We are at a standstill with the Hemingway room while we wait to find the proper coffee table, rug, end tables and lamps, clean the fireplace, get lightswitch plates, frame artwork etc. We will revisit it as new finds are added.
Let's now turn to what I call my Studio. This term is used lightly since I am in no way an artist. I have always wanted my own space for sewing and various other crafty endeavors, however. A place for my books and magazines, a place to wrap presents, write letters, sit and read, store my knitting needles and yarn stash. Where mommy can go and lose herself for a little while. Doesn't it sound just heavenly? The Studio is upstairs next to our bedroom (and it has a lock!)
Here, you see it after the mold remediation, where they had to remove the entire wall, replace the beams and drywall it again. The chimney runs behind the wall and there was a long-standing leak that caused the mold. We were also moving from room to room as the hardwood floors were laid, which is why there is stuff everywhere. I'm not going to sugarcoat it, though, because I want everyone to see the true before and after. Perhaps you remember my pink desk, which will be the focal point of my Studio.
Anna's idea was to paint the room pink. Talk about surprised - I almost dropped the computer. Our conversation went like this:
Me: Pink?! I can see a pink desk, but a whole ROOM?
A: It will look absolutely stunning when it's finished.
Me: Pink?!
A: Go look here and you will see what I'm talking about. A little less purply pink, though. If you think it's too much we can do something else. I thought about this for a minute, but only that long. I am here to get guidance from Anna and I want to be brave as well. I think it's also more interesting to watch the process when I take some risks, don't you?
Me: (Still) Pink?! Just double checking!
A: Take the paint color of your desk and have them do a fifty percent and twenty-five percent formulation. They will add white paint to dilute the color you have to the proper percentage. Then paint the samples on the wall to see which you like best. We'll put a darling cushion on your desk chair, beautiful lamps and art and it will be gorgeous! The pink desk against the pink wall will be just fab, you'll see.
Now, I know I talk a big Pink game, but:
PINK?!
