Pinning Away = Pining Away...

The makeover of the guest room is about to be in full swing. The room has been completely cleaned out - minus the bed and a shelf that will require assistance from the Señor in order to be moved.

The painters are scheduled to arrive Tuesday morning at 9:30. This happens to coincide perfectly with the Señor's upcoming travel schedule. This occurred by sheer coincidence but is a good thing as 1) the Señor doesn't enjoy construction projects and 2) the Señor doesn't like having strangers in his house.

I on the other hand am ready. Bring it on. I'm like a kid with a giant box of crayons and I'm ready to color!

I've been told the painters will take three days to complete their work. Day one the yucky popcorn mess with be removed from the ceiling in the hallway and guest bedroom. Once that is complete the ceilings will be textured and painted. Finally the "surfaces" in the hallway and guest bedroom will be painted. "Surfaces" include the baseboards, cabinets, doors, etc. So by Friday we should have clean, fresh new paint.

As I have said before; patience is not one of my strong suits. The past few days have included a lot of waiting. Again, not one of my strong suits. So what's an impatient girl to do while waiting? Well, shop of course! And that my friends is where the greatest time suck of all time enters stage right. Pinterest.

Ah, Pinterest. I do believe in the past week or so I have combed over every bedroom picture ever "pinned" to Pinterest. Some possibly twice. Yes, I do love me some Pinterest. With that said I will just come right out and state that whoever came up with Pinterest deserves a seat right next to that famous Facebook genius Mark Zuckerberg. Yes, Mr. Zuckerberg proudly sits first chair in the competition for the "Greatest Time Suck Of All Time". Mr. (or perhaps Ms.) Pinterest sits second chair.

So, with the help of Pinterest, a little imagination and the wonders of on-line shopping I have put together what in my mind's eye is a dreamy guest room. Who knows, it might even end up on Pinterest.

Okay, So I'm Not Martha...

I absolutely ADORE this entry way table.

Of course, it is from Martha Stewart designs and is PERFECT as only Martha can do!



I knew mine mine would never measure up to Martha's but decided to give a knock-off a try anyway.

So, mine is on a much smaller scale...

and missing the awesome mirror...

and the spooky silver accents...

but other than that they are very similar, right?!!!!!

Oh Well, I DO LOVE that little Boo! tag, don't you?!

Days Gone By...

Let me start off by apologizing for the poor quality of the photos in this post - they are BAD for several reasons - one, I am not a good photographer and two, it is dark and dreary here and the lack of sunshine has caused lots of light shadows and spots on the pictures. Okay, now that that is out of the way let me show you what I've been doing!

Several months ago we had our master bedroom painted a wonderful warm coconut color, added white crown molding and wide baseboards and had the windows and doors trimmed.

At the time I wasn't sure what I wanted to do as far as accessorizing the room so I put together a bedding ensemble of white damaske with powder blue accent pillows that I already had and called it good for the time being.

A few weeks ago I started getting the itch to "dress up" the room a bit. I decided it should have the look and feel of an old-time, cottagy, beach-like boudoir. A room from days gone by.

I've just begun to put a few things together and thought it might help to get my creative juices flowing if I posted some of them. I'm thinking comfy, casual, lemonade, white cotton sheets, lace...days gone by...

Yes, the headboard is made out of a couple of old antique doors - Yes, it is a little odd but I love it!

Gorgeous old roll top desk that belonged to my husband's Aunt and Uncle. It is a lovely piece. I currently have one apothecary jar filled with shells displayed on it. I love the various styles of apothecary jars and think a couple more would look nice there.

A white metal pitcher with white gladiolas - always so pretty!

I love these wedding photos or the Senor and I on the beach and definitely want them to be a part of the room.

This picture doesn't really show the antique hurricane lamps on the armoire but they are charming. There are antique family pictures scattered amongst them including a shadow box containing my Mother's baby shoes and a picture of her wearing them.

Beautiful picture of our daughter and son in law on their wedding day. There are several starfish and sand dollars scattered around the room.

This is a wonderful old picture of my Grandmother when she was probably two years old. I'm very sentimental when it comes to old family pictures.

Next week I plan to visit all my favorite neighborhood "junk" shops. I can't wait to see what new treasures I might run across - treasures that might find themselves right at home in my ongoing project of a boudoir.