MADISON PROJECT UPDATE

Breaking news....blogger actually fulfills responsibility by getting 2 whole post out in one week.....:)

I use the term responsibility lightly.  I mean my main job here on this earth seems to be feeding and walking Cami.....at least that is what she thinks....hahaha.

Y'all the rain here in Atlanta has been relentless.  It has made me wonder how people manage who live in Seattle or Portland....places known for having many rainy days....handle it?

Whew.

I need some sun people.....asap.

Alrighty then let's get to the Madison updates.  I feel like that is all I am doing lately....I need a finished project somewhere!

Kitchen got painted Iron Ore.....

Painted out all of that yellow pine:)

Had a new island built...the walls and island have been painted BM Revere Pewter.

Across from the kitchen we had some storage built on both sides of the opening into the dining area.

The floors have been stained.  I used Jacobean.  The reason being they have 2 dogs and using a dark stain like Ebony would just show way too many scratches....

The stairs were also painted Revere Pewter.  We are still installing a runner. 

Barn door installed...waiting to be painted SW Iron Ore.

The Authentic Reclaimed floors were installed in the guest house bedroom.....

And the walls in there are being painted BM Alaskan Skies

Last minute shiplap installed in toilet area....

In the barn bedroom....the shiplap is up and it's all painted!

The vanity was painted SW Felted Wool

I literally can not wait to have this wallpaper installed.....how perfect for an old barn that has been redone!

The countertops and plumbing are going in next Wednesday.  That will be a fun day!

I was overwhelmed when I received flowers from my 2 blogging friends from California....Cindy from Rough Luxe Blog and Mary Ann from Classic Casual Home

The kindness of so many just brightens my heart....

Farmgirl Flowers

Aren't they pretty!

Well glory be....the sun is out today.  I am going to be soaking up as much vitamin D as I can.

I hope all of you have a wonderful weekend and thanks for the birthday wishes!

Shaydiggingdeep 

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PROJECT UPDATE

It was the first weekend in a long time that I did not have an agenda.  So I planned.....what you ask?

Well my husband was going down to the beach....because he can.  He's retired.  Me on the other hand...got too much going on.  BUT.....my mission was to do the "great closet clean out of 2016"....or possibly the decade.

I can't do it while he is home because he won't let me throw away anything even if it is 3 sizes too small and has stains all over it.  Him: "I can do chores in that shirt"  Me:  "You don't do chores".

I bought all of those thin hangers they had at HomeGoods and after waving him off at 8:00 am Sunday morning I was like a ninja running into the house to get to work.

I made great progress finishing his side and getting almost half of my side done after 6 hours!  Just one question....how do pants shrink just sitting in the closet:)

I have some updates on a project I have been working on since last August.  This house was a complete gut....I mean there wasn't anything left untouched.

 First up is the island....stained oak!  I'm excited about this especially with the tiles floors.....

This Walker Zanger herringbone backsplash.

And Oh Baby....this pewter table top by Francois and Co!  I love when I suggest something and my client get's excited also.  Whoop.

In the "scullery" kitchen we used soapstone countertops and a dark charcoal subway tile from Renaissance Tile and Bath....hubba hubba!  The countertop will get darker after it is oiled.....

Pretty iron window!

You wanna see more?

Dining room chandelier....my favorite Circa Lighting....the Belvoir.

The antique mirror over the mantel.  This was such a small firebox we had to make it special and used these concrete balls....

The Emtek door hardware....

This is a linen closet upstairs...can't wait to pick out some pretty hardware for these doors....think I'll head over to The Matthew Quinn Collection to find something special!

3 of these Circa Lighting Regent Oval sconces in the LR

The laundry room light from SchoolHouse Electric.  Blue paint color is SW Indigo Batik

GP and Baker wallpaper with the Circa Lighting Monrovia star light in the powder room....

Thibaut grasscloth with a damask pattern in the foyer.

We went for pure whimsy in this small half bath using a Scion wallpaper.

In the 2 guest baths upstairs I used I used these CL Graydon sconces

Kohler Margaux faucets with a gray honed granite

And last.....

Picking out the floor stain color on the hickory floors.  We went for the 2nd one up 1/2 dark walnut mixed with 1/2 jacobean.

There is so much more to post about this project! Every once in a while you get a client who enjoys the process as much as you do.....we both get giddy when we are at her home and  see that something pretty has happened:)

Have a great week!

Sherika

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STAINING FLOORS

I think many people struggle with choosing a stain color for hardwood floors.  The most common material is red or white oak.  If you go with a natural stain over time it seems to turn an undesirable yellow/orange color.

Since cleaning out the bedroom was halted by a 3 hour delay while I looked over a few old Cottage Living magazines.....I went into my office to file a few things and found this page from Domino magazine.

And that delayed the "great purge" of the bedroom until I can motivate myself again....possibly sometimes in 2014.

Now I realize you would have to have the eyesight of a buzzard to read this....

So I took a picture of it with my trusty iPhone. 

I was looking at the white ones and realized I did not follow these rules at all when I did my floors in white.  #rebel

For my bedroom I used 50% white latex paint [BM China White] and 50% water painted on and then wiped off.

Here is what I started with....white oak and I think they are 4 1/2 inch width.

Here is the outcome after a few coats of matte poly applied.

I love them and they still look good 5 years later.

For the rest of my house I used 50% water and 50% paint [same color] but no wiping off.

This is a picture of the floors BEFORE sanding and painting.  They are the original floors installed in 1946 when the house was built.  They were pretty darn orange.  You can see the new floors ready to be installed in the area where we had a leak.  

Here they are after a few coats of poly. 

To say I love them is an understatement. 

And after 3 years they have held up really well!

Why am I telling you this....well there are a few new Minwax stains out that I also love.

Classic gray and Weathered Oak are 2 of them.  Instead of that red/orange undertone they have a more "ash" look to it which I love.  My "go to" stain color used to be 1/2 dark walnut and 1/2 jacobean.

Here is [left to right] Red Mahogany  Pecan, Classic gray on bead board.

Now I could research a million images on pinterest but "ain't nobody got time for that"....so get to searching.  I did pin a bunch of stain colors on my DIY board....

Have a smoking good weekend.....

Do you like the new look of my blog?  If you do you can thank Shari from Little Blue Deer.  She is the bomb and so dang easy to work with.  Does it all website....wordpress...blogger.

You might need a little fresh up?

Shafiredupforholidayweekend

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