Show and Tell

You can find them from high {over $3000} to low {$99.00} , but you may be hard pressed to find the lower priced version , and might come across the awful words {no longer available}

I have been wanting to update my bedroom lighting especially since my recent reno breathed new life into this room.

I have had my eye on this fixture for a little while, I decided to treat myself with it after missing out on some recent finds. It was after all marked down , I picked it up at Home Depot.

When I was walking out I realized I had been over charged , happy to turn around and ask for the adjustment and looking at the pricing with a worker , yes I was correct I was over charged , so not only did they adjust the price the knocked another $10.00 off , so it turned out to be my lucky day after all.

56 little tiny bags encased the capiz shells , one strand by one strand I had to put this fixture together , this may explain the value pricing , still wearing my fake nails from the weekend this was not a fun task , but it was worth it .

Isn't it perfect , I love it so much , it doesn't even have bulbs in it yet , I am so delighted.

There is nothing like bargain lighting to perk up your mood.

Jon and Kate

Here we are dressing up as "Jon and Kate" for a Halloween party we attended last night with some good friends , we had a great time , I carried an empty wallet with pics of the Gosselin kids and Todd had his pockets full of monopoly money .

I created a balding spot by applying lots of foundation into the crown at the scalp , it worked really well I then needed to darken the hair back to black with lots of mascara , voila a JON SPOT.

I gave Todd longer side burns with eye liner and had to bling him out with big "diamond" earrings.

Here I am all Kateish , I even applied fake French tip nails , I love them , it has been so long since I have had long nails , they instantly make you feel feminine, a pain for typing though ...

Quick and easy trim upgrade

As you can see I was inspired to just get to work yesterday and upgrade the trim in our powder room , it seemed to be a good way to spend my afternoon .

I actually doubled the depth of the trim without ripping anything out at all . I just simply added to what I already had.

Around the casing I could not add a back band because the trim was too shallow , so I added a simple piece of square edge stock pine finger jointed moulding which beefed up the casing , I would have loved to had all new but there was no room on the right side of the jam for anything more substantial so the added trim was my solution.

I added a perimeter of trim two inches below the existing crown and painted it all with a few coats of fresh white.

I added bead board to only the one wall where the ledge protrudes , I still plan on adding a sill.

I sanded the bead board to smooth out its rough texture , but ended up liking the look so much I left it that way.

I installed the beadboard about three inches above the baseboard and covered the raw bottom edges with this chair rail moulding , it fakes the look of a deeper baseboard.

This was a cheap and easy update for our powder room , a great choice rather than ripping out all the existing trim , instead I worked with it , warning , working in such a small space is annoying but worth it .