Chandelier Heaven!

Finally, my eleven chandeliers in The Rock Cottage have been hung! In fact, one almost fell on my head today! I'm serious. I was sweeping in one of the rooms, and the chandelier above my head fell down about a foot, and just dangled right above my head. I called to my tattooed & earring-sporting friend Anthony, but his music was so loud that he didn't hear me. So I left the chandelier dangling, turned off the music, and called again. Anthony & his partner Cody rushed to see what was wrong. They were actually shocked & embarrassed that the chandelier was almost history. Anyway, all is well now. I don't know how impressed they were with my new steel-toed Red Wing work boots, but I told them I was going to get a tattoo on each leg just to fit in. Anyway, here are some pics:

Master bedroom

Dressing Room

This is the dining room. The wooden shutters will be nailed to the walls. I'm still undecided whether or not to leave them white, or paint them a pretty blue that we are using on the mantel in the next room.

 The glass inserts in the chandelier have not been added. We are waiting to add those when the project is complete because they are irreplaceable, and heads would roll if they were broken!

Master Bath - I'm especially loving the black/white ceramic tile. It makes quite a statement. The sconces were purchased along with the house (or rather the owners left them), and I had them wired on both sides of the mirror/medicine cabinet. 

Guest Room #1

Guest Room #2

Living Room without the glass inserts.

Study/Bedroom

Guest Bath

Den area

Kitchen

Here is the kitchen backsplash.

Outdoor Lantern for front doors

That's all for now. Today the kitchen tile will be installed. I invite everyone to come by & see the project in person. We had quite a crowd yesterday. Our forester, Gary Price, stopped by for a visit & tour. I was also surprised by my husband and another CPA, Ann Yandel. Plus the tile guy, contractor Ricky Wisdom, paint contractor, 2 electricians, and 2 workers, and my mother Sis Owens. And of course, I'm giving orders in my steel toe boots. Ricky commented that since I bought those boots, I had become bossy. Haha, that's the teacher in me. I hope everyone has a great day! Kathy

New granite & kitchen sink are here!

I really like the rustic look of the granite. It even looks as if it has the state of Texas in it!

Getting rid of the old cracked sink,

to make room for the new 18 gauge stainless one:

Here are more pictures of the installation:

A couple of pictures of the dining room:

I like how the different colors of pastel blue & green show through.

And last, a peek at the painted bathroom:

I know the bathroom has a long way to go, but it looks so much better. We are in the process of purchasing a vintage pedestal sink. The contractor needs to dig around to find the base. A white vintage clawfoot tub will be added, and a new toilet. The floor will be 8" black & white checkerboard tile set in a diagonal pattern. That's all for today, & I'm just trying to cool off from working in an unairconditioned house, and picking up trash out of the yard in 101 degree heat. LOL. Check back again soon. xoxoxo Kathy       

Paint continues & preparing kitchen for granite!

I'm so excited to finally move to decisions about the interior of the house! I really like all the choices so far, and The Rock Cottage is looking better every day. Here are a few pictures:

Hallway in original part of the house.

One of the guest rooms for the B&B. The Dover White on the window frames & doors looks so

much better that the awful green color.

The kitchen counter & sink have been removed to make way for

the granite & new stainless sink coming tomorrow.

The dining room is looking shabby chic.

The living room is almost finished except for painting

the mantel & niche a lovely shade of blue, hanging the original 

chandelier, and putting a coat of varnish on the floors.

The den looks 100% better now. 

Another view of the den area.

Dressing room has colorful bead board.

I need to have a funeral for this toilet! It needs to go into the dumpster,

or maybe we could put it outside & hopefully it will disappear. 

This room will be an office or guest room. I haven't decided yet.

And the crowning jewel......I love this farmhouse sink! We are

a few dollars over budget on the remodeling, so I'm afraid it

won't be going in The Rock Cottage. But!!!!!!!! I'm getting

one similar to this for my own home. I have wanted one for

years! I told my husband over the phone (while he was busy working)

that I was getting a new sink for our house. He told me to get 2. So now

it's ON! I think he thought I was kidding. I'll be sure to post pics of my

new sink soon. LOL. Thanks for stopping by. I hope everyone will

be coming to the Open House in a couple of months. See you, Kathy

Come look at the new paint colors!

Finally, the interior is taking shape. I didn't want every room to be a different color, so most of the rooms are Dover White. But I did want to add color to some of the rooms. Take a look:

This is the master bedroom with blue walls & ceiling.

I just purchased this oil painting in Jefferson for the master bedroom for only $60. I found the
frame at Hobby Lobby on sale for just $32. I think it will look great on the blue walls.  
      

This is the first coat of Koi Pond on the kitchen walls. It is a light shade of sage green. The vent-a-hood will be
painted later in red to match the red stove.  Toile drapery swags in red & green are being made for the kitchen window and door by Decorating Etc. in Longview. The fabric will tie both colors together.   The floor will be a gold/tan stone look finish in 16" tiles, and the countertop will be in gold granite.       

I really like the kitchen painted this color.

Turquoise guest bath will have a white claw foot
tub that we had to purchase since the tubs were stolen.  'The tubs are not outside!

Here are pictures of the dining room. The ceiling has been painted a white wash. After trial & error, we decided to spray the beadboard walls Dover White instead of brushing or rolling. I am painting this room because it is so dark, otherwise I would have left the natural beadboard. However, we left the beadboard natural in other rooms.   

I have two options for the next room. The first is to make it into a dressing room. My inspiration is the picture below. I love it! This was from the Nate Berkus Show from a viewer's actual dressing room.:

Here is my room, with a pattern of a 42" circle for a round ottoman placed in the center of the room. I will place a chandelier over the ottoman, like in the picture above.

The other option is to put a white french style twin bed in the room. What do you think? Opinions are welcome! Along with the bed or ottoman will be a white vintage vanity with batwing mirrors. I already have the vanity, but it is being stored. Thanks for letting me share. xoxo Kathy