Working for the Weekend

This weekend I am going to transform this~

sofa table/filing cabinet/desk

into this~

Wisteria Louis XVI Chest

with the help of some paint and a whole lot of elbow grease.

Wish me luck!

I'll let you know how it goes.

Cristine 

Self Portrait

Entry to this Establishment is Very Exclusive

I've been seeing a lot of blog postings about spring cleaning and organization lately.

So much-in fact-that I was inspired to pursue a little de-clutter of my own.  

From the moment our realtor brought us into what would become our new home~

I have hated the entryway.  

Hated it because the first thing you see are two dreadfully outdated, green, brass doorknob adorned closet doors…yes a closet smack dab in the middle of the entry…say it with me…

yuck!

Upon much discussion (and some disagreement) with my dear husband…it was decided that the closet had to stay.  I was wholeheartedly on the side of getting rid of that bad boy-so much so I was ready to chain myself to something just to get the point across.  However…dear husband reminded me that with four kids and their endless parade of shoes, boots, cleats, light jackets, snow suits, wind breakers…you get the point…that that closet was the only place to put them (drat a house with no extra storage space ;-)  So I gave in-
unchained myself and tried to come up with a solution that might satisfy us both.  

So-you might ask-what do the photographs of a bookstore front
 and a pair of old distressed blue doors have to with my closet compromise?  
I am glad you asked ;-)  


You see it was in perusing for inspiration that I came upon these photographs 
and in coming upon these photographs that I encountered one of those 
AHA moments (do you know those?) 
It occurred to me why does a closet have to look like a closet?
and I concluded… that it doesn't (and shouldn't ;-)  


Now can you think of a better way to not make a closet look like a closet 
then to add two gorgeously distressed, story-telling shabby, fadedly fantastic 
doors? (like the ones featured in the photographs above-see the connection? ;-)


I must add that the vintage french blue paint and crackled, distressed finish also caught my eye and will also be adorning our front entry very soon. 


Unfortunately even though inspiration almost always undoubtedly leads to action... 
(wink, wink)
the only action that dear husband and I have been able to muster up so far has been to tear out and replace the acid yellow parquet tiled wood floor.


So for now the closet doors still look like this...

but…the entry floor looks like this

Let's see that again…

BEFORE

I know, I know -just try to stay focused on the floor ;-)

AFTER

Stay tuned for the rest of the closet transformation-

coming within in the next few weeks. 

OH!

and Happy Leap Day

Cristine

February Images

Beautiful images…especially of houses

really draw me in

simpleeverydayglamour.blogspot.com via pinterest

They build me up, provide boundless inspiration,
 make me smile

and 

spark my wondrous imagination…

simpleeverydayglamour.blogspot.com via pinterest

Alas, since I cannot live in each and every image...

I choose a few for each month of the year and create a calendar to include in my daytimer

(Yes-I do still carry around a daytimer-even though I have a smart phone I just prefer to have the paper-it suits me-I remember so much more by writing it down rather than typing it out -I like the texture too-books for me will never be replaced by laptops, ipads or e-readers -
what a boring library that would be ;-)  

The images in this post are February images.

simpleeverydayglamour.blogspot.com via pinterest

They represent for me the slow awakening of spring from winter's deep sleep, 

the beauty of the rich, deep and splendid colors of the year's last season 

and 

they serve as a reminder of the exciting things that I am creating for the upcoming new year

(in this case it is a summertime trip to Paris)

pinterest

I am not one to make resolutions with the new year.

I tend to believe that each day…each moment actually…

 is a new beginning 

and an opportunity to start anew, to create anything, to accomplish the impossible.

In other words...I am constantly making resolutions ;-)

It definitely helps to surround  myself with the inspiration that gets me moving.

May your Friday be filled with inspiration, 
fulfilled resolution and 

all of the joy your hearts can muster.

Wishing you a beautiful weekend.

Cristine 

Gifts

Santa brought me something that I have been wanting for a 

very long time…

…this wonderful camera

One of the many things that I want to do in this New Year

is 

to learn how to create stunning images like these…

vi.sualize.us

Brabourne Farm

google.com

etsy.com from pinterest

downeast.com

This last image is one of my absolute favorites.

I can imagine….

A New England Life

...being swept away to such a lovely place

I am also hoping to blog a lot more in this upcoming year.

A year that I have named 

'the year of creating'

I wish you passion, creativity and success beyond your wildest imagination in 

2012.

Cristine 

The Wonders of Wire

Have you seen the wondrous things that 

she can do with wire?

Yep-just plain old wire…

(albeit french wire ;-)

I wonder if these come a wee bit bigger?

I am simply cuckoo for this cuckoo clock.

Check out De Beaux Souvenirs on Etsy.

Her talent and skill are breathtaking.

Wishing you a breathtaking evening.

Cristine

Snow Snow Go Away...

This is what it looked like in Colorado yesterday morning…

This is what it looks like today…

All gone ;-)

Hope your skies are just as blue.

Cristine