Putting a nail into a pristine, pure white wall is not for the faint hearted. There's much umming and aahing to be done before the first blow of the hammer.
I did a lot of holding things up on the wall and tilting my head, but not much hammering. I did however, manage to put up this set of plates.
I then moved onto the bathroom and put up my sconce and an antique butterfly print I've had forever.
The close-up.
I still have lots to put up on the walls including this set of seagulls. They're new. I bought them on Ebay. I love them. Most people wouldn't, I suppose. The originals are sold for hundreds of dollars now. I saw a set of ducks at Paddo Antiques for $480. In our house, expensive or not, it all smashes to pieces once it's dropped on the floor.
I did a bit of moving around in the other bathroom too. I swapped a fold out desk we were using for storage for an old bone handled chest of drawers.
The drawers are very happy in the bathroom.
I wonder if he is the one that crashed into our pool fence, that I took to the vet. Or maybe he is the spouse of that one? Either way, he's definitely under the impression he knows us. This is him sitting under our dining room table.
Hey! I'm not an old lady and I grow that stuff! It's some sort of coleus I think. It grows so well from cuttings. Love your house.
ReplyDeleteI like your writing bureau. What sort of timber is it, do you know?
ReplyDeleteWould you ever consider paying professional picture hangers to hang all your artwork and what not?
It's silky oak, which I'm not mad about, but it's stained very dark so you can't see the grain very much.
ReplyDeleteI can't imagine hiring someone to hang our pictures?
Coleus, yes! Love them. I looked them up in my gardening book and it says they come in orange, purple and yellow too.
You're a far braver person than I ... Hubby is the nailer, hanger & potential wrecker of walls. It's all the more hard when you've just completed a reno. I have a bare wall in the hallway off our bedroom that was painted a particular colour so we could hang family photos. Has anything gone up yet? No ... to nervous ;-)
ReplyDeleteYour thrifting has paid off - it's all gorgeous. Well done.
ReplyDeleteMy Mum calls that the Beetroot plant. I like it amongst the green in my garden. We have a family of magpies too, they love us, they love our dog biscuits and are very tame. Apparently tinned dog food is better for them than plain meat, they need the calcium or something. They make a mess though! Anyway, there is my random bird/plant comment, I do read your blog lots, and about time I commented!!
ReplyDeleteI love your house, and can understand having some trepidation before nailing into your pristine white walls. Your bathroom is stunning and the way you decorate and style everything so stylish yet left of centre.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure that plant may be a coleus too. I like being able to use different foliage in gardens, rather than just relying on flowers.