Slapping stuff on the walls...

Dreary outside but uplifting inside my home office...some words of inspiration to kick off February.

Pictures, pictures, pictures...

For weeks I've been on an organizing rampage: recycling this, getting rid of that, moving other things to "just the right spot". I've been particularly obsessed with my home office which went neglected for years due to a crazy work schedule. Finally, my effort is paying off. The five-year-old piles of documents has shrunk to just one. Old bookcases have been repainted and relocated to my daughter's room. Now, if I could only figure out what to do with all the still pictures. So far, I've about a dozen of my favorites to pretty white frames. I also decided to do something a little different, so I took this adorable picture of Natalia, slapped it onto a white painted board and Mod Podged till each of my fingers stuck together. I'll find a place for it on the wall, then tackle the rest of the still pictures and storage boxes of Natalia's artwork. Hopefully, I'll be done with the office before 2015 rolls around.

Shades of Gray

The trip to Florida earlier this summer inspired me to pick out a paint color for my home office: Seashell Gray.  After slapping a half dozen different shades of gray on one of the walls this shade was the most soothing.  Felt like I was back on the beach!

Since I'm painting the suite (office/library/guestroom/all around mess) myself it just might take me to the end of summer to finish it!