more painted wood, friends

I am on an old wood painting kick here, folks! I feel like I'm seeing this a lot everywhere, which isn't a bad thing. I am an emphatic natural wood fan, but seeing how our house has the original wood floors and woodwork throughout the house, adding some colorful painted wood breaks it up and adds some needed excitement for their respective rooms.

Do I sound a bit defensive about painting wood? I have no idea why I feel like I have to explain myself away here about painting old dressers. I swear painting it was giving this ol' hum drum hutch a new life!

We snagged her up at the Goodwill Midnight Madness sale where everything was 1/2 off! Score!


I've had that lampshade made of slides for a handful of years, and I've always thought it would look good on a yellow table, in a yellow room, or just near something yellow...

Something yellow


Such fun! And my shower curtains came in the mail today. Never thought I would be giddy getting shower curtains in the mail! But, they are perfect and worthy of some serious excitement. Pictures soon!

ceiling fan woes...

Ceiling fans. Not the biggest fan, (haha, no pun intended, but re-reading it before I posted it I find my subconscious self funny!) but I have been inspired to find cute ones.

Design*Sponge never fails with the goodies. Their round-up of amazing ceiling fans gives me hope!




Ick. Quite expensive! Nothing under $200 and my faves are upwards of $600. I have now been inspired to find a cheap one, like this one maybe? (Still more money than I'd like to fork over! Or I could always find ways to improve upon an old ugly one, like my friend Laura. She seems to be constantly revamping ugly stuff into chic and trendy stuff using glue, spray paint and elbow grease. Check out this chandelier make-over! Impressive. This just may be the budget-friendly route I need to take.