The Handy Homeowner Girl

After a lovely weekend with my friend, Maura, I’m back! We had dinner out on Friday night, she got me hooked on Downton Abbey (I’m through series one, can’t wait to start series two!), and Saturday was spent shopping, cooking, eating, catching up and watching Old School and Downton Abbey.  We realized this morning that we’ve known each other for about 18 years! which is more than half our lives – friends like that are great to have!

And now, here I am with my favorite pins from last week!

This is from a Pinterest project I’m working on – a cool idea from a fellow contributor over at Opinionehted.com.  She posted this picture of her bedroom, created a collaborative pinboard, and invited several of us to pin ideas for what to do with the room there – very, very cool idea!

This was one of my suggestions for the bedding – I’m a fan of sticking with all white bedding (so that you can do whatever you want with wall color/etc.) and either using accent pillows and throws in bold colors, or using all white, but involving different textures, as above.

I also suggested using a statement piece over the bed, though not necessarily this mirror. Also, don’t you just love this wall color??

I like a good funky lampshade too – these ones that I found with postcard writing in them are just beautiful. It depends on the mood you’re going for in the room though; something like this might be too romantic for your sweetie!

Creating an accent wall is also a good option.. This pin links to the etsy shop where this girl sells these Chevron stripes.  I haven’t incorporated them into my house anywhere yet, but I think they can be funky.

Moving on…here are some beautiful doors I saw!

And although I don’t love yellow, I just adore this tub.  I admit that tubs like this aren’t great for tall people like me, but don’t they look pretty??

A lovely picture of Daniel!

And my favorite picture of Daniel of all time – with Dame Judy Dench!

I didn’t even know farmhouse sinks came in other colors. Isn’t this gorgeous??

And finally, a little painting humor for you. This just cracked me up!

So what projects is everyone working on this week? I am happy to say that my house is clean, I put the dishwasher on and the towels in the wash after dropping Maura off at the bus station, and they’re just about done, so the house is in nice shape to start the week.  I am dealing with a clogged toilet again, so that’s less than exciting, and I’m starting to get ready for a big trip I’m taking in ten days, so I’ll be focusing more on some de-cluttering around here.

For one, my bedroom closet is getting totally out of control.  I almost got hit in the head with a falling boot this morning. That will definitely need some attention, pronto! And I foresee some additional scanning and shredding coming up (although I am starting to need a new recycling can – with the recycling being picked up only every two weeks here, it’s a bit difficult to keep it all under control!). So lots to do, and less time to do it in!