This past weekend felt like a dream. I was on cloud 9. Finally, I can see the office starting to take shape. It’s such a rewarding feeling. Remember my post from last week? The “Before”? Well, It’s looking a little different now….
After a loss of sleep, a couple of aspirin and multiple trips to the Benjamin Moore store, we finally decided on a color. I will be the first to admit, I wasn’t a fan of the wall color at first. I called Brian in a panic the other day after we “tested” the paint on the wall. Once it dried I was sold. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE! High Five, B!
Can you guess what we chose? If you guessed Equestrian Gray, HIVE FIVE! You win a cookie!
I thought picking out paint colors was tough, but a floor?!? That’s on another level. Thankfully We agreed on the winning floor AND it was the cheapest option. I’m not mad about that!
Remember the mantle we picked up the other day?! It will live on this wall. It also got a facelift. Any guesses?
Square Footage Measurements: Check By the way, that’s not my chicken scratch.
Stripes? No Stripes? It required a meeting of the minds. But of course, we chose stripes. Who wouldn’t have? That mantle is going to look INSANE against them.
We moved some furniture around, hung a light fixture and BOOM! It looks like a different space. I’m obsessed. Of course it looks much different now since these photos were taken over the weekend, but We CAN’T WAIT for you guys to see the new space.
Of course we’ll be posting updates through out the process of #EGCrenovates but to see it for yourself make sure your present at our 2014 Holiday Open House. You aren’t going to want to miss it. Live Music, Yummy Treats and Swags. MARK YOUR CALENDARS. If you do plan on coming head on over to our Facebook Event Page and click “Going”. See ya there!
Then There Was Paint
The Hunt for a Mantle
I’ve decided it’s time…. way past time. The office needs a makeover.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s “cute” and functional but I don’t get excited when I walk into work everyday. It’s become “blah” to me.
Of course I never like anything I do for my own personal use so I enlisted the help of Brian. He doesn’t have that fancy design degree for nothing. 😉 Not sure he’s ready to take on the challenge (I kind of picky) but….. a new floor, paint, and a few new furniture pieces and we’ll be ready to rock and roll by our Holiday Open House on December 4th (more details coming soon). The first suggestion he offered up was an anchor piece. We mutually agreed upon a mantle. Of course that means a field trip.
We met Brian over at Rescued Relics. For all you locals, it’s downtown off of Madison Ave. They have funky hours so be sure and call before you head over.
Rescued Relics is part of Old Alabama Town. They go in and pull apart pieces of old abandoned homes and historical homes. There were ton’s of fun little surprises around every corner.
Meet Roger. He’s one of the many fellas that volunteers his time to run RR on a day to day basics. He’s full of stories.
Doors, doors, and more doors. Too bad we weren’t in the market for one, there were some stunners there.
There’s even giant garden scissors of all sorts.
and antique pie safes with floral print “drapery”.
Oh and we can’t forget the hundreds of random keys….
We came, We conquered. SO EXCITED we left with exactly what we were looking for. Roger even gave us a steal of a deal on that pretty mantle (I think Laura had something to do with that. ;)).
Next, paint colors. Brian and I were chatting about 10:00pm last night on the phone trying to narrow down our selections. The painter is coming on Friday. I can’t wait to show you guys the finished product.
