February 22, 2011: Snow Day Updates - Inside

Almost exactly a week after the last stubborn patch of snow melted from our front yard, we got another storm last night with 5" of fresh powdery stuff (nevermind that it was 70 degrees on Friday). So I'm taking advantage of a bright, sunny snow day to work on some long-overdue computer items. First up - new pictures for the blog!

Our morning room dining area is finally about finished - I realized I'd never posted a pic of our beautiful new table & chairs, and we hung the fun colored tiles just yesterday. We're now contemplating colors to paint this room... thinking of the grayish-blue from both the rug and the tile on the bottom left. Any other votes?



(In classic bargain-hunting fashion, these metal wall tile things were on sale at Old Time Pottery for $8 and change each. My sister found a version of the same thing - different colored patterns printed on paper and framed - at Crate and Barrel for over $400 for the set. Score!)

I also finished painting Mr. S's old coffee table, giving it a fun decorative finish on the top with painted metallic squares. It fills the space in our family room much better than our old table, and paired with other new decorative finds there and on the mantle, we're really happy with how warm and cozy the room is. Next up, window treatments... still figuring out what to do there, but as you can see, with all that sunshine coming in, we need something sooner rather than later!

We've already done a fair amount of entertaining - I had a bunch of girlfriends up for a fun and festive weekend overnight, and we had Mr. S's family down for an open house of sorts. The kitchen just works so well for having people over:

And just for fun, one other Old Time Pottery find - this great metal tree/leaf wall hanging, which found a home over the towel rack in our main level powder room. Perfect!

An update from the basement coming soon...