Condo Living

When my folks were getting ready to move into their condo Mom asked me to help her decorate.  Her wish was that we use a new lamp as inspiration.  This lamp is the one seen below. Paint, new furniture, window treatments, and accessories played of that lamp.  The condo was fairly new so the flooring and lighting were to remain.  All of the furniture in the living and dining room is new.  So that she could get an idea of what furniture would fit I made cardboard and paper mock ups of the pieces she was wanting.  I was able to convince her that the end tables needed to be this large. 

This is the eating area looking in to the living room.  She is getting ready to have some friends in for lunch the day this photo was taken.

I will post more of the room soon as this does not show the breakfront and a couple of chairs in the living area.

Painted Fireplace

This is an unstyled photo of the fireplace in our living room. The fireplace was cleaned and painted before I used either a stencil brush or a rag to add texture. Before I painted the bricks , they went more with the carpet (that will go sometime - I hope). The bricks had a textured surface that came off when I tried to clean the soot off the bricks.

A close up
Another close up of the paint job.