weekend in review

This weekend was BEAUTIFUL! Saturday I worked up at the shop and when I got home, my husband and my neighbor had hung one of our copper pendant lights! (Remember when I got the copper pedants here?) I was super excited to see it:





They only hung one to make sure I'd like it (my husband knows me so well). You can see where the other one will go:


I love it! It's an unexpected place to put them and I like that. This hallway is so narrow that artwork or frames wouldn't work well in it (you should be able to view art or photography from a good distance) so I wanted something of interest. I LOVE the copper.

Also, when the light is on at night, it gives off a beautiful warm glow. Very soothing right outside of bedrooms.



(do you spy the crack in the ceiling? Um yeah I accidentally did that while in the attic.. it will be patched).

Eventually I'll be getting oil rubbed bronze door knobs.

After taking pictures of the upstairs, I had to snap some pictures of the living room. The light was beautiful and I was finally able to accurately capture the paint color:



And this picture is for those of you who wanted to see the secretary closed!



I also ran to Lowe's for some outlet covers, but had a fun time walking around. I've been thinking this summer I am going to tackle tile installation. I have heard it's not hard.

I've loved this tile for a while:





I was excited to see Nicole used it in her basement:



It's visually interesting, classic AND inexpensive. Definitely right up my alley.

I also completely cleaned out the garage this weekend... I'll spare you the pictures of that. But it's nice to finally be able to walk in it without stepping over things!

It was a busy weekend full of home projects (which I LOVE doing), but it wasn't all work. I enjoyed the new House Beautiful outside in the gorgeous weather with Charlotte:



HELLO CASPER!

I'll be announcing the March giveaway winner later today!