Well, our downstairs bath + powder room
finally have their drywall up + running.
Powder room in progress
This means one thing:
THE . . . END . . . IS . . . SEMI-NEAR!!!
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I couldn’t be more pleased
+ will be ordering some fun stuff within the hour.
Pass me my credit card!
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First, let’s have a look-see
at some items that I’ve already ordered!
For the powder room, in old-school polished chrome**
(**which I love because it looks so vintage):
Signature Hardware
New York Widespread
+, speaking of looking vintage — honed marble for the vanity top:
Pottery Barn
Yesh, I did order something marble, sight-unseen,
which, I know, is crazy —
but the good news is that it’s perfection!
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But back to today’s spending spree.
To hang over our powder room sink, I shall order this pendant light fixture,
(also in polished chrome):
Westmore Schoolhouse Pendant
Lowe’s
$151
Nobody loves the schoolhouse light fixture more than I do,
+ I’m fond of this one’s small scale for a small room.
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Meanwhile, for our main bath,
last summer we found this IKEA medicine cab in their “as-is” section,
at a mere $80!
Hemnes
Regularly $170
My plans are to de-fuse its IKEA-ness a tad
by tricking it out with this DIY project:
sweetsomethingdesign.blogspot.com
I want our cab to be extended all the way to the ceiling,
as that’s what I think would make it look most original to the house.
I’ve got to find something awesome for door pulls, too.
Stay tuned.
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Back to light fixtures.
This was my first choice to hang in front of the IKEA medicine cab:
Seagull Sydney Pendant
Lowe’s
in golden pewter**
(**I’ve never seen “golden pewter” before, but I think I’d like it.)
But I worry!
Is the fixture too large?
Would it overpower our small space?
Well . . .
. . . methinks that the only way to be sure is to add it to today’s order
+ give it a test-spin in our space!
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While I’m ordering/comparison shopping,
I could send for a pair of these:
Westmore 5″ pendant
Lowe’s
$101
Polished chrome
There’s my go-to metal — polished chrome — again.
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But wait!
Lately, I find myself being lured by other, warmer metals,
like antique copper:
Rejuvenation
+ antique brass:
amazon.com
No doubt about it — these are the next “IT” tones for metal,
+ I’m LOV-ing them!
With that in mind, here’s what I’ll order:
Chadwick 6″ pendant light
Lowe’s
$171.15
Antique copper
Those would make me happy every time I gazed at them!
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I worry, though.
Must I match my metals?
Or may I use this polished chrome faucet
in the same room as my antique copper lights?
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Right now, I’m leaning toward mixing things up.
That’s subject to change, of course.
Stay tuned.
REDBIRD 