiling Benjamin Moore’s Alligator Green because I cannot stand white ceilings and because greens look awesome with purple tones.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613405377132-WSO872XWAAIHMK6GDZRW/8.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Redecoration of a Guest Bedroom: From Dark and Disturbing to…Squirrel! And there the pillows sit, like turds in a flower bed. Rather than removing the pillows, I added a hot pink throw and confiscated a pink and green floor lamp from the parlor. As you can see from the shams, my subconscious mind was shouting, blue, blue, blue! I want blue! I just didn’t know it yet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613405446401-7TM1JHIE0HR104K9HGJX/9.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Redecoration of a Guest Bedroom: From Dark and Disturbing to…Squirrel! In my defense, there was a lot of hot pink going on in the room. It’s not like the armoire came out of nowhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613405489911-7UF6CEQBUPP62RD11VDN/10.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Redecoration of a Guest Bedroom: From Dark and Disturbing to…Squirrel! The "before" version of the 50’s dresser, which we had at a largely undecorated mountaintop get-away house we used to own in California. It was supposed to be a “vacation” house in the clouds, but when there, all I did was work from a home office. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613405528284-2L86REH5MDGA14DK8GCG/11.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Redecoration of a Guest Bedroom: From Dark and Disturbing to…Squirrel! The "after" version of the 50’s dresser. It matched the inside of the hot pink armoire. Why just the inside? I don’t know. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613405572569-WKWVC32DW2WPVOMYWN27/12.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Redecoration of a Guest Bedroom: From Dark and Disturbing to…Squirrel! - I think this might be our house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613405613543-7DYI5XF41R7O0C7BDWDY/13.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Redecoration of a Guest Bedroom: From Dark and Disturbing to…Squirrel! - (Here we go again. This time, it’s a Farrow & Ball sample pot lineup.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613405651805-544ZQ059HE1434I349B7/14.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Redecoration of a Guest Bedroom: From Dark and Disturbing to…Squirrel! - The contenders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613405699604-NNVMY72EI9FTK4SG8JDD/15.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Redecoration of a Guest Bedroom: From Dark and Disturbing to…Squirrel! - (Primer and first coat. As you can see, I have become such a painter extraordinaire that I don’t need to use tape. Practice makes perfect! Just call me The Cut Line Queen.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613405724693-CJXNSXB4PREDANI90EJB/16.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Redecoration of a Guest Bedroom: From Dark and Disturbing to…Squirrel! - (Looking good! Having learned my lesson via the semi-gloss blunder, I chose the Estate Emulsion finish which is super duper flat but easy to apply. The color is so stunning and saturated it makes my heart swell, and it also hides the numerous bumps, blips, and other flaws in the plaster.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613405749218-0T8B8WUSGN52TKYR8GWC/17.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Redecoration of a Guest Bedroom: From Dark and Disturbing to…Squirrel! - (Mike made me take this picture to document the fact I don’t cover floors when I paint. This isn’t a problem, except when I forget the FULL tray of paint on top of the ladder. This time, the whole shebang came down on my head. Imagine my confusion and surprise. I was covered in blue paint. It was even in my underwear. I scrubbed the mess in a total panic when suddenly I had a paralyzing thought. What if Mike takes a picture of the blue me and posts it on Facebook? Code Blue! I therefore stripped naked in front of two big uncovered windows, ran down the hall, and washed my hair in the sink before calling him to the scene. Crisis averted.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613405804722-XE409MT2NR6XVZDVU7QJ/18.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Redecoration of a Guest Bedroom: From Dark and Disturbing to…Squirrel! - I chalked a grid on the side of the armoire and then free-styled a harlequin pattern in the little squares with gold leaf paint. BTW, the key to getting sharp cut lines with tape is to paint the underneath color on top of the tape, let it dry, then paint whatever color you are taping off. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613407121116-I5ZSCI5IOBR8044ZDDSQ/19.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Redecoration of a Guest Bedroom: From Dark and Disturbing to…Squirrel! - Progress picture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613407208696-2C4POXGWDOPD2OZI11Y4/20.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Redecoration of a Guest Bedroom: From Dark and Disturbing to…Squirrel! - (Stick a fork in it! She's done!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613407247316-I2D8Q683F13137U053NS/21.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Redecoration of a Guest Bedroom: From Dark and Disturbing to…Squirrel! - (The art to the right of the armoire is Blue Clown by Oleg Zhivetin and Evolution by Michael Chevall. The photo is all stretchy because I got a new wide-angle lens but haven’t figured out Photoshop despite step-by-step instructions from my mom.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613407280556-3A7POPRSCT3573T9ZS1I/22.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Redecoration of a Guest Bedroom: From Dark and Disturbing to…Squirrel! - (The tea cart all painted up. Some of the accessories are MacKenzie-Childs and others I picked up here and there from Etsy, Houzz, and Design Toscano. The wonderful prize pig tassel hanging from the lamp is from The Savannah Tassel Co.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613407321751-QJTGB5KMELGYATX9HJOB/23.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Redecoration of a Guest Bedroom: From Dark and Disturbing to…Squirrel! - (The art over the radiator is Linda LeKinff. I bought it years ago at a Park West art auction and had it re-framed by our local frame shop, Brinks Art & Frame Shop. They do splendid work. The piece in the window is an original watercolor by an artist named Hendrik Grise.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613407357542-E2LCZFEJN9EU4Y4IBCDM/24.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Redecoration of a Guest Bedroom: From Dark and Disturbing to…Squirrel! - Two pieces of art by Zamy Steinovitz and a super fun feathery floor lamp from a boutique back in Old Towne Orange, California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613407380660-4YPP1HPPL7ULLVHDMRUI/25.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Redecoration of a Guest Bedroom: From Dark and Disturbing to…Squirrel! - (Any self-respecting Michigan girl can shoot. I bagged these three on my last Internet hunting and gathering trip on Etsy.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613407413807-3I733ODTMBSLPRJ1PK8Q/26.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Redecoration of a Guest Bedroom: From Dark and Disturbing to…Squirrel! - (Another angle. I painted the ‘70’s bifold closet doors a nice shade of blue.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613407443688-7XOROD4281M2Y5G8HWK5/27.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Redecoration of a Guest Bedroom: From Dark and Disturbing to…Squirrel! - (The beautiful oil painting over the dresser was painted by my grandmother. I’ve carried that piece around with me since my college days. I absolutely love it.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613407480194-D3DDV2I8IDUD13YSW6OY/28.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Redecoration of a Guest Bedroom: From Dark and Disturbing to…Squirrel! - (No eclectic room is complete without a little Day of the Dead art. Especially when it doubles as American Idol memorabilia. Mike and I bought this at an Old Towne Orange shop called Gallery on Glassell.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613407517416-TJ0AG42LM8XD4ZUH9JWC/29.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Redecoration of a Guest Bedroom: From Dark and Disturbing to…Squirrel! - (The lamps are vintage topped with some MacKenzie-Childs shades that I bastardized with fringe and velvet roses. Are the finials the bomb or what? I got these from an Etsy shop called RWSMETALS here in Michigan.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613407554714-6ZPETNJVTTNXGAIQVBKC/30.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Redecoration of a Guest Bedroom: From Dark and Disturbing to…Squirrel! - (The outrageously cool sparkly vintage “Yesteryear” tins on lamp bases, with my own replacement finials, are from the Veronica Flam showroom in Atlanta. These were created, as I understand, by designer Nick Alain’s mother. I thought the tins had a groovy 50’s-60’s vibe that worked nicely as a bridge between my grandmother’s mid-century painting and the glitzy feel of the rest of the room.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613407582005-VG24A16TCN4Q3J55SOSV/31.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Redecoration of a Guest Bedroom: From Dark and Disturbing to…Squirrel! - I’ve collected vintage Art Deco Holeproof Hosiery illustrations and advertisements by Coles Phillips and sprinkled them here and there on the walls. My great, great grandfather started the company in Milwaukee at the turn of the century. The switch plate is Susan Goldstick https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613407607091-09023ZAJPR1G5RQ05G0Z/32.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Redecoration of a Guest Bedroom: From Dark and Disturbing to…Squirrel! - More Holeproof Hosiery illustrations by Coles Phillips. The top is an advertisement in the September 1925 Ladies Home Journal. The lower piece is a 1921 illustration that appears to have been kept in an album or book by the company or maybe by the artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613407651184-7UD1ZLFGI0ZKF46IUIRP/33.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Redecoration of a Guest Bedroom: From Dark and Disturbing to…Squirrel! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613407684682-7YXHORO0NV486Y4WY0T6/34.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Redecoration of a Guest Bedroom: From Dark and Disturbing to…Squirrel! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613407715843-TFRL820BPAQFHXP0DQTB/35.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Redecoration of a Guest Bedroom: From Dark and Disturbing to…Squirrel! https://www.thebeigeblues.com/thebeigebluesblog/a-shabby-chic-fail monthly 0.5 2021-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613165196817-439TSH6KFSB7AO7CXBN5/36.png The Beige Blues Blog - A Shabby Chic Fail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613165239158-UTZH7GIY5WGGUNVXINPA/2.png The Beige Blues Blog - A Shabby Chic Fail - Rachel Ashwell’s first book, Shabby Chic. This hit was followed by Shabby Chic Treasure Hunting and Decorating Guide, The Shabby Chic Home, The Shabby Chic Gift of Giving, Shabby Chic: Sumptuous Settings and Other Lovely Things, Shabby Chic Interiors, Shabby Chic Inspirations and Beautiful Spaces, and Rachel Ashwell Couture Prairie: And Flea Market Treasures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613165287033-2UYAYNXMS6VSVI2D8V5A/3.png The Beige Blues Blog - A Shabby Chic Fail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613165334107-1JY3COXJ2XO7H5Y1055J/4.png The Beige Blues Blog - A Shabby Chic Fail - My condo in Irvine. I kid you not, this place started out with beige carpet and decorator white walls and ceiling. You can see from the photo my shabby chic interior decorating sensibilities had blossomed and were on the verge of explosion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613165423358-BQ8RET9GW2G90HVX9NFK/5.png The Beige Blues Blog - A Shabby Chic Fail - My red leather club chair and a throw blanket that looked like the skinned hide of a red Cookie Monster. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613165491737-QZMLWAQY2JFMEYL7H6OW/6.png The Beige Blues Blog - A Shabby Chic Fail - The master bedroom attic conversation at the Orange house as it looked on the day of the home inspection during escrow. The prior owners used a downstairs room as their master bedroom, mainly because shoving a bed up the steep, narrow staircase was approximately like getting Santa’s big butt up a skinny chimney. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613165516730-D0D9B58G991V8N6501VS/7.png The Beige Blues Blog - A Shabby Chic Fail - The master bedroom had a window seat. It was the perfect book nook. Perfect wine and champagne nook, too. I just had to take precautions to ensure my little yappy white dogs didn’t go tumbling out the code non-compliant windows and splat onto the walkway below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613165536034-CMB2MXL0WOC3CFLT7RXM/8.png The Beige Blues Blog - A Shabby Chic Fail - The pleasantly beige master bedroom looking from the side of the room with the window seat. There was a sky light which, during my first year of ownership, had to be replaced when rain started to pour in. The area my friend is walking over is where koi fish eventually would be painted on the floor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613165561856-BROZATRHFCMLN2LTUILU/9.png The Beige Blues Blog - A Shabby Chic Fail - Shabby chic bedroom purloined from worldwide web. It makes my heart sing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613165597904-M0WZ5RTLKNG3HZZTQZ96/10.png The Beige Blues Blog - A Shabby Chic Fail - Oops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613165617501-YTB6OF460M9Z57WX9IC7/11.png The Beige Blues Blog - A Shabby Chic Fail - Uh oh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613165673958-JFPCSV3O0FNIKBYYXRRB/12.png The Beige Blues Blog - A Shabby Chic Fail - Hmmm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613165717651-K7UI656G7VH6CE6A4UOT/13.png The Beige Blues Blog - A Shabby Chic Fail - My first foray into shabby chic decorating. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613165752286-LX8TQCE5GQL2VP51BXIR/14.png The Beige Blues Blog - A Shabby Chic Fail - I moved the bed and added a shabby chalky pink crystal floor lamp to make sure I didn’t stray too far from my vision of time-worn romance and delightful distress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613165807426-ZVUA51Z068AQBJEEDKWD/15.png The Beige Blues Blog - A Shabby Chic Fail - The butterflies on the wall helped tie in the art. Okay, bright green Mexican folk art wooden butterflies aren’t textbook accessories for a shabby chic room. Neither was the Schonbeck chandelier with multi-colored crystals and a metallic cord wrap. But whatever. I worked with what I had. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613166319434-PLDYQI2NJN88WZU344M6/16.png The Beige Blues Blog - A Shabby Chic Fail - LOL. Shabby chic? What can I say? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613166384976-FNGYCKXLYZEICPQ83X43/17.png The Beige Blues Blog - A Shabby Chic Fail - The staircase leading directly from the master bedroom to the downstairs bedroom, destined to be a dressing room, on the day of the escrow inspection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613166408259-ZUD89VDZNTTIGNPGPH6O/18.png The Beige Blues Blog - A Shabby Chic Fail - From the other direction, the bookshelf in the staircase leading from the dressing room to the master suite. I know. It’s an absolutely fabulous house. That’s why I sacrificed so much of my life to buy it and then doll it up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613166469040-QT5057VXTR3YGZR6BB03/19.png The Beige Blues Blog - A Shabby Chic Fail - The view up the stairs to the master bedroom not long after I moved in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613166490689-K123RGG0T6IZC1N3Q57H/20.png The Beige Blues Blog - A Shabby Chic Fail - Another photo of the dressing room, taken on inspection day from near the bottom of the staircase and facing towards the kitchen. The prior owners used the room as sort of a television room or a den. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613166518004-8I2HI41C8FHXR7KZD13F/21.png The Beige Blues Blog - A Shabby Chic Fail - Again, the dressing room, this time pictured from inside the kitchen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613166550204-VEHQEC7DDUYITWGA7353/22.png The Beige Blues Blog - A Shabby Chic Fail - The ceiling in the dressing room. I didn’t care for the fans and light fixtures in the house. Those would need to go. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613166597085-YMEQV8O6HWWRG3JX52RM/23.png The Beige Blues Blog - A Shabby Chic Fail - The dressing room pictured from the staircase landing. Hannah is lounging on my new Simply Shabby area rug. Okay. Ouch. The hot pink chair doesn’t work with the decor plan, but therein lies the problem. I just couldn’t not do color. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613166618501-WUQC2KFKA5DUF0E61358/24.png The Beige Blues Blog - A Shabby Chic Fail - Oh, pink. My dresser, which I painted myself, reminded me of strawberry yogurt. How I just love pink. Notice the “Once Upon a Time” plaque and the “mirror mirror on the wall” mirror? I just love stories with happy endings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613166649835-H4N3TD88GVOT9TVLT9MA/25.png The Beige Blues Blog - A Shabby Chic Fail - All of these decorating oxymorons were pre-Mike, so I had to hire an electrician to take out the tropical motif ceiling fan and replace it with this light fixture. It’s more edgy than shabby, but therein lies the second problem with my foray into shabby chic. It’s just not that edgy, and I love edgy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613166678223-HW0F986IJHTGXXVX8OXU/26.png The Beige Blues Blog - A Shabby Chic Fail - I was so enamored with pink that, in 2007, I took a Friday off work and spent that day and the weekend painting my dressing room and the armoire Martha Stewart’s “Paris Pink.” You can kind of see the pink walls and the pink armoire in this picture. Unfortunately, other than the picture below, these are the only two pictures I have of the room when it was pink. It was super pretty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613166704280-7KGDGLN2L606CXLNDTO1/27.png The Beige Blues Blog - A Shabby Chic Fail - Apparently in deference to my goals of ethereal loveliness, I switched the green curtains for beaded white ones covered in Swarovski crystals. The apple green settee? Not too shabby. But I couldn’t help myself, and after my husband’s dog got a hold of it, it got real shabby. The feathery fairy hanging from the curtain rod is shabby, right? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613166766627-OZMAF119G3D02I4LJNYU/28.png The Beige Blues Blog - A Shabby Chic Fail - The downstairs bedroom which, as shown in the photo, the prior owners used as their master bedroom. It was buttercup yellow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613166801668-E71MR9AC5HPHOFM8JJSA/29.png The Beige Blues Blog - A Shabby Chic Fail - Here’s the same room after I moved in. The painting is by my grandmother. I can’t explain all the wall art with little sayings, like “Dream” and “Wish” and “Sweet Dreams” etc. sprinkled throughout the house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613166840956-5J3RGJ724MDCXEVCHORS/30.png The Beige Blues Blog - A Shabby Chic Fail - The bedroom not too long before I lost my marbles and painted it orange. Notice the reprise of the green drapes? Looking at the photo now, I really do like the room. Just lovely, although I’m not sure why I didn’t take the lavender paint onto the baseboards. What a great Air B&B room it would make! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613166863502-OFLI9ACXYH8B15J9OWMJ/31.png The Beige Blues Blog - A Shabby Chic Fail - As you can see by comparing this photo to the one of the master bedroom, art and light fixtures are part of a constant traveling road show in my house. As you can also see, I painted yet another armoire to tone down its dark tones and Tommy Bahama feel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613166907812-AXL7PCX1XR2DL2KHR3OR/32.png The Beige Blues Blog - A Shabby Chic Fail - Sort of like this? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613166947436-T7X1BO4TRKZITWMX767U/33.png The Beige Blues Blog - A Shabby Chic Fail - Master bedroom when it was white on white on white on white. The apple green settee has traveled up the stairs. You can see the light enhancing the sparkle effect and luminescence in the paint. The room looked like Snow White’s disco. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613166966938-LACIXNGT3W8MXT4BMT1B/34.png The Beige Blues Blog - A Shabby Chic Fail - “What’s this? Competition?” says Owen as he examines little white swirly things on the black carpet. The white vanity is the same piece of furniture that was painted the soft silver down in the dressing room. “Mirror mirror on the wall” has also been dragged up the stairs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613167012184-NULJH06I3ITPOBC91XUQ/35.png The Beige Blues Blog - A Shabby Chic Fail - Claudia Strasser’s The Paris Apartment. Mostly due to color choices and art, my style deviates from The Paris Apartment, but this lavish little book has sparked lots of my decorating ideas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613167049922-JMHGEPM5YHJO8FLHU0SE/36.png The Beige Blues Blog - A Shabby Chic Fail - Kathleen's trompe l’oeil koi pond on the master bedroom floor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613167085995-9BR46Z4GCC6N5BGXGNOK/37.png The Beige Blues Blog - A Shabby Chic Fail - The master bedroom photographed by Will Hare in 2011 for the Old Towne Orange Plaza Review. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613167115424-KXWHZE2QWW36JD0SV4RX/38.png The Beige Blues Blog - A Shabby Chic Fail - You can sort of see the peacock by the bed and vines traveling up the ceiling in this real estate photo taken by Grant Rivera. We drabbed out the bedding mostly because we slept with four dogs, all of whom slobber when they snooze. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613167138516-CRHSVZ9399UR9MK81HDA/39.png The Beige Blues Blog - A Shabby Chic Fail - This photo of a mirror Mike and I made out of vintage costume jewelry comes from a shoot Romantic Homes and Cottage & Bungalow magazine did at our house in 2010. Ultimately, I think the house likely wasn’t a good fit for these publications, so the editors used our kitchen for an article in a specialty kitchen and bath magazine. Hillary Black then used some of the photos for her blog, Flea Market Décor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613167165778-WDL1N00C94IKHJIHL08P/40.png The Beige Blues Blog - A Shabby Chic Fail - The carpet on the staircase and master bedroom landing made the mood of the space more sophisticated and artsy, despite its white walls. Kathleen also painted colorful birds on our pitched ceiling, which you can see over the piece of art mounted on the door. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613167206410-39MU85BHT7XA2BIAY9LH/41.png The Beige Blues Blog - A Shabby Chic Fail - The staircase leading to the master, post-purple paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613167225886-6YDV6BZ1B6GFA1BZ8H7B/42.png The Beige Blues Blog - A Shabby Chic Fail - This earlier picture of the dressing room shows the rich, gorgeous purple paint color. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613167248510-11FM22G013JU2C5KMGZY/43.png The Beige Blues Blog - A Shabby Chic Fail - Grant’ Rivera's 2016 real estate marketing photo of the dressing room depicts a brighter wall color than the eye actually saw in person. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613167272339-EKCWE1PM3YXCEGXZWLKP/44.png The Beige Blues Blog - A Shabby Chic Fail - No dressing room is complete without a Browning Prosteel gun safe. We’re so happy it never fell through the floor. Our talented neighbor, Sylvia Lopez, made the uber fabulous ottoman. I bought the peacock floor lamp at an Old Towne Orange boutique called "Two Sisters," which unfortunately is no longer in business. The Polynesian wall statues belonged to my grandmother. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613167314331-E1G19MQKSCNE2VJ9X7B4/45.png The Beige Blues Blog - A Shabby Chic Fail - My red club chair sits happily in a brightly-painted home office. The paint is Benjamin Moore’s Festive Orange. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613167340070-6XDLVO3X5CMAO2PWQHZ3/46.png The Beige Blues Blog - A Shabby Chic Fail - The office from another angle shortly after I painted it. The table, which ended up at my business office, is another one of my painting projects. I added black tulle tied into bows and big pieces of crystal to the red and black lamp behind the table. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613167366580-ZSYX0IBAWJ8R9RJROVSV/47.png The Beige Blues Blog - A Shabby Chic Fail - Here’s another photo by Grant. This time, in the photo, the room actually appears less vivid than it did in person. By then, in 2016, we had replaced the office furniture with some gorgeous French antiques collected at several Old Towne Orange shops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613167388909-AIX28EYM0Q21FC519FHE/48.png The Beige Blues Blog - A Shabby Chic Fail - The art in this photo, and throughout the office, is by Victor Ostrovsky. He was an agent in the Mossad before retiring and becoming a painter and writer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613167445679-M7Q0T2NWEB1GGDSBKH15/49.png The Beige Blues Blog - A Shabby Chic Fail https://www.thebeigeblues.com/thebeigebluesblog/christina-the-astonishing monthly 0.5 2021-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613164027295-X0JICXV64D00HKV6JS97/1.png The Beige Blues Blog - Christina the Astonishing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613164087427-T80DRRZ2IS60CSKUHEOZ/2.png The Beige Blues Blog - Christina the Astonishing https://www.thebeigeblues.com/thebeigebluesblog/thanks-for-ruining-the-neighborhood monthly 0.5 2021-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613161547201-KZCWBBE9ZVSCYAWLMR4O/1.png The Beige Blues Blog - Thanks For Ruining The Neighborhood! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613162073952-T038538P0CH6521ZB53K/2.png The Beige Blues Blog - Thanks For Ruining The Neighborhood! - The "before" photo. The little blue cottage in 2008 when it was grey, a little more than two years after I moved in. It’s a hip-roof cottage built in 1900 by a man named Leroy Potter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613162112596-2SOOYYZCBP75OZ2LSHNO/3.png The Beige Blues Blog - Thanks For Ruining The Neighborhood! - The "after" photo. This was taken by our neighbor and photographer extraordinaire, Will Hare, for an article in the November/December 2011 Old Towne Orange Plaza Review. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613162163208-UGKNB8JYSXKBWQXDGH6C/4.png The Beige Blues Blog - Thanks For Ruining The Neighborhood! - My home of 9 years: the lush faux tropical paradise known as The Metropolitan Condominiums. Built sometime in the early 90’s, The Metropolitan is considered to be “entry-level” in Irvine’s lavishly overpriced real estate market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613162191712-OFK40JNUP96H99NFUPAI/5.png The Beige Blues Blog - Thanks For Ruining The Neighborhood! - Isn’t Irvine beeeyooootiful for those who can’t or won't pay more than a half million for their home? The Metropolitan Condominiums are slightly beyond the right-side frame of this photo, sandwiched between some mid-rises a block or two from the airport. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613162287468-8FMVHTR7S5FHXFWRCEHU/6.png The Beige Blues Blog - Thanks For Ruining The Neighborhood! - In 2011, the press released a story about the City of Irvine potentially allowing more color choices for properties near The Great Park. The reporter who broke the story drew some fun reader quotes, such as, “Irvine: We Have 62 Different Words for Beige” and “Irvine: Where Bland is in Demand.” My personal favorites are “Irvine: Sixteen Zip Codes, Six Floor Plans,” and “Irvine: Sorry, I Thought This Was My House.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613162345465-Y7FI1F1ALXDKWLAJT344/7.png The Beige Blues Blog - Thanks For Ruining The Neighborhood! - Hannah in a tiara. Her innocent expression is a tropical delusion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613162382262-XOA64MZOPFZQ4KRCK7EB/8.png The Beige Blues Blog - Thanks For Ruining The Neighborhood! - This picture of the backyard and the rear of the back porch was taken during the pre-close inspection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613162402746-10FNORV2YK8ZSZXVRMYK/9.png The Beige Blues Blog - Thanks For Ruining The Neighborhood! - Another photo taken during the inspection, this one is from the back porch looking onto the backyard and garage. The garage has an apartment overhead and a small “illegal” room and bathroom behind it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613162427828-JQ41YJIZ2I5LGEPS6NTH/10.png The Beige Blues Blog - Thanks For Ruining The Neighborhood! - This is taken from inside the illegal room, facing the backyard, carport, and cottage. The guy wandering around the backyard is the prior owner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613162455727-Y950QE1H727LP42BCBEB/11.png The Beige Blues Blog - Thanks For Ruining The Neighborhood! - This is what the backyard looked like shortly after I moved in. It had a few good features, including hardscape, a fire pit, and an old avocado tree that produced tons of fruit which, over the years, trespassers would constantly climb and pillage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613162483445-R3LN94K3LH83B62OSZ69/12.png The Beige Blues Blog - Thanks For Ruining The Neighborhood! - The back porch. As you can see, the prior owners showed a little personality with the door color. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613162520442-0W5EUB0OQHM6JJ9EHDQX/13.png The Beige Blues Blog - Thanks For Ruining The Neighborhood! - Close approximation of Santa Ana winds. Santa Ana's are the closest Orange County ever comes to actual weather. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613162579238-2IIUY6JV1IKDKXZPF732/14.png The Beige Blues Blog - Thanks For Ruining The Neighborhood! - This is so wrong. It looks like a grey house with a bad purple rash. At least the fence looks great. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613162600836-BQZ77JH1X5O90Q335OUR/15.png The Beige Blues Blog - Thanks For Ruining The Neighborhood! - The spaghetti clump of cable wires that foiled our trim paint work is behind the Dr. Seuss ficus tree, which we later yanked out and replaced with plumeria. Notice how the lavender paint stops right there? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613162627917-EHZQELW4D7Z2SNT6BR56/16.png The Beige Blues Blog - Thanks For Ruining The Neighborhood! - A close-up of Mike’s masterpiece picket fence taken before he and his mom gave the landscaping a much-needed shot in the arm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613162654387-VK6YEQCG3FP2AFFVVRIH/17.png The Beige Blues Blog - Thanks For Ruining The Neighborhood! - He even installed an automatic gate opener so I didn’t have to get out of my car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613162700157-ZO5EUIJ2PBD8N20POHWI/18.png The Beige Blues Blog - Thanks For Ruining The Neighborhood! - My first color inspiration for the cottage was the April 2009 cover of Elle Décor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613162868266-9JF0JJFYQFHFC95O2QSD/19+%283%29.png The Beige Blues Blog - Thanks For Ruining The Neighborhood! - The Schonbek Diadem blue crystal, lime green, and turquoise dupioni table lamp that inspired our house colors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613162941311-PXNEGPCKH03S7C5EFPH7/20.png The Beige Blues Blog - Thanks For Ruining The Neighborhood! - The blue cottage shortly after it was painted and just after we started sprucing up the landscaping. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613163079063-LJ7APL7IYA56L7B9B5XE/21+%282%29.png The Beige Blues Blog - Thanks For Ruining The Neighborhood! - Yours truly flashing the international symbol of, "Hey, I'm so happy to hear your opinion." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613163185238-QM0L4H2LM7SONHTZSIAP/22.png The Beige Blues Blog - Thanks For Ruining The Neighborhood! - Sometime in 2010 or so, Sabrina Lentini's mom knocked on our door and asked if they could do a photo shoot of a kid pop band at our house. This photo was part of an OC Register article about Sabrina when she was eleven-years-old. She is a gifted vocal artist who went on to earn a spot in American Idol's Top 48. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613163559166-WJA6OZ124KP4R7OFMD7T/23.png The Beige Blues Blog - Thanks For Ruining The Neighborhood! - The beautiful photos of the house floating in beds of roses, and this one, were taken by Grant Rivera of Apex Studios when we were getting ready to sell the property in 2016. Thanks to our wonderful real estate agent, Tony Trabucco, the house wasn't on the market for more than a few days -- even though it was bright blue, turquoise, and lime green on the outside and black, red, purple, and orange on the inside. Ironically, the buyer's agent used to pause in front of our house during holiday trolley tours he gave of Old Towne Orange and announce to passengers, "And here, we have Old Towne's House of Concern." I don't think he knew my mother-in-law and her sister were on his trolley. Or, maybe he did. The beautiful photos of the house floating in beds of roses, and this one, were taken by Grant Rivera of Apex Studios when we were getting ready to sell the property in 2016. Thanks to our wonderful real estate agent, Tony Trabucco, the house wasn't on the market for more than a few days -- even though it was bright blue, turquoise, and lime green on the outside and black, red, purple, and orange on the inside. Ironically, the buyer's agent used to pause in front of our house during holiday trolley tours he gave of Old Towne Orange and announce to passengers, "And here, we have Old Towne's House of Concern." I don't think he knew my mother-in-law and her sister were on his trolley. Or, maybe he did. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613163686751-I6SR2OM2LDKM1MB49FLY/24.png The Beige Blues Blog - Thanks For Ruining The Neighborhood! - Another "after" photo, looking into the backyard from the previously dumpy and definitely illegal back unit. This is another photo by Grant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613163760713-ONAZNX8H3IJEUOJXVVHQ/25.png The Beige Blues Blog - Thanks For Ruining The Neighborhood! - Grant's shot of the backyard. It smelled as pretty as it looked. Those are gardenia bushes to the right along with a potted plumeria which hadn't started blooming when Grant took this photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613163780938-O2ZFVYD9SJFAR9SGEDB6/26.png The Beige Blues Blog - Thanks For Ruining The Neighborhood! - There aren't a lot of things we miss about California, but evenings in this backyard are one of them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613163832389-0WFNH2LEXMBLDYLB95CB/27.png The Beige Blues Blog - Thanks For Ruining The Neighborhood! - Kathleen Jewell painted the back porch black and white plaid. The yellow room behind the door is the kitchen which, shortly after this photo was taken, turned purple, green, and red. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613163858818-3NFGWRNE819HN8E1M2W5/28.png The Beige Blues Blog - Thanks For Ruining The Neighborhood! - The dogs dug the joint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613163881781-OPSG5FWJ7F8DVB0P3BSH/30.png The Beige Blues Blog - Thanks For Ruining The Neighborhood! - The front yard was an oasis, although I think some of our neighbors thought the flowers were too bright. Most of the people who hated our house colors also disliked the yellow and peachy-orange houses across the street. "Too loud!" people said. The whole experience left me with the impression that happy house colors will usually piss off grumpy people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613163922365-AP0VH2QDKGA7QUTGDW3X/32.png The Beige Blues Blog - Thanks For Ruining The Neighborhood! https://www.thebeigeblues.com/thebeigebluesblog/the-re-re-decoration-of-a-bedroom-from-boring-to-blazing monthly 0.5 2021-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613145087739-SEJT4OJWL2D3FOHX9LR4/1.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Re-Decoration of a Bedroom: From Boring to Blazing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613145148038-65AQFNX331NYMZL68AWX/2.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Re-Decoration of a Bedroom: From Boring to Blazing - The Frank J. Cobbs House. It has its own Wikipedia page and isn't it just so Gone with the Wind minus the snow? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613145182117-PPOBMSPN68FBRT6WW0FX/3.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Re-Decoration of a Bedroom: From Boring to Blazing - Cute green Victorian. I was thinking, "A little late taking down the holiday decor, aren't we?" but now have a profound understanding of the perils of Cadillac's ice and ladder killer combo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613145211841-F4FCUB6B0VVVOLH4WBW4/4.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Re-Decoration of a Bedroom: From Boring to Blazing - A to-die-for purple and pink Victorian. Imagine my delight seeing no apparent restrictions on paint colors. Yippee! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613145251864-QG27R72YNH4FBJTYU8SM/5.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Re-Decoration of a Bedroom: From Boring to Blazing - And here we are! The Charles E. Russell house on Harris St. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613145296074-SUTIPV945LTCQY77V02D/6.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Re-Decoration of a Bedroom: From Boring to Blazing - The attic in its current state, temporarily serving as a lamp graveyard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613152218188-R08K6L2F6Z39IAWS6YR3/7.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Re-Decoration of a Bedroom: From Boring to Blazing - We love the ceiling pitch and the chimney in the middle of the room. BTW, the ill-fated "ceiling" framing installed by a prior owner is coming down. We want the ceiling to follow the pitch of the roof all the way up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613152246389-KI7AGIUOODPCV7ZN914U/8.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Re-Decoration of a Bedroom: From Boring to Blazing - Another shot of the attic. As previously noted, it was framed, before we bought it, like someone else was planning to convert the space. I can't say what they were going to use the space for, especially given the alarming number of electrical outlets. Maybe a pot farm? I don't know. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613152282850-S11QIECUU1B9VFZQA0YN/9.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Re-Decoration of a Bedroom: From Boring to Blazing - The turret room with views of Lake Cadillac and lovely churches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613152368055-Q1C0CDYORNR5II3Z7J0K/10.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Re-Decoration of a Bedroom: From Boring to Blazing - The half-empty $20-ish bottle of screw top wine from Hermann's — California vintage — that saved us $24,000. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613152438717-ULTU765P9ZH4UFVD0WRX/11.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Re-Decoration of a Bedroom: From Boring to Blazing - The front bedroom as depicted on the real estate website. Trust me, this picture is flattering. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613152509512-Y25L8R2GZGB0HP72G8T5/12.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Re-Decoration of a Bedroom: From Boring to Blazing - The second Giuseppe Murano as falsely depicted on his website. I should have noticed the typo following the "www" when I ordered the stupid thing. Clue one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613152603060-ZAEQBXNW9XWSWFJF4CK8/13.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Re-Decoration of a Bedroom: From Boring to Blazing - The Giuseppe Crayola Magnifico is in the foreground. In the background is a patched and repaired wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613152633185-0U8HLNOM88G3KJG7BEMX/14.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Re-Decoration of a Bedroom: From Boring to Blazing - The door, now peeled and sanded down to a brown paint layer, with some test splotches on the adjacent wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613152661593-MHQTDU9UK9OSEAR2Z11V/15.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Re-Decoration of a Bedroom: From Boring to Blazing - Lots of wall repair going on here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613152687475-Z716TDDWCO6ZRJXIRMOQ/16.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Re-Decoration of a Bedroom: From Boring to Blazing - Mike peeling latex paint from a window casing. Someone at some point didn't do a great prep job in this room. Again, we had no interest in lead paint abatement, so we sanded down only to the point of respiratory death and then smoothed things out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613152761016-2FAB54ZUD1VG6T6ZAWIW/17.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Re-Decoration of a Bedroom: From Boring to Blazing - I'm just hating this room, but nonetheless move forward with the plan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613152814097-3Q8H9SFXVA5U8P9W87Z4/18.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Re-Decoration of a Bedroom: From Boring to Blazing - Nothing — from the log bed and rustic armoire to the traditional curtains to the ornate ceiling medallion — belongs here. I threw a rug down to hide the floor gouges and covered a mismatched chair with a fluffy throw. The art is a thrift-shop collection of flower oils from the Tehachapi house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613152855826-4K0RUUD2N64SP34KRX19/19.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Re-Decoration of a Bedroom: From Boring to Blazing - A different camera angle doesn't make things any better. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613152893052-ZZNP8T3Y27NSPER9JULV/20.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Re-Decoration of a Bedroom: From Boring to Blazing - I painted the bead board, casings, and doors the same "Ethereal White," which actually is a very soft blue, as was painted on the walls. With so many different themes and styles going on in the room, I thought adding to the craziness by painting out detail would intensify the room's cringe-worthy factor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613152927515-K6TA3HJ86SP0L87V0IY7/21.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Re-Decoration of a Bedroom: From Boring to Blazing - The decorating challenges presented by a big ass rustic log bed in a Victorian bedroom cannot be overstated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613154506553-QDZNQFYC8QXG4HSHITTO/22.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Re-Decoration of a Bedroom: From Boring to Blazing - Mike standing next to an Allegheny at The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613154554862-U071OUT2FCB5IY2MHV9Q/23.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Re-Decoration of a Bedroom: From Boring to Blazing - Front bedroom revisited. Again. The velvet vermilion chair against the window is one we've had for many years. The over-the-top old world bedding is by Reilly-Chance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613154578912-OLA5QGV2ZY10ZN761JWU/24.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Re-Decoration of a Bedroom: From Boring to Blazing - Close-up of the metallic log bed. Drapery is ruched in a "paprika" color from Half Price Drapes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613154601074-NZ9997STCG40S7UEH1HO/25.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Re-Decoration of a Bedroom: From Boring to Blazing - Now that things were more pulled together, I could paint out some detail on the doors and trim. The metallic paint is Modern Masters "Tequila Gold." For the doors and bead board, I used Farrow and Ball "Blazer" in high gloss. The walls are the same color in the estate emulsion finish. The switch plate is Susan Goldstick. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613154633020-0WZNPNFI1VJF2O3J74YN/26.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Re-Decoration of a Bedroom: From Boring to Blazing - Of course, I also painted the tops of the sewing machine treadle tables metallic gold. The Hollywood Regency lamp is a fail from the parlor. The pretty Victorian shade is handmade by ShadyLadytx on Etsy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613154669078-LSWJCOFQJYKYG99ROEXA/27.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Re-Decoration of a Bedroom: From Boring to Blazing - The table lamp is a Schonbek we've had for years. The art was one of my first Park West purchases, an original painting by Michael Kachan. The drapery hold backs are from Half Price Drapes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613154694647-YZQT9YKNESIFYWYIREVW/28.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Re-Decoration of a Bedroom: From Boring to Blazing - Mike painted the radiator a dark metallic color. Not ­­­an easy feat. The chair is a steal from the parlor. The "absurdist" art is by Michael Cheval and includes Analogy of Dischord, Hide and Seek, and Time to Be Queen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613154753161-99RGQKGE5NAGABH9S3D0/29.png The Beige Blues Blog - The Re-Re-Decoration of a Bedroom: From Boring to Blazing https://www.thebeigeblues.com/thebeigebluesblog/having-a-boo-radley-moment-are-we monthly 0.5 2021-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613060501184-AIYTTWWE86985YKDDIIY/1.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613060617146-I755NXZPTUN1OAO2WPGE/2.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? - Robert Duvall as "Boo" in the 1962 film, To Kill a Mockingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613060665326-MKRWWWXOYVGARE6KZIP7/3.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? - Johnny Depp as "Sam" having a Boo Radley Moment in the 1993 film, Benny and Joon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613060769028-0BKKO0WYQK00RHRB7EGQ/4.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? - Magnificent miter cuts on the parlor’s oak floor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613060845343-W6TANB92LU19RZZM4M1W/5.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? - Parlor as depicted in a photo we saw on a real estate website that lured us to the house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613060871176-301ZVTOGIO5867LI708M/6.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? - Real estate website photo taken from parlor showing pocket door and foyer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613060899384-ZDPFUQYHNQA3JKCCPK8J/7.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? - Parlor, foyer, and small vestibule back on our April 2016 pre-move-in move-in day, when the stuff from the Tehachapi house arrived in Cadillac by way of Mayflower Moving. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613060982644-M26HSDUFIAOIRF76AWPT/8.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? - Creamy mirrored armoire, which subsequently was taken upstairs and swapped out with a black and gold armoire that used to be in our kitchen at the house in Orange. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613061037308-001Q56CGMWFHGTOKD70K/9.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? - Apple green settee and shabby coffee trunk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613061076727-GKSMTFV065GNT1VTOD56/10.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? - Owen on the goldy-pinky brocade settee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613061109172-4LJWD98K247PXA3HSABA/11.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? - Levi reigning supreme over the Sanford & Sons furniture arrangement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613061190744-3BT87YVWXUPWD0BNBCEE/12.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? - The Giuseppe Murano El Magnifico. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613061261170-H08IBO9995VE3Q9CXR9H/13.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? - Speaks for itself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613062391647-GJQIS3HJOWZSIHCZY6O4/14.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? - The Giuseppe Murano, '80's rehab version. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613062478451-Y4A375852QON8SMFR45U/15.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? - Schonbek 6-light from the Madison Collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613062522063-1JJTTMDI8QKT8KMO3GD0/16.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? - All you need to pick color . . . a dog, a glass of wine, some reading material, and paint sample chips. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613062567683-XBXJSSE63UTRZMD40TSG/17.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? - Splotches of the ill-fated black, turquoise, red, and teal on the wall adjacent to the fireplace. Oh, and a piece of the replacement furniture. We opted for some allegedly antique a la eBay chairs in red and gold leaf which look a hell of a lot nicer than they are. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613062610647-MCG06EVQI9G754J2RZH2/18.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? - More color splashes. In the background is the foyer, now painted in a really pretty Lapis Lazuli by Behr. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613062637835-5KF5SEK58QEUANP35DKR/19.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? - More light blue and pale greenish blues. There are odds and ends in the foreground along with a doggie life jacket. I really can't explain the life jacket. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613062678352-JDIAJFWD4JJDPPO48ZR4/20.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? - Benjamin Moore's Aplomb AF-625 from the Affinity line. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613063140296-4LNVEGG7H6O5Q9ED018H/21.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? - Smokey Topaz and Amethyst drapes as depicted on Half Price Drape's website. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613063180541-R4STIAE95W2VVER1U20U/22.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? - Lorella Dia Lighting Creations handmade tiebacks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613063260346-LI2RS2EQXEM6LGYZ0KLJ/23.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? - Susan Goldstick switchplate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613063344448-PRJCBBWHUDI9HSO6GZ56/24.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? - Throw pillow covered with re-purposed mink coat from ElleVintage369. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613063523054-TG8NO7ZFWFFS4PJBT3HP/25.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? - "Caramel Sundae" pillow cover in bronze faux silk with ribbon fringe from CPDCDecor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613063545833-YFG0I67VZLGIW6M2X488/26.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? - "Gold Pink Floral" accent throw pillow cover from couchdwellers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613063572621-SDBT9AMDUZ0N9HXXLZ1F/27.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? - "Red Velvet and Gold Brocade Heart Decorative Pillow" from SendASmooch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613063596917-4JN00CN1HMDAVBG6QYKK/28.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? - Reversible leopard to cut velvet tasseled throw blanket from Myshop1020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613063652593-OM05GU62BSKXA25P3QD5/29.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? - Plaid black, turquoise, and yellow handmade throw pillow from originalthrowpillows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613063675671-COI120B1D4J42LRFM48L/30.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? - "The Czarina, Boho, mixed media hand carved" corbel from blueyeduckstudios. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613063725215-BS1BI9R0JSA5TKU6B7GN/31.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? - "Couture Boudoir Lampshade with John Waterhouse's Pandora's Box" by filigreelamps. This is a Victorian reading lamp which I hung high on the middle bay window rod. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613063773675-VNV44E2CUMOVCF5V5B7Q/32.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? - Parlor fireplace with surround removed and exposed wallpaper layers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613063838943-7SNK1TOQTT43EKQ0J5OX/33.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? - Mikyver in action installing the American Tin ceiling. American Tin is a great resource. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613063861871-PACCYTZHJSM6TFCAC9V7/34.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? - Mikyver and Gregyver, the Dynamic Duo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613063888838-KKKXOVQLDEU1CZNFT20I/35.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? - Close-up of crown moulding installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613063912313-SOI1KGP70RZJOWO5E7FU/36.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? - Fireplace progress. Positive Chimney set up the surround and the fireplace front temporarily to allow Cadillac Cut Stone to measure for granite installation. The unit is Valor's Portrait Series, Windsor Arch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613063981437-MQL14RXS7X54MVYJ9L7W/37.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? - Here, we have the granite installed. It's called Madagascar Blue, which reads green with a gorgeous bright blue popping out here and there. Cadillac Cut Stone did a very nice job on this. Last step is for Positive Chimney to come back and install the units and the fronts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613064015955-W2FIG6VYQMKI3HT9VTC2/38.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? - Now it's my turn. Painting at night. Originally I was going to sand down the baseboards and window trim and do it right, but I had a lead paint freak-out and decided to take a short cut. The trim is Modern Masters Pearl Black. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613064064432-BNQEE6PI7PEEO114T7VA/39.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? - The parlor is almost done! Cool dining chairs are from The Interior Gallery in Dallas by way of eBay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613064106213-USX3U39ND57BHRCGTGQI/40.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? - Like I said, almost done. I'm not liking the light blue lamp shade. It's just too far across the room from the rest of the light blue I'm trying to pull from the art. Sort of creates a ping pong effect in the brain. I'm also not really loving the bright blue dining table. It worked in our former house because it matched the ceiling, but now it's sort of a stick-out with no bright blue friends big enough to keep it company. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613064143693-X4B7HI6F37ORONMKV1U4/41.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? - But I am pleased with the drapery and hardware. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613073773860-OTWMV5YVGSAJKVK8URRZ/42.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? - And I like the paint job on the pocket door, team effort by me and Mike. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613073806778-299VSZ6WH3KQAOYGF5S5/43.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? - Art by Marcus Glenn. The lady's butt -- the bas relief one in the top piece in an orange and pink dress -- is the one Don the Plumber tried to grab. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613073846046-E8IXIHEAB2P6ZZS0GSYP/44.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? - One of my personal favorites. Here is a tassel made from a vintage Lucky Strike Monkey figurine hanging on a cherub lamp. Doesn't every chain-smoking monkey need a cherub friend to get him through the Pearly Gates? The tassel is from Savannah Tassel Company available on Etsy. Her tongue-in-cheek tassels are wonderful. They are scattered all over our house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613073923293-ZAM4GR8QCUQHUR45WHSV/45.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? - Self-explanatory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613073956971-X2U2EXRR7MYCRDR68P7Z/46.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? - Side table after I sanded off the swirly ridges. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613073983885-ZRKUG4LW2LDGEB5KW173/47.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? - Turns out I'm not good at sanding. It looks terrible. Now I need to let this dry before coming up with a new game plan, so I'm going to turn my attention to the dining table. By this time, I have a coat of gold oil paint on the dining table under the debris. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613074023663-HXVMJHHVIS7E78CNGNAI/48.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? - I decide to break my "only sample pots on hand" rule and call Mike. He's at Home Depot. I say, "Can you pick up a sample pot of green paint? Lime green, not too pastel, but not too bright either." He comes back with this. It's called "Anime." The words coming out of my mouth are, "Looks perfect, thanks!" but the words going through my head are, "Looks like monkey vomit." However, it's nothing I can't fix with a little cream and turquoise mixed in from the other sample pots. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613074053647-9DN7HL8L9QJY6PL7PHTX/49.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? - A bit of a set back with dripping gold leaf paint. But then, an epiphany. Perfection is overrated! Just let it puddle down like you did it on purpose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613074140624-SKF0MLSV3X3HUWDYEWVK/50.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? - Add some matchy-matchy fake orchids and I like it like that! The side table is another story. I got frustrated and just started swirling different colors all over the top. Why not. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613074170038-JX1EAM3QO3P1RBXUCPXT/51.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? - Side table and dining table are now close to complete. You may be wondering, "Why the wild colors on the table?" I did that to pull the colors from the antique banquette but punched it up a few notches to keep things lively. BTW, the purple Walmart rug is just a dog blanket. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613074210242-K7UMZ47JOJJNMN6ERSXX/52.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? - All pulled together. Parlor is looking fun, but it is lacking a certain je ne sais quoi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613074263549-6ZY7E1FOGFZY2DKG3KXL/53.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? - The Ecto-Fairy Steam Vault from FaeScapes in Bothell, Washington. It lights up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613074299177-3Y4WNPO51NR05JWRSOIH/54.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? - "Imagination," a lamp created by FaeScapes destined to replace the Hollywood Regency lamp with a light blue shade on our side table. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613074347128-5COQ4VCL8PX3Q43M7RWR/55.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? - Imagination stuck in a box. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613074408877-AP18LHRQTCRPJO4L0BGF/56.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? - Mike posing with his new friend. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1613074436913-0E8YJ6C0VIBMUVKU04IE/57.png The Beige Blues Blog - Having A Boo Radley Moment, Are We? - The little fairy man whistlin' while he works at his Ecto-Fairy Steam Vault. 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from adjacent to the original maid’s staircase and looking towards the “butler’s pantry” which, at the time we bought the house in early 2016, had been turned into the laundry room. From the beginning, we knew we wanted the laundry in the basement and to use the butler’s pantry for its intended purpose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/ddf3e2c5-2ba0-4f2a-a60c-bdc257c1494b/Picture1.jpg Kitchen Renovation At the time we demolished the kitchen, we had a specific design in mind for the cabinets and shelving. On the left is the original kitchen chimney which serviced the original stove. It posed a design challenge because it couldn’t be removed except at great expense and with substantial repair to the exterior brick. We therefore had to build the counter around the chimney without it looking ridiculous, as it did when we moved in. So I designed a “hutch” that would sit on top of the counter and overlay the entire area to the left of the chimney and carry over on top of the chimney. There would be shelves on the left side of the hutch and shallow cabinets on the right which would “trick the eye” into believing the entire unit was flush to the wall. The red arrow on the right shows where we intended to build shelves. The green at the lower levels shows generally where we’d locate the drawers and corner lazy Susan unit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/066f3380-e418-436f-8376-eb0c340cf408/Picture1.png Kitchen Renovation Mike owns and runs a business full time (a machine/broaching company), so he didn’t have the time (or inclination) to build custom cabinets during the wee hours left over for kitchen reno shenanigans. So we took a shortcut by purchasing plain white, ready-made cabinets which he’d cobble together into something much more special than what we unboxed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/48a37442-22e1-496d-91c0-9e8a528b2590/Picture4.jpg Kitchen Renovation The estate listing photo looking from the entrance to the kitchen towards the back door. At the time we bought the house, there was extensive damage to the brick façade just outside this door. Eventually we decided to incorporate a room addition into the façade repair and that work has just now barely commenced. When it’s complete, this door will be removed and the opening will be a pass-through to a dining room/home bar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/27340746-0316-4850-8232-fa2d6db301dd/Picture2.jpg Kitchen Renovation To the right of the rear door, we planned the sink unit. The dishwasher would be on the left. We wanted a sink with an apron which is indicated under the window along with under-sink storage and drawers off to the right. There would be no cabinets or shelves here; the blue circles indicated where I’d put mirrored candle sconces Mike gave me for my birthday present in 2008 after we first met. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/74d3929f-47a7-4d4a-af66-876c48c0dd9e/Picture1.jpg Kitchen Renovation Assisting Mike with the demolition was our friend and realtor, Greg Bosscher, and Mike’s two brothers, Greg and Todd. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/80ff50c0-7eb5-4045-b18e-6439a7da5b7c/Picture2.jpg Kitchen Renovation Demo day! Admittedly, this was MOST EXCITING. But if I’d known then it would take 22 months to finish the kitchen rather than the 3-5 months we originally planned, I’d have been filled with dread. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/283a4c50-060a-4a2b-a32c-2ab510129bd2/Picture2.png Kitchen Renovation Our house was a DIY construction zone on most days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/b6cf1d26-ea5e-40fd-99a7-2bbda759a678/Picture5.jpg Kitchen Renovation An estate photo that was taken from inside the home’s original dining room and looking into the butler’s pantry and kitchen. We decided to use the dining room as a den, which would allow us to have a formal parlor free of technology and a separate space for the television. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/511ad525-ae24-4eab-9501-16388be1a06a/Picture3.jpg Kitchen Renovation On the wall across from the hutch, we planned a shallow pantry. We knew at the time all the cabinets would be “fancy” in a decorative sense, with onlays and appliques and other flourishes, although we’d not yet agreed on a color. As it turned out, the cabinet bid we received was massively excessive, so Mike ended up building the cabinets himself and I painted them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1f04a3f2-d563-4274-ba97-cc6a40381808/Picture3.jpg Kitchen Renovation Helpers in action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/2dc402e8-bbce-493b-82b5-7e872b341eb1/Picture3.png Kitchen Renovation Cabinets literally were stacked everywhere along with debris of an assorted nature. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/0024c2c8-352a-4d7e-a8ba-eae3381a5374/Picture6.jpg Kitchen Renovation This photo was taken in the fall of 2016, 4 to 5 months after we moved in. Nothing in the kitchen other than some of the plaster walls was original. We believe the latest remodel was in the late 70’s or early 80’s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/b1e4a82e-a82c-4974-a578-3e6f5dae8dc5/Picture4.jpg Kitchen Renovation Next to the maid’s staircase and directly across from the back door, we’d put the Aga Heartland stove we purchased before moving to Michigan. The stove is a modern reproduction of a period stove from the early 1900’s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/066b9c8c-972f-4245-a20d-7b70f2dcdf18/Picture4.jpg Kitchen Renovation We originally planned to have a contractor build the kitchen and contacted many in our local area with this in mind. Three quarters of them didn’t call us back. Of those who did, only a few showed up to assess the job. Of that small number, only one returned a bid. The bid was excessive, so we decided to do the work ourselves, EXCEPT for the cabinets and counters which we would have a subcontractor build. Or so we thought. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/643cb9ec-0b4f-40e5-8ef8-eaccdda45bcd/Picture4.png Kitchen Renovation Cabinets are moved in and laid out generally where they’d end up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/6d4f3ca1-a07e-4f87-a6fd-95120d78c4b5/Picture7.jpg Kitchen Renovation Here we are on December 26, 2016, the night before we demolished the kitchen. This photo was taken at the entrance to the kitchen just outside the entry hall. The layout of the new kitchen would be driven by a freestanding period reproduction stove we had purchased on eBay while still living in California. We had no idea if the stove would fit, so when we first arrived in Michigan in May 2016 with truckloads of furniture and four dogs, the first order of business was to measure the area where this “island” sits to ensure the stove would fit. With our fingers crossed. And it did, perfectly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/669f4bc2-8ea0-485a-b54e-c7236b12be23/Picture5.jpg Kitchen Renovation In the butler’s pantry, we’d build a counter and beneath that, to the right, we’d install a beverage center. Large, deep drawers would carry off to the left. To the left of that, outside the frame, would be the refrigerator. The refrigerator and beverage center match the stove and came as part of a full suite that also included the dishwasher and a second refrigerator which we ended up putting in the basement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/9b569e0a-7d19-4add-8758-efbb0f2748dc/Picture5.jpg Kitchen Renovation Mike has designed and built kitchens before, so this wasn’t his first rodeo (he’s not a builder or contractor by the way). I had never designed or built a kitchen before, so this would be my first rodeo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/7bbca9ac-b68e-4758-b1e3-721d0af6a8d3/Picture5.png Kitchen Renovation Here Mike has been installing the wall boards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/79eb4f91-4d97-4fd3-b0ae-a4794179814d/Picture1.jpg Kitchen Renovation This photo was taken on December 26, 2016, looking from the butler’s pantry towards the island. The doorways behind the island lead to the maid’s staircase going to the second floor and to stairs going down to the basement. By this time, we’d used the space enough to know we didn’t want upper cabinets cluttering and weighing down the space in our redesigned kitchen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/e8e1a483-cec2-4778-a3a2-428234da19b3/Picture6.jpg Kitchen Renovation This photo is taken from the direction adjacent to the drawers and beverage center in the last photo. The red box indicates where Mike would build an open cabinet to house the refrigerator. Both of us like the look of a built-in refrigerator as it gives kitchens a more finished and cohesive feel. This fit our overall design concept, which was for the cabinets to hint at the feel of furniture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/4dcc3748-4df9-44fd-8488-0fbf56f871b4/Picture6.jpg Kitchen Renovation By the end of the day on December 27, 2016, this is where we were. It was interesting and a little thrilling to get down to original building materials such as the lathe and, what mostly excited me, the original hardwood floors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/3225f07b-232a-4f36-b981-f2849bc474a4/Picture6.jpg Kitchen Renovation Here is how the pantry started out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/b26857c7-26f8-4ab2-ac94-f2f7df050b8a/Picture9.jpg Kitchen Renovation This photo shows the maid’s staircase leading to the second floor. We intended to patch and paint this stairwell, replace the rickety handrail and either paint or carpet the stairs. Ultimately, we opted for carpet due to the steepness and treachery of the stairs and the associated slip factor (both of us tumbled down these stairs more than once before they were carpeted). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/23bb44d1-1524-4756-88b7-2958de8dbd7f/Picture7.jpg Kitchen Renovation There also was wallpaper behind some of the upper cabinets, the geological layers of which told stories about past fads including this gem which reminded me of Chicken Little. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/e85d4a66-43e1-4a30-b69d-8be033aa5842/Picture7.jpg Kitchen Renovation In the meantime, we were tripping over materials and tools and lost many hammers in this debris field of cabinets and drawers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/69a57218-aabb-4b3b-8eea-cc3012762a4b/Picture10.jpg Kitchen Renovation This photo was taken at the termination of the entry hall looking into the kitchen. The cabinets on the right are extremely shallow, so we decided we’d tear out the partial wall to the right and build this area out as a free-standing pantry that would look like an armoire. You can also see partials of three of our dogs, including our terrier Roxy and two of our three Maltese, Hannah and Levi aka Bees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/7c5358e2-8b90-4100-b5c8-3e0e5737bb90/Picture8.jpg Kitchen Renovation More old wallpaper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/e92d98e0-5a3e-4dbd-8afa-645a83dc3bdc/Picture8.jpg Kitchen Renovation We used the drawers for random storage of numerous paint samples and other tools. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1e7d89a1-60d9-4ff1-8be8-ee8e8e86d516/Picture12.jpg Kitchen Renovation This photo looks from the kitchen through the butler’s pantry (laundry room) towards the first-floor bathroom. The bathroom, which was a tiny room with three pieces crammed into it, is not original to the house and from what we can glean was added during the last 20 years or so. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/4f741595-6e47-4cba-a44e-9cb17dae77a5/Picture9.jpg Kitchen Renovation Here we have Levi on an island of the last bit of tile which, as you can see, was installed over what likely was the original tile that overlay the wood floors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/114b11fa-4b92-4846-baf3-bba99fe94ddc/Picture9.jpg Kitchen Renovation The debris seemed endless. The debris WAS endless. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/782bc4e6-7bea-4218-951d-a000abc060cb/Picture13.jpg Kitchen Renovation I took this photo while standing in the first-floor bathroom looking through the butler’s pantry (bastardized into a laundry room) into the kitchen. We’d determined, by this point, we’d remodel the bathroom as a two-piece to function as a powder room only. We didn’t want the inconvenience and clutter of a shower just off the kitchen on a floor that has no bedrooms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/2860ec58-0435-4e05-922f-b59e91e2c353/Picture10.jpg Kitchen Renovation The wood was covered with the nastiness of gunk and was punctured by 452 bazillion staples. It would take Mike and several hourly workers literally weeks to scrape these floors and remove all the staples. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/41f61b64-0ecc-4c75-9c20-c742f3c416de/Picture10.jpg Kitchen Renovation I had a few imperatives in this kitchen and pull out spice racks were one of them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a5da9f93-e054-408d-bc93-496d635c9231/Picture14.jpg Kitchen Renovation Here we have the butler’s pantry (laundry room) taken from the entry to the dining room (now den). I understood the convenience factor of a first-floor laundry but was unwilling to tolerate ugliness for the sake of convenience. So down to the basement the laundry would go. Moreover, we wanted to maximize counter space in the main kitchen area, and we concluded the best way to do this would be to put our refrigerator in the butler’s pantry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/e84a7e24-b5d0-4c99-93a0-4909b1f915f7/Picture11.jpg Kitchen Renovation Here we are the morning of December 28, 2016, thinking we’d have a new kitchen within the next 6 months (NOT!). We set up a temporary kitchen in the basement, which consisted of several picnic tables, a refrigerator/freezer, utility sink, toaster, and microwave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a7b8f32c-8cd2-4fb7-b9e6-9bc39ffa22e6/Picture11.jpg Kitchen Renovation Me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a31a12b1-bd0c-4740-8ddc-a106840478a4/Picture15.jpg Kitchen Renovation Speaking of ugly, the ceilings of both the kitchen and the butler’s pantry needed substantial work. This drop ceiling would need to go as would the boob light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1c0a97d3-9481-48e2-a4f8-74a954bfcb5b/Picture12.jpg Kitchen Renovation As you can see, the original windows were significantly lower than a standard counter height. We didn’t alter the windows, so to this day they do dip below the counters and are a source of some chilly air during the winter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c90b855c-e3fe-4ad1-bf7f-b3e027e071a9/Picture12.jpg Kitchen Renovation Mike. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/df5cdaf6-1f43-4921-9dda-94461373cd17/Picture16.jpg Kitchen Renovation As for the kitchen, we intended to replace the ceiling fan with a pretty chandelier. Ultimately, we also decided to put molding on the ceiling to give it much-needed character, especially since neither a crown molding nor tin was feasible due to angles created by the maid’s staircase overhead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/693b2f43-7af3-47a7-a3de-c12e17e89d8b/Picture13.jpg Kitchen Renovation Here’s a good view of the original wood floors, which we believe are beech. At the turn of the 19th/20th century, Cadillac was a booming lumber town and many homes in the historic district (and beyond) have vast amounts of the varied species that grew in the surrounding forests. Without a doubt, the most stunning of the original features in our home are the wood floors which span the entirety of the house. The only floors that aren’t designed with beautiful miter cuts are these (and those in the upstairs bathroom), as we believe they were covered with tile or alternatively because they were in a work space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/9bac5245-359d-4164-97ac-3419f6a189e5/Picture13.jpg Kitchen Renovation This is the first group of cabinets mounted. You can see the spice rack pulls which will be hidden behind roped posts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/dee1fa47-1ba3-4a2f-aa64-95ea3194de31/Picture14.jpg Kitchen Renovation We opted for full posts rather than the half-rounds typically used in kitchens. They’re heavier but Mike weighted and adjusted them so they don’t sag and they look more substantial than the faux columns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/6cf7c7df-f526-469c-bef7-542eb31f51c8/Picture15.jpg Kitchen Renovation Here’s a close-up of the latching mechanism. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1da4a65f-464f-4359-a3d0-b96c931bd4df/Picture16.jpg Kitchen Renovation This May 27, 2017 picture shows progress on the pantry as well as the sink cabinet to the left. At this point, Mike has cased out the pantry which is now ready for crown molding and trim. As you can see, the lathe is now covered with wallboard and textured (Mike did all of this) and I’m experimenting with paint. Mike and I went around and around with the paint colors, for months on end, until he finally threw in the towel and let me have my way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/065fc1f7-973d-46b5-b17c-232f81ba4dbd/Picture17.jpg Kitchen Renovation Now it’s June 24, 2016 and Mike’s finished adding the crown molding, plinths and reeded columns to the pantry. You can see the plan taking shape! He’s also rebuilt crossheads over the doors to the right and the left, as these were removed many years ago when the kitchen was last remodeled. We also have swathes of purple paint flanking the pantry, which is one of the colors Mike and I loosely agreed upon. I say “loosely” because it was a compromise and not what I wanted in the first place. We ended up ditching the purple shortly after I started painting. We have gallons of it in the basement, along with many other ill-fated colors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/eaddbf8a-f247-4959-85a6-46f2eeb64614/Picture18.jpg Kitchen Renovation Here we are, also in June, with a full bank of cabinets and the support for a counter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/740c1d7b-83e2-458b-a767-0cee0da40f1b/Picture19.jpg Kitchen Renovation The kitchen entry wasn’t large enough to bring in the corner cabinet, so Mike had to cut it out with a Sawzall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/46361d7d-f831-4713-9911-1b36c3d0808a/Picture20.jpg Kitchen Renovation In the meantime, I was sampling every color in the full light spectrum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/43ccf32c-e95c-401d-893e-2b650c5f4ca9/Picture21.jpg Kitchen Renovation By June 2017, our dishwasher was inside the sink cabinet which Mike buit. Of course, we still didn’t have a sink or running water, but it was nice to have the illusion of progress. The dishwasher, refrigerator, beverage center and stove are all this cranberry red color, which threw us hard on the color choices. It was difficult to find colors that worked with cranberry and which we could agree upon. Mike really wanted to pair it with black, but I felt this was too dark for the kitchen given most of our house is very dark. A soft celery or seafoam green was a close runner up to what we ended up choosing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a33a25dd-84e6-49a6-aa91-f63d9e76fa42/Picture22.jpg Kitchen Renovation In the meantime, the sink arrived in early June. I did go back and forth in regard to the copper, because our appliance trim is nickel and our faucet, ultimately, was brass. After much thought, we decided there’s nothing wrong with mixing metals and, in fact, it gives the kitchen more of a timeless, evolved feel and less of a rigid “matchy-matchy” vibe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/ad25188f-34ea-4002-b614-bf869e39f14a/Picture23.jpg Kitchen Renovation Here we are in July 2017 with visible progress and the brass Perrin & Rowe faucet installed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/cbcb4d00-f5cf-4b7b-9938-8537572d592d/Picture24.jpg Kitchen Renovation We also had a Perrin & Rowe faucet at our prior house and while it needed replacement parts more than once, the customer service at Rohl is outstanding so we decided to do it again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/2cf8ebbf-8811-46a9-8717-5487e2776b5f/Picture25.jpg Kitchen Renovation Initially Mike and I thought about installing Calcutta counters, but the price quoted by the local fabricator was daunting. I had been pushing for wood in keeping with the furniture feel of the space, and Mike finally relented. We chose wide-plank walnut as the material, which is pictured here in early July 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/383b48f8-c137-46d8-b275-7db1c673a8ec/Picture26.jpg Kitchen Renovation Here is Mike’s measure for the radius cut of where the two sections meet over the lazy Susan corner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/e2ee1db3-aba8-4b84-94ae-0cd947c28289/Picture27.jpg Kitchen Renovation Here’s the slab cut and attached to the corner run. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/15f5ff9f-d663-4c18-9576-eafddff55728/Picture28.jpg Kitchen Renovation Mike spent a little time on YouTube and figured out how to edge the counter. You can see here the cut out for the wonky chimney and, as you look further to the right, for the window casing and window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/e0a43bac-495f-465d-8438-f29dcb098adc/Picture29.jpg Kitchen Renovation Here is the sink side before he cut the edge detail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/7e372890-cb48-4314-a48f-f9bda074eae8/Picture30.jpg Kitchen Renovation And here it is almost ready to install. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/4c4d5d38-1f84-4316-858d-ac1e710fcb85/Picture31.jpg Kitchen Renovation Here we are on July 14, 2017 and Mike has applied polyurethane to the counters. I wanted to leave the counters as is and let them wear and age naturally, but Mike wanted epoxy counters. He would regret this almost immediately. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/62c0bc33-d2f2-4ef2-9fea-64a84b2a130f/Picture32.jpg Kitchen Renovation Mike did gorgeous detail work on the counters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/8c7a78d4-264d-45cd-92d3-094412e281dc/Picture33.jpg Kitchen Renovation Here’s the sink counter ready for installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c2e1f37b-62c8-418c-afe2-54e03b3c29c9/Picture34.jpg Kitchen Renovation Pretty much the only thing that went right with the epoxy was this initial test on a wood scrap. What Mike was soon to learn, however, is if you don’t follow every single instruction for mixing and pouring the epoxy, it will not cure right, and you will have to sand and reapply it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/b382a53b-fa32-4722-8c36-d7a1f1c6e0e6/Picture35.jpg Kitchen Renovation Of course, we also had to mask off the areas where epoxy would run, although we didn’t anticipate it https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/ea734241-6d09-422b-927d-699345ce44f9/Picture36.jpg Kitchen Renovation Epoxy filling the sink. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/e3e96fe7-8664-4e18-8fd5-dfde6b38708d/Picture37.jpg Kitchen Renovation Here’s Mike after the first epoxy pour with the map gas blow torch which he used to take bubbles out of the epoxy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/ba71a0b6-d57d-4106-8877-506b13892da1/Picture38.jpg Kitchen Renovation The epoxy turned out beautiful, initially, but not without a great deal of headache and several “redo” pours. It definitely has not worn well, and is susceptible to scratches, indents, and requires cutting boards to be scattered about as landing spots for anything too warm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/ba140ba4-ec49-40b6-8db9-4c5d4b87d5b0/Picture39.jpg Kitchen Renovation Once the counters were finished, Mike could start on the hutch which would sit on top. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/51e4ffe2-9660-4120-9524-4845658cde61/Picture40.jpg Kitchen Renovation Here Mike has installed the cabinet, framed it out, and put up beadboard to form the back of the hutch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a44a94d6-089c-4657-91cc-4f99f39b9a1d/Picture41.jpg Kitchen Renovation At this point, you can see the hutch’s form taking shape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/8278182d-38eb-48cf-8a54-069372eeaa81/Picture42.jpg Kitchen Renovation Here’s the hutch status on August 20, 2017. Mike also trimmed this out with reeded columns and crown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/ca2ed8e5-f106-478a-94de-ef6063b66c75/Picture43.jpg Kitchen Renovation By August 2, 2017, Mike finally agreed to the colors I wanted all along in the kitchen, which were a soft peachy pink and a rich carrot orange. The colors are Pink Ground and Charlotte’s Locks, both by Farrow and Ball. The ended up being a great choice for the room, which gathers light from the northwest and northeast, as the room now casts a gorgeous warm glow which is uplifting and beautiful to behold. The oddball jags on the ceiling are my estimation of where the ceiling moldings would go. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/da0982ef-1717-438e-a9a0-712974894c97/Picture44.png Kitchen Renovation While this work was ongoing, we were trying to use the kitchen as much as we could. As of the time we took this picture in early August 2017, we still didn’t have a refrigerator or stove in the kitchen, so I was using the grill out back and the microwave in the basement to cook. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a39975d6-5d7d-4e39-a7c8-ad02d2872834/Picture46.jpg Kitchen Renovation The kitchen colors were inspired by a MacKenzie-Childs bouquet in the “Sunburst” color scheme. Without intentionally planning it, the end result of this kitchen does have a slight MacKenzie-Childs vibe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/90ba271d-3e05-4e5c-868d-295302bb1eb5/Picture47.jpg Kitchen Renovation In this August 27, 2017 photo, Mike and his brother Greg are installing the ceiling trim. We bought all the trim, molding, appliques and onlays online through Architectural Depot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/7efb05d8-99f9-4871-bd06-f94a061bb28b/Picture48.jpg Kitchen Renovation Before installing the ceiling trim, we took the pieces to Mike’s shop and he sprayed them. This seemed infinitely preferable to me cutting in with three coats of gold paint on narrow but ornate trim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/ff6af6c5-fb3b-4663-8bf5-9ba28ce39774/Picture49.jpg Kitchen Renovation The metallic gold we chose for the kitchen trim and accents is Pharaoh’s Gold by Modern Masters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/056e9c7d-1788-4140-bd7d-1f0f9188e06b/Picture50.jpg Kitchen Renovation One of the most exciting days of the kitchen renovation series was on September 5, 2017 when we unboxed the beautiful Heartland stove which had been sitting in storage at Mike’s shop for a year and a half. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/376ea9fe-5250-4b7f-9b6b-e6449386e67d/Picture51.jpg Kitchen Renovation And here she is with a few missing parts. Fortunately, Aga’s North American plant is here in Michigan, so I was able to drive less than two hours and get everything we needed (because we bought the suite from a kitchen showroom “as is” and deeply discounted on eBay, a few things were missing but not insurmountably so). Sadly, Aga doesn’t male the Heartland line anymore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/38af7e5c-d386-41d4-8b7b-fa3e5b47551b/Picture52.jpg Kitchen Renovation Here’s Mike in October 2017 getting ready to spray the pantry. We sprayed as much as we could and then I hand painted the portions of the cabinet banks that house the drawers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/7bf2328b-e7b1-4666-834a-6627ebccbbc4/Picture53.jpg Kitchen Renovation Paint drifted everywhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a915cefc-9845-48df-888f-666593ff0446/Picture54.jpg Kitchen Renovation Because the stove was in at this point, I was using the kitchen for cooking. But the constant process of having to set up and undo everything and then rewind and repeat in order to move forward with the work was very simply a giant pain in the ass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/da6a11e3-9161-4685-ae74-6185779b40bb/Picture55.jpg Kitchen Renovation Here are the pantry and hutch doors at Mike’s shop where we took them to spray. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/700f9e7a-7fe4-4d79-bc32-7940f5c6daca/Picture56.jpg Kitchen Renovation By October 2, 2016, Mike had sprayed the pantry and other cabinets in the kitchen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a4b59a8c-4e50-4761-a41d-f738fc3f5868/Picture57.jpg Kitchen Renovation To give the pantry more grandeur and the feel of furniture, we attached appliques to the otherwise plain doors. These are by Pearlworks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c1e0f81e-5a15-46a6-88c5-3fbff669c17f/Picture58.jpg Kitchen Renovation I shopped the cabinet hardware and found the best prices on the Houzz website. These bejeweled pulls are called “Portofino” and also are available at House of Antique Hardware. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/32bc8aa1-a222-44d4-836e-ebb864a8502a/Picture00.jpg Kitchen Renovation Not finished, but so much better than its white box beginnings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/160dda80-eb35-450c-8dc9-0004f47295e1/Picture60.jpg Kitchen Renovation Here we are on October 6, 2017 and as you can see, I’ve painted the beadboard yellow. We wanted an accent color for sections of the ceiling and the back of the hutch and yellow was our first choice. We then veered to a soft blue green as the accent color, and here I’m testing that on the beadboard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/66a3fc17-73d2-4031-b14b-b0e061c24524/Picture61.jpg Kitchen Renovation A glimpse of the yellow that was originally going to be the accent color before we segued to the pale blue/green. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/57c3192e-51a1-4999-86f0-56929e4736dd/Picture62.jpg Kitchen Renovation There was a lot of painting and repainting on the ceiling as I worked to get the colors just right. The blue/green we ultimately decided to use as the accent color is Benjamin Moore’s Tranquility which is in the Affinity line. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a49cd6f4-59a8-4761-a7d2-4ae1283119e1/Picture63.jpg Kitchen Renovation Mike decided after we nailed up the decorative molding on the staircase bump that he wanted this area painted blue/green, so I did a lot of detail work here because the paint took several coats for complete coverage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/6c9d683e-9e12-49a4-9d7b-a3c2ce69a51d/Picture64.jpg Kitchen Renovation Next on the agenda were the spice rack columns, which Mike sprayed and then I detail painted with metallic gold. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/7c98da0a-dad5-4a03-a035-cce00ddc5d60/Picture65.jpg Kitchen Renovation Tedious doesn’t begin to describe it. Moreover, because the falls and winters here are so dark and the interior lighting cast shadows everywhere, I had to paint with a flashlight in one hand and a paint brush in the other to get crisp cut lines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/e1eb3265-c7c5-4899-9c8a-f43ef7bedb5e/Picture66.jpg Kitchen Renovation Once we decided on the blue/green for the accent color, I revisited the color of the beadboard and tried to match the cranberry of the appliances for this detail. The color was not matchable, so I mixed my own color which is as close as we could get. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/9b39e498-9290-4c2a-a3bd-12606f958c81/Picture67.jpg Kitchen Renovation Here we are in December 2017, one year after demolition. We still have a long way to go (including the backsplash, the entire butler’s pantry, the doors, the floor, finished detail painting, etc.), but the beauty of this kitchen was slowly unfolding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/4ef91d18-b6f8-444c-a101-20e15f197b55/Picture68.jpg Kitchen Renovation Now it’s time for the backsplash. Mike bought a new tile saw for this project, which we knew we’d need also for the upstairs bathroom renovation which would occur a couple years later. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/b30a9403-f54f-49fe-bcb9-a1c0b1d13ffd/Picture69.jpg Kitchen Renovation Here we have the quarter round frame installed along with the tile and spacers. And some lettuce. With wine. Typical scene during this time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/7cbb59a5-68f8-4a7e-8a63-40f1c7e76fb1/Picture70.jpg Kitchen Renovation Ta dah. Backsplash is done. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/8014ef10-226c-49d9-a936-970ff839e6bc/Picture71.jpg Kitchen Renovation Next up are the upper shelves which will be cut from the same walnut slabs as the counters. Here, Mike has cut a paper template printed from AutoCad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/8cfad7b1-3fe8-468a-ac4c-4619d71250e4/Picture72.jpg Kitchen Renovation After tracing the template, the shelves are ready to cut. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/97b3a4f5-79e9-4580-abcf-64d09833a637/Picture73.jpg Kitchen Renovation First cut, ready for sanding and shaping. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/aca468ec-1305-41b1-bd54-05ee0e0a6482/Picture74.jpg Kitchen Renovation Here the ogee edge is added. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a823d4e2-4bfb-4738-8f05-a0ef64d3d888/Picture75.jpg Kitchen Renovation Wisely, we decided there would be no epoxy on the shelves. Mike stained them and applied polyurethane. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/b69214cd-18f0-4928-b2e7-04e734e51cac/Picture76.jpg Kitchen Renovation Mike sprayed the corbels and I painted the gold detail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/65bfa775-6701-48a1-84f6-f29d52ef013b/Picture77.jpg Kitchen Renovation I didn’t apply a top coat after painting these but should have, as they’ve since patinaed more than I would’ve liked. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/dbfc62e1-f0ee-44d1-ad0f-4476bfdfbcd7/Picture78.jpg Kitchen Renovation Once the painting was complete, Mike custom made brackets to anchor these massive corbels to the brick walls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f957caea-4508-46c0-b99e-ecdabbc5bfea/Picture79.jpg Kitchen Renovation The bracket top will be hidden behind the shelves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/06df9167-e419-4cd9-84cd-124a40484de3/Picture80.jpg Kitchen Renovation And the shelves are up. They are secure enough to hold all of our copper pots and the weight of a person. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/9db9305f-4231-46ca-a6e2-008efd2ec3dd/Picture81.jpg Kitchen Renovation In February 2018, we stopped work on the kitchen to work on the powder room adjacent to the butler’s pantry. Here’s Mike in April 2018 working on the butler pantry window. You can see progress in the powder room including completion of the paneling, floors and sink backsplash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a62c35ff-97ac-46f7-9160-a3363e0ea6de/Picture82.jpg Kitchen Renovation Here we are in April 2018 resuming work on the kitchen with Mike’s new table saw. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a85b0513-cbc3-4a3d-a64f-f889e0875235/Picture83.jpg Kitchen Renovation By May 26, 2018, the butler’s pantry drawers and counter are installed. The opening to the right is for the beverage center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/23079dbc-73ae-4abd-ad92-314171936ea3/Picture84.jpg Kitchen Renovation Here’s the reverse view showing the refrigerator cabinet framed out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/19ee91d9-982c-4870-ad5b-e4f4901f1b79/Picture85.jpg Kitchen Renovation This is the view looking into the butler’s pantry from the den (i.e. the home’s original dining room). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/059470be-1987-4b39-8986-31acd1d92406/Picture86.jpg Kitchen Renovation Here’s the butler’s pantry at the end of May 2018 with the counters ready for the epoxy pour. As you can see, the powder room is complete. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/80735b2c-8e65-4f69-82c0-66b8e8b81634/Picture87.jpg Kitchen Renovation There were far fewer glitches with the epoxy in the butler’s pantry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/056f2844-cb55-438a-b507-254d7b7d19ea/Picture88.jpg Kitchen Renovation This June 17, 2018 photo shows progress painting the refrigerator cabinet with the kitchen in the background. We decided to install tin on the butler’s pantry ceiling rather than rebuild and drywall the ceiling because tin is far easier to install and much prettier. The vintage ram’s head chandelier we found on eBay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a63245a7-edc6-43c4-bd14-140742179d7e/Picture89.jpg Kitchen Renovation With the finish line more or less in sight, I turned my eye towards décor for the kitchen. I didn’t want much in the way of wall décor, but I did fall for this reverse painted glass sign which I found at an antique store in Traverse City. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/6ab3296c-dfae-4cf7-a7e8-82d9dc2899f7/Picture90.jpg Kitchen Renovation In June 2018, a few months before we finished the kitchen, I posted this picture on Facebook. It was my first social media post of this space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/4e213416-a9e4-4e48-8692-bd3b0dbd4aa5/Picture91.jpg Kitchen Renovation Back to reality, here is what was going on to the left of the previous shot. Mike is repairing loose steps in the maid’s staircase before installing the carpet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/9228b588-9c66-4798-88ff-2e3aafdcd510/Picture92.jpg Kitchen Renovation This shows the maid’s staircase ready for me to paint the baseboard with a view towards the basement stairs to the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/bf2fb545-beca-418c-9618-97c654f15efc/Picture93.jpg Kitchen Renovation For the carpet, we chose area rugs by KAS which Mike cut and installed piece-by-piece on the treads and risers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/707fa1c7-f38d-4a55-b5d3-9057636d0fc7/Picture94.jpg Kitchen Renovation We highly recommend using area rugs to carpet a tight and winding space. We love the look, which we could never achieve with a standard run of carpet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/38d8ae7a-73e2-4b31-ae3f-0b5d7aa899c5/Picture95.jpg Kitchen Renovation Now we’re ready for the new handrail in the maid’s staircase. Mike angled it to follow the wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/eafa558c-79c4-4bee-8edf-ea7d09b2893e/Picture96.jpg Kitchen Renovation Here’s the handrail finished and ready to install. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/0a3d4096-4dcc-482b-a2a1-f91fb4bc6718/Picture97.jpg Kitchen Renovation Handrail is installed. The brackets are from House of Antique Hardware. The art consists of reproduction Art Deco period Homer Conant prints. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/b625e3b6-df8d-4412-87e5-f8251b0e9fc8/Picture98.jpg Kitchen Renovation Ta dah! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/ecf07384-e55d-4d0e-b2e1-d931468f9d52/Picture99.jpg Kitchen Renovation Next on the agenda was sanding and repainting the door between the butler’s pantry and the bathroom. We believe this originally was the door leading from the kitchen to the maid’s staircase. For the most part, painting throughout this project was my job. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/e3d3b7dd-7258-40e2-b658-e5d3725760f3/Picture100.jpg Kitchen Renovation Finally, in July 2018, we were ready to paint the floors. We originally wanted to install black and white checkerboard tiles using marble and granite, but shifted to a hand-painted floor. I felt this was more in keeping with the warmth of the wood counters and kept the kitchen from becoming too polished. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/520c005c-5033-4e34-b4cb-91741065cd08/Picture101.jpg Kitchen Renovation Mike had already completely sanded the floors, so the next step was to roll out primer. For primer and paint, we used products specifically designed for porches and floors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/b99b10d9-d84c-4474-8dec-565c1b9e06b8/Picture102.jpg Kitchen Renovation Here we have the primer completed. Ultimately, we applied two coats of paint over this primer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/b453bc39-a6fd-4b56-8d09-7722609682f5/Picture103.jpg Kitchen Renovation Next, Mike laid out the squares on AutoCAD to make sure they flowed correctly throughout the space. He then drew them out with a pencil and I began the laborious process of painting them. I chose not to use tape and instead cut the squares using a 1.5 inch Purdy ClearCut brush. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a61176b6-205c-475b-ac8c-b41d39cfc94f/Picture104.jpg Kitchen Renovation For the edge details, I used Modern Masters metallic gold. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/ba8258c9-dfee-486e-b2e1-bbf323cb9c3f/Picture105.png Kitchen Renovation I created a trompe ‘loeil threshold and stenciled a French Bee on it. Originally, I wanted to stencil a bee at each square corner, but Mike thought it would be too busy. I then wanted to stencil fleur de lys in each black square, but again, Mike thought it would be “too much.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/307c0fc8-13a4-4e3f-bc86-a6323b82e6c0/Picture107.jpg Kitchen Renovation Let me just say for the record that painting this floor was TEDIOUS because, after I painted each black square, I had to go back and cut in with a second coat of black. Here I am down to the very last square. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/28f239ab-f6e6-4d5d-b0c3-98e334c2c873/Picture108.jpg Kitchen Renovation Here we are on July 27, 2018, and I’ve finally finished painting the squares. It took me 12 days alone just to paint these in the kitchen and butler’s pantry (and I was painting for about 6-7 hours a day). The next step was to pour the polyurethane which, as you will see, was a bleeping disaster. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f5c4d3f5-697c-4730-95fc-54cf8ef1b7ac/Picture109.jpg Kitchen Renovation Needless to say, we screwed up the poly pour badly. Puddles formed everywhere, plus the dog breached barricade during the pour and walked all over the place, leaving a trail of puppy prints across the floor which were followed by my foot prints due to giving chase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/8b77d39b-2881-4645-a9be-d2846e9e8740/Picture110.jpg Kitchen Renovation Here we have arrows indicating the many problem areas left after the poly dried, which included large yellow-y, resin-y clumps all over the floor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/139bc928-d864-4e0d-b015-92772ca7edf8/Picture111.jpg Kitchen Renovation Here’s a closer shot of a problem area after the floor completely dried. These ugly splotches were ALL OVER the floor and were hardened to the point the entire floor would need to be sanded down almost completely to the wood to get rid of them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/ac85d40b-2017-49ce-b2c2-001ee5a40e2d/Picture112.jpg Kitchen Renovation To make a long story short, eff words were said. Mike wanted me to redo the entire floor, but I declined, and instead opted to start whacking at it with the orbital sander. To our surprise, we liked the resulting distressed look. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/bdf1d493-f426-4f52-8b6b-42fc2c012260/Picture113.jpg Kitchen Renovation Not being one to let a crisis go to waste, I re-pitched my fleur de lys idea to Mike who, by this time, was beaten down by the experience enough to give in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/8adcb7aa-5dd3-41d5-b437-573acca0fec1/Picture114.jpg Kitchen Renovation For the fleur de lys, I applied a liberal amount of adhesive to the stencils to get a tight seal and then used Liquid Leaf paint. By using Liquid Leaf, which is oil based, I avoided having to paint a second and third coat of gold as I would have needed to do to get an opaque look if I used a water-based paint. I then painted 7-8 coats of a water-based clear paint as a top coat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/77c946eb-ec6a-4e93-a0ff-cb330b30ea2f/Picture115.jpg Kitchen Renovation In total, the distressing, stenciling and top coat took another two weeks to complete. On the whole, the floors have held up brilliantly although they look more distressed now than in this picture (which I took upon completion). We don’t mind the dulling of the top coat, dings or discoloration that has occurred in the two years since we finished the floors, as this is in keeping with the overall distressed look. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/897e9a2e-3a3f-4f41-8ccb-1c1e7bed6451/Picture116.jpg Kitchen Renovation This photo is taken at the threshold between the butler’s pantry and den. I’m very happy we have the original wood floors exposed in the kitchen, even if they’re painted over. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/9ce95684-f3ba-4f93-b4b4-e1ac44644a82/Picture117.jpg Kitchen Renovation This is the threshold leading into the bathroom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/67cbe86a-6c5a-4308-80d1-8cca0387c325/Picture118.jpg Kitchen Renovation Here’s a reminder of what the floors looked like after we pulled up the tile and Mike began the back-breaking process of scraping, sanding and removing staples. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/8e0de1f5-47f9-4b5d-ba57-cf1147c7e635/Picture119.jpg Kitchen Renovation By the end of October 2018, we were down to the final step of the kitchen renovation, which was to paint the stair hall leading to the basement and the side door leading outside. Although we won’t be redoing the carpet in this area until we’re further down the road with our projects, we wanted the stairhall painted because this door is always open and this vista is visible from the kitchen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f42ff404-0351-4dee-b1e8-3d1e5aea3534/Picture120.png Kitchen Renovation Here we have the stair hall almost completed with a sample swath of gold paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/874a83e0-c923-46c9-be93-9b18730c286f/Picture121.jpg Kitchen Renovation And, here are the walls complete with gold paint, plus a winter boot line up on the stairs. https://www.thebeigeblues.com/bathroomreno daily 0.75 2023-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/7afe6172-8b22-4fab-b108-23df044b2beb/Picture2.jpg Powder Room Renovation As you can see from this picture, the room is tiny, too tiny we thought to accommodate more than a toilet, sink, and a small storage cabinet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/0352ae97-f7ad-4287-854a-178e41962d93/Picture3.jpg Powder Room Renovation This photo was taken shortly after demolition. During the demo, we saw evidence this bathroom was carved out of the butler’s pantry and was not original to the house, which means there is just one original bathroom in the house (on the second floor). We’ve since confirmed this via someone who visited this house before the bathroom was added. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/eba9f523-3d1e-4e9f-a149-e84d497ac2a7/Picture4.jpg Powder Room Renovation The walls in this room were a hodgepodge mess. Mike and I have some ingenuity when it comes to finding workarounds to issues like this, and we determined it would be far easier to panel this room than it would be to patch and repair the plaster and drywall. Our initial plan was a jewel-box look, with the room being painted entirely hot pink with gold trim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/ff5f8b22-e262-4b55-a2ef-77eccbd9e656/Picture5.jpg Powder Room Renovation In keeping with a jewel-box look, we decided to install tin on the ceiling. Tin is beautiful and would allow us to avoid repairing plaster on the ceiling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/2390bc66-0a2f-489a-94c5-851a9d33ce80/Picture6.jpg Powder Room Renovation The original wood floors had too many cuts and hole to salvage and have an appearance in keeping with the polished look we wanted in this room. So, we decided at the outset this floor would be a stone of some sort. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1e6600db-32bd-4ca7-bf7e-63126ce95a7e/Picture7.jpg Powder Room Renovation We didn’t start rebuilding the bathroom until February of 2018, when we broke away from work on the kitchen to finish this room. We were weary of not having a downstairs bathroom and also needed to get construction debris and materials out of the way. Here, Mike has started framing out the walls in preparation for the wood panels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/73c2235e-c410-40d0-aa8f-bc9c054d05a8/Picture1.jpg Powder Room Renovation This photo was taken of our downstairs bathroom on December 26, 2016, the night before we demo’d this room along with the kitchen and butler’s pantry. We knew from the outset we would not put another shower in this bathroom, but would instead use it as a two-piece powder room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/3b6ee9c0-6ca6-4912-b6aa-696c342113b4/Picture8.jpg Powder Room Renovation Here, Mike has pre-cut openings for the sconce and the fan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f8bdc5b5-f047-4ea4-b1e7-aee9aa34de56/Picture9.jpg Powder Room Renovation Once Mike finished the paneling, the ceiling was next to address. The gold tin we used is by American Tin Ceilings. Mike’s installed a few of these ceilings, and he always lays them out on AutoCad before beginning installation. When installing, he starts from the center and works his way out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/0a2b4385-39ef-4880-8eef-aa6e7642f946/Picture10.jpg Powder Room Renovation At the time I began priming the walls, we decided to paint the walls black with gold trim rather than hot pink. I used a dark-tone primer I had leftover from the kitchen which has a reddish tone. Both Mike and I were drawn to the red tones in this room, so you can see in this picture some test spots for a saturated red called Timeless Ruby (Behr). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/5c23df34-d0d4-458f-9563-6c0a79c083c7/Picture11.jpg Powder Room Renovation I’ve finished a second coat of the red paint, which needed to be finished before Mike tacked on the trim pieces which we sprayed gold before installing so I wouldn’t need to spend days cutting in tedious details. When using Behr paint, I always get the Marquee line, and here the coverage was great with two coats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/4d7ade38-949e-4b4e-a14b-e3dae0265bed/Picture12.jpg Powder Room Renovation The flooring we chose was Carrara marble in a herringbone pattern. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/43ef96bb-47d8-4d0f-9085-4c3c033c2c78/Picture13.jpg Powder Room Renovation In this April 13, 2018 photo, we have a finished floor and gold trim insets on the paneling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/2bdb3081-8abb-4770-ae3c-4c6519e49690/Picture14.jpg Powder Room Renovation This is one of the original doors in the house, and I believe it came from the entrance to the maid’s staircase. Because the door already was painted (white), I had no qualms about painting it again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/447a9e9f-171e-4350-a0cb-2bc544132201/Picture15.jpg Powder Room Renovation We opted for a two-leg pedestal sink and a high-tank toilet. The mirrors are vintage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/70de2f4a-892b-495b-a051-e742e51356d3/Picture16.jpg Powder Room Renovation The paintings and sketches in this room are all original works we found at galleries and antique stores (and some family hand-me-downs). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/39ca8260-09b2-49e8-b633-cfe908d82350/Picture17.jpg Powder Room Renovation The final result. https://www.thebeigeblues.com/upstairsbathroomreno daily 0.75 2023-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/13bb4821-bbf4-4085-ac94-ea6d0ac3a85a/Picture25.jpg Upstairs Bathroom Reno Here is the second-floor bathroom, which was the only bathroom when the house was built in 1902. It essentially is the same footprint of the butler’s pantry and powder room which are directly below this on the first floor. Other than my liquid leaf graffiti on the walls, the bathroom looks as it did on the day we moved in. It would take almost four years for us to reach the point of renovating this space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f19958ed-5b23-49d7-8db3-c365388cdbd9/Picture01.jpg Upstairs Bathroom Reno More bathroom graffiti. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/d663fabc-4c83-4f69-8f9c-281d498d46d0/Picture28.jpg Upstairs Bathroom Reno My ploy of covering the walls and door with graffiti to expedite the renovation didn’t work, so we lived with the bathroom looking like this until February of 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/adf2427a-78d0-486d-9107-bd410fd80d45/Picture29.jpg Upstairs Bathroom Reno Bathroom demolition in process. We took the walls down to the lath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/4b53e640-910a-4511-97bb-29c9cde58192/Picture30.jpg Upstairs Bathroom Reno We hoped the original hardwood floors would be in good enough shape to salvage, but they’d been destroyed over the years. Basically, the floors were a hodge-podge of the original hardwood and sheets of plywood over a very dodgy subfloor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/0621094a-39ff-47b3-a8d9-1d9105f11c28/Picture31.jpg Upstairs Bathroom Reno Here Mike has started rebuilding the subfloor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/d872ba1a-e1cf-44ef-984e-07d47c17657c/Picture32.jpg Upstairs Bathroom Reno He had to rebuild the subfloor in sections so he didn’t fall through to the first floor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a6596dc8-7cf8-4ec6-842d-0196a38cf117/Picture33.jpg Upstairs Bathroom Reno Next step after completing the subfloor was to set the tub. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/d283772d-3843-476c-b967-634dea5758d6/Picture34.jpg Upstairs Bathroom Reno We used construction foam to set the tub. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/4a2e7377-707e-4fd5-857d-8ba6e1e847ea/Picture35.jpg Upstairs Bathroom Reno Here is the space with the drywall and most of the texturing complete. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/9cd18edc-ec59-4f16-917e-7b8cac662866/Picture36.jpg Upstairs Bathroom Reno From the other direction looking into the hall with the maid’s room beyond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/0697b14c-93b7-4cc0-8e97-6c07de1c1e17/Picture37.jpg Upstairs Bathroom Reno Here Mike has started framing out our “Chronicles of Narnia” enclosure for the tub/shower. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f3f85dc1-0f4e-4b15-a646-3ff359c4e192/Picture38.jpg Upstairs Bathroom Reno We painted the toilet gold. You can read my blog posts for the details regarding how we did this and other minutia about the project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/01a6c9f0-3c8e-4048-8922-63733d636170/Picture39.jpg Upstairs Bathroom Reno Of course, no gold toilet is complete without a fancy seat. This was painted by Diane Woodward, a brilliant artist who lives in Medoc, Ontario in Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/640b78ab-503e-4abe-8713-9976d0e1e678/Picture40.jpg Upstairs Bathroom Reno Next step is the paint, which is a color called Glamorous by Behr. Mike said he liked it, but I knew he didn’t, so I shifted gears. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/422cb948-13a7-498b-892d-653db5ae8aac/Picture41.jpg Upstairs Bathroom Reno Because Mike didn’t like the color, I decided to layer on some metallic ruby red paint to give the walls more interest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/278d3c15-5454-40b0-aee7-72113ff30316/Picture42.jpg Upstairs Bathroom Reno The metallic ruby made the walls look like crushed velvet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/5789f88b-6ad7-4e9c-b278-da1114b70685/Picture43.jpg Upstairs Bathroom Reno However, I wasn’t content to stop there, so I stenciled fish scales. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/4bb9c820-d9de-453d-91b4-856f0cfe7378/Picture44.jpg Upstairs Bathroom Reno To get an iridescent look on the scales, using chalk paint brushes, I feathered layers of metallics and flash paints mixed with various pink and red colors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a8fbf1d1-f6d4-4cf0-8e35-911313cbf12a/Picture45.jpg Upstairs Bathroom Reno Basically, it took forever. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/55b25487-c4ec-4e42-add0-5e3453d33b39/Picture46.jpg Upstairs Bathroom Reno And then I made mistakes whilst trying to match up the scales and had to paint over large sections. And it was ugly and not correctable without redoing everything. So I whacked up metal leaf over the blunders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/51833f2d-bf49-48a6-8e67-76f76e864b9b/Picture47.jpg Upstairs Bathroom Reno And the metal leaf looked very contrived. I just realized this metal splotch looks like Michigan’s lower peninsula. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f9c62d28-58f7-4555-a570-de5e367ab5f1/Picture48.jpg Upstairs Bathroom Reno I therefore began layering more paint and metal leaf to make the whole production look less contrived. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/cdd9b909-df93-490c-8ee3-ac650433a52c/Picture49.jpg Upstairs Bathroom Reno More layers, and more layers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/96791885-c4bb-4117-b8a5-3ce2768f9aca/Picture50.jpg Upstairs Bathroom Reno By now, I had the process down. So what started out looking like this … https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/93a84e37-fb4b-47b8-b12f-c9d8e9f96c59/Picture52.jpg Upstairs Bathroom Reno … went to this … https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/72253442-58de-417d-8e12-d0c0b49bdf66/Picture53.jpg Upstairs Bathroom Reno …then this… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/60359528-9d06-4099-9537-4c3e9ac113f7/Picture54.jpg Upstairs Bathroom Reno … and finally this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/6f694265-bf56-4d0d-9875-d4cec150b322/Picture55.jpg Upstairs Bathroom Reno This was a progress picture I staged for an Instagram post. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/151ad607-1b03-4dd6-8d99-bb36913a8e17/Picture56.jpg Upstairs Bathroom Reno In the meantime, Mike finished installing the tin ceiling which is Pattern 29 in Artisan rubbed gold from American Tin Ceilings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a7dfa05e-a618-42b6-8b09-9c9581175f9e/Picture57.jpg Upstairs Bathroom Reno Next up was installing the tile and mural in the tub/shower area. The mural is a Alphonso Mucha reproduction. The off-black tile is from Tile Bar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/7c2c1133-56a0-4ed3-94ed-2e61cc587a05/Picture58.jpg Upstairs Bathroom Reno Here we have progress on the tile and storage insets. The tile took FOREVER to install. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/0cbcf46c-f7bd-4d1d-b8fc-7ddb615bf459/Picture59.jpg Upstairs Bathroom Reno Here’s the maestro at work in a plume of dust. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/73098ba7-b77a-4e2d-8664-11b87feda31c/Picture60.jpg Upstairs Bathroom Reno This shows the cabinet surround taking form with an arched entry into the tub area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/fd992ea9-66e5-4ef7-b843-651727b75ef3/Picture61.jpg Upstairs Bathroom Reno As we did for the kitchen, to create the cabinet, we ordered generic, pre-made cabinets and customized them to get the look we wanted. Here, we have the beginning of the “counter” along with inverted sconces/corbels that we used to create more of a look and feel of furniture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/5188998f-8b2e-4e4a-9b1d-e75e570dce99/Picture62.jpg Upstairs Bathroom Reno I painted stripes on beadboard that would go inside the counter cubbies in the cabinet. I did monochrome to tie in the black and white zebra print sink. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/e6189168-8316-4a67-8dbb-a4b1c33325b5/Picture63.jpg Upstairs Bathroom Reno I detail painted the corbels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/9d8cf285-c5ee-4d62-872b-2812ac20020e/Picture64.jpg Upstairs Bathroom Reno It’s starting to look snazzy! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/7a5ec55e-e546-4e9e-ac8d-83e92017ccea/Picture65.jpg Upstairs Bathroom Reno More detail painting by me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/707691ec-8b9a-463c-a0b0-e59e63cc1f97/Picture66.jpg Upstairs Bathroom Reno Mike looks like he’s on the verge of lunacy which is an accurate depiction for this period of time. As you can see, we’ve added lion’s head onlays on the cabinet doors and also reeded columns on pull out storage on each side of the drawers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f6cd2c11-6bd9-4137-b479-9f8b7f49d249/Picture68.jpg Upstairs Bathroom Reno Now I’m ready to paint the floor. I was going to do the floor myself, but fortunately stumbled on artist Shannon Nelson (literally while I was on a walk) and hired her to paint trompe l’oiel koi fish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/2ccd907d-e54f-4152-98cf-c64170c2e6ca/Picture69.jpg Upstairs Bathroom Reno First I painted the undercoat to make it look sort of swirly like water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/4670d3ab-a731-46d6-a34c-8eaf25fd92ef/Picture70.jpg Upstairs Bathroom Reno This shows the beginning of Shannon’s fish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/4fe0ed0e-be05-4462-95d7-d2a7d19b52b9/Picture71.jpg Upstairs Bathroom Reno More progress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/71525604-5c80-49ef-97b4-d293cbf44ff9/Picture72.jpg Upstairs Bathroom Reno I think we could’ve stopped shortly after this, as I really liked the monochrome look of the fish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/65346b58-bc96-4f1d-94e3-220253103f7d/Picture73.jpg Upstairs Bathroom Reno But we ended up adding coral colors to tie in the wall color and the inset to the shower entrance which I’d painted, in turn, to tie in the corals in the shower mural. The swirls of the fish tails take the eye to the swirls in the mural. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/bbd0215b-8b44-4f9d-b39e-4d39b6766c0b/Picture74.jpg Upstairs Bathroom Reno Continuing the swirly motif, we installed this “Cindy Lou Who” chandelier by Cyan Designs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1daa24da-1fc2-4887-9228-22835bc70cda/Picture75.jpg Upstairs Bathroom Reno We then covered the floors and continued tiling the shower. This room was my One Room Challenge project and we literally worked to the eleventh hour, finishing about an hour before I needed to get my blog post up to meet the deadline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/736cd33a-c479-42c8-92ba-4f18879a1e10/Picture76.jpg Upstairs Bathroom Reno I took this photo at around 11:00 p.m. for the One Room Challenge post. The sink wasn’t even installed at this point and was just propped against the wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/33f08827-863f-4fe6-afc5-cb585d5c09fb/Picture77.jpg Upstairs Bathroom Reno We also had the toilet just sitting there with the tank temporarily bracketed to the wall, as none of this was yet installed. I also put up curtains because the door wasn’t installed and there was an explosion of debris in the hall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c1955ccb-189b-4fab-90ce-f21110e1dba1/Picture78.jpg Upstairs Bathroom Reno The same is true for the shower, which was not functional at this point. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/094f31b0-e55c-4b15-92ee-8c9702d0be3d/Picture79.jpg Upstairs Bathroom Reno The swan faucet was inspired by the ladies’ room at Anabel’s London. The Venetian mirror I’ve had for years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/b7edf2ee-c82f-45db-8d91-98e9fb7b00a7/Picture80.jpg Upstairs Bathroom Reno I do love how the cabinet turned out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/d9749112-c1a1-41ab-b125-b0f202b26d2a/Picture81.jpg Upstairs Bathroom Reno And I plunked faux floral where the radiator would go. Then to bed we went. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c5fc8d42-d62c-4233-875d-c8f3969c7ee1/Picture82.jpg Upstairs Bathroom Reno It took a few more weeks to wrap things up after we recovered from the One Room Challenge push. The chair here is by Kat Garrand aka The Crazy Chair. The mermaid table is Design Toscano. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/d59f2097-1544-4e7a-a1ba-f6f692e09c17/Picture83.jpg Upstairs Bathroom Reno And this is the final result. https://www.thebeigeblues.com/renovations daily 0.75 2025-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/47fca018-c802-433d-8333-fb32c09d95ec/finalish.jpg Renovations - Kitchen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1612470577600-RHG1YJ7NKZ54LBTB7MAV/3.jpg Renovations - Upstairs BathrooM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1612470686755-YL6Q59XG65YUGHAZ0CK9/1.jpg Renovations - Powder RooM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a2d9ce87-f112-4f7a-909a-ae41aa9faeb6/FullSizeRender+%2863%29.jpeg Renovations - lounge addition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/e056cca4-3f33-4920-8eb5-1ea70d8f09e3/IMG_9660.JPG Renovations - ATTIC CONVERSION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/0a6ea4ff-c0ee-41e2-9389-1a838994187e/FullSizeRender+-+2025-03-22T160147.587.JPEG https://www.thebeigeblues.com/ourhomeshistory daily 0.75 2026-01-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1612476084022-D3CLDZQS1FR85THZYU4B/Picture3.jpg Our Home's History Aerial View of the 300 Block of Harris Street, Cadillac MI (Early 1900’s) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1612476134380-BEEG14BZOJBLMA4TVXJE/Picture4.jpg Our Home's History SOLD – READY OR NOT, HERE WE COME! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1612476122864-RCEEXH3G22203902QU7A/Picture1.jpg Our Home's History Fall 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1612476224950-D8KSSQRX4W1AQ3RSWZVE/4.jpg Our Home's History Fall 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/cc0689e1-9e2b-40dd-9c6e-15b28d2e39f0/IMG_1052+copy+8.jpg Our Home's History - Make it stand out Fall 2025, after painting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/972d65b4-03d7-49ab-89b5-da066a1f7836/better2.jpg Our Home's History Fall 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1612476283384-UPZMJNVX43O42R7BQH4I/1.jpg Our Home's History December 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/486ec7e2-1d72-4c2d-aa19-c77407fc1e55/FullSizeRender+-+2024-12-19T103645.959crop.JPEG Our Home's History - Make it stand out December 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1615137531831-0KO9F06MCE9V3LXGEE48/IMG_1341.jpeg Our Home's History https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c2a2d66a-ef3f-46c5-b9eb-a38d749b48e3/IMG_1475+%283%29.JPEG Our Home's History - Make it stand out The house in 2024 shortly before it was featured on the Cadillac Garden Club’s Holiday Home Tour. The home has been featured on the home tour twice since we purchased it and, to our knowledge, at least one time several decades ago. In this photo, you can see the lounge/home bar addition we added to the rear of the house in 2020. You can read about this renovation here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1615137779539-KLI5J3JKMFFCPAI66GCQ/IMG_1378.jpeg Our Home's History https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1612476464649-UIGKOKCMHSWCV24CRZIL/Picture5.jpg Our Home's History THE CADILLAC CANAL IN SUMMERTIME! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1615146836802-GEGLGH50YX6KAXY7L80V/IMG_4557.jpeg Our Home's History https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1612476494452-DKIQZPS0K4L7G0R9HMNA/Picture6.jpg Our Home's History MIKE AND THE DOG (LEVI AKA “BEES”) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1612476527589-ECP9WZ09ZJMSR1D3DH89/Picture7.jpg Our Home's History MIKE AND ME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1612476560289-US4ICMC1KWJ2I5SBFILU/Picture8.jpg Our Home's History LEVI AKA “BEES” ON LAKE MICHIGAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/97d9d071-5843-4399-9cde-d731c26d392b/IMG_2937.jpeg Our Home's History - Make it stand out Driving back from Florida in October 2022 with our “new” 1956 Century Coronado. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/889cc207-b488-4392-a7e6-350ec8a1f20d/IMG_7490.jpeg Our Home's History - Make it stand out Mike and me in Summer 2022 on one of the lakes in Cadillac in our Century Resorter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c43d018d-3c00-4884-a0b4-facae7eb2064/IMG_5513+%281%29+copy.jpg Our Home's History - Make it stand out Mike and I in the Century Coronado on Lake Cadillac in July of 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1612476602703-1DSNI8WP6OF1HQRB2WWE/Picture9.jpg Our Home's History Mike and Me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1615147355295-9JOQSOC3XZJX72ASI4H3/IMG_3980.jpeg Our Home's History WHITE PINE TRAIL, AUGUST 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1615148986366-0S32L8FNDEAAP8YWLIZ8/IMG_8431.jpeg Our Home's History WHITE PINE TRAIL, JANUARY 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1615149083804-YO3ZH4MYKCPGU9K68UC0/IMG_8421.jpeg Our Home's History MIKE WALKING ON LAKE CADILLAC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1615149181143-V5BBNLHN2DOD8O7JDSO9/IMG_0777+%281%29.jpeg Our Home's History ME AND THE BEES https://www.thebeigeblues.com/lounge-addition daily 0.75 2026-01-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/08005992-d189-406e-a1fb-e8055810f8c2/2.JPG Lounge Addition Here is a 2017 view of the back of our house. As described elsewhere on this site, this balcony and deck assembly (which is not original to the house) was improperly anchored to the brick façade/veneer rather than the structural brick. As a result, over the years, the porch and deck began pulling away from the house and, in the process, damaging the brick veneer. This damage was misinterpreted by many before us as structural damage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/ebd17a39-81e1-4d12-8382-697a5e8b2a69/1a.jpeg Lounge Addition This is the state of things on June 26, 2021. Drywall is in, but not mudded. Here, Mike is measuring for the front bar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/692eb126-1f0a-4ab2-b788-b4f643e26af8/3.JPG Lounge Addition We jacked up the upper deck using car jacks, which remained in place from 2016 until we began work in October 2020. At some point in 2017, we determined repair of the rear wall veneer was infeasible, both economically and practically. We therefore decided, in lieu of repairing the veneer, we would add a four season room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/89c6e387-8ad0-4f14-9a45-1b6b08454e24/2.jpeg Lounge Addition By this time, Mike and I had scoured the continent for a bar that would fit the space. We originally wanted to do a finished bar (pre-made) but didn't find one in our price range that also fit the space given the window configurations. So, we decided to build our own, either by cobbling together pieces of furniture, building it from scratch, or a combination of both. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1d0c4f65-f348-4b72-a01f-cb31c254f0ba/1.jpg Lounge Addition This photo, which we found somewhere on Pinterest, is the inspiration for the four season room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/768dc46f-222c-45e2-95d9-c00865946ebb/3.jpeg Lounge Addition Here, we have the dining side of the lounge after drywall is mudded and electrical installed. The electrical and plumbing contractors were subpar, to put it mildly. Mike ended up redoing much of the electrician's (slovenly and code noncompliant) work and the plumber wasn't much better. The drywall subcontractor, on the other hand, was outstanding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/e942901c-1b5c-4816-883e-d61f8677ba2a/4.jpeg Lounge Addition This is how the property looked in October of 2020 when we commenced work. In total, construction of the room as a drywalled but untrimmed "blank slate" would take about nine months, and then completing the "finish" work/decor would take another seven months (about a year-and-a-half total). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f290229e-f577-4d9d-9570-19d18315c854/4.jpeg Lounge Addition Bar side with electrical installed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/22074c5d-a339-4060-9dba-724f45c20701/5.jpeg Lounge Addition Here we have the crew demolishing the porch and upper deck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/145837a4-9d8a-45e6-a532-29e8636a1d8c/5.jpeg Lounge Addition The pendants, which would hang over the front bar, are called Love Potion Number Nine by Nick Alain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/8f8990b1-7e4b-48c6-9d46-5de116ad3eec/6a.jpeg Lounge Addition It only took a few hours to tear all this terror off. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f1468033-f780-4e43-841f-5362057092e3/2.jpeg Lounge Addition In June of 2021, I found this front bar on Facebook Marketplace in the basement of a gentleman who sadly died unexpectedly from a heart attack, so his family was liquidating his possessions. His sister told me this basement bar was his dream and was completed just before he died. I promised to give it a good home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f3fd51b7-9657-41b1-bf81-8b586ace0bcd/7.jpeg Lounge Addition Close up of the damage to the brick veneer (and the maple tree growing out of the wall). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f7164b72-b2ec-4043-ba13-43a2cf28822c/3.jpeg Lounge Addition The oak finish would not work. I was sure of that. Nor would the bar stools. My plan was to paint it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/5f9b7840-d503-457b-95df-d7d7a41629a6/8.jpeg Lounge Addition We still needed jacks to hold up the threshold. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/416ede79-1db5-4ef8-badb-dc1d07050268/1.JPG Lounge Addition Our first idea for a back bar was to convert an antique sideboard/buffet. We found and bought this piece on eBay and felt it was perfect. Unfortunately, the seller said he lost the key to the cabinets then dropped off the face of the earth. We are experts at all things Plan B. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/d4cd681e-80de-426c-bd6f-9c241d57ea28/9.jpeg Lounge Addition After demolition, the project was at a standstill over the holidays and we were left with a snow-filled hole. The door you see here leads to the kitchen. To the left of the door is the window over the kitchen sink, and the window to the left of that is in the butler's pantry. The downstairs powder room is to the left of the butler's pantry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/51b6d6d8-1b5c-4521-9254-a3cfc0eb3446/4.PNG Lounge Addition So, I found this parlor organ on eBay which had been converted into a bathroom sink. I didn't want this particular piece, but it did give me an idea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/d2e4b245-7a0d-4940-ab77-fef83cf03c1f/10.jpeg Lounge Addition Work re-commenced in January 2021, with the concrete subcontractor pouring the shallow basement under the room addition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/4a91c962-06d9-4d0e-bbc0-37e659e79da6/5.jpeg Lounge Addition So I started searching Facebook Marketplace for antique pump/parlor organs and found this piece. It was salvaged off a river boat that washed ashore onto some Illinois farmland in the Great Flood of 1927. The story of picking up this organ is one of the more amusing in the history of our renovation and can be viewed in my Instagram highlights. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/936efe96-b2fb-4b78-b8b7-f2c844f2e86b/11.jpeg Lounge Addition And we have a slab. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/27fd2c83-10bb-4a3b-b94a-7abedf5fbbc1/6.jpeg Lounge Addition Because we had a Labor Day party in 2021, we put in the front and back bar before I painted the room (and before trim or even floors were installed). This is a rough idea of the layout, with the exception of building a tall bookshelf-type cabinet to the left of the parlor organ which would be used for liquor storage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/ff3c08c5-17a7-40fb-a77e-07f41fdd6ed2/12.jpeg Lounge Addition Next step is the forms and pouring the basement walls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/6e21c7a3-0571-406c-8d58-c0fa910d143a/7.jpeg Lounge Addition By this time (end of summer 2021), I was still vacillating regarding color choices and what I would do with the ceiling. Tippling helped the process. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/dce5f007-f1b5-4c97-a8e2-8a478251387f/13.jpeg Lounge Addition Because the houses in our neighborhood are so close together, they had to bring the concrete in from the alley via a hose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a1a4022e-f0c6-4a5b-bf24-07bed1a75745/11.jpeg Lounge Addition Even though it was summer, we knew we needed to get heat in order before winter. The owner of Brinks Framing, a local frame shop, gave me this rad which he was no longer using. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a4387036-bda1-4037-92e7-3e74fe4f396e/14.jpeg Lounge Addition Here comes the truck! I felt like I was in a movie awaiting the arrival of a super hero. So exciting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/05d40e02-44da-4884-b974-384865428711/8.jpeg Lounge Addition My first idea for the ceiling came from my beloved Painted Ceilings book. I liked the idea of a blue ceiling with stylized gold leaf clouds. Probably over my head, literally, but that's never stopped me before. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1ba7c511-d3db-4b1e-bb93-73797c63146a/15.jpeg Lounge Addition Here they are pouring the basement walls. This basement, of course, is not tied into the existing/original basement underlying the house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/31554342-2e48-4e25-a677-f4fbfd351956/9.jpeg Lounge Addition Here is the ceiling, which I painted in a blue tone similar to the inspiration photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a4ffc534-0f17-4571-acdf-7f526dda3152/16.jpeg Lounge Addition And we have basement walls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/0d11074e-3fa4-4c99-b68f-384353cde1ee/10.jpeg Lounge Addition Here's the view from the kitchen after I finished the ceiling (for the first time, lol). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/8c2886bb-40ef-446e-8c4b-64db3692111d/17.jpeg Lounge Addition The room addition footprint is 12 x 20 (compared to the demolished deck and porch assembly, which was 16 x 26). Of course, we had approval from the Historic Districts Commission for this project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c307fdc8-7a81-42c3-b6c0-cc226ff9e7b0/IMG_6605.PNG Lounge Addition Rather than doing red walls per the inspiration photo, I wanted to do black crocodile wallpaper. We were close to ordering this from Graham and Brown, but then reality set in regarding the hell of wallpaper installation. Frankly, I'd rather have a root canal than install wallpaper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/90d2f11d-0be5-4750-86e9-408db5698f70/18.jpeg Lounge Addition The corner formed by the new basement under the butler's pantry window unfortunately is now an area of flooding into the basement under the house, as the contractors removed the well surrounding the existing basement window. We are awaiting a fix to this problem that doesn't involved multiple tarps. That hopefully will happen in 2023 in conjunction with the landscaping. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/8d5e4191-6e39-493f-aa36-63736a971124/13.jpeg Lounge Addition So I found this decorative roller on Amazon and decided to give it a try. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/71071b62-3a42-4e33-8e6b-339b001770cd/19.jpeg Lounge Addition As of late January, the crew was also re-roofing the house and would soon be starting the attic conversion. Here, they are clearing snow from the roof in preparation for installing the roof jacks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/bcb257cf-0323-495d-b9ee-5b6719e348c1/12.jpeg Lounge Addition This was my first foray into the world of decorative rolling. I didn't like the undercoat, but I had a feeling that with the right colors, this might work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/e2dd878b-fe44-498d-858f-74fed1b52c35/20+%282%29.jpeg Lounge Addition Looking out the kitchen window on January 25, 2021, the basement of the future lounge addition is filled with decades worth of shingles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c552493d-95da-43c8-bae4-49e3c6016110/9a.JPG Lounge Addition I'd always loved this CB2 rug (which I never bought and don't think is sold anymore) and it caused me to lean more towards reds, purples and warmer/richer colors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/66e78032-b255-4ebc-b9e7-63e3b5b86235/14.jpeg Lounge Addition I had this paint mixed by Benjamin Moore. It's Velvet Cloak, but with the saturation increased. This I would use as the base coat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f67a8d8e-de90-4adb-9871-86a34d9ca9b9/21.jpeg Lounge Addition This is the view through the kitchen from the top of the basement stairs looking at what will be a pass through into the lounge addition (out the kitchen door). At some time during the build out, we decided to use the new room as a combination dining room and home bar. We sometimes refer to the new room as the lounge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f16b89a5-3d45-4a6c-bf96-a5eeac6d3bed/15.jpeg Lounge Addition For the overcoat, I used my favorite red paint which is Modern Masters Ruby. We also mixed in some extender to increase the open time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/750d1e24-10d6-49fd-9511-762ffbac9724/22.jpeg Lounge Addition Here, we have some of the roof jacks installed. There ultimately will be a dormer popped out over the second-floor door. This door will lead to a deck over the lounge addition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/e03167fb-84ae-42be-b9b4-8511894ffeae/16.jpeg Lounge Addition First step was to paint the eggplant undercoat, which you can see on the right (the left is black, as I originally was going in that direction before deciding on the eggplant color. Different story.). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/9d91446d-8500-4206-bd9d-c22167b5a35d/23.jpeg Lounge Addition During construction, which went on for a year (and still isn't tied up two years later), the house was constantly being doused in dust and dirt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/31a7c14f-993f-4177-9ddd-0d2352253e6c/17.jpeg Lounge Addition Mike helped me with this stage, because you have to work fast. Basically, to do the embossing, and after the undercoat dries, you brush thick with the overcoat in small sections and then immediately roll it with the embossing roller. If you make a mistake, while the paint is still wet, you can just re-roll it. It's very forgiving. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/57204dd4-b065-421c-9f17-480253b1e9e6/24.jpeg Lounge Addition Another photo showing the extent of damage to the brick veneer. It looks terrible, but the damage is superficial and limited to the veneer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/6534f149-7ad9-40c0-9ae7-6571f7ca7885/18.jpeg Lounge Addition Here's how it looks when done. There's a definite texture to it, and it does have the appearance of wallpaper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/09eff3be-cd39-4fc2-b358-f147453650c3/25.jpeg Lounge Addition Here we are on February 9, 2021 with the crew preparing to build the floor of the addition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/84559e8e-678d-40fd-9bb4-2209ca97eccf/19.jpeg Lounge Addition There are imperfections throughout, which I like, because nature isn't perfect. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f6e6c19b-0536-49db-950e-f06269b2a8dc/26.jpeg Lounge Addition And by February 23, 2021 we had a floor and a wall! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/ceaf4973-ca5f-4ce2-8b3e-af5e02116fab/20.jpeg Lounge Addition Even though the colors now were going in the direction of my original inspiration photo, I started to go in a different direction with the ceiling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f3596d35-c085-4e7e-a293-ebcb9347def9/27.jpeg Lounge Addition Walls and framing in progress. This view is from the kitchen door looking towards what will be the dining side of the lounge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/82d438e1-f1a7-4e9e-b7e7-91e24679898f/20a.PNG Lounge Addition I found this artisan tin online, and while it was out of our budget for the room, the colors and texture gave me an idea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1e7e5c14-e893-485a-a0e8-0802580b29bf/28.jpeg Lounge Addition The view from the same vantage point looking straight out through the addition. The area to the right will be the bar side of the lounge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/075c51b7-e363-4ad4-83cb-f3a15d1c95a6/21.jpeg Lounge Addition So I started sampling a few aqua colors from the Behr paint line. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/cf5b3435-e4ee-4bd2-9198-e8cdfa4f9911/29.jpeg Lounge Addition In the midst of this, the concrete subcontractor started "repair" of the veneer. The idea was to remove the damaged brick veneer in the area over the roof of the addition, which would be a deck similar (but larger) that the one which pre-existed construction. Undamaged brick veneer from the areas that would form the walls against the house would be relocated to the areas adjacent to the upper deck where damaged brick was removed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/2bee985b-f986-4212-8947-409125908280/22.jpeg Lounge Addition But in order to get the depth of the inspiration material, I ragged on a few different glazes until I found a color that gave the best effect. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/3fce24b3-0d1f-4dd1-a989-3a339d57a9c4/30.jpeg Lounge Addition Here's the view of construction from the kitchen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/880355a3-5f43-43ba-9219-77d4a34764f6/23.jpeg Lounge Addition Next step was to paint the ceiling, yet again. I don't remember which color this is, but I don't think it matters. Lighting and angles change color so much that your best bet when trying to "get" a color you see in a photo is to compare the photo to paint samples and pick the closest one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/9c0b67fe-e03e-4e63-976c-1e0281dacf99/31.jpeg Lounge Addition By March 12, 2021, all the brick veneer had been removed in the area behind the soon-to-be room addition walls, and some of the interior walls are framed. This view is from what will be the dining side of the lounge looking towards the bar side on the left of the frame and the kitchen entry in the middle of the frame. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1891ed2e-07c6-4f52-98de-0e83d9d21835/24.jpeg Lounge Addition Here's a good example of what I'm talking about. This paint appears to have a lot more green in it when viewed, as it is here, in front of a westerly window. When it was viewed with a southern window behind me in the prior photo, the paint was much bluer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/92f528e0-1e1f-4e09-a925-e51b14f85f8b/32.jpeg Lounge Addition This picture was taken on the same day (March 12, 2021) from the bar side of the lounge looking towards the dining side to the right of the frame and the kitchen window in the middle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a0e641c9-7cb8-4271-91fd-4e942c012a6c/25.jpeg Lounge Addition Here is my sample board with some stenciling. I used the Flourish design from Royal Design Studio. The paint is Folkart Treasure Gold in Copper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/5f5ae621-ed8e-4090-896b-19fcac7eae68/33.jpeg Lounge Addition Looking up, this photo shows the state of the structural brick after removal of the veneer. As we expected, it was sound. Prior to building the roof, the contractors installed a support beam at the junction between the roof/upper deck floor of the addition and the house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/354935c4-df32-4c97-b573-fb0dee448f42/26.jpeg Lounge Addition Next step was to glaze the ceiling using a rag and wipe technique (YouTube is a better source for how to do this than me). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/36df956f-48ba-48e7-adff-9f6df3304c59/34.jpeg Lounge Addition Four days later, on March 16, 2021, this was the view out the kitchen door towards the dining side of the addition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/2b1fea73-6279-4376-bc60-60ea3c446c9a/27.jpeg Lounge Addition Again, the ceiling is SO much greener from this direction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c26d0e7f-cbfc-4d2e-9219-6e91b61a34e8/35.jpeg Lounge Addition And from the same vantage point, this is looking towards the future bar side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/849fe07c-a40d-40c1-8936-f82a63c56d3e/28.jpeg Lounge Addition Now for the first stencil. Admittedly, this was a bleeping nightmare. I didn't want a "stenciled" look, so I hand painted the design rather than rolling or using a stippling technique. Because of this, I had to get a tight seal, which required me to spray the back of the stencil with 3M adhesive. The paint took 5 coats. Insane. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/402ec44e-c27e-444e-83f9-d62a3f28f71d/36.jpeg Lounge Addition Here we are again on the west corner of the exterior of the addition looking towards the bar side and the kitchen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/282132b4-fd84-443d-8011-d6d3ccb881ca/29.jpeg Lounge Addition This took forever. I was doomed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/65389969-d947-4c45-abce-31e92feef6e4/38.jpeg Lounge Addition This is how the property looked from the garage just before opening the roof for the attic dormer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/e910076d-2436-4230-b232-53c6df679224/30.jpeg Lounge Addition By the second stencil, I knew I needed to build a better mouse trap and therefore did the first coat of the design with a rust or copper colored chalk paint. Then I applied 2 coats of the copper metallic. Using chalk paint saved me two coats, which was a lot of time and work saved. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/384b680a-f3e4-4881-8439-01fa17c70b09/IMG_0211.jpeg Lounge Addition Here we are a day later, on March 17, 2021 with the crew opening the roof to build the attic dormer. The area directly beneath is the lounge and upper deck which is accessed from the exterior door on the second floor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/566f3dbb-0092-43af-8450-44fc501e3105/31.jpeg Lounge Addition I prefer this technique using an artist brush. Even though it takes WAY longer, the result looks more opaque and like hand painted art than a stencil. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/33e158b8-0fe9-457e-ba67-741b549fa7d4/IMG_0216.jpeg Lounge Addition Close up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/5c8c859c-aacd-4a86-b506-05713e1a1d1a/32.jpeg Lounge Addition A week later, here I am at about the halfway mark ( I worked on this every day for 5-7 hours). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/5aca8389-df1f-4c9b-ab9a-fb4f96c2d13a/37.jpeg Lounge Addition Here we are on April 23, 2021 with the dormer built and the lounge walls and roof built. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/eda4c697-d85b-458b-8e7c-b11582f56933/33.jpeg Lounge Addition Not only is the painting tedious, but the stencils are not easy to line up when working overhead. Plus, I had to hold them up with my head while lining up due to their size before letting them adhere to the ceiling. So, of course, my hair was filled with adhesive for two-plus weeks. Also, these stencils are a drama to clean, and after spending an hour trying to clean paint and adhesive off three of them, I decided to order multiple stencils. The expense was worth my sanity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/08abcbdd-5dc3-4655-8bbd-1daa157455b3/39.jpeg Lounge Addition Fast forward to June 11, 2021, and the crew is installing the French door at the back of the addition. We went with Anderson windows and doors and to be honest, we aren't impressed. At all. Either the installation wasn't great or the product isn't, as this door leaks cold air up the wazoo in the winter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/02e97b9d-6d23-4f34-873e-6dab5b3bfe12/34.jpeg Lounge Addition Finish line approacheth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/9a6a0ca5-f734-4593-b9eb-341cde5a88b4/IMG_1829.jpeg Lounge Addition Just prior to installing the rear door and side lights, here is how the room looked standing on the bar side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/567917f0-fe7c-4cad-b771-58897ef471f9/35.jpeg Lounge Addition Despite the amount of swearing and complaining I did, I'm glad I took the time to do this right. It's very pretty. And because I used acrylics and because this isn't in a kitchen or bathroom, I didn't do a topcoat and feel that will be fine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1ca022fe-12e4-4c7e-a524-29e50b516688/1.jpeg Lounge Addition Shortly after installing the door, the insulation sub came and did their work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a91521d8-7045-4f37-aaba-c7561245b95e/36.jpeg Lounge Addition Here we are at the last square. Of course, for this one, I had to sit on top of the fridge. For the rest, I used scaffolding, which I highly recommend over a ladder for doing ceiling work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/06a96d33-88e7-4d7e-bc59-3679c48f7ff4/IMG_2271.jpeg Lounge Addition Here's the room insulated and ready for drywall. You're looking at the future bar side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/9d8dd037-d0dd-4108-a9e5-059f6ff5b5d3/37.jpeg Lounge Addition I wanted medallions for each of the light fixtures and found these on the Architectural Depot website for $8. You get what you pay for. They're cheap and wibbly, but redeemable if you apply an artistic finish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/02c24a58-b331-4005-92dc-8031d756f724/IMG_2272.jpeg Lounge Addition And here is the room looking towards the dining side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/5614b5db-b279-4c73-9e5c-cc83ce626911/38.jpeg Lounge Addition As seen here, despite being cheap and thin plastic, these painted up pretty nice. I sprayed them with an aqua paint as the first step. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/75df172b-b313-4bb5-a01a-b157b8d59c67/40.jpeg Lounge Addition Back outside, here's the view of the upper deck before the underlayment and deck floor was installed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c3a3750d-d73a-4c3f-a580-498c09cf337b/39.jpeg Lounge Addition Then I painted the detail with oil based copper model car paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/ac8c66b6-a5c6-4160-87ac-899114d87fa2/IMG_9635.jpeg Lounge Addition Here's the same area after the underlayment and deck floor were installed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/0c0542ea-fbe5-44c2-bfa0-ce3be292f30d/40.jpeg Lounge Addition Then I buffed them with some antiquing waxed. They look far more high quality than they are. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/8f94fe62-b8be-45bd-8bcb-4fc1c96251c3/41.jpeg Lounge Addition After completing the ceiling, we (Mike) turned to the trim work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/58097356-bd61-458e-9cd4-ffe556599719/IMG_0432.jpeg Lounge Addition And here it is, looking from the parking pad area next to the garage, towards the house. Needless to say, the builder didn't come close to the inspiration photo and Mike unfortunately will end up having to finish all of the trim work. The brick on the house also will be stained black and the trim will be painted copper, pale aqua and black, hopefully in Spring of 2023. Scroll down to go inside! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/cd616478-d20e-4a1d-a111-d7c60de93aa2/42.jpeg Lounge Addition There was a lot of prep work around the door and window casings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/16a4eabe-c455-4fdf-bb12-5babc2b64a71/45.jpeg Lounge Addition We went with a small crown due to the ceiling height (lower than the rest of the first floor) and because of complexities caused by the kitchen window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/605577a4-ba68-4c71-9118-0da6af5bf7da/44.jpeg Lounge Addition After Mike installed the trim, I painted it with Modern Masters Copper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/271d2c99-6cbf-4783-aac9-7f4b7fb53820/46.jpeg Lounge Addition Flooring is the next step. Here it sits in our entry hall awaiting installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/8dea6ce9-f441-4928-8ad4-a58cb02765fa/47.jpeg Lounge Addition Mike installing the wood floor, which I would later paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/003baa81-ee00-45d1-8261-50c8cf933144/48.jpeg Lounge Addition Floor's done. Dog's bored. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/e8d480d3-a787-4867-88c8-ba9beb7479ca/49.jpeg Lounge Addition These colors work better than they should. I can't explain it, except to say the warmth of the copper, the richness of the red, and the coolness of the turquoise are a pleasing dynamic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1e05db22-885a-4041-a2e9-84584fefd1fa/50.jpeg Lounge Addition Here's Mike, trying to figure out what's next lol. We decided to drag up a bonus fridge that was in the basement and use it as a bar fridge. This was part of the kitchen suite we found on eBay. There wasn't enough room in the kitchen for a left and right-side refrigerator, so it lived in the basement before finding its new home in the bar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/551f7db3-ac1b-4a2d-b319-25099a9cb2a0/51.PNG Lounge Addition To help Mike with the back bar design conundrum, I sketched out this diagram of my vision. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/983f8890-4d76-45b1-a9e3-ba70abd4b58d/52.jpeg Lounge Addition Armed with my vision, Mike first built out the refrigerator cabinet. I felt this was mandatory to give the back bar a more cohesive look. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/0ec85277-bc19-4add-ac17-c2b6dd52b85c/53.jpeg Lounge Addition My vision also included cornices on the windows. I felt this would give the room more architectural detail, which it desperately needed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/7111a02e-c39b-4f54-9aae-bef78706439a/54.jpeg Lounge Addition The inspiration for the liquor shelf that Mike would build next to the centerpiece parlor organ was the hutch he built in the kitchen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/306f9f1a-e315-42cd-9dbc-20ce43a6ad54/55.jpeg Lounge Addition Of course, Mike puts all of my visions in AutoCAD before starting any project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/bd339e5a-396c-4664-8fd8-0940092294dd/56.jpeg Lounge Addition Next step is the liquor storage, which will be an open shelving unit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/892a6a49-7eef-473d-a6e0-c31a713bae51/57.jpeg Lounge Addition Here we have the beginning of the liquor cabinet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/89b87c53-387a-4b06-8475-a6669b60b0ae/IMG_4134.jpeg Lounge Addition Mike on the front porch at work, after work, cutting cabinet pieces. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/84e2a8da-10f7-416f-b77b-daee9f5891bf/58.jpeg Lounge Addition More framing is done, and as you can see, Mike installed mirrors in the back. That's Mike's brother, Greg, in the foreground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/8da35aae-f62c-4078-ba6f-742941360a3a/59.jpeg Lounge Addition Burning the midnight oil. Again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/e36096bd-3b6d-4472-a77b-5a5ed92f4765/60.jpeg Lounge Addition Trim work on the cabinet is almost complete. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/d6f07dc8-8a6f-4502-aab2-712d2c90aaac/61.jpeg Lounge Addition Now it's ready for me to prime and paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/4d0c83fd-6765-46ee-8ad3-e3abea90974f/62.jpeg Lounge Addition After finishing the liquor cabinet, Mike turned back to the fridge cabinet and trimmed it out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f0e11f07-dc0e-45d8-af97-8ddeaf266004/63.jpeg Lounge Addition Here, you can see the back bar starting to take shape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a1571220-7300-4ae9-83b7-e112f30c6205/64.jpeg Lounge Addition Meanwhile, the top of the front bar lived in our parlor along with construction debris. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/18a48d41-5f22-42b4-ba5d-686657cbb159/65.jpeg Lounge Addition The lower part of the back bar lived in our kitchen for several months. Here it is, partially disassembled in preparation for its retrofit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/d64fd353-b0aa-4d1d-b80c-1df3ca4b15b7/66.jpeg Lounge Addition Based on this signature on the keys, the organ was finished on September 3, 1888 by AH Holmes (not to be confused with the notorious serial killer HH Holmes). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/b49a3964-2b00-4a8a-b1ec-3795c5ab6429/66a.jpeg Lounge Addition The back bar cleaned up nicely after using mineral spirits to remove the grime. Following that, I used Restor-A-Finish and then some orange wax. We liked this look better than a painted look, so we left it alone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/0ab0aa44-1405-467d-9c43-f6a867e86f26/67.jpeg Lounge Addition Mike at work retrofitting the bar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/aa77dbcc-7407-48bb-a6ad-bf5a9c4ff1a4/68.jpeg Lounge Addition We put the top piece on temporarily so Mike could measure things in preparation for building the counter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/96356ec6-c4f6-4f24-a3c3-e5b15992faf8/69.jpeg Lounge Addition We salvaged as much as we could from the organ to repurpose it decoratively. I wanted the stops to remain, and we relocated the keyboard to the backsplash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/d117a676-2e0c-42bf-bfbb-bc8a133230ca/70.jpeg Lounge Addition Next step is painting the cabinets. I went with Velvet Cloak, the same color I used for the wall undercoat (although I used the original version from Benjamin Moore rather than the more saturated/lighter version that I had mixed for the walls). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/044e7419-0c47-43b8-a77a-f3083bf64316/71.jpeg Lounge Addition Mike was hella opposed to eggplant/purple on the cabinets, but once it was up, he liked it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1da5c46d-5cb9-4faa-bcc5-987127fade16/72.jpeg Lounge Addition I painted out the detail with copper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a3f13c28-e986-4f4d-a406-0c6493e403c7/73.jpeg Lounge Addition We also replaced the light fixtures installed by the electrician, which were gawdawful spectacles of cheap plastic crap that washed the room with the same deathly pallor seen in basement hospital morgues. Unacceptable. Obviously. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a7a8dfac-f831-4a1c-93ba-ee123f476edb/74.jpeg Lounge Addition Here's Mike getting ready to build the counter. We originally were going to go with stone, but it was $800 for a small slab. That seemed ridiculous. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/ced7dd9b-616b-41b8-b613-9182f4aa287b/75.jpeg Lounge Addition So instead, Mike found a scrap of wood in the garage and added a simple edge to it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/0fb7fae3-cf20-430c-b364-41392491abe2/75a.jpeg Lounge Addition This was an exciting day. Mike had been wanting this door off for a year. This angle gives a sense of how the kitchen and lounge colors work together. Surprisingly, they are complimentary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/84cca926-821f-461a-b6fa-1ea950223de6/76.jpeg Lounge Addition By December 6, 2021, I was ready to paint the front bar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/8cec52f3-a55c-4a97-bfca-959aa905e862/77.jpeg Lounge Addition I used chalk paint as a basecoat then applied two coats of Velvet Cloak in satin. Chalk paint sticks as good or better than primer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f2acfee9-ca6e-4813-9ba6-df5b0deb00b0/79.jpeg Lounge Addition I also painted out detail with copper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c8b6f4cc-c92b-421b-9d8f-c849600b618d/78.jpeg Lounge Addition And then painted the counter using the same technique as the lower portion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/ee22a7df-48fb-4a3a-874b-76e446d44fb6/80.jpeg Lounge Addition Now the back bar is in place and ready for counter work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/6352f4ca-0a3b-4c65-98f0-16f3a9b0509a/IMG_4543.jpeg Lounge Addition We love having this piece of history in our home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/34fb35b6-360c-43ff-ac83-d185fda45623/81.jpeg Lounge Addition In the meantime, I copper leafed the shelves for the cabinet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/edca358f-8560-4b7d-b96b-cc225ad1011b/81a.jpeg Lounge Addition I used Barnabas Blattgold leaf purchased on Amazon. Then I applied three coats of Polyvine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/849e8874-b131-4962-b25e-8cb5cb9fd977/82.jpeg Lounge Addition I did the same with the back bar counter after Mike cut holes for the sink and faucet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/7d7b6556-a8fc-4bcf-bd8c-028f36799280/83.jpeg Lounge Addition To give the counter an artistic feel, I used Redesign with Prima furniture transfers. I applied these before painting on the Polyvine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a7d922aa-a4d9-4cfa-98af-3af8ac5ae49b/84.jpeg Lounge Addition Here's how the counter looked before we coated it with epoxy/resin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/9f6368c1-3582-4347-98bd-89234d609a9f/IMG_4559.jpeg Lounge Addition We used epoxy on our kitchen counters and didn't have a great experience with it, but used a different product for the counter and it worked great. I can't remember the brand, but it's whatever Ace Hardware sells. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/e305ade2-1edf-498a-a877-38687b5ad23b/85.jpeg Lounge Addition And here's how the counter looked after the epoxy pour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/710ff0bb-5653-4593-bbd5-04026e21be11/87.jpeg Lounge Addition Next up was the front bar top. I decided to add some copper leaf over the paint before pouring epoxy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/41ae99f1-8a16-48db-bd0e-ea79e73895bb/88.jpeg Lounge Addition And then, as with the bar back counter, I added furniture transfers. These are from Iron Orchid Designs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/dffc5602-3109-49e6-a9eb-6740a72b3bac/89.jpeg Lounge Addition More transfers. Tweet tweet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/75f17be2-30b0-44d9-9bd9-3779a1f276be/90a.jpeg Lounge Addition Another view of the counter before it's installed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/3da21d1a-74cf-4052-8313-4d2ac3a439ac/91.jpeg Lounge Addition Here's the front bar, ready for the epoxy pour. We decided to be brave and do colored and glittery epoxy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a5768587-d3a0-4f29-a876-7df5ebb61bd0/92.jpeg Lounge Addition But first, we wanted to do the counter of the front bar, since we'd never done colored epoxy before and this was an area which, if we screwed it up, wouldn't be visible to anyone except the bartender (aka Mike). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/e570e111-5023-4957-b032-d26e00d941b2/93.jpeg Lounge Addition This was completely nerve-wracking. I would've taken more pictures of the stages (mixing, pouring etc.) if I hadn't been so stressed out. Despite all this, it turned out very pretty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/5d9d5a89-8145-44c2-bc83-6758df767a80/94.jpeg Lounge Addition Beautiful! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/53663df3-d36b-46ca-85df-a9d786aad1a1/95.jpeg Lounge Addition For the front bar, we decided to use colors that would bring in the blues of the ceiling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/56954eeb-c318-4958-8f1d-05cff1743469/96.jpeg Lounge Addition Again, I was too flustered to document the process, but it turned out pretty good. Here's Mike poking at the air bubbles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/b656bacc-599b-445e-ab9d-afb5d230ab14/97.jpeg Lounge Addition More pokes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/926e362a-b686-49f3-a995-be63cd253fd0/98.jpeg Lounge Addition What's not to love about this? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/bb5d9d96-5b9b-4ff1-95b5-80b9b0c83b4b/99.jpeg Lounge Addition Details are mandatory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f3d3adb9-b68d-4404-a6f5-cc564051e754/100.jpeg Lounge Addition It's sooooo pretty! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/9c8c2d16-d0c7-4486-8c4f-81640dce2c99/100a.jpeg Lounge Addition By the end of the day on December 13, 2021, this is how the room looked. We still had a lot to do in preparation for a photo shoot of the back bar area in connection with work I was doing with Hendrick's Gin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/3920993d-f7b6-4007-bbf7-6caa26a096a5/100a1.jpeg Lounge Addition Night views into the kitchen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/ad6c4138-103f-4857-8cb5-d9380a7e062e/100b.jpeg Lounge Addition I added furniture transfers to the face of the front bar. I can't remember the brand, but it wasn't a great quality and is already peeling off even with a clear coat. I've never had that kind of issue with Redesign with Prima or Iron Orchid Designs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/16d8cf90-2124-4440-a6fd-fcea1e2ed08d/101.jpeg Lounge Addition For the back bar sink, we went with brass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/7878b992-9e78-49cf-832b-1a71d840b32a/102.jpeg Lounge Addition Here it is in place, before installation and before Mike put in the backsplash. The faucet is from Amazon and was inexpensive given the quality, which is pretty good. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/d28b66dc-87bf-4fe5-8aa4-90e27973babc/106.jpeg Lounge Addition I cleaned the keys with The Pink Stuff. Love The Pink Stuff! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/7b6cbe3d-2cb8-49fc-be81-2b2ba6fc5c41/107.jpeg Lounge Addition Mike putting the keys in order. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/cbb155d6-390e-4ea8-b133-0527128cec68/103.jpeg Lounge Addition As mentioned before, we repurposed the keys as a backsplash. There was a problem area you can see in the corner which we solved by wallpapering pieces of wood fitted to the open space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/648e0711-92b8-404f-ac62-f6e07153d283/104.jpeg Lounge Addition The copper leafed shelves are installed. BTW, they have held up well so far. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c2da4976-dd6f-4493-ad96-66791242b149/105.jpeg Lounge Addition We also added wallpaper to the lower shelves. This is the same wallpaper we put on the dining table. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f7a0f975-465a-4106-9621-0d12cc0aec2f/108a.jpeg Lounge Addition Mike and I were watching Little Women (one of our favorite Christmas movies) and when we got to the first scene in Aunt March's house, I said, "that's the design I want!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/d047e072-65af-4bd9-a7a8-8bd464e23888/108.jpeg Lounge Addition Here's Mike and his brother tracing out the design (which he first laid out on AutoCAD) onto plywood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1674764887860-BP99Q8A0R9FSNTDYDNLB/109.jpg Lounge Addition After tracing, he cut the cornice faces with his fancy saw. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/146ba0e4-06cb-42b7-be5a-e350d227a7fd/110.jpeg Lounge Addition This red velvet from Hobby Lobby was the perfect color, plus I love the opulence of velvet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/18cbe00b-f6cf-404d-aba8-b3e870fa7741/110a.jpeg Lounge Addition I used several types of trim, all of which was from Hobby Lobby. Our local Hobby Lobby stopped selling trim recently and I'm BUMMED. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/0654e6dc-0a7c-475d-a818-e20f8e0d14e0/111.jpeg Lounge Addition I painted the backs and any part of the cornices which could be seen from the exterior looking through the windows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/911b3500-63bc-4de8-94fb-1c328a8a9d45/112.jpeg Lounge Addition Here is the cornice box complete and ready for fabric. I originally used hot glue to affix the fabric and then switched to spray adhesive. Strangely, the cornices look great in the cooler months, but in the warmer months, the velvet doesn't lie smoothly on the wood. Then it goes back to being fin in the cooler weather. Weird. I may address this down the road. They may have required batting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/2583e799-542b-40ef-8293-96683ad73d85/113.jpeg Lounge Addition Here's the front of the first cornice box. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f06cb909-af5a-414f-81af-d9cb7662750a/114.jpeg Lounge Addition The technique that worked in the end involved laying the yardage over the box then trimming to size. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/19453b88-8c8f-47c3-9feb-f50f32a51d1e/114a.jpeg Lounge Addition I used hot glue for the trim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/5f53c9c4-7800-41df-9c63-e310ea5a84a9/115.jpeg Lounge Addition Here's the second box installed, which covered two windows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/7d69a23b-e39b-439f-ba6f-5bdc5bfe5383/116.jpeg Lounge Addition Here is the final box ready for fabric. This one will go across the French doors and side lights. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/22557e66-7c45-4e5a-8ab2-268aec09862c/117.jpeg Lounge Addition Fabric is down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/919e33d1-823c-4ff7-867b-268014a17fcb/118.jpeg Lounge Addition And done. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/6270b933-158d-4fcb-b6f6-8235a28d56cb/IMG_4761.jpeg Lounge Addition Cornice corner. As mentioned, I wanted cornices for the architectural interest they add, but also because I didn't want heavy drapery, as we already were losing light in the kitchen due to the room addition. Yet, the lounge needed some sort of layering to build character and warmth. At this point in time, I was still trying to figure out what sheers I would hang behind the cornices. The lights are vintage Hollywood Regency which we bought from an Etsy shop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/9a276153-5a8c-47a8-aaa2-19bece19a871/119.jpeg Lounge Addition We found these Lucite bar stools on eBay. There are five in total and they were in perfect condition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/d9dc2a8f-a63c-4961-91c1-6630383de989/IMG_4766.jpeg Lounge Addition Here's Mike cleaning the floor before we began priming and painting it. I didn't get pictures of the process because we were in a hurry to get it done. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/7ff112e9-662b-4f63-a91e-34c5ba34906b/IMG_5045.jpeg Lounge Addition Here, the floor is painted (with the same color I used for the bar cabinets) and the dining tabletop is on sawhorses while I paint it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/81fa5d8a-3588-4119-b096-cb2a62101816/IMG_3610.jpeg Lounge Addition These are the pedestals for the dining table, which I painted out. We found the table on Facebook Marketplace, but I think eventually we may take these pedestals and put two smaller, separate table tops on them. It will allow people to more easily access the banquette seating. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/7616203d-2b81-47b3-b513-7de84f5b889b/IMG_5055.jpeg Lounge Addition Dining table is in place and the top is wallpapered with peel and stick. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/309f8def-66a2-4f61-810f-0479e3a5dd00/IMG_5086.jpeg Lounge Addition As mentioned, we planned to build a banquette for dining. Here's my inspiration pile. The taxidermy, which I scavenged from my office, would go on the wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/87f49c1d-2474-4a67-bf47-34794f264ee9/IMG_5296.jpeg Lounge Addition Here's a close up of the wallpaper on the tabletop and also Mike's drawing of the banquette. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/77e1e0ea-9987-436e-9070-6b75b34d8d36/IMG_5203.jpeg Lounge Addition Mike begins building the banquette seat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/7894af52-1e2a-4c05-8ff7-d98f62a3c4a8/IMG_5228.jpeg Lounge Addition Banquette progress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/4130367c-723c-4a6a-8c88-fba2c57293f1/IMG_5232+%281%29.jpeg Lounge Addition More progress, and as you can see, Mike's adding drawers under the seat. More storage! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/d298d408-cd48-44b7-bf95-d96ec405e0ca/IMG_5240.jpeg Lounge Addition Mike's shadow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/7b1e6cf4-6638-44fe-b731-c108168dc7a4/IMG_5491.jpeg Lounge Addition Closer to completion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/127e76ab-7941-4aea-ab21-39bfbf105f48/IMG_5485.jpeg Lounge Addition I said under-seat storage, but what I should've said was under-seat coffins. These pull outs are HUGE. And stable. The slides are massive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/bcf639ea-50e1-42be-8700-dbfb0544a974/IMG_5660.jpeg Lounge Addition Now it's time to build the banquette seat back. I had this fabric, which I bought from Hobby Lobby and converted into no sew valances. It's great fabric and I found prettier valances, so I took these down and repurposed the fabric for the seat backs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/442f2da4-d4ca-41ae-99cc-42e41c70d6c2/IMG_5668.jpeg Lounge Addition Here's Mike constructing them. Again, there are YouTube videos on how to do this which are better than any description I could give (and are what we use, in any event). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/3daa8c84-4c8e-452e-8422-7d1afeeb0b3c/IMG_5669.jpeg Lounge Addition One of the reasons Mike agreed to upholster these himself is he wanted to practice because he intended to DIY reupholster our boat a few months later. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/9d2f5eb5-a120-4109-b65a-d0d9ccde0671/IMG_5671.jpeg Lounge Addition And it's in place! Perfect. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f239095d-d037-4175-a7d6-7d039c360e07/IMG_6378.jpeg Lounge Addition Here I've gathered some of the decor for the dining area. Taxidermy scavenged from my office, small art pieces scavenged from the upper hall, and a Milagro heart I found on Etsy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f30dbde6-29f0-47ef-8d87-6d98fa30db78/IMG_6418.jpeg Lounge Addition Tah dah! Now the deer needs his wings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/6d80e549-deb9-4c9a-bacc-6c7ce8673c57/IMG_6359.jpeg Lounge Addition Short term, I used these leopard sheers which I have in most rooms of the house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/dbcef60f-257f-43c0-b08f-44661fbb9f2a/IMG_3655.jpeg Lounge Addition Originally, we were going to use these dining chairs which were part of the set we found on Facebook Marketplace (and which I painted). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/2d3a1fce-81db-44ce-b506-8cb6c3b88bb6/IMG_6365.jpeg Lounge Addition But we found these Lucite dining chairs (which "match" the bar stools) on eBay, although they aren't in nearly as good condition. Both sets are vintage, probably from the 80's. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/55b1954b-200c-4806-983c-e9fc026276cd/IMG_6567.jpeg Lounge Addition Here's the view from the kitchen with the new dining chairs in place. I wrapped the backs with faux fur collars, which added more layering to the room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a78fcd28-7606-443f-a9f5-741fe780fa51/IMG_6605.jpeg Lounge Addition And the drawers are filled! (They aren't this organized anymore lol). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/b6981210-bec4-4491-809b-e2dacf574c33/IMG_6609.jpeg Lounge Addition The pulls are leftover from our kitchen remodel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/68c80d11-177f-412c-b58c-43435f52e28f/FullSizeRender+2.jpg Lounge Addition Getting closer to completion! We still had to finish the banquette seat upholstery and, at this time, I wanted to have an artist paint a firebird on the floor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/2397c7a5-3129-4f6e-be18-c59735faf22f/IMG_6666.jpeg Lounge Addition Mike begins the seat upholstery, which is a gold crocodile metallic I found either on Amazon or eBay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/ecdabedf-fc2c-4b55-9940-9c9df2f4fde6/IMG_6670.jpeg Lounge Addition He used spray adhesive on the foam to attach the wood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c137dbba-81d6-4b87-bc29-df73319e7514/IMG_6676.jpeg Lounge Addition Here he is working on the fabric. This, he stapled (again, YouTube is your best source for this). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f880f8c7-9373-41fa-a997-92d0b0f5c08a/IMG_7445.JPG Lounge Addition This is the firebird (which I found somewhere online) that I wanted to have painted on the floor, but the artist quote I received wasn't in our budget. However, after finishing the mural on our attic tower ceiling, I believe I'm capable of painting something similar to this (in my own style) and I may eventually undertake this project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/2306ceac-1436-4333-b4a5-e6fc0921ca52/IMG_6737.jpeg Lounge Addition In the meantime, I found this rug which fits the space perfectly. Oh, and the banquette seat is done! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/703d75f2-2cc8-4e36-8aab-0ec8b1cdb9eb/IMG_6759.jpeg Lounge Addition Playing with throw pillows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f0b49e6b-fd5b-446c-8757-f0da08f0f8c6/IMG_6728.jpeg Lounge Addition We love the banquette, but as mentioned previously, may change the table layout so seating can be more easily accessed. Having two tables won't be "traditional" for a dining space, but that's okay with us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/efa3a662-d02c-43d1-9dd4-162a965769cf/IMG_5265.jpeg Lounge Addition We LOVE the home bar. Having a designated place for stashing and serving the spirits is such a luxury for us, as we enjoy entertaining and do it frequently. I think we have the best bar in town (including the restaurants), and so do our friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a4011930-9f60-4709-9083-4cbe6d47af45/IMG_5076+%282%29.jpeg Lounge Addition The view into the kitchen area at night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f92a2bba-b1c5-4d5d-af0b-7b5477d9b6ec/IMG_7789+%281%29.jpeg Lounge Addition And the view into the dining side of the room during the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/ed570cfe-2a7b-4182-b0af-caf1e72ddf04/IMG_9569.jpeg Lounge Addition I bought some inexpensive scarves via Amazon to wear myself and ended up hanging them in the windows. The fairy light here (which also is a fountain) we found at an antique store and I used it for a photoshoot I did for Hendrick's. It may eventually live in the attic after we complete that room, but for now, the sounds of the water feature add to the magic of our new dining and home bar space. https://www.thebeigeblues.com/new-page daily 0.75 2025-01-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/90a6173f-d311-4fa0-8350-d0364c48fb26/IMG_8788+%281%29.JPEG Attic Conversion Here we are in the original "maid's room" looking towards the entrance to the attic on the left and a small closet on the right. In order for the city to issue permits for the attic conversion, we would need to tear out the stairs and closet and rebuild code-compliant stairs. Which is fine, as the stairs were hazardous and useless for bringing anything except small items into the space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c0238197-bd88-4e91-9c14-a1b788031bd2/IMG_8790.jpeg Attic Conversion Remember what I said about the storm windows and cold drafts? That was an understatement. Here's what they looked like in the winter lol. Basically, the temperature inside matched the temperature outside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/6b2ba495-6ca0-4a38-915c-454205dcc1d3/IMG_5179.JPEG Attic Conversion We didn't start finish work until the winter of '21. Until then, we used the space for various projects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/01759a4d-6119-4089-90b3-2402c4408cdb/IMG_9415.JPG Attic Conversion Back to the tower room! Here we are, before I started the ceiling mural, testing Chairish's "view it in your space" feature. Even the color worked. Plus, it was a sectional, which would allow us to get it into the attic, and it was vintage and $800. I don't think we could've found a more perfect sofa for this room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c43755c4-4916-4cc9-8071-088cb577b646/IMG_2619.JPG Attic Conversion Moving on to the mural in the main part of the bedroom. This is my inspiration photo. It's the Belfry Chamber at the Sleeper-McCann House in Gloucester, MA. I've never seen it in person, but one day I will. It was designed by one of America's first interior decorators, Henry Davis Sleeper, in 1907-08. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/44dfe80d-59f7-498f-bfe4-ce66f982178f/IMG_3874.JPEG Attic Conversion We spent a lot of time trying to find lighting solutions which sufficiently illuminated the space AND were pretty. The can lights the electricians installed provided illumination, but were ugly, and the color wash from the LEDs in the can lights was not flattering. We finally settled on four matching vintage Murano pendants I found on Etsy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/3808b628-4fc0-404f-b401-aeed5a3442a3/IMG_1431.JPG Attic Conversion Remember, this is what the bathroom looked like when it was framed, after adding the dormer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/8f6227c9-0c31-407b-b005-08539e12704f/IMG_8785+%281%29.JPEG Attic Conversion The LAST ROOM IN THE HOUSE is next on the agenda. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a4345cea-4cc2-41d6-85b2-8ef63fc718e8/IMG_8789+%281%29.JPEG Attic Conversion This is the view into the attic from the base of the staircase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/e19facfe-b761-4ab1-ae96-056858b3619e/IMG_8859.jpeg Attic Conversion This is the design Mike and I came up with for the space and provided to the contractors to implement. Mike laid it out on AutoCAD. The only real change we would make from this plan in terms of the use of the room would be to move the bed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a9591ce7-cd35-4bd7-8b83-d9c982eb5c54/IMG_8498.JPEG Attic Conversion Like I said, it was project central for everything from banquette seats for the downstairs lounge to arts and crafts projects to reupholstering boat seats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/d0c6e074-5fb3-425f-b3f2-ba21f3db4c41/IMG_9874.JPEG Attic Conversion The chandelier was another story. We had two of these, which we'd purchased years ago from Lamps Plus for the parlor. I don't know what I was thinking. They were way too large for the parlor, and had too much of a modern feel, even with the crystals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1b4da410-6925-45b8-b894-4d282faff4f8/IMG_0951.JPG Attic Conversion I also was inspired by the textiles. When I saw this photo, I remembered I had a king size bed skirt made from a similar material as the coverlet on the bed tucked under the eaves here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c8e39610-06a9-440e-a37c-abd2ab8491ba/IMG_3935.JPEG Attic Conversion Waaaayyy better than the cans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/d107c0eb-8c34-4db3-8191-231a6fdae711/IMG_0064.JPEG Attic Conversion And here's how it looked after it was drywalled. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/50a760ae-8b62-4305-85a5-e9a20f60eed8/IMG_0660.JPEG Attic Conversion This is the original "maid's room," where the servant (no doubt, a maid) lived when the house was built in 1902. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/3747f214-5e5d-4ff3-96e6-9b45d7cc0942/IMG_2288.JPEG Attic Conversion And this is the view from close to the top of the stairs. The plan for this space was a bedroom, bathroom, and several sitting areas in one large open room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/ca377ef5-7a1e-4ec3-a4a1-9cb222585695/IMG_8398.jpeg Attic Conversion Work on the attic started in January of 2021, in connection with re-roofing the house and adding the lounge addition. Here, the contractors have laid tarps to collect roof debris and tear off. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/ad22d64e-2698-4f67-96d4-1ecddedb6d80/IMG_8913.JPEG Attic Conversion At some point, I got a vision in my head for the tower mural ceiling which included flowered vines working their way down from the peak to the top of the walls. I wanted the background color to be some sort of dark blue or teal and eventually settled on Benjamin Moore Hidden Sapphire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/31c3aae7-3ba6-4a0f-ba06-1cd7372933e1/IMG_0899.JPEG Attic Conversion So we deep sixed them in storage for 6-7 years before pulling them out to see if the scale at least worked in the attic. And it did. I knew I could mitigate the modernity issue with some junk jewelry, hot glue, and other sparkly things. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/df47d8a0-f8ca-4e5e-9889-f16d9cda68b7/ELEZPoTVUAAm5g5.JPEG Attic Conversion But the main reason I loved the Belfry Chamber is the Zuber hand painted panoramic wallpaper called "Decor Chinoiserie." This was WAY outside our budget. I've seen on Chairish a full set of used panels measuring in total 92" high and 101" long, which was marked down to $3,500 from $6,500. I've seen another 5 panels on grass cloth on 1st Dibs for $66,000! I would have needed at least 7 sets of 7 panels, and it wasn't likely I'd be finding them used lol. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/9b8566c2-61e8-4e3f-9d1b-9de68840fea3/IMG_4543.JPEG Attic Conversion I hate LED lights, but we did use LED bulbs simply because I could get more illumination from the LEDs. I may go back to incandescent in this room, assuming I can still find them. Incandescent is just far more beautiful and we don't get the horrible disco flash that LEDs are known for. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/72d67002-9425-4998-9fd9-e8cceab2cd68/IMG_0069.JPEG Attic Conversion Because the bathroom and main bedroom are open, I didn't want to break up the base color. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/2461422b-9a97-41aa-82e2-7fddbee267e6/IMG_8787+%281%29.JPEG Attic Conversion This is the view towards a small closet on the right and the original stairs to the attic on the left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f8400cc3-7104-47c0-849d-6d17fac0dc6a/IMG_8799.jpeg Attic Conversion Someone in the recent past had started some work up here, consisting of numerous electrical outlets and some framing. All of this would need to come out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/2bae92ca-67fb-4a36-b972-2dfacae3d910/IMG_8189.jpeg Attic Conversion They used this giant lift for 7-8 months, as almost everything used in the attic conversion had to come through the windows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/943d9d87-0a97-4839-992a-9e599781d36b/IMG_8950.JPEG Attic Conversion During this time, Mike was working on trim for the closet. We just kept moving saws around the room as work progressed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/57bb86fc-6d70-4ea7-aa06-5ad4741851c5/IMG_1065.JPEG Attic Conversion Here's Mike and his brother, Greg, hanging the chandelier low so I could work on it without having to ascend and descend the ladder every two minutes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/dd02f488-1663-46ac-adce-4c29139079f8/IMG_0325.JPEG Attic Conversion I went through a lot of iterations of this space in my mind, but ultimately I kept coming back to these shades of green. Notably, the green in the Belfry Chamber likely isn't as punchy as depicted in the prior photos (which someone has edited along the way). The room is featured in the book "Zuber: Two Centuries of Panoramic Wallpaper" and the colors are more faded and subdued. Faded and subdued doesn't work well in our house, so I went with the Photoshopped inspiration photos instead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/23abddb2-4111-46bc-834a-f99a1989a7d5/IMG_4533.JPEG Attic Conversion This area here originally was designated for the bed, but we changed gears and decided to make this a sitting area. I found this rug, and the other rugs in the main part of the room, at a Turkish rug shop on Etsy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/6b5d2b24-1e07-47e9-a5ec-462a560ddf47/IMG_0072.JPEG Attic Conversion I struggled mightily with a concept for this ceiling. My original thought process was something with Art Deco vectors. The angles just felt like the ceiling would lend itself to that type of motif. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/00246c1f-6e30-4ccd-8382-fcaccef46033/IMG_8778.jpeg Attic Conversion Here's the view with the attic stairs door closed, which is how we kept it due to extreme temperatures + bats in the attic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/6876bc16-0a8a-4605-b954-28c2597ddf56/IMG_8848.jpeg Attic Conversion The bathroom will go to the left of this photo, and the closet will be straight ahead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/cb2d7250-75f0-4daf-b408-3737cb468d3a/IMG_8202.jpeg Attic Conversion More roof work, looking towards Lake Cadillac. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/01aeee1c-9182-4a0f-8e15-708f3b67e65a/IMG_8909.JPEG Attic Conversion Here are the two finalists in the tower color competition. Benjamin Moore Dark Harbor is on the left and Hidden Sapphire is on the right. I also was considering these colors for the bathroom but ended up going in another direction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/10251089-5dd6-4f63-b454-3d2c261973d0/IMG_1082.JPEG Attic Conversion Needless to say, I have quite the stash of hobby items, trims, and pearl garlands. I buy them whenever I see them on sale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/d0510a51-2083-4f65-9046-3885785f116b/IMG_1463.JPEG Attic Conversion Ultimately, I chose Pantone 344 U, which is a classic art deco green. It was mixed by myperfectcolor.com. Unfortunately, myperfectcolor changed from Benjamin Moore Aura to Kelly Moore paint right in the middle of our project, which created a huge hassle for me because, while the colors were the same, the sheens were off. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/d6bdafbf-abf3-4e3b-8e95-fbd73aa72d17/1.jpg Attic Conversion For the furniture, we asked our friend Kat Garrand of The Crazy Chair to reupholster vintage pieces she had on hand. The tropical Edwardian Parrot fabric worked well with the space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/38f2133f-6fb0-4ef3-b510-4b7f47e641d0/IMG_0074.JPEG Attic Conversion The view from the other side of the room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/ec4fc6fa-b5c5-492f-96f6-a050681d23e0/IMG_8774.JPEG Attic Conversion Someone at some point in time added these shelves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f9937e3a-7298-427a-9a70-5920d4b2b0c0/IMG_8839.jpeg Attic Conversion Here we are looking towards the front dormer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/78d7a882-7ff7-4e9a-9ee3-d36272105c39/IMG_8219.JPEG Attic Conversion The house is four stories, with the basement level being about 1/2 underground. Best estimate is the house, to the top of the chimney, is about 60 feet. The ceiling height in the attic alone, even after drywall, is 17 feet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a6e8d1b5-a74e-42b6-916b-15460403c960/IMG_8947.JPEG Attic Conversion In the background are some color samples that I was exploring for the main part of the room. For a second, I thought about using these colors in the tower room, but the darker vibe kept pulling me for this space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/5f784488-d3b4-4a35-b1d2-845cffeccd6e/IMG_1108.JPEG Attic Conversion I wrote a blog post on how I did this chandelier which you can visit at https://www.thebeigeblues.com/thebeigebluesblog/how-i-created-those-fancy-bejeweled-chandeliers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/fe6dcffb-94d2-47a2-8a17-7636e7ec51dc/IMG_1464.JPEG Attic Conversion I decided this would be the first ceiling section I would paint, mostly because the height was more manageable than the rest of the room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/62e7cb88-ce4d-42b4-a4b9-6ab7a7f941ba/2.jpg Attic Conversion Kat's style is collage/assemblage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/d5176f35-7807-44fa-a924-dedc3b489972/IMG_0084.JPEG Attic Conversion Meanwhile, back at the ranch, here's the winter view out the bathroom window. This was my view while I was working on the ceiling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/7304fbda-5057-44ff-a6ba-b1289cbd4d18/IMG_8784.jpeg Attic Conversion Here, the shelves to the left have been removed and we're preparing for the contractors to tear out the closed and old staircase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/25a32f9f-5ece-46ca-be34-932b7a0d739e/IMG_2331+%281%29.JPEG Attic Conversion This will be the closet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/744342da-1ed3-40b6-a950-893f2564f0d7/IMG_8016.jpeg Attic Conversion The giant roll-away would live here for the better part of a year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/ca504d08-7725-421b-90ad-41baabd78353/IMG_9340.JPEG Attic Conversion I did the base coat with Behr Compass Blue, as it seemed like a reasonable alternative to using a dark primer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/84568a8e-33a5-4310-b3b2-4a682406d26d/IMG_1126.JPEG Attic Conversion The most challenging part of this project was working within the tight spaces with a glue gun. I tried bandages to prevent burns, but ultimately this didn't work as the glue built up and my hands stuck to everything. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/082c71b3-aa52-484c-855b-354e39b43dc7/IMG_1465.JPEG Attic Conversion Here's the area from another vantage point. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/ed2d5739-6335-4a68-8963-66d9791dcd05/IMG_4619+%281%29.JPEG Attic Conversion We had some of our young friends haul these heavy pieces up two flights of stairs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/86b401b9-1ad9-4c78-aac0-f028d3ceeb02/IMG_0309.JPEG Attic Conversion Turning back to the ceiling, I found this photo in a review section for either a paint or furniture transfer product on Etsy and thought it was beautiful, so I screen shot it. I thought this was something I could implement on the ceiling, and Mike encouraged me to go in this direction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/03612f7b-8336-4e03-880e-2e678712bf1d/IMG_8942.jpeg Attic Conversion And this will be the bathroom. We wanted an open-concept bathroom, mostly because I was envisioning a kind of magical space you would want to view from a tub full of bubbles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/498711af-ef57-4a2c-8b4c-e9e1980924c1/IMG_8188.jpeg Attic Conversion Notice the icicles on the neighbor's house? This roofer isn't even wearing a coat lol. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/75c20698-f353-4f97-9fb4-20df9fdcc06d/IMG_9344.JPEG Attic Conversion Here is the tower painted Compass Blue, my makeshift primer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/b9c66aea-a75b-44a5-811f-96b44391a7b4/IMG_1131.JPEG Attic Conversion I used rhinestone mesh (as in disco skirts) and long strands of pearl trim (which comes on rolls) for the arms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/24675ee7-3a5f-4b93-9278-00732cc152c3/IMG_4638+%281%29.JPEG Attic Conversion And here they are in place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/150d0110-6468-480e-b7c5-734021c67658/IMG_0077.JPEG Attic Conversion I ordered a bunch of decoupage materials, furniture transfers and copper leaf. Because it's a collage concept, I didn't really have a plan except to start whacking it all up on the ceiling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f2ed2f08-fe3e-4c0c-9fd4-c1bcd4081155/IMG_2651.JPEG Attic Conversion Here's the same view with the drywall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/8d79bc54-bb7d-4e36-b1f2-08281b88883d/IMG_0365.JPEG Attic Conversion Stairs and closet are now demolished and the new stairs are roughed out. This only took a day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/6359bf6a-697a-4f80-bfb1-bf4a917bf392/IMG_2128.JPEG Attic Conversion Paints are out and the dog is ready for action! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/be8e092b-af2e-43d1-874e-42b940e2e686/IMG_8809.jpeg Attic Conversion In order to increase usable floor space in the bathroom, we would need to add a dormer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/8318b147-1442-4f88-9cef-3d0fed6008cf/IMG_8732.jpeg Attic Conversion And it was as cold as it looks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/4e3fdfed-541f-4f13-8b50-20136f72984a/IMG_9354.JPEG Attic Conversion I got up as far as I could with the small scaffolding and eight-foot ladder with an extension rod. This ceiling peaks at 17 feet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f73d3906-0fe3-4a42-ba90-da813b086469/IMG_1156.JPEG Attic Conversion Most of the trims I found on Amazon and at Hobby Lobby. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/99ea824e-4e2b-4623-9b8d-abdd4e5eff6e/IMG_1467.JPEG Attic Conversion I found the full panorama of Zuber's hand painted paper online and taped the sections together. Rumor has it that Henry Sleeper had to cut elements from the mural in certain locations of the Belfry Chamber to fit the angled ceilings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c2241079-f7fc-47d3-9f39-6350ecca8fd8/IMG_4670.JPEG Attic Conversion Next on the agenda was a coffee table. I searched high and low for something that worked. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/468dc96e-dc2a-41ee-8e94-3edd69740c1f/IMG_0128.JPEG Attic Conversion I had to take care with the water based decoupage paste, as that would tarnish the copper leaf on contact. This meant allowing the decoupage to dry completely before starting a leafing section. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/44a3ebb7-e46d-4319-b0a3-dab58308f7ae/IMG_4158.JPEG Attic Conversion This dump was our view from the landing of the stairs for about three years. That's how long it took us to finish the attic and get the motivation to finish the staircase and maid's room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a9119c42-3004-425f-9d15-7c6c56b4fb51/IMG_8944.jpeg Attic Conversion This view looks towards the front dormer from the area which eventually would be the main entrance to the closet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/08683e2c-5570-48c3-9758-29220b679edb/IMG_9943.JPEG Attic Conversion During construction, this was the typical front yard view during the week. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/7ac15e42-433e-4767-82cd-81c744816571/IMG_8782.PNG Attic Conversion Here's a dollop of Hidden Sappire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/e6401999-8505-4c14-9ab8-c3636467653f/IMG_1181.JPEG Attic Conversion The swooping pearls are necklaces from Amazon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/407d3a9d-450e-4d04-a8f6-8d4331d0c730/IMG_1468.JPEG Attic Conversion Then I taped it to the wall, where it remained for the rest of the project as my reference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/721c5d09-a7b4-4b50-8a5c-27e1cab0fa2c/IMG_4683.JPEG Attic Conversion And ended up with this. Totally the wrong scale. Oops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/4175003d-c783-4b5e-b0dc-e995a24b9229/IMG_0095.JPEG Attic Conversion Basically, its a layering process. It wasn't looking great here, but I knew, with additional layering, it would turn out similar to the inspiration photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/19aa7ad3-a296-4395-b8f4-00a95c369f70/IMG_3793.JPEG Attic Conversion This, again, was our view for about three years while we worked on the attic. I originally was thinking of a coral color for the walls but, as you will see, changed my mind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/131b229b-fac7-4350-a209-10d160f11aa8/IMG_8945.jpeg Attic Conversion Same view, from what will be the back of the closet and also taking in more of the view into the tower room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c8f526e6-c679-463f-9c1d-cb0d358ba169/IMG_8696+%281%29.JPEG Attic Conversion First order of business for the attic conversion was clean up and removing the ill-fated framing additions and insulation in the tower room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/6ae0647e-c195-4f8a-884d-770b794fe64d/IMG_9372.JPEG Attic Conversion Here, I've started the first coat of Hidden Sapphire. The photo shows how much more depth it has than the Compass Blue. I will say that Benjamin Moore Aura is a beautiful paint, but the darker colors really need to be sprayed to avoid lapping. I have no issues with lapping using the lighter Aura colors, but really struggled here with lapping (and with a dark color in our lounge) using Aura in a deep color. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/29638a5e-b38c-455c-8f84-1b0750db1376/IMG_1190.JPEG Attic Conversion Here's how it looked before it was hoisted overhead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c84918de-5701-4ea7-bd1d-20dc193bf65c/IMG_1470.JPEG Attic Conversion The print out had handy numbering at the bottom for scale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/e2970285-23b9-4001-993f-bbda18c2eca5/IMG_4699.JPEG Attic Conversion Then I remembered a friend told me she had a coffee table in her garage that she thought would look good in our house, so I took her up on the offer. The scale was perfect! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f2403a62-a755-4547-9dd9-5d24be89b5b7/IMG_0129.JPEG Attic Conversion I had these little birds left over from the lounge front bar project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/8a536da7-3c5d-401b-a95c-d89c37660107/IMG_3797.JPEG Attic Conversion The view up the first run of stairs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/73463f1d-5e7b-4608-9262-7a9860ae6cf3/IMG_8222.JPEG Attic Conversion This is the tower room, which is the most magical room in the house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/3e3f2b5f-8adc-4d8c-839c-66b2c184c5a0/IMG_8698+%281%29.JPEG Attic Conversion Knowing what the space looks like now, it truly is amazing to look back at these photos. But I didn't, at this point, have a full idea of how the space would look when finished. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/90c25b08-1319-448c-9012-0a934914ca75/IMG_2901+copy.jpg3+copy.jpgBEST.JPEG Attic Conversion Here's a photo I took for an Instagram collaboration with The Crazy Chair shortly before I started the mural. I love our view of the Presbyterian Church. We actually have views of five different historic churches from the attic. You can also see Lake Cadillac from the tower, although the view becomes mostly obscured by trees in the summer and early fall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/bedc87b0-2188-4093-9585-0843c7f4d96a/IMG_1191+%282%29.JPEG Attic Conversion A closer shot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/71dae003-35dd-4aec-b8a7-49ba51fa28a8/IMG_1472.JPEG Attic Conversion Since I wanted to remain faithful to the elements of the mural in this section of the room, I scaled out the numbers and sketched them on the wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/3adb7f25-dd8b-448d-bf4c-c659fc3a4c49/IMG_4700.JPEG Attic Conversion I just needed to change some of the color and finish. So, on the top of the table, I added furniture transfers to the existing metal leaf finish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/5ee2da10-2afb-4865-9118-f6807f6d34ff/IMG_0130.JPEG Attic Conversion I just kept layering materials over and over. I did a detailed blog post and tutorial about this ceiling which you can read at https://www.thebeigeblues.com/thebeigebluesblog/mixed-media-art-ceiling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/9c1a208e-acf0-4166-ae64-f6a569fc7312/IMG_4138.JPEG Attic Conversion And the view up to the attic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/027e6357-c6a1-4ec5-987b-67a41f1649c0/IMG_8794.jpeg Attic Conversion The plan for the attic conversion was to have contractors do the framing, drywall, and rough electrical and plumbing. Most of the contractors who looked at the space wanted to do flat ceilings throughout, thereby losing the cathedral elegance of the space, which I thought was absolutely preposterous. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f370ea46-f6d1-44bd-aecb-96aa4d9feb17/IMG_9081.jpeg Attic Conversion Here, the odd framing and insulation has been removed. I just loved the slope of the ceilings and was hoping they could maintain as much as possible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f8de7581-f6ba-4097-8790-2e7cabb99cd2/IMG_9744.JPEG Attic Conversion This picture shows how the color shifts from blue to green undertones depending on the light. Also depicted here is the large scaffolding we had to bring into the space for me to access the top of the ceiling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/cd2bd348-cdd3-4fe0-969b-92ee8776aa9a/IMG_1198.JPEG Attic Conversion And from afar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/940b711b-dd58-40d3-b21a-37cc787c5297/IMG_1471.JPEG Attic Conversion Because I'm not an artist by training or experience, I used stencils as a crutch. I scoured stencil patterns online, looking for those which would enable me to cobble together a composition similar to the Zuber panorama. I worked in sections, from left to right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a10641cb-5635-410d-9ada-16aa2cd35f54/IMG_4738.JPEG Attic Conversion Then I painted the sides and legs with an Annie Sloan green chalk paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/edf82675-066b-413c-97f8-b812a3bc4875/IMG_0137.JPEG Attic Conversion Here, I've layered more copper leaf randomly over the decoupage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/fdbe1353-4c6c-4612-b5d0-08ec52079acb/IMG_3789.JPEG Attic Conversion The contractor's job was to build the structure of the stairs and Mike's job was to do all the finish work. Because the stairs weren't built to the same depth (I'm not kidding), Mike ended up rebuilding them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/b3996328-5fa0-4242-a159-63e1697c8ff6/IMG_8793.jpeg Attic Conversion This view is from within the tower room. The windows here are only storm windows, so the space invited many insects, bats, and cold drafts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f9edf09b-3574-48b2-8d91-608bb9f788a1/IMG_9083.jpeg Attic Conversion Here we have OSB ready to lay on the wood floor (which was not usable as a finished floor, as the attic was never a finished space). In retrospect, we do wish the contractors had repaired the old floor and not installed OSB, or removed the old floor, as we now have a three-layer floor in the space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f8d56100-f7b4-40a8-9bba-d8e46555ea0b/IMG_9800.JPEG Attic Conversion This was my view for about three months while I worked on the tower mural. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/2a368000-b09f-4b42-be22-f35c0166ee40/IMG_1477.JPEG Attic Conversion This is a chinoiserie stencil from Designer Stencils. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/b0777cbc-00c6-45ad-a576-deb483a25c6b/IMG_4753.JPEG Attic Conversion To protect the top surface, we poured resin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/fef81f5c-6932-4f03-a903-f1f2c6b45f8b/IMG_0256.JPEG Attic Conversion It's starting to look more like the inspiration photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/fbaf37d2-aa6f-4121-96f2-9682c8befb9f/IMG_8007.JPEG Attic Conversion This was the view before we finished the stair rails. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/28157014-9e73-4c95-bb7e-7bac7a164099/IMG_9075.jpeg Attic Conversion From the back of the tower room looking into the main part of the attic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f6e8aa93-6d33-46a1-ad51-9382bd96312f/IMG_9085.jpeg Attic Conversion Now the pink railing around the original stair entrance is gone, and the bathroom space is ready for work on the dormer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/e6f0d871-d1b9-4501-9a17-48e6a375e075/IMG_9818.JPEG Attic Conversion You might wonder why someone who hasn't painted before and is not an artist by any stretch would make her first project a horror vacui mural on a 17-foot ceiling. Well, as it turns out, necessity really is the mother of invention. I figured I'd just use stencils to complete sections of the mural which were outside my skill set (which was the entire mural, tbh). The only challenge was cobbling together the right stencils in the right sizes to create a well-scaled composition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/776f92f5-f0cd-4bf5-ad70-78aa649317a9/IMG_1209.JPEG Attic Conversion This is a time consuming project, but it's not difficult. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/5249d077-15cd-4272-9201-5a44083c4af9/IMG_1478.JPEG Attic Conversion The birds in the trees, and chinoiserie feel, obviously didn't "match" the inspiration, but it had the look and feel I was going for. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c42f3722-ae61-44ff-bffe-dba26f46635a/IMG_4757.JPEG Attic Conversion This one took us two or three pours to get right. With resin, the temperature and mixing conditions have to be exactly perfect. In this case, this unfortunately meant not following the directions on the packaging completely. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/e59f01e8-3c30-41da-a93a-d32f580c25c0/IMG_0388.JPEG Attic Conversion More and more layers! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/b7e2be0f-9395-4600-bb62-737cc08ed55c/IMG_1352+%281%29.JPEG Attic Conversion Here we've taken out the safety barriers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f632ae01-ecd4-4021-8233-796497a168eb/IMG_8946.jpeg Attic Conversion I spent years mulling over what I'd do with this ceiling. Most of my ideas centered around lighting, as I never expected to be painting a mural in here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/51dad723-ff08-4e75-85e1-6c6bf99bd651/IMG_9087.jpeg Attic Conversion The tower room has an asymmetrical ceiling at the entrance which will need to stay as-is. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/7bf36f9c-fc89-4955-89bf-e5197589bb10/IMG_9802.JPEG Attic Conversion Here, I have my first stencil taped. Looking at this makes me want to laugh and cry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/306a134d-be40-4594-a1e3-1fd0563ba1ec/IMG_1341.JPEG Attic Conversion Here it is after Mike hung it at the right height. It's definitely more fitting for the room now than it was in it's unadorned state. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/5b8038f3-343a-4f59-ab9d-e9403c876e23/IMG_1480.JPEG Attic Conversion As previously mentioned somewhere in this gallery, I really don't like a "stenciled" look. Plus, I was using stencils from different sources, which meant the styles weren't consistent. So, in my case, the purpose of the stencils was to help with both scale and composition, and rather than applying paint directly over the stencil, I just used them for tracing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/0e956922-5235-463e-a073-8ee8abd8febf/IMG_4759.JPEG Attic Conversion Here's Mike getting air bubbles out with the blow torch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/0d33ea76-1984-4916-a7d3-da4c39dc3a33/IMG_0449.JPEG Attic Conversion After getting the layers where I wanted them, I added some hummingbirds (I used stencils to trace these out then hand painted the birds). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a6f9ded3-a723-4284-8a4d-3f09e45fe191/IMG_1256+%282%29.JPEG Attic Conversion An arty morning shot of the space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/e1ed5a12-4454-4ea9-b1fb-76085a33dd1a/IMG_9088.jpeg Attic Conversion This view looks towards the closet at the far end of the room. I didn't have a clear idea of how usable the closet would be with the sloped ceilings. We had an attic closet in our last house which also had steeply sloped walls/ceiling, and it wasn't the most convenient. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/90eda38e-5825-4782-be87-cd698b2f754e/IMG_9806.JPEG Attic Conversion Here's the first layers of paint on the stencil and some vines, also stenciled. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/065af657-3c11-41a5-9da9-eced227de192/IMG_1366+%281%29.JPEG Attic Conversion The view from the ground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/fafec231-5e2a-4e47-9688-d9471d028b6a/IMG_1541.JPEG Attic Conversion My rudimentary experience with the one stroke technique on the branches in the tower was enough to convince me this was the best way for me, an amateur, to paint something that wasn't a stencil. I simply don't have the skillset as an artist to do complex shading in a manner approaching a Zuber artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/cc5f9550-83b5-4298-8cf8-31de69d42411/IMG_4892.JPEG Attic Conversion Voila! Plus, you can see my hot glue portieres in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a1210c29-f924-4043-9cdf-8d20941768e7/IMG_0649.JPEG Attic Conversion This is how it looked before adding some glazes to deepen the copper leaf. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a76dc4b8-c005-4b2e-bd7a-02d103af8c90/IMG_8386+%281%29.JPEG Attic Conversion Mike at work building the safety railing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/61841762-6264-419c-a5da-659f078e18c8/IMG_8512.JPEG Attic Conversion I've started painting the trim a Benjamin Moore color called Rainforest Foliage and Mike has already rebuilt the steps and is beginning to install the newel posts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1daefd7d-cc85-4249-88fa-ec4cd529c42c/IMG_2561.JPEG Attic Conversion More arty-ness. I didn't spend a lot of time up here before the conversion, because the bats creeped me out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/2355637b-e0cb-48bf-9cbb-ea108cd65600/IMG_9089.jpeg Attic Conversion In this photo, the staircase has been covered with OSB and the only way into the space is through the windows in the tower. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/65c2c0dd-56ce-4188-a012-9474d7ad3244/IMG_9808.JPEG Attic Conversion Done! And it only took me two hours. Not kidding. Now you know why I want to laugh and cry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/7216950d-e825-42f5-97f2-0846cc2d3fef/IMG_1706.JPEG Attic Conversion I used jeweled buttons for additional sparkle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/83eb1000-0040-4141-ba12-c0c3c6b089d8/IMG_1645+%281%29.JPEG Attic Conversion Several years ago, I gave one stroke painting a try, as I had wanted to do some work on canvas. I was absolutely terrible at it, as this photo amply demonstrates. So, I gave up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/7e622ce2-8f27-4590-869b-63d1c1ece90c/victorian-revival-pink-vanity-table-5379.jpeg Attic Conversion Turning now to my vanity. We (I) found this vintage piece on Chairish long before the room was ready, so it sat in Mike's office for about a year before it could be moved into position. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a51d4407-abea-4bae-87ef-a31b8a91ef47/IMG_0648.JPEG Attic Conversion I rubbed on copper and gold pastes to give the copper a richer look. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f2521871-c512-4f4f-a5ee-cc8177d40cb0/IMG_8392+%282%29.JPEG Attic Conversion Beginning to install the balusters (I stained these). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/3848a0ed-f98f-42dc-8d8e-7a5eaf50b7fc/IMG_2563.JPEG Attic Conversion Because the bats freaked me out, I looked at pictures of the attic rather than spending time in the space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/e69b69e1-b23c-4295-877a-b1dbf840fbd1/IMG_9318.jpeg Attic Conversion The plan was to have a large window at the back of the space, in the bathroom, which would be the only code-compliant window in the room. Even with the lack of windows in this space other than the tower room and the small dormer window, it did fill with light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/31e4d96a-16b6-43b0-a297-be1200dff748/IMG_9809.JPEG Attic Conversion Of course, I was working on an eight-foot ladder on top of scaffolding covered with numerous foil covered paint plates and cups, and I couldn't remember which cup had which paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/25944905-617a-4399-9b33-fa61696a8a73/IMG_1707.JPEG Attic Conversion The entire chandelier project took me five days, working 6-8 hours a day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/52e837eb-22b4-460e-9874-dc34fdf72523/IMG_1498.JPEG Attic Conversion But necessity is the mother of invention. So I set up a work table with my iPad and watched endless YouTube videos, trying to imitate the strokes and techniques of this style. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/3d133a9b-f3dc-4774-b113-929020b5fd02/IMG_5322.JPEG Attic Conversion Here it is in situ. Unfortunately, it had broken during shipping, but fortunately, Mike is the King of Bondo and can fix anything. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/d6751133-fcb5-498f-9f98-c2bd56f52f11/IMG_0968.JPEG Attic Conversion I also used a rosy pink glaze. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/bfe92a0f-cb36-455a-8b0e-5b0337cd91f1/IMG_8396+%282%29.JPEG Attic Conversion The only reason we were motivated to finish the stairs is I agreed to put our house on a holiday home tour lol. Otherwise, I doubt these stairs would be finished today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/59139980-2f90-44f5-a8a0-f3de6ac93541/IMG_9555.jpeg Attic Conversion This photo shows orange LVL beams, which the contractors installed to provide additional strength to the structure. This was on the recommendation of an architect retained to evaluate structural issues for the project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/ae902526-0ae4-462c-962c-946274815902/IMG_9814.JPEG Attic Conversion The view from the floor. Obviously, I was very proud of this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/9802c2e3-0be9-49e6-8258-18df107aa0e6/IMG_1710.JPEG Attic Conversion To date, I haven't cleaned this, but when I do, I'll probably lay a tarp and just spray it down with one of those drip and dry chandelier cleaners. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/3001033a-2edc-4ad9-9a9c-08f94bf641a5/IMG_1510.JPEG Attic Conversion This was a very frustrating process lol. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/265d98e2-dacf-47f0-ba58-fa9c159e1573/IMG_5634.JPEG Attic Conversion I love the adjustable triptych mirror style. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/b97db89c-fa54-4bd2-aaf4-22ba89dfd945/IMG_0969.JPEG Attic Conversion This is the area over the shower. I applied multiple layers of Polyvine varnish over all of this as a topcoat, and it has held up well without tarnishing over the past couple years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c6694e6d-200a-4a7f-8879-8c1f64eaf9ec/IMG_8413.JPEG Attic Conversion Safety rails are up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/e8c5f1d3-f5ec-453b-9af7-77257aac5ecd/FullSizeRender+-+2024-10-26T120003.150.JPEG Attic Conversion I did drag the dog and the faux bird up here once for a photo opportunity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/9edfd9b5-292e-4f39-b58c-2fbda06c7f7d/IMG_9556+%281%29.jpeg Attic Conversion LVL work continues. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/e3e05ae2-1d97-4a74-b433-c55c1bbda152/IMG_9824.JPEG Attic Conversion Here we are on day 2 lol! I grew a brain and started working on more than one stencil at a time to speed things up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/b9f7e3f9-fb5b-4182-bd00-d0b81441976b/IMG_1461.JPEG Attic Conversion This photo was taken in late August of 2022. The floor obviously is not done, but I was excited to be able to take a few pictures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/44b9cd43-afd2-4fd9-b3c2-37e70e18cc4d/IMG_1516.JPEG Attic Conversion A lot of my flowers said please abort this mission and hire a professional. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/9a2d5b67-34d3-4356-8f69-128a7befdece/IMG_5305.JPEG Attic Conversion We put the vanity near the dormer window because the lighting here is so good. The struggle was finding low slung furniture and filling out the space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/b33a74cf-4356-47d0-bebf-ca2d91089bbc/IMG_0549.JPEG Attic Conversion Next up was this wall area over the window. This was my first shot at the one stroke painting (I did this wall before the main part of the bedroom, so it was my maiden voyage). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/7d3ca2cd-bbba-4187-bfb4-308831bafbd1/IMG_8444.JPEG Attic Conversion Mike and his brother doing measurements for installing the handrail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/d66c0838-1ebc-4370-bbcd-3aba0fa606fb/IMG_9957.JPEG Attic Conversion The window on the left was the sole point of access for all the giant LVL beams (and people, and everything else). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/5039d01d-a707-4968-a99d-df3e7ac823b3/IMG_9863.JPEG Attic Conversion This was the status at the end of my second day painting the mural. I know. Not a lot of progress. The problem was, and is, that I don't really like the look of stencils. They look too "stencil-y," so the only way I can use them is to get the paint as opaque as possible, which means numerous layers of paint and extra shading. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/843b9308-a79e-42ab-830a-81d73355b415/IMG_1466.JPEG Attic Conversion Our house was featured in Siobhan Murphy's More is More Decor before we finished the attic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/4991f541-4b0f-4f72-b7f7-1b75718572cc/IMG_1501.JPEG Attic Conversion I practiced for about a week and got to this point. Could they have been better? Yes. But, I didn't have the rest of my life to finish this mural, so good enough would have to be good enough. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/33e03adf-c6e9-4833-a72c-1f307ab83d71/IMG_5327.JPEG Attic Conversion This dresser was one of the first pieces of furniture I purchased on my own, after graduating from law school. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/4d7076bb-3703-446a-b626-f9167e2aecb3/IMG_0532.JPEG Attic Conversion I practiced the one stroke roses A LOT before I started this, and never had them perfected or even decent. I thought if I waited to get good at them, I would never finish or even start the mural. So, these aren't the best, but I learned a lot, and by the time I finished the room, I was a lot better at painting these types of flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/396ae65f-d3a0-47b6-b79d-d5f6a4a25baa/IMG_8445.JPEG Attic Conversion This was a complex process, since Mike has never built stairs before. And he will never build them again lol. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/90f57343-37cc-4a13-b1a3-92e4a40b475c/IMG_9959+%282%29.JPEG Attic Conversion This photo captures the amazing ceiling height. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/bebaf144-8b53-4018-946f-e01cc4fc106f/IMG_9918.JPEG Attic Conversion Here we are on day three, and I'm starting to realize there has to be a better way to build this mousetrap. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/75e1db14-c635-4746-8174-f8e36d3f8583/IMG_1469.JPEG Attic Conversion I originally wanted a triptych mirror for this space, but the Hobby Lobby mirrors give a similar effect at a fraction of the price. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/22e388e5-4986-4956-96b4-dab48ecc2340/IMG_1540.JPEG Attic Conversion This was my workspace. Try and try again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c8bd689d-35b1-4350-ba39-cffb9acc5b55/IMG_5363.JPEG Attic Conversion This would be the third time I painted it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/6da0b652-44e0-4fdb-a383-8d5d7faf5e1d/IMG_0582.JPEG Attic Conversion I also bedazzled the chandelier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/706b82e1-1c7e-4012-875f-963a39f840e1/IMG_8504.JPEG Attic Conversion It's coming along! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/ba6cfde1-8110-4075-8181-e7a521d870a4/IMG_9963.JPEG Attic Conversion Unfortunately, we would lose a lot of the cool sloping ceiling effect due to the need to insulate the space. We did, however, take back the walls as far as possible which, in this location, would be three feet in height. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/9438c35c-02d0-4faa-b395-3390a01ad734/IMG_9931.JPEG Attic Conversion I mean seriously, this is just bananas. At this rate, I wouldn't finish the mural before 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/0e66b56f-9dab-4d57-8ae8-515e8984c06a/IMG_2729.JPEG Attic Conversion I found these candelabra table chandeliers downstate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/0006031c-0120-4e0c-b03b-f081aa25d61e/IMG_1542.JPEG Attic Conversion Now it's time to get down to business. I first started painting the ocean horizon on the left and the ground on the right. This wasn't one stroke...it was just painting and shading the best I could. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/e089d0c7-f085-4d37-86d3-408d57ab1582/IMG_5364.JPEG Attic Conversion I used Annie Sloane and Dixie Bell chalk paint for this, and furniture transfers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/71573cce-1261-4a63-9836-8f0724047bb3/IMG_0598.JPEG Attic Conversion I used hot glue and doo dads from the craft store and Amazon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/dff99e0e-4382-42f6-a5a0-3fa85456ef9a/IMG_9964.JPEG Attic Conversion Eventually, we would be tucking a radiator into the corner by the dormer window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/5a37a535-e8c5-48e7-aac0-824718e684db/IMG_9922.JPEG Attic Conversion I was even using stencils for the stupid tendril vines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/3ea7befd-d482-4aab-8e49-fe7e4c13a24e/IMG_2730.JPEG Attic Conversion Here's Mike enjoying the room in early fall, 2022, before we began working in earnest on the main part of the room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/b971d3d6-1f1d-4d8b-9867-fd47150ef8a7/IMG_1543.JPEG Attic Conversion Without the grass, the scale of this looks all wrong, but I knew the foliage fillers would correct the scale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/48c1365c-e3b0-4e46-a6d7-d449e7851ee7/IMG_5366.JPEG Attic Conversion As I was working on the piece, I felt it looked too fresh and new. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c2757246-3bd0-4b85-8077-bced6343c96e/IMG_0609.JPEG Attic Conversion You can read about the entire process for bejeweling chandelier at https://www.thebeigeblues.com/thebeigebluesblog/how-i-created-those-fancy-bejeweled-chandeliers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/031ea3c4-0500-4ed8-9546-27e5099a4b13/IMG_8506.JPEG Attic Conversion The view looking up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/5dd0c3bc-d5ee-44a1-a0e4-84f25de2d677/IMG_8505.JPEG Attic Conversion The maid's room was still a dump though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c031c26b-f99a-42b7-994b-6845ada1fd31/IMG_9965.JPEG Attic Conversion Work on the LVL beams ongoing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/979bdedd-8be0-4c33-b03e-922a54c1d3ba/IMG_9957.JPEG Attic Conversion To redress the monotony of painting vines, I decided to start adding in some birds. At the beginning, as you can see here, I stayed true to the stencil design. That would change as the project progressed and I grew more and more frustrated with the restrictions and monotony of stenciling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/16729841-7bde-4e7c-a1e3-350ae933fa3d/IMG_1786.JPEG Attic Conversion I knew I wanted a round ottoman instead of a table in front of the couch. This one was just short term until I found something I liked. Take note of the little white table. That's an inexpensive plant stand from Hobby Lobby. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/00baadf4-517a-41b3-a144-dc25e45826d5/IMG_1545.JPEG Attic Conversion This part I painted all the way to the end of the section. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/693310d2-7a22-42d5-b138-8bfaa02fdcaf/IMG_5383.JPEG Attic Conversion Which wasn't necessarily a bad thing. It did sit well with the mural overhead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/735965a3-37c0-43dc-b2eb-54523bf5b999/IMG_0632.JPEG Attic Conversion The chandelier (I did one in the tower too) are inspired by the Erickson Beamon Custom Chandeliers. The Erickson Beamon Chandeliers are impossible to come by, and when you do, they are $25,000. So, I made my own version. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/5a17de62-39da-4223-bfb8-4281f97b56fb/IMG_8653.JPEG Attic Conversion Staircase view after completion and before carpet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/ea29bc9e-f1a8-4f9a-a328-a85e7da8fc08/IMG_9961.JPEG Attic Conversion In terms of timing, I want to say this photo was taken in late February or early March of 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/226cfbfd-9f5a-4af9-a098-28a71906c820/IMG_9927.JPEG Attic Conversion The stencils were getting out of control. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/9bf084b1-8ce3-4dfc-886d-66712af69a04/IMG_8471.JPEG Attic Conversion And here's the plant stand after paint, trim and furniture transfers. They make perfect speaker stands and drinks tables. The little mouse hole to the right is a place saver. Eventually, we want to cut holes in the walls and create little taxidermy mouse dioramas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/4aee93b3-0418-4f65-8aa1-06a983d5901a/IMG_1559.JPEG Attic Conversion Here we are with my first flowers and a bird. I did like the three dimensional look created by the one stroke technique and the color contrasts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a059ddac-c25c-4d2e-9743-571ede2a0a56/IMG_5384.JPEG Attic Conversion I decided to go all out and use furniture transfers on the sides of the drawers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/58c5f123-6c74-4840-865f-2abf20fdb25e/IMG_0694.JPEG Attic Conversion I pick up materials for these projects whenever I see them on sale. These are faux pearl garlands/trim rolls from the hobby store and loose faux pearls from Amazon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/ed11ee29-aa30-43b4-9826-56d1b8f011e6/IMG_8650.JPEG Attic Conversion Here I've started sanding the maid's room floor. These are the original wood floors which had been covered with an awful carpet adhesive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/8a21f4df-45fa-426a-843b-a64bea65c814/IMG_0303.JPEG Attic Conversion This photo shows the state of things near the tower windows. I'm surprised there wasn't more damage given there were no actual windows left in the space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/91a12b3b-5017-431f-8643-6ba7ad9441d6/IMG_9976.JPEG Attic Conversion Here we have two cockatiels and one toucan in the books. I can't remember how long these took, but it was stupid. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/2fb92805-7d49-4615-b0c4-95591dab7ed0/IMG_8472.JPEG Attic Conversion I used decoupage for the top of the tables. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/bf036310-6c56-4297-8633-3920e079a0f8/IMG_1560.JPEG Attic Conversion It looks just as dimensional in person. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/14bca215-8e53-4072-b90f-b1bbff36e698/IMG_5385.JPEG Attic Conversion Mainly I did this because Mike complains about me leaving the drawers open all the time lol. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/9dab4b1a-9c4b-4870-8931-ec449a6d4189/IMG_0712.JPEG Attic Conversion There is a lot of layering and detail. The fish pins are from Amazon. Also, some of the materials come from Etsy. Just search for rhinestone trims. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c06478e4-ca57-47d7-a819-22107564b2a3/IMG_8658.JPEG Attic Conversion This was a lot of work and made a huge dusty mess. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/411abc84-a0a4-4ecc-a27f-4722a98fe0c1/IMG_0388-1.JPEG Attic Conversion Construction debris abounds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c93b4b33-750c-4985-85cb-7de95e3e8b73/IMG_0818.PNG Attic Conversion These bird stencils involved multiple sheets/layers of stencils. The upside, of course, is that the process was teaching me how to paint. And the frustration of stenciling was driving me to take more risks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/bddec09b-0d1e-425b-a850-f3785bd5b7ef/IMG_2278.JPEG Attic Conversion Our original idea was to use carpet in the attic. These are some of the samples I was contemplating. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/ab5d3881-e3bb-4b7b-b51b-c8c7d2dde204/IMG_1579.JPEG Attic Conversion For the flowers, I was much more faithful to the one stroke technique taught by Donna Dewberry. She really does make the technique accessible to beginners and amateurs. I believe she claims to have invented the technique, but single stroke painting has been around since at least the early 1600's. During this time, the Japanese originated the hitofude ryuu technique by which they could paint the torso and other elements of dragons with a single brush stroke. I'm not sure how Dewberry's technique differs, but I am grateful for her online tutorials and the one stroke guide sheets she sells on Amazon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/3457cb3e-4e10-498d-96d9-34d3160e7461/IMG_5387.JPEG Attic Conversion My first step to toning down the "freshness" was a black wax. Didn't love it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/2c3dc8b7-6371-4cce-a258-568b33ee714b/IMG_0772.JPEG Attic Conversion Here's how it turned out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/ab277cc3-fe6e-4a76-9de4-98c7cbe7157d/IMG_8678.JPEG Attic Conversion We hired someone to do plaster repair in the maid's room and to make the ceiling smooth so I can paint something creative on it. Here, we've tried to mask off the attic to protect it from the drywall and plaster dust, but it still was an unbelievable disaster. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/22b8cb16-0c5c-47e8-8412-1543a39e38a7/IMG_0206.JPEG Attic Conversion Hip hip hooray!!!! The moment Mike and I had been waiting for! This photo was taken on March 24, 2021, and shows the roof cut out for the dormer. (The photo also shows status of the lounge addition, which was ongoing at the same time). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/3549b48c-72b7-4934-b908-2d63bd4a992d/IMG_0106.JPEG Attic Conversion You can see I've started a small peacock on the right of this photo. I was so vined out that I decided to paint birds and worry about the vines later. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/971f008d-c7bb-4cfa-aa3f-09dad4032b31/IMG_0298.JPEG Attic Conversion The Samsung Frame television works great in the space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1d6bca5f-c461-4ee2-8078-4f943c78b308/IMG_1580.JPEG Attic Conversion The process was not without fumbles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/21cdbc79-f573-4423-b430-4afdfe1a5869/IMG_5389.JPEG Attic Conversion So I added a clear wax over it all, which knocked back the blackish finish. Better. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f2f4cdfb-b072-44df-8791-c0b1d8f173e9/IMG_0893.JPEG Attic Conversion I also added pinkish chandelier crystals which I found on eBay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/857988c3-af9c-432d-b780-1af8372e109a/IMG_8679.JPEG Attic Conversion The drywaller did great work! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/92963064-3109-4bc5-9860-512a4c005056/IMG_0211.JPEG Attic Conversion I was shocked by how fast the contractors put this together. The entire dormer was cut out and built within 24 hours. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/03b0af6e-f43d-4cc5-a673-1526d7811501/IMG_0107.JPEG Attic Conversion Here's the small peacock, close up. I did do a little of this free hand, but not much. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/40a61910-4195-4014-9b6f-4a3c5ffd3019/IMG_4540.JPEG Attic Conversion Ultimately, we ended up doing hardwood in the entire attic space (with mixed results). Here, we have cowhide and a rug I found on Amazon (which happens to be the same line of rugs Anthropologie sells for like triple the price). Take note of the round ottoman in front of the sofa. You can find these at Bed, Bath & Beyond and Wayfair. They are great, because they provide a little extra storage. However, this one needed more vavoom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/5391feaa-1273-4bab-b62d-cb7993bd752f/IMG_1584.JPEG Attic Conversion Here's where I was on the fourth day of painting lol. I didn't say I was fast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/414858e4-8956-4895-b65c-a71650875d89/IMG_5392.JPEG Attic Conversion Then I added gold and copper waxes over it all. Even better. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/27a0b056-acd4-4c0e-816e-a144393e83da/IMG_0894.JPEG Attic Conversion I also used rhinestone buttons (just cut the backs off with wire cutters). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/2b8bd411-154c-4324-ba87-0837e59d124f/IMG_8686+%281%29.JPEG Attic Conversion The view before I painted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/896a5c3d-20b0-4840-8690-40ceffe79eb7/IMG_0213.JPEG Attic Conversion Hello up there! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/eef572f9-3062-4757-902c-580b14fc2a7f/IMG_0120.JPEG Attic Conversion Seeing the bird free floating, vineless, was difficult for my OCD brain. But not as difficult as figuring out how I'd line up vine stencils and get them down to the peacock so he could perch on them in some realistic fashion. I should have thought that through. Like I said before, necessity is the mother of invention, so in this case, I just started painting the vines by hand using sort of a one stroke painting process. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/3a1ca909-7b07-49ed-97bb-676c9a705049/IMG_4564.JPEG Attic Conversion So I added rope trim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/69996075-bd4a-4e6a-811e-cfd02dd0227c/IMG_1585.JPEG Attic Conversion As you can see, I used the stencil flowers as guidelines for placing my own painted flowers, birds and branches. Scale and composition were a big part of the battle, and the stencils solved that for me while still allowing me some freedom to create my own unique mural. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/314ff681-5374-4982-a98c-a40abf6d5426/IMG_5479.JPEG Attic Conversion I found this wonderful cabinet on Facebook Marketplace. The seller told me it was his mother-in-law's, and she used to travel the world. Based on that, and an almost identical cabinet I found online for about 8 times more than I paid, this appears to be an antique French medical cabinet used in a doctor's home office. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/80ebb225-7574-4eae-9309-89634f8f6908/IMG_0895.JPEG Attic Conversion Another close up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/98e33afd-be74-4c9e-b00e-79ef59409b09/IMG_8687+%281%29.JPEG Attic Conversion This was the corner that had the shelves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/de37f80e-e9db-4d63-843a-3d4f42feba62/IMG_0226.JPEG Attic Conversion Ta dah! Beauty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/4a68f1bf-4fc6-4ea5-9279-3ce9f0b78f00/IMG_9109.PNG Attic Conversion I decided to try this seven-layer peacock stencil made by Designer Stencils. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/6c6c038e-34da-4c6d-8c32-63e386f53345/IMG_4567.JPEG Attic Conversion And several layers of chainette fringe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/02e4e299-258d-4ded-8ae0-4e9c499cc3ea/IMG_1664.JPEG Attic Conversion Next I added in leaves. Before this, I spent a good three or four hours practicing leaves. They aren't easy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/d9ce1caf-a0c3-4487-a5f0-20a23233d096/IMG_5528.JPEG Attic Conversion We also found this home bar on Facebook Marketplace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/47bd0160-4ba7-43b7-b6f9-0aac3bb179ef/IMG_0761.JPEG Attic Conversion The view at night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c2943a3a-e096-4ced-bbbc-212edeb5be76/IMG_8690+%283%29.JPEG Attic Conversion This is the view from the door/hallway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/7cdcf590-ea55-4a1a-94ed-c6eb8a3e8a8f/IMG_0237.JPEG Attic Conversion Now, we have an additional point of egress for the attic and it can become safe for habitable use. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/6056f40e-a29e-48e9-923b-d323230ce7d5/IMG_0130.JPEG Attic Conversion Here's sheet number one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1fd2f300-9c9c-4a37-8a33-d4e34008d4bd/IMG_4568.JPEG Attic Conversion Much better. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1eb4f07e-81a4-46ab-a2e3-71a55320c2ce/IMG_1667.JPEG Attic Conversion I love how the one stroke technique creates all the shading, detail and dimension you need for verisimilitude in literally just one stroke of the brush. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/18846731-1584-4873-bbf2-b0d0c256e6e4/IMG_5839.JPEG Attic Conversion Who doesn't need a home bar in their bedroom lol? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/200cee29-b4a3-42bf-ab20-72d36c16c325/3999C9DD-E7CF-477E-8681-25807067F72E.jpg Attic Conversion Next up is the shower. Our first idea was to use red tile with this tile mural. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a1a8a74f-762e-45f4-bfb9-583bd3a0207f/IMG_8692+%281%29.JPEG Attic Conversion I painted the ceiling a soft green/blue as I intended to paint clouds on the ceiling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/cd87cb7f-2fbc-432e-8498-146c1f34beb0/63771250516__6FA3C689-0EDB-4B4B-8D80-B94466D5B0B6.JPEG Attic Conversion This photo was taken on the same day, from inside what will be the bathroom. The space to the far right is part of the closet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/60747a0f-a9b7-4154-9c19-1f6e180c3502/IMG_0131.JPEG Attic Conversion Rather than stenciling, I though I'd just use the stencil sheets for tracing and then paint as much as I could on the inside so the bird didn't look so "stencil-y." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/99a6988f-7819-4478-a604-8919e505779f/IMG_4596.JPEG Attic Conversion The throw pillows I found mostly on Etsy. The round velvet ones are inexpensive from Hobby Lobby. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c9d8afdf-bb68-4ebc-8261-9548e5fcfa85/IMG_1672.JPEG Attic Conversion Now I've completed a full section of the stencil design, of course, with my own painted elements. I completed this on the fifth day of painting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/3eba716d-5b7d-45a6-bc25-260112c1f5ad/IMG_5538.JPEG Attic Conversion I was able to appropriate bedding from other places in the house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f13f504a-bef8-4632-b549-645a6d77f773/IMG_0931.JPEG Attic Conversion Mike was dreading this project, as the builder/contractor didn't do a great job on the shower. Nothing was even, straight, or plumb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/308bf394-8630-4046-a021-6e3ad5ccecc7/63771254216__C004F469-A4E6-4F32-8F42-BE46C00BB41A.JPEG Attic Conversion Most people who see the finished space now think that we added to the floor space, which we did not. That's just the difference adding a dormer makes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/692054a6-8677-47d9-9d0b-49113d95037d/IMG_0135.JPEG Attic Conversion Here's how that went. Oof. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a3099190-2a27-462c-942f-75256f2ae5ac/IMG_4588.JPEG Attic Conversion Dog tested and approved. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/d38c0728-ad62-4cfe-8eb5-1a25fa87d0da/IMG_1683.JPEG Attic Conversion Red bird is a favorite. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/ec2a9a0b-8e34-495f-93fc-273dff836cdd/IMG_0934.JPEG Attic Conversion He used the Schluter system. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c997108d-2301-4f50-8760-cac11e2fc084/IMG_8711.JPEG Attic Conversion I painted the walls Amazon Moss and the trim Rainforest Foliage (both by Benjamin Moore). I rarely copy anything I see online (except birds lol), but I saw this color combination on Pinterest and just stole the idea. No shame. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/bb48b8d9-90d8-4fb1-8fcd-36d991d68d3b/IMG_8712.JPEG Attic Conversion We found the antique light fixture on Etsy. Mike ended up rewiring it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/aebc811b-56d4-4482-bce7-ebeeded9ca23/IMG_4153.JPEG Attic Conversion Remember this view? I called that dormer area "saw corner." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/177b9925-3889-4c2e-a7c2-de822b737bc1/63771256051__1C0E1A6E-CF01-44C7-AAD4-E9881E4E2969.JPEG Attic Conversion Here is the bathroom! (Almost lol). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/fefabd06-7ee5-471e-9642-acc971e86458/IMG_0146.JPEG Attic Conversion I did use the stencils for the eyes on the tail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/71d819d7-a485-4063-b194-f749380df2ee/IMG_4598.JPEG Attic Conversion This is the view from the entry to the tower room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c1858ebd-25e2-4fb1-8630-9eada4244628/IMG_1684.JPEG Attic Conversion I used the same fluffy feather painting technique that I employed in the tower room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/dc661324-ee85-4a8a-9e16-c9b660b4db5d/IMG_5543.JPEG Attic Conversion Now it looks like this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/27a4af3d-978b-4a67-a874-97c5746af0e2/IMG_0935.JPEG Attic Conversion The project would've gone smoother if the builder had not drywalled the shower. This also caused us to lose a few inches of shower space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/0f6bcd5f-84e7-4e77-91b9-68922c37198d/IMG_8714.JPEG Attic Conversion The ceiling medallion is an inexpensive Amazon find, which I painted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/681bf472-2547-4ff5-955c-b1ca58f07058/IMG_0264.JPEG Attic Conversion And a tiny hole to by which to crawl into the room. That will change! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/6be841b6-369e-4bfc-b5f8-d2c0a104bf9d/IMG_0151.JPEG Attic Conversion Disaster. I used a metallic paint, which was very rubbery when not completely dry, so when I did the next layer of the eyes, all the paint lifted up with the stencil mylar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/3cddfe86-dd29-48ac-903f-8cff5e757f9b/IMG_9678.PNG Attic Conversion But I still needed end tables for the sofa. I really liked these, which I found on Facebook Marketplace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/3e06c951-6883-440b-a338-feaa29bca215/IMG_1710.JPEG Attic Conversion Then I moved on to the next section, which was a repeat of the first stencil scheme albeit inverted so it didn't look so rudimentary and matchy matchy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/e2705662-03ff-4c2a-80bd-173a2af6a5eb/IMG_5620.JPEG Attic Conversion From the other direction. I love the Lord. And our dog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a75ca2c7-6ad9-4eab-8528-61dc752558da/IMG_0975.JPEG Attic Conversion Mike was completely perplexed by the builder's placement of the fan in the shower lol. Equally perplexing were several switches that controlled nothing (and remain useless to this day). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/120591f3-1649-47f0-ae92-129900438fb0/IMG_8715.JPEG Attic Conversion Here, I've started painting the floor the same color as the trim. I'll eventually do some sort of stenciling or mural design on this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/de0a1407-dbd1-4a8f-b515-8f0e381902c4/63771252213__3442AB03-F6EC-4366-9D82-629854FA45E3.JPEG Attic Conversion The dormer was a game changer, as it added much needed ceiling height which, in turn, increased the usable floor space of the room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/54ed4c1e-99b4-42aa-8872-72f7938b7706/IMG_0153.JPEG Attic Conversion So I ended up just painting the eyes the best I could. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/3e8526c4-99ba-482e-9bc6-74e1e6090622/IMG_4803.JPEG Attic Conversion The color, however, would not do. So I sanded them down, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/47548321-b58c-408a-9155-97d6be90082e/IMG_1720.JPEG Attic Conversion The green flowers were Mike's favorite. I liked the red ones. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/183d567c-5cf0-4f5e-be4a-920569fe6b36/IMG_4583.JPEG Attic Conversion Next up is the media cabinet. I wanted a curtain for this area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c4d76989-38f6-49bf-84c1-298699864207/IMG_1800.JPEG Attic Conversion I didn't do photo documentation of the entire project, mostly because it was incredibly frustrating due to the previously mentioned issues. In any event, here is the beginning of Mike's tile work. As you can see, we switched to black tile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/d29448a1-42e3-4e3f-bd60-b57fd56b9d64/IMG_8716+%281%29.JPEG Attic Conversion I love the color drenched look. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/57eb03c0-3271-4981-a749-7f42bdcb66ff/IMG_0296.JPEG Attic Conversion Mike surveying work status. I think he was just happy that, for the first time since we bought the house, someone other than him was doing the work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/9184347a-fdff-4f33-ae67-a5f3ed64e0c1/IMG_0207.JPEG Attic Conversion I also used stencils to create the little bits of feather shading on the white wings. I thought it didn't turn out half bad! Even though it took me two days lol. Next on the agenda would be a pink peacock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/4024ccf5-1fee-41f0-8eed-79b5dbfe2b47/IMG_4804.JPEG Attic Conversion Primed them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/2aa681d5-9c45-487e-a83b-9854a504a01c/IMG_1732.JPEG Attic Conversion Branches are added in, along with some leaves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/58413ce1-69da-4fc4-a84d-51ffff019869/IMG_4584.JPEG Attic Conversion When we were in France, I discovered textiles by Voglio Bene and bought a few. This Voglio Bene velvet tapestry, however, I found on Etsy. I added trim to it using hot glue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/52e673f4-7fcd-4150-8bc5-58f2f433d81a/IMG_1801.JPEG Attic Conversion Mike also covered up the absurd and useless bathroom fan-in-the-shower situation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/635ab853-54b2-4a6c-a511-7bf5b05a9c42/IMG_8722+%281%29.JPEG Attic Conversion The green is absolutely gorgeous in certain light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/33a7c6e2-dae6-4971-9278-f3c68c6e7493/IMG_0244.JPEG Attic Conversion View of the soon-to-be bathroom from the soon-to-be stairs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f3405179-112a-4ac9-994e-0897a604f887/IMG_0212.JPEG Attic Conversion The stencil sketches were inscrutable. I couldn't tell what color went where, which is why I started giving myself poetic license with the colors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/b7fae3ac-8ada-4144-99f8-651979186846/IMG_4806.JPEG Attic Conversion And painted them a color close to the fuchsia accent color on the sofa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/fa6c4796-6720-4b42-9720-9aa250f8d8a6/IMG_1742.JPEG Attic Conversion Hummingbird stencil sketch . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/11109274-e35c-47ac-a6c1-d84803e1d17f/IMG_4585.JPEG Attic Conversion Pretty fancy! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/453b011a-43fb-4740-86a1-350182a6a053/IMG_1802.JPEG Attic Conversion The tile is from Tile Bar. Nothing special. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/9c4a3604-4047-470d-874e-bcbc9e4a142e/IMG_8723+%281%29.JPEG Attic Conversion In my opinion, this is one of the best transformations in the house. It exceeded our expectations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/ba4ae71d-89cf-4bf4-a3d2-b81ae4050a7e/IMG_0265.JPEG Attic Conversion We were excited enough about the project to enjoy our evening happy hour in the attic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/515a5d90-d610-4e20-8703-cb306f5f8e7f/IMG_0252.JPEG Attic Conversion Here we are with both peacocks complete and a first layer of paint on the vines which, by now, I was doing free hand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/9c7c4b2e-c8a4-45b0-86d2-d2159b925076/IMG_4807.JPEG Attic Conversion Then I added furniture transfers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c758728c-edf8-4495-aea9-17a3f6a64fdd/IMG_1749.JPEG Attic Conversion And it turned out like this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/ce002548-e6f7-412f-8587-8950088ea8fa/IMG_4794.JPEG Attic Conversion I also added trim (with hot glue) to some double sided "velvety" drapery I found on Etsy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/d7fe2857-0eb7-478d-84e3-0805ab2201f4/IMG_2012.JPEG Attic Conversion Almost done! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/696cb9a0-3d56-4f3b-8def-3bc8e73fb3ff/IMG_7304.JPEG Attic Conversion Next up is the staircase carpet. We ordered these area rugs (Safavieh) which Mike planned to cut and install. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f2f41103-fe4f-4a5b-ae26-d14fbea6fa4a/IMG_0269.JPEG Attic Conversion Another view of the new dormer and window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/5c696212-6591-4418-90ce-e712692384df/IMG_0263.JPEG Attic Conversion I didn't have a composition fully in mind when I started, and pretty much added elements to the mural as it progressed. So randomly, I decided next to add a white peacock. I wanted to finish this one faster, so I used the first couple of stencil sheets to trace out the bird, then painted it free hand. The feathers were super easy to paint using this technique, which simply involved loading an angled brush with a ton of paint and kind of doing a flicking motion (I know...this sounds super technical and professional lol). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/45288fcd-3296-4ac7-ac57-f25be32bc27f/IMG_4811.JPEG Attic Conversion I layered the transfers in sort of a collage fashion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/8b0815d8-cdb2-497c-8419-2f2db9598947/IMG_1784.JPEG Attic Conversion Next I added a dogwood tree, again using a stencil from Designer Stencils to sketch out the elements. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/beef36a0-87ea-488d-a8a3-afecff695d2a/IMG_5832.JPEG Attic Conversion Then attached these with medallions to create portieres at the entrance to the tower room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/4b82dbe4-87d3-44fe-8785-b45eccf8a3e6/IMG_2268.JPEG Attic Conversion And the tile work is complete, at least on the walls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/bf35475e-e73e-4828-b7f9-e0016a53ff85/IMG_8738+%281%29.JPEG Attic Conversion Here are Mike and his brothers cutting and installing the area rugs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a0a8c930-bcea-4201-843e-ca818041f8f2/IMG_0274.JPEG Attic Conversion This is the view from the tower room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/fb08e12b-27b5-41a0-bc23-bbaa49bcfc6a/IMG_0266.JPEG Attic Conversion The tail was starting to get out of control. But seriously, how was I supposed to know when to stop? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/0bd71ac3-2b75-46cf-9c26-6efde8c3194c/IMG_4814.JPEG Attic Conversion Then, on top of that, I layered a gold foil chinoiserie transfer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/17289e4e-2463-4b6e-8b47-d0afb07e389c/IMG_1791.JPEG Attic Conversion I also used the one stroke technique for these flowers. There are numerous tutorials on YouTube for different kinds of flowers. I chose the dogwood tree stencil mostly because the scale worked with the other elements on this section of the ceiling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/57352ed0-10f9-44e3-9075-8f5cf12a9eeb/IMG_5835.JPEG Attic Conversion Mike enjoying the room's progress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/4f717abc-6310-45a9-b8cc-790a63980a79/IMG_4155.JPEG Attic Conversion Here we have the shower door installed (we had a local glass company do this work). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/cedb1137-3a1f-4f13-8222-90fc64839653/IMG_8739+%281%29.JPEG Attic Conversion This was a lot of work, but far less headache than having to deal with contractors who may or may not show up and may or may not do good work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/188c9e6d-3355-45c8-842b-8842d092e56a/IMG_0288.JPEG Attic Conversion Happy hour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/61316ad7-a934-46cf-96f9-c99d67fe3366/IMG_0272.JPEG Attic Conversion It just kept going and going and going. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/cb8de02a-e5aa-4c62-b481-cf8e4a69e499/IMG_4822.JPEG Attic Conversion Very fun! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/0a0fa2e6-5ada-43f5-98e0-4ae9c2ebaef0/IMG_1813.JPEG Attic Conversion More progress on the dogwood tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/6525595f-5191-4dd7-9d6c-d5fed62f940f/IMG_4673.JPEG Attic Conversion For the sink vanity, we found this antique or vintage buffet on eBay. It fits the space and has pretty good storage, even after losing the top drawer due to plumbing the sink. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/ebcefd39-96a4-4b9e-993b-ef74d2b431c3/IMG_3970.JPEG Attic Conversion This originally was going to be our bathroom sink cabinet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/38f9cb68-1837-4706-8dfe-7b6747843131/IMG_9398.JPEG Attic Conversion Here, Mike has finished installing the carpet and the house is ready for the holiday home tour! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/9e3d442b-d9a6-480c-8225-4f6a6dedcc57/IMG_0291.JPEG Attic Conversion View from the back of the tower room. Eventually, our television would go on the wall to the left and there would be a radiator on the wall to the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/4f66b9a5-ee53-4cf9-a548-fbcfd0131a49/IMG_0285.JPEG Attic Conversion I did add slightly different colors and sheens within the tail which really helped make it look more realistic and textured. Not that this was planned. That's just how it worked out, as I was doing this mostly out of instinct. People have told me it actually looks 3-D. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/2ecfbfa9-3827-4c58-94b9-3150c96f2aa0/IMG_4828.JPEG Attic Conversion I painted copper for the accents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f31c4b88-6e6f-4ace-90ef-de2492028227/IMG_1831.JPEG Attic Conversion The Zuber panorama had a stylized peacock sitting on a tree stump. This is the same smaller sized peacock stencil I used in the tower room, and the scale worked well here for a bird on a stump. The stump is one sheet section from a larger palm tree stencil, again from Designer Stencils. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/ec945699-39ff-4099-87b8-1afd6a511508/IMG_4698.JPEG Attic Conversion I painted the top with a black chalk paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/96733c11-d9da-4476-bf53-3320d78cf014/IMG_4055.JPEG Attic Conversion I painted it and added gold foil butterflies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/ef6dd8f7-4517-488f-a3a5-5960185f1bbe/IMG_0280.JPEG Attic Conversion By this time, I think the LVL beam work was complete. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/89533f2e-e771-4da8-a97b-3d3b720a7e88/IMG_0289.JPEG Attic Conversion Ta dah! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/2d5a4979-5223-4a25-9274-baee973e83a8/IMG_4843.JPEG Attic Conversion Here's a close up after applying several coats of a glossy varnish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/e87eb454-2da6-4102-a556-6e8163b35bde/IMG_1855.JPEG Attic Conversion Here's how the bird on a stump turned out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a926c0e0-b851-447b-9611-8c7bea32648c/IMG_4701.JPEG Attic Conversion And then painted some detail with copper oil paint (this is model car paint). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/68dd44f1-9272-404d-acba-9d9f6679db3b/IMG_4751.JPEG Attic Conversion Then Mike realized it was going to be too small given the size of our sink, so we decided to use this piece in the coffee bar. We still wanted to pour resin on the top though for protection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/9d38981c-1a9f-4fad-bbf9-7eb3952382f3/IMG_9306.JPEG Attic Conversion To the right is the armoire I painted in the same color as the trim with gold details. The green and metallic gold sheers are from Amazon, believe it or not. Plus, happy dog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c9218662-fdf3-487a-ab5c-3405f1a41a7f/IMG_0282.JPEG Attic Conversion I was planning to paint the chimney metallic gold, but in the end, we decided to leave it be. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f1811236-bc8d-4620-b1f0-9be91a2fc134/IMG_0313.JPEG Attic Conversion Next on the agenda were the trumpet flowers. As per the rest of the mural, I didn't know how to paint them freehand, but luckily, I found great stencils in the right size and scale on the Designer Stencils website. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/191355ea-a672-4069-9038-dfbd6cc50e08/IMG_4869.JPEG Attic Conversion We wanted the tops to be durable, so we poured resin. Here, Mike is making sure the tables are level before we pour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/fee5ea3a-b839-49a2-8330-c00153001c12/IMG_0300.JPEG Attic Conversion Here's the sink, which is by Kohler. Oh, and here's the tub, which is acrylic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/e6e294e6-0e15-42c7-a704-a22609e4860e/IMG_4099.JPEG Attic Conversion After putting it in the coffee bar area, we decided the black wasn't working with adjacent furniture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/912616f1-e20d-403b-a184-d511ae27f9ad/IMG_0909.JPG Attic Conversion This is the Zuber bird on a stump in a different colorway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f0b971bc-4cc6-43e7-b9c0-610b9109f390/IMG_0286.JPEG Attic Conversion In retrospect, I wish I'd asked the electricians to wire that wall to the right of the window for sconces. I didn't have a mirror or cabinet picked out for over the sink and thus didn't know where the sconces would go, but we could've figured it out. Instead, we ended up using plug in sconces which is less than ideal. And in case you're wondering what Mike is doing, he's showing me where the bathtub will go. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/7f085131-324d-4eba-8fe3-c8f89eaf97fb/IMG_0312.JPEG Attic Conversion The stencils are several layers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/411acb36-d80d-4097-b67a-ee29828a3bef/IMG_3878.JPEG Attic Conversion The dog slept through most of this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/69efd6ff-33e9-4cb4-9176-3c172d26a350/IMG_1856.JPEG Attic Conversion This is how the dormer section of the mural looked before I added the foliage along the ground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a37a7272-bd36-4723-854d-b69c1776951f/IMG_0299.JPEG Attic Conversion We went with a small sized tub, but in retrospect we could've gone a little bigger. We just weren't sure how much space the sink vanity would take since we hadn't made that purchase at the time we needed to spec the tub for the builder/subs to rough out the plumbing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/4457060d-61d8-483a-bfbf-3b69daed8a8f/IMG_4662.JPEG Attic Conversion Which included this hand painted commode, of unknown origins, which we found years ago when we lived in Old Towne Orange. I did a Google Image search and found almost identical pieces on First Dibs ($3,800) and at an antique store in Florida ($5,800). We paid around $400 for it. The First Dibs seller listed it as a mid-century Central European chest. The Florida seller called it a vintage Spanish Colonial Buffet. I tend to agree with the First Dibs seller. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/65a17b24-1649-473c-8959-5cf5fcf9eb17/IMG_0287.JPEG Attic Conversion Such a dramatic space, even unfinished. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/77bfa5d3-3bd6-466a-8236-01f6479b6a62/IMG_0315.JPEG Attic Conversion My M.O. was to trace the flowers and then paint freehand within the sketch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/6899eac1-0b8e-455b-9b21-807c5dde1fb7/IMG_4063.JPEG Attic Conversion More snoozes. Plus, in the window behind, you can see a preview of the mural I ended up painting in the main part of the room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/98840b38-2a6f-4c75-8c80-ce8b920a2125/IMG_1867.JPEG Attic Conversion More frustrating blunders! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a37c91cc-83ef-4f84-b68e-0d69ca790587/IMG_4587.JPEG Attic Conversion Here's the tub basically where it will live, along an angled wall. I was testing rugs here. I loved the look of this rug, but it smelled horrible, so now it resides in the basement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/81b70d16-d73f-4938-b444-d5720c285a10/IMG_0498.JPEG Attic Conversion The pigeons would need to find a new home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1267b687-14e6-421a-94e6-02e1a1d6fb9b/IMG_0321.JPEG Attic Conversion These took a LONG time. I had to continuously refer to the coloring on the example sheet to get the shading at least semi-realistic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/bf7d7bfc-6899-47c1-872a-7c861a3fafef/IMG_4687.JPEG Attic Conversion He spends a lot of time on the sofa lol. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/e6467b10-2da1-4272-83fc-52ae2ec301fb/IMG_1869.JPEG Attic Conversion Here, towards the left, you can see I've started painting the ground cover. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/7d14c310-83c7-4c1c-8c89-cc0e9b1f6ac9/IMG_4736.JPEG Attic Conversion Here's Mike doing something. I have no idea what lol. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/b112f713-bd39-418f-9cc0-f005f9314736/IMG_4808.JPEG Attic Conversion I painted the main cabinet area the same Annie Sloane green used on the coffee table so it would sit better next to the hand painted commode. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/b7c7c298-50b8-472d-a371-f734abbff6bb/IMG_0511.JPEG Attic Conversion Here, we can see the closet framed out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/2dede0fd-2939-4937-93dd-468cb73a441d/IMG_0339.JPEG Attic Conversion Adding more flowers. I figured I'd add the vines later. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c7462797-de46-4b93-abd2-266e4025df2d/IMG_4817.JPEG Attic Conversion Happy times. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/5b77e3f3-b5a5-4862-bc77-1e65c8e88b85/IMG_1871-1.JPEG Attic Conversion This is how the groundcover was turning out. This stuff was surprisingly easy to paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/043d610d-26dc-49e9-ab8a-91c34eafd768/IMG_4737.JPEG Attic Conversion We found a garden variety medicine cabinet on the Bed, Bath & Beyond website and painted it black. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/33f3f1ee-13b6-49a3-834f-59ded8bf1fce/IMG_4882.JPEG Attic Conversion This was a much better look for the space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/36b5e222-82ea-4dfe-b580-83d6566e7a11/IMG_0512.JPEG Attic Conversion This is the front dormer area, which eventually would be a combo sitting and dressing area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/ed1fbb7f-be99-48f6-a587-565fb8288ced/IMG_0343.JPEG Attic Conversion As can be seen here, I did skip around the space rather than finishing a section at a time. I'm just not experienced enough to have the full mural in my head, or on a piece of paper, so moving around helped me as the composition unfolded. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/509c6662-c803-48e7-b6f3-2fd69b6e9b68/IMG_4861.JPEG Attic Conversion Plus perches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/b942f845-f340-49ac-b457-cb03e539dc98/IMG_1873.JPEG Attic Conversion A close up of the groundcover. Sort of looks like green flames. Whatever. My world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/b0275fda-badc-43b3-9b75-65163816d44e/IMG_4742.JPEG Attic Conversion This was part of the resin pour process. One challenge was getting the cabinet perfectly level, as the floor in the space is massively uneven. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/81b53479-acf8-4a36-a50c-c7e50bc135b7/IMG_5108.JPEG Attic Conversion I added some butterflies to the buffet to disguise some flaws in the paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/bf8082c7-229c-49ca-a3a5-b762b568fa14/IMG_0514.JPEG Attic Conversion Wall framing is going in. We pushed them back as far as possible, but still had to lose about three to four feet around the perimeter of space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/bb2d84da-4356-4133-839a-7dd39cd417af/IMG_0345.JPEG Attic Conversion I mixed a lot of my own colors. This purple was for the next peacock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1dbdd895-ace2-42b7-92c6-d7b931f5f06a/IMG_5459.JPEG Attic Conversion Television time in the tower. The floor lamp in the background I've had for years. It just happened to work well in this space. I tossed a piano shawl on the radiator for good measure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/5f09f662-2d14-4e2d-802f-e1bd6c82c698/IMG_1875.JPEG Attic Conversion Here I've added a few stalks of flowers. These also were sketches based on Designer Stencil traces with one stroke painting compliments of several YouTube videos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/bc5e33de-2bb5-4919-8345-2bd6b81dad6a/IMG_4746.JPEG Attic Conversion This also is part of the resin pour process. I had already added furniture transfers to the countertop, and we did a resin pour over the counter area. It's an Iron Orchid Designs transfer set called Wander, and it looks great with the sink. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/bd5be403-49e6-4f0e-bfde-95701d99d667/FullSizeRender-19.JPEG Attic Conversion I enjoy the reflections in the closet mirror. Plus Bees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/5d15455e-d302-43b3-aa1c-7209ed42e6e3/IMG_0516.JPEG Attic Conversion This angle shows the rest of the closet area framed out (to the right of the bathroom). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/609695e2-ad7d-4766-9d9e-40e6f671e9f4/IMG_0346.JPEG Attic Conversion And here's how that went. I struggled again with the never-ending tail lol. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/4cb97828-7778-4b99-b92e-d7aa9d421525/IMG_5651.JPEG Attic Conversion The fabric on these pillows is from Designer's Guild. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/107cfd58-2efe-45a4-859a-9c9e3a50f1d7/IMG_1906.JPEG Attic Conversion Ta dah! I've reached the end of the ground cover, and also added some tropical looking red flowers. I don't think I used stencils for these. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/4aed75f7-c578-4571-ac7e-d21a2144916f/IMG_4747.JPEG Attic Conversion This is the status quo for the dog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/de824e8a-0ec4-44c6-912d-227d86db55d5/IMG_0517.JPEG Attic Conversion Again, this is the closet area behind the chimney being framed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f1fb789c-b9e1-4950-b7cf-cfa82ff6ce62/IMG_0347.JPEG Attic Conversion More progress aka more tail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/4b2199ca-e8bf-4265-8645-981af5a908b7/IMG_5656.JPEG Attic Conversion The blankets and large silk throw pillow are from Johnny Was. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/8b3287ba-db4e-44c9-aa0c-d5bb36a8ea84/IMG_1907.JPEG Attic Conversion The beginnings of a butterfly. I resolved to not use furniture transfers in the main bedroom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f2175cf5-bff9-4f6e-b31c-edbc13bc3260/IMG_4782.JPEG Attic Conversion Now, the resin is poured. We also had a snafu with this pour and had to redo it, as I should've wiped down the furniture transfers with rubbing alcohol to remove all residual oils. After I did that, the pour turned out great. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/9aa686c2-9199-499f-b507-1b0543c11f35/IMG_0518.JPEG Attic Conversion As previously stated, I didn't have a clear idea of how this closet would work given the ceiling/wall angles. I should've known Mike would have an ingenious idea for hanging clothes, which he did. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1c02fe39-3f3c-460f-a816-f5d29e926e09/IMG_0348.JPEG Attic Conversion I didn't love how this one was turning out, and felt the tail was missing something despite being so voluminous. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/0470acd6-fd26-4ac0-9377-11f8782bc603/IMG_5849.JPEG Attic Conversion The green portiere is a double-sided velvet curtain from Etsy. I hot glued trim on it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/7f5d9042-dcd6-4670-9d26-b7b4c4550092/IMG_1908.JPEG Attic Conversion Another butterfly in the works, again using the one stroke technique. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/224ee017-d2fb-49e1-97ea-c1b2d699a3fd/IMG_4881.JPEG Attic Conversion Ready for the sink. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/606370ce-31da-4eb5-bedd-c39ee44b7381/IMG_0520.JPEG Attic Conversion This angle looks towards the front dormer and the wall to the right on which (unbeknownst to us) we would eventually move the bed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/db099db4-8f54-4ca7-ab50-9e03754122a6/IMG_0360.JPEG Attic Conversion Here's how it was looking from afar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/23c0244c-7907-4714-b4d4-e3379aba9c8e/IMG_5867.JPEG Attic Conversion All in a day's work. Trust me. He needed that hot pad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f06a9525-25a7-4eab-9cc8-77ab075a15d9/IMG_1909.JPEG Attic Conversion Another future butterfly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/2523db98-4bee-42c9-818d-eb1edb6c742c/IMG_4705.JPEG Attic Conversion And the sink is in place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/363eba3d-37cf-4c18-948b-77b8740b7d42/IMG_0521.JPEG Attic Conversion Here's the view of the framing from the staircase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/606728de-1a0a-450d-bec1-ee583a1dc47f/IMG_0361.JPEG Attic Conversion More tail. Sheesh. I didn't know what to do except keep on painting more tail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a6c8f017-b6d0-4327-ac36-b0d34a033881/IMG_1910.JPEG Attic Conversion More butterflies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/cb3b5b02-83a4-4cbd-be2d-8b4039a9ad04/IMG_4538.JPEG Attic Conversion Here is some random decor. We found the pagoda shelf on Chairish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a4764d65-80f2-47c5-aeaf-af80fcd4fffb/IMG_1518.JPEG Attic Conversion This was taken in the winter of 2023, when I had just started working on the mural in the main part of the room. It was nice to have a sliver of the room done here, so we could enjoy it in the evening while work was ongoing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/01b5e61f-fb7f-4336-a3cc-76012e68d771/IMG_0523.JPEG Attic Conversion And here's the view from the main part of the closet. The closet continues on the left, and the main part of the room is to the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/29cdf553-7745-4427-b367-3ebd83aa8620/IMG_0363.JPEG Attic Conversion Finally it dawned on me that the tail needed something whimsical, so I added butterfly furniture transfers. Most of the transfers are from Re-Design with Prima and Iron Orchid Designs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/5aa97ea8-62c6-44c4-90ca-ab2e8e0e3fb5/IMG_1921.JPEG Attic Conversion One section of the end result. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/41ac4d25-07f9-4a35-bc5b-b304ea0af4ef/IMG_6172+%281%29.JPEG Attic Conversion I made these curtains with hot glue. No sew! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/97e0d8cb-0164-4017-ab39-dec07d4cc9d6/IMG_1529.JPEG Attic Conversion The large velvet leopard throw pillow also is from Johnny Was. I do like their home goods and clothing. The marble tiered table to the right would end up being moved to the main part of the room when it was finished. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/7da211b4-6767-4b76-81b4-3d13e5fe5b7a/IMG_0527.JPEG Attic Conversion Another view of the closet. The idea was to install a door at the end and then two sets of double doors on the right, so we could access the closet from several locations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/9f625cbe-11ee-407d-accc-567ff3b1ae7d/IMG_0393.JPEG Attic Conversion More flowers and a branch for the peacock's perch. I painted this branch before I realized the one stroke painting technique would give a better effect than just multiple layers of paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/7e8f90c7-d472-4311-81fd-c17933bf998f/IMG_1923.JPEG Attic Conversion The next section. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/cfe38e52-4852-4965-8ebe-b4da8e58f972/IMG_6185.JPEG Attic Conversion We found the mirror at an antique shop in Manistee, Michigan and the peacock oil painting above it at an antique shop in Elk Rapids. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/122cc535-1688-4c2e-ba2b-b4243bd9ea82/IMG_0528.JPEG Attic Conversion The coffee bar would go to the left of the bathroom in what would otherwise be a useless space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/905c7783-23bf-495a-9107-0dc60946a275/IMG_0402.JPEG Attic Conversion Close up of the butterfly peacock. I felt it had a Christian Lacroix vibe. Ish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/fa5ad1b8-7306-42c9-a213-00bc38b97e24/IMG_1937.JPEG Attic Conversion I kept the bodies of the butterflies simple. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/7504d80e-6d3c-48cd-b112-6207e8761601/IMG_6186.JPEG Attic Conversion I love having the tub open to the room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c8ace0ec-8699-4292-b664-fe58c6e8b5a7/IMG_8700.jpeg Attic Conversion This was an exciting day...the old, dangerous stairs are being torn out! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/5ba990c8-0e79-4ee7-ba63-5277cc0130b4/IMG_0408.JPEG Attic Conversion BTW, I think this Lumiere Halo Blue Gold paint is literally the best peacock paint on the market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f840030c-a566-48a6-a6e2-cedf2fcd8031/IMG_1951.JPEG Attic Conversion This teal butterfly is one of my favorites. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/3cb9b392-fc35-413e-a01e-007581c5fc0a/IMG_6221+%281%29.JPEG Attic Conversion I have a thing for mouse taxidermy! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c335b621-314e-41ba-a08b-f1890a24dcd8/IMG_8702.JPEG Attic Conversion This is the view in the maid's room, looking towards a small closet to the right and the stair access to the attic on the left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/fd2cb89e-aa38-4a41-985f-af4e8a2504ce/IMG_0449.JPEG Attic Conversion Here I'm adding branches and twirling tendril vines. I still am laboriously shading the branches/vines because I still haven't realized one stroke is the best way to go. At least I wasn't using the stencils anymore for the branches and vines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/193901f4-ed54-459b-a4c2-e1b2a5260e0e/IMG_1959.JPEG Attic Conversion A close up of the tropical flowers, also using one stroke. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a581f9f9-2751-4861-95bb-71b1ea7c44ba/IMG_0317.JPEG Attic Conversion This is the view on the day the stairs and closet were demolished. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f8cef93d-06a5-4faa-beda-ae35b53aea0d/IMG_0535.JPEG Attic Conversion Now it's filling in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/fe0c1f95-ccc5-41df-a4dc-4e92a97024b0/IMG_1961.JPEG Attic Conversion Close up of the dogwood flowers and a hummingbird with a super fluffy tail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/26c6c509-ca95-4bb2-be0d-58fc3621dde1/IMG_0319.JPEG Attic Conversion Work commences! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/4ab8a561-3e02-4520-8c0d-3c7f9c69d13e/IMG_0537.JPEG Attic Conversion My pink cockatiels were pretty faithful to the example sheet in the stencil packaging. I wanted this cockatiel to have fluffier feathers, so I went rogue and added more poof and personality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/ea74cc01-f0f1-44d9-b10d-a4071effc526/IMG_1958.JPEG Attic Conversion Close up of stump bird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c09dec1c-b614-47e0-b924-63a07fc68ccd/IMG_0321.JPEG Attic Conversion The amount of debris this project produced boggled the mind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/7a9e9f68-3180-4edd-92e1-23b6f1f151b8/IMG_0536.JPEG Attic Conversion Another small peacock. Again, by this time, I was deviating from the stencils and just using them to trace the bird before painting freehand within the lines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/8bf28d30-0c8c-4abd-aa70-faf2d248592e/IMG_2005.JPEG Attic Conversion Here's the final version of the left side of the mural. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/56bccce2-17ef-462e-a3f0-c8545e15684e/IMG_0324.JPEG Attic Conversion View of the work from the entry to the maid's room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1f8c4869-5139-4d18-807f-6b2df638b1b5/IMG_1044.JPEG Attic Conversion Here's my workspace on a typical day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/07f899f5-edee-45af-a639-1bd1e0e6cc61/IMG_2006.JPEG Attic Conversion And here's the right side. It's 178" long, in total. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/8537c303-8af7-446c-82cf-fededdc98b50/IMG_0326.JPEG Attic Conversion Cross-heads and doors are out (we saved the doors). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/3a43ce54-6505-4849-b5d6-7cef599b1481/IMG_0547.JPEG Attic Conversion More progress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/e486cbb4-57a2-427c-9deb-68975cc95151/IMG_2014.JPEG Attic Conversion The whole thing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/e17a52e0-a427-4b37-ba8e-2b642b3b11d2/IMG_0327.JPEG Attic Conversion Inside the closet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/7e8ffcd0-ff28-4f0b-834f-370cb99012b6/IMG_0549.JPEG Attic Conversion More furniture transfer butterflies. I felt these would be too time consuming to paint. Plus, at this point, painting butterflies wasn't in my comfort zone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/2dda9ffa-f40d-4c19-b53e-b0a8b733cbe7/IMG_2628.JPEG Attic Conversion On the opposite side of the wall, I wanted it simple, so I just painted the ocean and some zoom zoom birds (based on the Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Bird in the Zuber wallpaper). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/d0cc1d26-7340-451a-86b7-7ecc8c1ea3a5/IMG_0329+%282%29.JPEG Attic Conversion Go baby go! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/0b16cd91-1171-42b8-8347-fdaef78962b2/IMG_0564.JPEG Attic Conversion I still relied heavily on the stencil example sheets for the flowers. I wasn't using the one stroke technique yet for the flowers, so they were a struggle for me, more so than the birds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/4eaf13b5-fb4d-4ad8-976c-4bf88a17ca5c/IMG_2016.JPEG Attic Conversion The next section I tackled was this area, which eventually would be the location of our bed. The ceiling is much taller here than the section I just finished, so I didn't want to do the same mural elements. That's one advantage DIY painting has over Zuber wallpaper -- I could choose and scale my own elements. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/708e22f4-355a-47e0-a331-6368ef298b1d/IMG_0340.JPEG Attic Conversion Our greatest concern about the new stairs was that they would not fit given the configuration of the adjacent lower staircase leading to the kitchen. This intrusion into the lower staircase was the only casualty lol! We left this as-is as a remembrance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/bb750cdc-ba45-4881-8a01-0bdc3f4244f1/IMG_0589.JPEG Attic Conversion Of course, each cockatiel was puffier than the last. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/405a6374-b2ec-4a1b-b049-e3673df53172/IMG_2030.JPEG Attic Conversion I did want to keep the tropical fantasy feel, so again, I turned to Designer Stencils for this palm tree stencil. It's fairly enormous. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/2e679c86-4833-4003-9dd0-4b444f86db22/IMG_0342.JPEG Attic Conversion Here's the view with new staircase layout. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/04f6a054-cc5c-40e5-8e12-e87a03e0f42e/IMG_0722.JPEG Attic Conversion Now we're starting to get a sense of the horror vacui look I was going for. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/01ebd105-ef87-49a0-8002-4b1c9c568167/IMG_2024.JPEG Attic Conversion First I painted the ocean horizon and ground, just like the prior section. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/d4e060ea-ae9c-4a9f-953a-05ca49a29255/IMG_0343.JPEG Attic Conversion The view from the back of the maid's room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/9ff8908c-b5b7-4427-b061-3197ec4503f9/IMG_0726.JPEG Attic Conversion For reference, I started painting the ground color in May of 2022. This photo was taken on July 22, 2022. I worked on the mural most weekdays. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/5c16fcf2-32fa-4536-accc-d7ff688f7130/IMG_2025.JPEG Attic Conversion More shading and stuff. It's amazing what can be accomplished by not getting too hung up on perfection or one's own amateur status. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/dbda1bd6-e2fc-4fcc-9b58-300dc2ee61f9/IMG_0344.JPEG Attic Conversion Here we are at the base of the stairs looking up into the attic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/9969a0a7-33d6-416b-b0bd-0c55115bd5ff/IMG_0788.JPEG Attic Conversion This is the view looking up during the same time frame. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/01902552-6b0a-4ab1-95ef-b16acf23cd49/IMG_2034.JPEG Attic Conversion I sketched out the palm trunk then set about painting in the lines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/5d2e5d3e-6918-41f4-a8a3-cbd11fb5ed4b/IMG_0345.JPEG Attic Conversion The view from the second floor hall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/3ec8d72f-4c38-4cc4-ba12-4135d7608daf/IMG_0792.JPEG Attic Conversion The dragonflies also were furniture transfers. Also notable in this photo are the branches, which I've started painting using the one stroke technique. I can't express how much faster this is than using the more traditional technique of multiple layers and shading. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/dff036fa-4ecf-40a2-a166-5c2666a3b85f/IMG_2035.JPEG Attic Conversion More shading here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/d89c0c30-dca4-476c-ba36-1754a871977f/IMG_0352.JPEG Attic Conversion We had hoped to make some fun "old house" finds in spaces like this, but alas, all we found was a golf ball probably from the '50's. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/7e15a4b3-2d35-4dae-9a53-7dc8424eaed3/IMG_0990.JPEG Attic Conversion This sort of shows how I loaded my brush to paint the branches with one stroke. I didn't follow the recommended technique you see on YouTube and TikTok videos. I just used gobs of paint and painted each branch downward in one foul swoop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/86702c9a-d17c-4c61-b61b-e1dd7d5534ca/IMG_2037.JPEG Attic Conversion Higher and higher. I had to start the trunk whilst standing on the floor, then do the middle sections on the scaffolding, then the upper sections on top of a ladder on the scaffolding. This part of the ceiling is a couple feet lower than the tower, so I was able to get away with a 6-foot ladder. The 8-foot ladder I used in the tower was rough to maneuver on the scaffolding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/0b36f859-51e1-459b-a36a-52d629c04514/IMG_0353.JPEG Attic Conversion This is the view from the attic looking down the stairs into the maid's room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/b50e75b8-4c24-46bc-8c4f-23cb07385971/IMG_0797.JPEG Attic Conversion The branches to the right are an example. They literally are painted in one stroke. So easy! Who'd have thunk? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/33f9bdcb-6d70-42ad-8a64-71ae8adf256e/IMG_2048.JPEG Attic Conversion For the palm fronds, I wanted more whimsical colors than just plain green. Again, my world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/44de1593-243a-4f5f-b9b5-0be47904df6c/IMG_0357.JPEG Attic Conversion View down the stairs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/84b8e526-683f-419b-a47e-9802ce6f5bbe/IMG_0800.JPEG Attic Conversion Next up is a parrot. Again, I used the stencil to trace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/e17839cb-fbc0-49d4-878c-74c25af95eab/IMG_2049.JPEG Attic Conversion I started out using the stencils for the fronds, which was a pain. Then I one stroke painted in the lines, which was a bigger pain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/8759b19d-6c61-489e-8e7a-705d0fd34a8e/IMG_0363.JPEG Attic Conversion Eventually, I want to put a mouse-daminium in this space (a multi-level dollhouse scenario with taxidermy mice). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a349c3fd-2cbd-4310-a453-557539924dc1/IMG_0801.JPEG Attic Conversion I used brush strokes and thicker paint to get the feather effect on the red part. Probably not the recommend technique, but I'm not a pro, so I had to do what I could figure out to get a decent effect. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/88b73bf4-f608-4751-bcea-79e883d3ea58/IMG_2051.JPEG Attic Conversion Close up of the shading. All of this is done with one stroke. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/702ee733-b2fc-4c5e-8979-10552ec0d269/IMG_0367.JPEG Attic Conversion Levi surveying his new domain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c7745125-0c99-4aed-bff2-162470914407/IMG_0805.JPEG Attic Conversion Here he is finished. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c90f82ff-a8fd-4cd7-a2ed-1c7d861fe80e/IMG_2053.JPEG Attic Conversion From a distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/bf4b43ed-8f56-4ccc-8ec4-d780b50657dc/IMG_0382.JPEG Attic Conversion This photo shows how the closet space was incorporated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/e14f021d-fc54-4940-b3d9-a8f14a774a44/IMG_0813.JPEG Attic Conversion Another bird. Extra fluffy. As with the others, this was traced with a stencil then painted free hand. Again, the vines are one stroke. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/70eda994-240f-4867-a871-341eacfdfd3c/IMG_2056.JPEG Attic Conversion More fronds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/0806a090-62d6-461d-8420-a9e6741478a2/IMG_0531.JPEG Attic Conversion We would live with this stair opening for several years before Mike finished the railing and baluster system. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a769ffe9-3402-4040-bb5f-950006b4ddd2/IMG_0887.JPEG Attic Conversion Here's how it was looking from afar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/210a7d94-84f4-4c22-a324-4d48fb0977a8/IMG_2058.JPEG Attic Conversion Here's how it looked from the scaffolding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/9095c7c4-7e27-4987-ab84-323d8a24a765/IMG_0680.JPEG Attic Conversion This shows a small media area framed out. We intended to put a television in the tower room and didn't want to look at electronics or cord clusters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/4f9e75c5-4163-409b-b183-18bd66c5b392/IMG_0868.JPEG Attic Conversion It's filling in! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/eb04b9da-4f8b-47a8-8983-3a44cff4fc68/IMG_2061.JPEG Attic Conversion I think by this time I was free-handing the fronds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/7122b3e0-56e3-4744-aebc-7096ee849f85/IMG_0679.JPEG Attic Conversion Levi is standing in the soon-to-be closet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/87e09bc2-ffc3-4a40-9d1c-2d839fe4e6be/IMG_0869.JPEG Attic Conversion Here we are on August 4, 2022. I'm almost done. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/257bb86e-5900-4b40-9b50-b3f049cecfda/IMG_2062.JPEG Attic Conversion Another frond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1f9bddc9-cf8f-42e4-bdf5-41e3e002dbfb/IMG_0667.JPEG Attic Conversion Where Levi aka Bees is standing will eventually be a sitting area. The original plan was to put the bed here, so we brought the wall out further into the room. However, we ended up liking the bed tucked into another location and jettisoned the original idea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/e9e771f3-1527-4154-b9e1-02a23afd90d8/IMG_0913.JPEG Attic Conversion I took this picture just before I started testing top coats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/784a0d83-3868-4981-8af9-1957f179919c/IMG_2067.JPEG Attic Conversion And one more frond, free-handed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/5468b39b-65a3-4d48-82eb-73ba72d1daf1/IMG_0670.JPEG Attic Conversion Hi Bees! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/e42018ea-6739-4ac6-ad21-003f9bc7272a/IMG_0916.JPEG Attic Conversion And here's a close up of that process. On the left is Modern Masters Dead Flat Varnish. You can see how it really knocks back the sheen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/b1828afd-662a-4ed7-a3dd-9fcfc8cbffb6/IMG_2068.JPEG Attic Conversion Not bad! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c118fc94-a67b-41b1-b3a3-3c9a3c823d91/IMG_1165.JPEG Attic Conversion Another happy hour in the tower room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f8641b2b-1695-4c4e-aa99-e3eb0e1a8127/IMG_0921.JPEG Attic Conversion I ended up using the Polyvine dead flat, which had more sheen than the Modern Masters. The topcoat was necessary to protect the mural and also to even things out, since I used many different paints in many different finishes, including some metallic. I felt the Polyvine allowed more of the metallic to come through, which is why I decided to use it on this ceiling. Later, for the ceiling in the main room, I decided on Modern Masters as there was very little metallic paint in that mural. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/978d79dd-df99-4e2b-a89c-d4ab3a5825cf/IMG_2073.JPEG Attic Conversion From another angle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/29d5c64d-36be-43e3-96ac-b074785946d7/IMG_1171.JPEG Attic Conversion This view looks towards the bathroom. The contractors have started working on the rough electrical. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f99eee25-42bc-4ef0-a979-2d1bbb9c1c86/IMG_0895.JPEG Attic Conversion I tested the topcoats before I finished the mural, mostly because I don't live anywhere near a paint store that stocks these brands and would need to order them with at least a week lead time. The mirrors are from Hobby Lobby. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/93409931-8da5-44d6-b5c9-ff2a3693de19/IMG_2075.JPEG Attic Conversion Here I've started another trunk on the right. My initial plan was to paint a large peacock on it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/94d8fef8-82ea-437f-a097-c61cdf52e854/IMG_0969.JPEG Attic Conversion Mike and I debated how many radiators the space would need, and the size. Ultimately, we decided on three. One would go near the front dormer window, one in the tower room, and the largest one directly across from the stairs in the main part of the room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/750e5253-e30f-4b48-a43e-d82775cb8863/IMG_0898.JPEG Attic Conversion I didn't paint behind the future location of the television lol. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/9abe92ad-3ce2-4ac9-bc73-1580c62bde91/IMG_2091.JPEG Attic Conversion This time, I didn't want to use a stencil, so I sketched this out free hand. Not great, but also not terrible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/546a2b51-90b4-43e5-9a16-62bd634e3d56/IMG_1873.JPEG Attic Conversion Here, the rads have been sandblasted and painted gold. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/e3fcc4d3-2021-4dc9-b7c5-f98cca6171ba/IMG_0924.JPEG Attic Conversion Here we are on August 11, 2022, getting close to completion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/bbd8ec81-f61d-4957-9285-03ff283ea794/IMG_2092.JPEG Attic Conversion Painting within my own lines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a65b3091-e9cc-4971-809e-23aec20ac627/IMG_1877.JPEG Attic Conversion Because of the weight of the rads, the contractors had to bring them through the window via the lift. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/afdda1aa-3a52-4e29-8b2a-c32c60bc9dc8/IMG_0922.JPEG Attic Conversion My palette on a typical day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c07fe566-2e08-445d-95e6-196ee4399ab6/IMG_2094.JPEG Attic Conversion Big fluffy tail! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a79d9b5c-06b8-4eac-82ec-c0966d53e14d/IMG_1867.JPEG Attic Conversion The rads are spectacularly heavy. Five guys were unable to lift them, so they had to be rolled into location. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/fb2a35e3-e6a0-470b-b7e0-5e2f419d9794/IMG_1016.JPEG Attic Conversion Vavoom! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1170e520-5dc0-4f08-a10c-e3cbb7750937/IMG_2095.JPEG Attic Conversion Different colors. Bigger tail. Where's the trunk lol? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/55762edd-9432-48c3-ba2c-31a12df5cca9/IMG_1896.JPEG Attic Conversion They really are beautiful radiators. We found them as salvage from what we understand was civic building in Philadelphia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/ef21b342-6745-475f-80e8-18e46b398d99/IMG_1018.JPEG Attic Conversion And it's done. Ready for the topcoat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/5a26e37d-f87d-4a4a-a59e-da0426955300/IMG_2096.JPEG Attic Conversion I used metallic paint for this bird. Honestly, I wasn't loving it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f5fe4150-730c-42d7-87ef-5144f4611aa2/IMG_2165.JPEG Attic Conversion More progress. Here, we have spray foam insulation on the ceilings and bat insulation on the low walls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f0e467cf-d33b-4d07-bdf4-07f49fe32ed8/IMG_1020.JPEG Attic Conversion And it's also ready for the chandelier, which I'll address in another section of the gallery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/054819a3-3f1c-44bb-b49d-8739f4e8cafb/IMG_2098.JPEG Attic Conversion So I added a few flowers on the tail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/4fbc8d7e-601e-4958-80c8-a9e7f3679423/IMG_2166.JPEG Attic Conversion Now we can see the space taking shape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/de9c0316-9cf2-4cb1-ac48-1506adf858cb/IMG_1032.JPEG Attic Conversion Here's how it looked from the ladder on the scaffolding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/5f8ffe60-b395-4915-8b60-8879c9fe1090/IMG_2101.JPEG Attic Conversion Meh. I resolved to live with him for a while before making more changes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/3e66f732-c999-45ff-bad8-27c5471fe0f0/IMG_2177.JPEG Attic Conversion The view after insulation work from the coffee bar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/009b9a72-a4dd-46d4-bc90-7d7c38ea23f9/IMG_0952.JPEG Attic Conversion This was the very last flower I painted in this room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/5a950011-1b52-4846-88ab-b07490606367/IMG_2117.JPEG Attic Conversion Next up was this flying heron. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/9296b77f-417a-42db-860c-2eff2f4b49a5/IMG_2181.JPEG Attic Conversion Even with framing and insulation, the ceiling height remains grand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a154d333-49c6-4ba1-b7c2-954119185b3f/IMG_0969.JPEG Attic Conversion And it's done! Now, I just have to fill in some leaves, twirling tendrils, and lots of furniture transfer butterflies and dragonflies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/125ffadc-4898-470d-a38e-177cee87545b/IMG_2123.JPEG Attic Conversion I used the stencil for most of this and stayed fairly close to it. Here's how he turned out. Also, you can see I've added some ground cover and flowers. These are all free hand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/ae70fcea-1385-4b12-b32e-6a2bbc1dcebc/IMG_2182.JPEG Attic Conversion The spray foam insulation is incredibly efficient. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/bd2f7d41-c1c8-4fa6-9cb8-781023daf7f7/IMG_0984.JPEG Attic Conversion The artist (me). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/fb3cedd5-1b7b-43b0-ad27-e35d52c41d48/IMG_2121.JPEG Attic Conversion Close up of the flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/34705918-3fc1-4713-8f1a-3921efb87c13/IMG_2184.JPEG Attic Conversion Things are starting to get exciting! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/8474f66d-c8ba-48b0-8fc3-255fd65a096c/IMG_2119.JPEG Attic Conversion This is how it was looking from afar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/baaca113-6473-4197-b1f2-63c5b06e3e2c/IMG_9520.JPEG Attic Conversion Now we're going back in time and switching to the closet in main part of the room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/95c350b8-d0b8-46fd-b267-fced78c9915f/IMG_2185.JPEG Attic Conversion The view from the front dormer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/08ecf252-43ea-47ff-8a32-35a86dac0e2f/IMG_2127.JPEG Attic Conversion I added more of those red tropical flowers, mostly because they were easy to paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/0236a5b9-8896-4535-85d7-1cc9df648446/IMG_9528.JPEG Attic Conversion We found inexpensive hollow core doors at Home Depot. The plan was to add mirrors and trim to make them look better than they are. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/de1ef49f-73ac-4ea7-a3e9-6ed4232916bc/IMG_2186.JPEG Attic Conversion The tower room with insulation and new windows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/ce3fa685-2ba9-4c95-8a8f-57b5734ee555/IMG_2140.JPEG Attic Conversion I don't think these flowers actually exist in nature lol. I struggled with them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/d76d9aee-87d3-4426-9528-61d892907bef/IMG_9630.JPEG Attic Conversion First, Mike added trim and corner blocks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/7e2bf6de-4503-447e-9d4b-22904156dd6c/IMG_2187.JPEG Attic Conversion At this point, which was around July of 2021, I had decided I'd be painting some sort of mural on the ceilings. I just didn't know what the mural would be, or how I'd do it given I'm not an artist and have never drawn or painted anything in my life (that wasn't second-grade paint-by-numbers or drawing rudimentary horse heads inside my elementary school Pee-Chee folders). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/6ba17f78-85a1-406e-aaa9-31c511c1887f/IMG_2142.JPEG Attic Conversion More shading, trying to make the orange flowers look like they exist in nature. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/6ac3a47b-ee4b-4a4b-887c-d559d28c9f22/IMG_9632+%281%29.JPEG Attic Conversion Then I primed and painted the doors before Mike glued on sheets of mirror. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/6cd97dd6-5917-4226-9138-d461214905a3/IMG_2189.JPEG Attic Conversion The view looking out the tower room after insulation and before drywall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/dea8cacf-c045-4efc-a006-bf8b1fbad775/IMG_2150.JPEG Attic Conversion The view from the staircase area. Oh, and that is a bed. We were using this as our bedroom while I was painting lol. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/000d7058-e461-4a2d-a03e-6c4694675c2c/IMG_9637.JPEG Attic Conversion We added braided trim around the mirrors to finish the edges. As an aside, this greenish blue was the first color I selected for the main part of the room. I felt it had too much grey in it, so I switched to a different shade of green. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f947bfc3-d0ff-4e7d-8ae6-141381e3d8b3/IMG_2197.JPEG Attic Conversion I had numerous and wildly varied ideas regarding how I'd paint and decorate this part of the room. I have a Pinterest board that documents most of them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/af2bf1e6-2236-430d-bd2b-d64bc52a7cd8/IMG_9764.JPEG Attic Conversion Me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c3007f3a-1b17-4303-938c-453e19980239/IMG_2164.JPEG Attic Conversion I added more fluff to the peacock but still wasn't happy with him. I also added more flowers, groundcover and a hummingbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f0591480-80cf-4d66-ab04-42a3f74db96c/IMG_2233.JPEG Attic Conversion Now it's time for installation of drywall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/eab3a66b-77ba-49cc-8fe3-8d3230874029/IMG_2172.JPEG Attic Conversion Then, I added butterflies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/747c3889-f228-4392-8035-340b3da61d78/IMG_9638.JPEG Attic Conversion Another view of the closet, showing another point of entry. We knew that once we had clothes hung, it would be much more convenient to have several points of entry into the closet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/3851829c-efb6-4dc2-93c4-28bb3d39c89b/IMG_2247.JPEG Attic Conversion This photo shows how far up the third floor is. That truck was enormous. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c74bca5c-5bbd-47f3-8483-b739a181b5a9/IMG_2176.JPEG Attic Conversion And zoom zoom birds overhead. They look like flying jellybeans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/e2a85f36-5c44-4815-b779-36ec21e6b5c7/IMG_9867.JPEG Attic Conversion I found antique hardware on Etsy. The hardware was more expensive than the doors lol. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/2a3fd754-2b0e-4724-8cfe-8003e1a0eaee/IMG_2259+%281%29.JPEG Attic Conversion All the materials were brought through the same tower window that provided ingress and egress throughout the project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/98182fd7-a393-4701-b2fe-7b5ef678972f/IMG_2177.JPEG Attic Conversion From a distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/5cecc664-ebd2-4b4b-ae98-2006aa25f37e/IMG_2452.JPEG Attic Conversion Here is the closet after I've repainted the room in with Pantone 344 U. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f933c677-7113-4abf-b5d6-194900ce4b6a/IMG_1883.JPEG Attic Conversion The view from my office window on the second floor during drywall work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/bc4faa5a-67d0-44c2-86e9-b5db8da8f499/IMG_2185.JPEG Attic Conversion Close up of the zoom zooms. I took this picture to make sure I liked the colors, and I didn't, so eventually I would change them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/348af79c-5276-463f-a78b-010bd1358441/IMG_2010.JPEG Attic Conversion The closet served as a tool shed for about three years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/95036d1b-f547-404a-9625-5b3d5ea1bf8e/IMG_2303.JPEG Attic Conversion The drywall workers did a terrific job. By far, they were the best subcontractors on this project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/357d7f1d-e036-4861-ba05-fc6c2c638014/IMG_2186.JPEG Attic Conversion Close up of zoom zooms and fronds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/222b4bdb-7fa6-483f-aa7a-f35ebcee52bb/IMG_2228.JPEG Attic Conversion I mean tool shed plus debris. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/2be64650-3447-4f62-ba9c-a6b2fa920b11/IMG_2316.JPEG Attic Conversion Seeing the space all in white reminded me of the attic at our historic house in Orange, California. We had that room painted all white, and I loved it. For this room, however, I wasn't envisioning white. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/581125aa-a74f-49ac-a1e4-bfce02c33f27/IMG_2188.JPEG Attic Conversion Close up of flowers that don't exist in nature. I thought adding the black dots on the petals would help. It didn't. Flowers with measles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/bdf8ee59-f223-4eda-8584-bac247d5d328/IMG_5668+%281%29.JPEG Attic Conversion Here, I've painted the closet interior with Benjamin Moore Heritage Red. I liked how the red worked against the art deco green. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/bbffffa9-8c2f-4d5d-9c15-d4fffca57596/IMG_2319.JPEG Attic Conversion More drywall pics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/fc2c20e9-1cb1-4052-936c-c2410d2608d1/IMG_2189.JPEG Attic Conversion I did like how the shading on the palm trunk turned out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a334e6a5-e5c3-47c7-8bc6-553ceb482288/IMG_5665.JPEG Attic Conversion The view from the other side of the closet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/fe025370-f558-4ff6-be7d-77255d63f47f/IMG_2321.JPEG Attic Conversion And more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/b04ec980-edda-4972-b5c0-54b36db88792/IMG_2190.JPEG Attic Conversion Zoom zoom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/61be0319-7a13-4885-8410-9303ed765973/IMG_6309.JPEG Attic Conversion Mike machined these rods to hang clothes at an angle. This allows us to get far more hanging space than using the low slung back wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c31ec798-68a8-43d0-9ea8-085d410137a9/IMG_2652.JPEG Attic Conversion I was loving the lines and angles of the ceiling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/e354b3a7-a33f-4f17-8656-536c8187d5fb/IMG_2195.JPEG Attic Conversion Lone zoomer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/5ce3dadc-9826-42e0-977d-95dac8dd28c7/IMG_5961.JPEG Attic Conversion We found the art nouveau glass door on eBay and I drove across the state to get it. It's from an old mansion on Lake Huron. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/e979eb68-7370-4a55-baec-b462dfbc96bb/IMG_2653.JPEG Attic Conversion Who doesn't love a wonky attic wall? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/4253d925-8220-432a-b89f-22e66b417644/IMG_3769.JPEG Attic Conversion I changed the peacock's tail by adding these one stroke flowers. Definitely whimsical, but I liked this version better than the fluffy one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/ed56742b-f642-4868-a59e-fafd2a822048/IMG_6384.JPEG Attic Conversion This photo shows the angled hanging space and also a free-standing rack that I like to use for excess hanging. Mike installed the shoe rack to the right and two inexpensive armoires to the right which we found on Amazon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/b2528f5c-c3a6-47cc-a16f-66b5eaa01dd2/IMG_2654.JPEG Attic Conversion I still didn't really know how I'd paint this ceiling, but I kept having ideas of vines coming down as my prominent idea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/9edd0aad-5b56-4e97-a33e-4ba6370103b6/IMG_2223.JPEG Attic Conversion The next section would be over what now is the sitting area, which would extend over the staircase and into the coffee bar area. By far, this is the longest stretch of mural space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/ff99a936-dc9e-437b-b981-80a233b48a30/IMG_3799+copybetter.jpg Attic Conversion The view from the glass door. I did edit out the ugly can light, which we will eventually replace. The space is deceptively large, and we were able to use a long dresser which has lived in several rooms prior to this. I love having an unfitted closet and feel like I'm in a theater dressing room when I use it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/28a6cf27-4709-4f33-a135-4aa1915cf114/IMG_2655.JPEG Attic Conversion What an awesome, fun room this was turning out to be. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/b07fd4c6-0311-469c-bb18-7fd32e4d3971/IMG_2229.JPEG Attic Conversion From another angle after painting the ground color. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/d17ce3b2-450c-41c7-a6dd-b64e1e2d06e9/IMG_2656.JPEG Attic Conversion Looking into the front dormer. This is the only window that wasn't replaced (it is the original window and is in terrible shape). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/4612372b-b1b3-4a27-af52-e87afba28ddf/IMG_2277.JPEG Attic Conversion And from another angle, after I painted the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/d1796e02-4d40-41d1-b394-390a35e99455/IMG_2657.JPEG Attic Conversion The view looking out the front dormer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/6ddc456e-208d-4cce-9f9b-0860e545e048/IMG_2279.JPEG Attic Conversion Another vantage point. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a89219d1-1947-441b-923d-3ad840edc9a6/IMG_2658.JPEG Attic Conversion Looking into the bathroom on the right and coffee bar on the left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/0bb794ed-65b3-41bd-bf2b-d9f550942ccb/IMG_2349.JPEG Attic Conversion After painting the horizon and ground, I turned to my first bird. This is an image I found on Pinterest. It's a snowy egret. What's not to love? So much fluff! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/6ada210d-62cf-47e6-92f1-8cf6e4460df2/IMG_2659.JPEG Attic Conversion This is the view from the coffee bar area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/ee0f20d5-eb84-4ecd-88d7-c67f92428004/IMG_2350.JPEG Attic Conversion I first sketched him freehand, using the photo as a guide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/36d8b477-2e2a-47d3-b2ab-620da2daa190/IMG_2837.JPEG Attic Conversion And now the mudding is complete. We spent extra for a smooth finish, as this was necessary for any type of mural. The closet is to the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c4c798a4-0de3-4331-a17e-77899edf3801/IMG_2351.JPEG Attic Conversion Before filling him in, I sketched a peacock on a stump. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/74927dc6-67b8-4917-89b8-773d0d069688/IMG_2838.JPEG Attic Conversion Here's the coffee bar. Beneath that is the maid's room, which now served as sort of a pass through to the attic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/7004e96f-520c-414a-b973-2f660b8c3ada/IMG_2352.JPEG Attic Conversion Then I went back to the snowy egret and starting filling him in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/538129d5-3d51-4e4c-8517-08168acd56c4/IMG_2839.JPEG Attic Conversion This view is from the coffee bar looking towards the closet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a3ab6127-ed26-4e49-8f57-30fc0e94eabf/IMG_2353.JPEG Attic Conversion Then back to the peacock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/d30d70e9-591e-46ff-8cbd-1ee6df85e08f/IMG_2842.JPEG Attic Conversion This view takes in the area on the left where we'd eventually put the bed, the tower, the media closet, and a sitting area to the far right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/2d30984f-0561-49d4-ae55-ec017161d1a4/IMG_2360.JPEG Attic Conversion I added some shading to the egret, plus legs and beak and stuff. I also added more to the peacock, but felt he looked a little awkward. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/abc34c28-382e-4ab8-8551-6d49cd9976a1/IMG_2844.JPEG Attic Conversion The view from the entrance to the tower. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/5c015589-6f3f-4651-b778-fe08ac5570f1/IMG_2055.JPEG Attic Conversion I found this image online, and felt if I did something like this to the peacock, I could disguise some of the awkward. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/d339d603-5b68-4c9c-8235-58a51b407e6c/IMG_2845.JPEG Attic Conversion Looking out from the front dormer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/9577f209-dcf3-4873-80ed-5ec7eea6ea46/IMG_2365.JPEG Attic Conversion So I started adding one stroke flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1c706f6d-610b-4ba1-a48b-2c0c24315b50/IMG_2846.JPEG Attic Conversion Looking towards the dormer and tower. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f9294165-0e74-4a53-9ff8-5b9cfd21b20d/IMG_2367.JPEG Attic Conversion And more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/6a8c2860-82a5-4c2c-8a8b-9db6d79fded6/IMG_2847.JPEG Attic Conversion The view from inside the closet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/7a28468a-f07a-4bf4-8449-5e528df6af0f/IMG_2369.JPEG Attic Conversion More is more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/ad38999f-0e82-4498-b4e1-e3cad1401dd6/IMG_2848.JPEG Attic Conversion Inside the tower. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/fbffd5b7-55f2-495e-bf90-3e8c974d26bb/IMG_2370.JPEG Attic Conversion More and more is better. And I'm sure you've noticed there's so much tail that the stump has completely disappeared. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/bbef90bd-ce38-4b2e-8a6a-54cf24835c41/IMG_2849.JPEG Attic Conversion Awesome!!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/90117f04-e698-4d40-b87f-c5681c732537/IMG_2375.JPEG Attic Conversion Could this be enough? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/399ed347-c81e-44c5-83be-2d15df671253/IMG_2850.JPEG Attic Conversion Unbeknownst to us, the stairs would be the most complicated part of the finish work and we wouldn't complete them for another 3.5 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/0593d1c7-5d1a-4e74-a8b2-244346caa006/IMG_2382.JPEG Attic Conversion No, lol. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/da7de89a-75fd-4c03-a19d-a4b7d2da16b3/IMG_2851.JPEG Attic Conversion Another view of the stairs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f9a3f388-c55b-4811-a0cf-51db18127590/IMG_2383.JPEG Attic Conversion I added a few little feathery details and flowers and butterflies and voila! Most of the awkwardness is undercover. So is the stump lol. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/5619c038-40c9-43a6-b748-b6a36a696a60/IMG_2852.JPEG Attic Conversion View from the coffee bar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c2652812-4b5b-4882-a6bc-da76ec1e66b1/IMG_2384.JPEG Attic Conversion Close up of the tail. This tail took me probably two days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/e7aba3eb-51d6-437e-bb11-1940c886b731/IMG_2855.JPEG Attic Conversion I still had no clue how we'd actually hang clothes in here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1669f1a3-09a4-4e31-a07d-5bf88a84317e/IMG_2418.JPEG Attic Conversion We were now sleeping in the relocated bed behind the dresser which was now my worktable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/d08b5383-39f7-4a54-8cfe-7e108bcfc678/IMG_2856.JPEG Attic Conversion The angles in this closet are just so odd. The ceiling goes from about 14 feet at the top down to three feet at it's lowest point. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/bf1b22e8-27da-456b-91df-340e3140807a/IMG_2425.JPEG Attic Conversion I still didn't like the way the peacock looked because I lost the stump, so I thought I could add a tree that would cross behind him for a little visual interest and dimension and plus would look like he had a perch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/3383a6fa-8529-4182-82bb-c4a9cec58587/IMG_2858.JPEG Attic Conversion The view from the maid's room, looking up into the attic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/932e190a-1a9a-41e2-9e7f-b88192d14d53/IMG_2427.JPEG Attic Conversion Here's how that went. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/cbd2bf9d-2330-46a8-8895-8e7155dbed86/IMG_2417.JPEG Attic Conversion Close up of supplies. I used a ton of floating medium. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/01f1d64e-42c5-4623-b46c-aaf5c413e456/IMG_2430-1.JPEG Attic Conversion I painted all this free hand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/08de4fa8-8815-44da-8b00-d6980382e537/IMG_2439.JPEG Attic Conversion Then I started adding one stroke flowers. Technically, they aren't cherry blossoms because they only have four petals. So what are they? No idea. My tree, my rules. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/b7b870aa-50ac-4295-8133-bea6fea2394a/IMG_2442.JPEG Attic Conversion I had to go back and forth between the scaffolding, ladder, and ground level. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/91cdb75d-5a96-4ffa-aba2-6777f491cb8c/IMG_2446.JPEG Attic Conversion I also added in some shading/highlighting on the tree trunk and branches to make it more realistic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/0de7b647-ba66-46ed-9abd-3d69bfc3f0f3/IMG_2460.JPEG Attic Conversion Not bad! The highlighting makes it look twisty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c0043b17-792e-4428-9ce9-004202ff9b73/IMG_2476.JPEG Attic Conversion Then I added centers to the flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/6a05427f-aa3f-4ac5-9bc5-f0cdde7a7439/IMG_2484.JPEG Attic Conversion I had to continuously step back to make sure the scale worked. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/780eea5a-6fcb-46d7-aa7f-b74abb7c6206/IMG_2486.JPEG Attic Conversion It's turning out pretty! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/3d56a0cb-7c5e-413d-aef3-b06753fa5535/IMG_2502.JPEG Attic Conversion This view is from atop the scaffolding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/ea8bd2f1-cb2e-4007-91b2-e2bcce30cfe5/IMG_2508.JPEG Attic Conversion Next I sketched a flamingo based on a photo I found on Pinterest. It turned out fairly faithful to the original image, except the neck was a little long. I didn't care lol. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/670645a6-eb2e-4126-a9d6-35a10445e41c/IMG_9977.PNG Attic Conversion Here's the photo I used. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/62e0e3dd-73e2-4f4e-9418-be04712c10a6/IMG_2509.JPEG Attic Conversion I had to mix the colors to get it right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/5f075d20-be87-4401-8c35-a434e8cdea66/IMG_2510.JPEG Attic Conversion And then soften the coral with lighter shades that I mixed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f953e945-8681-4c3a-873d-c423a198a2cb/IMG_2513.JPEG Attic Conversion I'm not experienced enough to paint the claws, so I figured I'd just paint grass over them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/d47ca826-6d99-40da-b19f-395742216d8d/IMG_2515.JPEG Attic Conversion Next I used this photo of a snowy egret as a model. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/9e1ce5cd-99d1-4518-a720-2dd2b43b1267/IMG_2517.JPEG Attic Conversion Here's the sketch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/bbe6a3aa-a6a5-49e4-a109-953f67038d94/IMG_2522.JPEG Attic Conversion I took a risk and painted a claw on this one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/358d8f6a-91b9-48b1-a0a5-375dd77de747/IMG_2544.JPEG Attic Conversion These are easier to paint than they look. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/116c3806-e9bd-4ee2-b148-17e24ae29fc1/IMG_2545.JPEG Attic Conversion Here I've added grass and flowers. All of this is freehand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/32d6437a-6165-46d0-b10f-3e817d3cd0e8/IMG_2540.JPEG Attic Conversion More grass and flowers on this side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/5cbb9025-86aa-4fd7-b753-a8431922cfb6/IMG_2552.JPEG Attic Conversion And here's the vignette. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/a9217748-003c-44a0-b17d-d31706ae3310/IMG_2583.JPEG Attic Conversion I freehanded the hummingbird and butterflies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/447c3cb4-c8c4-4c00-87c3-a71bc7320cbd/IMG_2597.JPEG Attic Conversion My plan next was to use this palm tree stencil, but I decided it was more trouble than it was worth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/4fc1f9ce-fc19-4877-924e-911bec4dadb2/IMG_2600.JPEG Attic Conversion So I used the trunk portion of the stencil as a guide and then free handed the fronds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/45436473-be24-462f-ba17-f4151d908f4a/IMG_2606.JPEG Attic Conversion More palm progress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/90f21ab9-3554-4b12-8149-a4812fcc6ad0/IMG_2617.JPEG Attic Conversion You can see my solution for carrying the mural panorama across the stair hall. I just painted this portion as a continuation of the ocean. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/b6c4f24b-a109-45ad-9f50-acd5edec714c/IMG_2670.JPEG Attic Conversion Here's how it looked from a distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/52eb8477-2019-426e-9a7f-cac77f79456b/IMG_2675.JPEG Attic Conversion Zoom zoom birds were next. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/0ebf87b1-b17c-49cb-b26c-412ab34a1607/IMG_2676.JPEG Attic Conversion These took a long time to paint, mostly because I had to change the colors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/0c26c115-0506-4834-a52e-242448f452fd/IMG_2692.JPEG Attic Conversion Here I've started another palm tree in the coffee bar area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/4736b628-9fdc-41bb-a7e1-617342ee873e/IMG_2693.JPEG Attic Conversion Close up of the coffee bar area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/e311afee-a120-47ff-ac05-d5aeab2705ac/IMG_2716.JPEG Attic Conversion Adding the fronds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/77ff8aa3-d26d-4330-a19c-b8d8ec47fe80/IMG_2720.JPEG Attic Conversion Coming along! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/637aef11-f55b-4ce1-a43d-61f84655b849/IMG_2722.JPEG Attic Conversion I can't say I really had this side of the mural planned in advance. The elements sort of unfolded as I moved along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/47337f61-04fc-406c-8238-efdfab2f5a30/IMG_2689.JPG Attic Conversion Next, I used this flamingo photograph as a model. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/d4000eae-f3d5-4778-9286-e705c23e7779/IMG_2727.JPEG Attic Conversion I did try some of those mirroring apps to try to project the photo onto the wall, but that didn't work. So I just sketched it the best I could. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/9d95db9d-0371-4fee-ab3a-0ae749c8c6c9/IMG_2731.JPEG Attic Conversion Starting the paint here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/6bf87e71-9eda-42b3-bbc5-4f2ee7f52037/IMG_2733.JPEG Attic Conversion And he's done! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/e9ab5a27-ba78-478d-9f22-373876b9950c/IMG_2734.JPEG Attic Conversion I'm actually surprised I painted this lol. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/37a1b4f5-a324-4d7e-b97a-5f627f670be6/IMG_2737.PNG Attic Conversion This was my next element. Slightly more challenging. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/bf96582a-09e3-498f-82cc-86464cc94eef/IMG_2738.JPEG Attic Conversion Here's my sketch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/e9cfaec4-8194-4384-a464-34c7655235ba/IMG_2764.JPEG Attic Conversion This is the color palette. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/0bf379e4-6998-44db-a4c3-fb7314b7f66f/IMG_2743.JPEG Attic Conversion And here's how she turned out. Not bad! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/d0f8e8dc-e9e8-4761-b10f-dc5ce4100498/IMG_2740.JPEG Attic Conversion I felt another bird was necessary to balance things out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1d8f6f90-0484-459d-b46c-4b39ca074c49/IMG_2746.JPEG Attic Conversion So I found this guy online lol. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c43bd199-5a4c-4698-b2f5-55357e95e502/IMG_2754.JPEG Attic Conversion He started like this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/e0a9596a-2412-4b5e-a4c9-c3d0be8a1ee1/IMG_2759.JPEG Attic Conversion He reminds me of Danny Devito's penguin character in Batman Returns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/d544d427-0ec3-4eb5-bf6a-79b602eaa64e/IMG_2757.JPEG Attic Conversion A fun vignette! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/276a3f92-1c3a-41dc-8dcb-ddade17fba1b/FullSizeRender.JPEG Attic Conversion This view takes in more of the panorama over the staircase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/afcb9ead-18fa-4895-a683-eb95f4355acc/IMG_3771.JPEG Attic Conversion And from another angle, taking in the bathroom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/d1ba1814-40bd-42ed-92bd-512aea31834c/IMG_3772.JPEG Attic Conversion This view is from the scaffolding, which we moved so I could paint the last parts of the mural. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/e37ad5bf-bb57-4734-8a9d-eedf0346a32a/IMG_2785.JPEG Attic Conversion And here's how that started. The original plan was to put a large piece of art on the wall over the radiator. I changed my thinking as I was working on the mural and had a vision of a great big tree that would cover the wall and cross over onto the ceiling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/cee4ea9d-38c5-4d60-a692-5ea948e71fa4/IMG_2786.JPEG Attic Conversion This was extremely fast to paint. I think I had this done in a few hours (without shading). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/0cbacc45-634d-4227-8680-de664e195eea/IMG_2788.JPEG Attic Conversion Here's how it looked from the scaffolding. All of this is freehand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/e660e5bc-2a14-43d7-b375-cf246784a563/IMG_2791.JPEG Attic Conversion The view from another angle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/3cfffc11-f0d7-4720-a0a1-67d17595959c/IMG_2792.JPEG Attic Conversion This view takes in the mural on the other part of the ceiling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/3aec1b45-1f4b-4f26-b061-8b447c1516c2/IMG_2794.JPEG Attic Conversion Here's the view from the staircase landing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1eb50997-8ad6-4f39-ba6f-aa80314a2cea/IMG_2802.JPEG Attic Conversion All of the birds on this section of the mural are freehand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/04799f57-6914-47f2-85d0-5e673868bff7/IMG_2803.JPEG Attic Conversion Actually, the entire mural on this section is freehand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/49de4b7a-fa25-4d8c-905d-1aceb1355534/IMG_2808.JPEG Attic Conversion I had learned enough using the stencils to do decent freehand work (especially since it's not for hire and I only have myself and my husband to please). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/df779512-806d-4594-bcf5-5f9afdc58c8f/IMG_2809.JPEG Attic Conversion I never did erase the pencil outline for the beak. I wanted some of the pencil sketching to come through. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/d04175be-c135-49d1-9f55-cc5a5d832522/IMG_2811.JPEG Attic Conversion More birds landing. Tweet tweet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/133b1474-60b8-44a8-9495-66adb3474f86/IMG_2813.JPEG Attic Conversion For all of this, I am using acrylic paints from Hobby Lobby (I like their Master's Touch paints which come in larger containers and are very easy to work with using the one stroke technique). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/65375dec-de7c-49b1-a945-b8a809c0b452/IMG_2814.JPEG Attic Conversion For the birds, I just found images on Pinterest. Some of the Pinterest images were AI, but I didn't figure that out until later lol. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/7c7561ed-7626-4d10-97d1-1da41e48d65c/IMG_2815.JPEG Attic Conversion Here, you can see some of the shading I've added to the tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f41caf37-2df1-4aa4-9c73-743230ae7af4/IMG_2819.JPEG Attic Conversion The obligatory red bird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/dd7f26a4-1fec-4316-95c3-e430f95f0228/IMG_3450.JPEG Attic Conversion A larger profusion of one stroke flowers. By this time, I was getting very fast and these flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/2cca1137-342f-4280-b9ff-fbf654f6e25e/3.jpg Attic Conversion This bend in the tree worked out well as it looks balanced from several vantage points. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/766b7a84-25af-4bdb-9150-2b31c92daffb/4.jpg Attic Conversion Here I've started a freehand peacock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/220c2d11-ef38-4f3c-bd58-b7a6922d6bfd/6.jpg Attic Conversion The view from the staircase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/6e7053b7-f4c7-45fa-a230-435a93ae77df/IMG_3665.JPEG Attic Conversion The tree is filling out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/7cacf0cb-4e1a-4798-8147-d12d3b0504a8/IMG_3666.JPEG Attic Conversion Here, I've started to add some swirls/tendrils with gold oil paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1db79328-deda-4ac7-8f74-4cf7db0a36ec/IMG_3668.JPEG Attic Conversion And it's done. Just need to add some zoom zoom birds. Note how from this view, the tree looks like there's no bend where the wall turns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/cf68ec4a-14d2-416b-89ae-3b42f84c5371/IMG_3669.JPEG Attic Conversion A close up showing how well the bend around the wall turned out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/05e2361f-9e99-492b-8a29-4880ccb82115/IMG_3670.JPEG Attic Conversion I amaze myself with this bend lol! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/b1338006-cef6-478c-98e2-13eface51c9e/IMG_3695+%281%29.JPEG Attic Conversion The bend from another angle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f20681cf-8d81-44bf-8859-d25a7f061ccd/IMG_3698.JPEG Attic Conversion This angle shows the bend around the wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f4ac674c-501e-449f-adf0-08865ec2b725/IMG_3753.JPEG Attic Conversion Another angle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/400c74f0-1e92-4c85-b1e5-a3f86bfa6046/IMG_3938.JPEG Attic Conversion Close up of my freehand peacock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/05a1a5ae-1dd6-4e40-bf68-6975bb3b3ffc/IMG_4153.JPEG Attic Conversion The last step: filling in the gaps with more birds. https://www.thebeigeblues.com/new-page-1 daily 0.75 2024-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/2ea6feae-5b5c-4e29-a394-54468095d730/after+2.jpg Dining Room Refresh For the first 7 1/2 years, we used the original dining room as a den and decorated it in steampunk style. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/d6c9f767-2a64-48df-a8dd-33472a6026e5/after+4.jpg Dining Room Refresh Mike built the steampunk lights himself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/377610d9-c221-49df-9385-af0c03ce6342/after+5.jpg Dining Room Refresh While we enjoyed the room quite a bit, we both tired of the steampunk motif. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/f1e7fdb7-2e7a-4e03-9ac2-5aaafa5be90e/after+6.jpg Dining Room Refresh I'm not sure how or when it happened, but we both decided we really wanted a formal dining room, in addition to the lounge dining, for fancier entertaining. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/39a3ea0d-c540-4679-bc5c-69f0aeb98207/IMG_4965.JPEG Dining Room Refresh So, in December of 2023, we took it all down and began trolling Facebook Marketplace for dining room furniture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/8def4fc5-b792-4dc9-ad11-dda72e2f21e9/IMG_4934.PNG Dining Room Refresh We found this incredible Montalbano Italian Baroque dining set in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Mike negotiated a terrific price and, just after Christmas, we headed up to the UP. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/b8aaf97a-7091-406c-89e8-2af127e4720d/IMG_4935.PNG Dining Room Refresh The set included an astonishingly well built table, 8 chairs, a china cabinet, and a buffet. All of it was hand painted and signed by the artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/715326f2-001e-4a76-8e9d-3b9946845889/IMG_4968.JPEG Dining Room Refresh Because the furniture already was exquisitely painted, we decided to completely change the look and feel of the room. No more dark walls! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/4eee7476-a49f-4bb9-8240-b9da32106474/IMG_4974.JPEG Dining Room Refresh We had a lot of leftover Pink Ground paint in the basement, so we stirred it up and painted the room in one evening. Finally, that pastel Murano would look like it belonged in the room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/637dd878-d258-4351-a280-29c1f6fd359c/IMG_4979.JPEG Dining Room Refresh We left the ceiling gold. Of course. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/aad0d237-ebc6-4df7-8aea-9ad4123098ef/IMG_5033.JPEG Dining Room Refresh The new-to-us dining furniture is monstrously heavy, and thus we had to shore up the floor in the basement for extra support. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/3ecbccfa-0495-4b62-bf78-243647fc282a/IMG_5079.JPEG Dining Room Refresh We left the taxidermy to offset the sweetness of the furniture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1a5da684-9ce7-4a29-9881-e919628c3176/IMG_5351.JPEG Dining Room Refresh No one was happier with the new arrangement than the dog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c6522427-40d6-4894-8b4e-bb64a091b30d/IMG_5345.JPEG Dining Room Refresh In addition to purchasing the furniture, we also bought two stunning candelabra and a beautiful chime clock. All of this was being housed in a church, along with a large collection of European furniture which a very nice gentleman and his caretaker were selling. For those of you who know the UP, you know how unexpected this find is. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/add18cb2-a755-4773-b1c2-736be9242063/IMG_6403.JPEG Dining Room Refresh After using the room for a few months, I got started on a wall mural. By this time, I'd already painted the ceiling murals in the attic, so I was becoming adept at painting a couple flower styles using the one stroke technique. I dug my paints out of the basement and went to work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/b95a41bb-d65d-49f5-862e-d2080706ad71/IMG_6427.JPEG Dining Room Refresh The furniture was far too heavy for Mike and I to move ourselves, plus I had it loaded with dishes. So, I decided I'd just paint around the furniture lol cringe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/d2ea38b3-6d25-4b9f-85f4-26cf4cb45fe8/IMG_6452.JPEG Dining Room Refresh I even painted around the shape of the mirror lol. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/db5229e8-cb05-442a-8e86-8cdde1c34827/IMG_6461+%281%29.JPEG Dining Room Refresh Here's how it started. I wanted vines coming down from the ceiling, as I thought this would look better than plants moving upward since I intended finally to put that plate rail to use. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c63ccd5b-3486-4991-9ba8-ba26aee36704/IMG_6482.JPEG Dining Room Refresh I sketched the hummingbirds based on whatever I could find online as an inspiration, then painted within the sketch. The flowers I just painted without sketching first. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/d65766c1-a4eb-4db5-b4d7-6d952468561c/IMG_6484+%281%29.JPEG Dining Room Refresh I also sketched the dragonflies before painting them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/c9ea8c49-3fb9-485b-83ae-e8e8b9416f3a/IMG_6609+%281%29.JPEG Dining Room Refresh I added in butterflies here and there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/0a0a3534-16e7-401d-b0ba-e4116856cae5/IMG_6614.JPEG Dining Room Refresh A few friends stopped by to see the progress and said they couldn't believe how much the mood of the room was changed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/1e82f041-aad2-4895-b8b2-94e214127915/IMG_6676+%281%29.JPEG Dining Room Refresh No more gentlemen's lounge! I thought Mike would miss the dark steampunk, but he was pretty happy with how this was turning out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/be6c77db-56a3-4a0b-aa72-dbdd99fa4dd6/IMG_6683.JPEG Dining Room Refresh Home stretch! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/b45b3754-176c-478d-837b-540e0433f514/1a.JPEG Dining Room Refresh Ta dah! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/edeafd91-81dc-41bb-b861-d3217c919a78/4.jpg Dining Room Refresh I've learned I have a weakness for tablecloths. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/7953e7a9-a348-4a59-a82c-7bb7b2eecea7/IMG_7945+copybetter.jpg Dining Room Refresh We used Springbok hide's as seat covers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/d8f86952-7682-4a7a-bcfe-1f403cc427c4/5.jpg Dining Room Refresh And vintage and antique plates for adorning the plate rail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/7399b080-4c57-45cc-bed3-46903e2281c8/IMG_7941.JPEG Dining Room Refresh The plate rail provides abundant extra storage. Plus pretty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012fc573dcc51351d605924/826fac54-6101-4a19-b38c-180212f53487/IMG_5987.JPEG Dining Room Refresh Like I said, way too much fun.