A Beautiful Mess ~

L O O K!

Progress is being made!!

yes, it's a mess at the moment, but what a difference already!

Peter & I took that big elephant of a computer station/cupboard out and…..

wow.

what a difference it makes!

already seems bigger and brighter :)

I am loving having my Big Mac on my old farm table…

((now I feel more contemporary and professional for some reason!))

'scuse the vacuum please…and the wires under my 'desk'.

we will be replacing that dark blue braided rug for something fun, light & colorful today :)

(Peter asked what I wanted for my birthday, so I told him a new Sewing Room! HA!)

I am loving the pop of red on the little shades on my chandelier,

and think I want to incorporate more red into this room ~ too.

I still have to rearrange furniture, but at least I'm happy with the computer situation…

rug still makes it very dark…it's gotta GO!

I'm still unsure of the window treatments too ~

like I mentioned, my Mom made them and I would like to keep them in here, especially since they are cream with tiny red flowers on them ~ but perhaps use them as cafe-curtains on the bottom instead… maybe I'll make a coordinating valance from red/cream floral? too much? Hmmmm….

that cedar clothes closet will be set kitty-corner over there soon ~

 I've had this old oak folding shelf (below) for years ~ thought I would sell it once, 

then thought I would have Peter strip the white paint off of it.

{{ Naaaahhhh….I'll keep it just as it is now.}}

...glad I second-guessed myself on that one!

put the folding white oak shelf behind Iggys' napping my stitching chair ~ and filled her up with old jars holding buttons & such, with fabrics on the bottom…

 Sorry this is at such a wonky angle (below) ~

 but I couldn't get the full-effect of my wonderful industrial shelving…

you can see my collection of red PA German lithographed sewing tins up along the top of the shelving.

I'm thinking I would like to bring them down 

...and have shelves up on the wall over my desk to hold them ~

That way I can use them better for storage and see them better too!

makin' me dizzy!

 here (below) is that wall above my desk where I'd like those shelves to go:

...what do you think?

I am bringing in ivy plants and natural elements too, like more twigs, bird's nests and such ~

I love to collect things that Mother Nature gifts me :)

blank wall (for now)

So there you have it today ~

I'll work more in here and share updates asap !!

Aaahhhhh…..

Have a Beautiful Day my Friends!!

* Blessed be *

 Lori