Okay – here are the Before – During – and After pictures of my Dressing Room on the Third Floor! Front Wall – Tower Nook – Closet Wall – Hallway Wall – From the Corner – Another corner ..read more

Once we moved my studio downstairs, my office on the third floor was empty. The third floor has ALL the closets in the house, and the bathroom we use primarily is up there. So all of our clothes are ALSO up there! I have too many clothes. And shoes. For real – WAY too many ..read more

Just as an aside, sometimes when I type “sconces” I accidentally type “scones” and then I’m hungry for an hour. Last post, I chatted about how we made the narrow antique sconces work for the wall with modern electrical. So now, let’s get them up! Here’s what the wallpaper “cover” (for lack of a better ..read more

If you love historic sconces but have struggled with their size and how they can work with modern electrical, THIS POST IS FOR YOU. Okay, so there is this amazing antique store / architectural salvage place in Indianapolis called Architectural Antiques of Indianapolis. This is the place that you go if you want to find ..read more

A while back, I posted about this amazing chair that had been gifted to us, and how it was WAY TOO SCARY for me to upholster on my own, so we hired out. I don’t know if every old-house person is this way, but we have so many chairs. SO MANY. It’s rather obscene, actually ..read more

Back TEN YEARS AGO, I wrote a post about several things we purchased at a moving sale. One of the things we purchased was this desk. The desk was made by the Auglaize Furniture Company in New Bremen, Ohio. This undoubtedly was part of their “novelty furniture” line. I think what makes it “novelty” is several ..read more

This really is the most perfect light fixture of all time for this room. Let’s get it up there, shall well? And don’t forget, we have the most amazing ceiling medallion of all time, too. Basically I don’t even know why I put up wallpaper. I’m only ever going to look up. First, though, let’s ..read more

I know, that title seems a little dramatic. But I promise you, it’s true. I was doing that “I can’t sit still and watch TV like a normal person” thing. We had a planned to do a crystal chandelier in this space, and to build it with parts we have (I still want to do ..read more

A while back, I posted about Doug finding some amazing things in the wall. If you missed that post, you can check it out here. Here’s the book coming out of the wall a the baseboard level : The thing we found that I loved the most, is this piece of practice music. The book was blank staff paper, and this page was filled with key signatures being practiced. If you don’t remember, I’m a high school band director and conductor. So the idea that anything to do with music, makes me know that this room is absolutely supposed to be my space. There is also a lot of practicing of handwriting going he ..read more

At the end of the summer, I posted a “here is where the room is now” post, and showed you a glimpse of the bed and promised I would give more details. Spoiler alert – the bed isn’t done yet, but here are some pictures of the process to date! Here is the sketch I made of this side of the room. The idea is to have a twin bed / daybed that can function three ways – as a place to read and relax, extra space for a guest, and storage for Doug’s many trombones (which is weird to the general public, but it is what it is!).  We knew we would have to design and build this ourselves, because someth ..read more