Ch-ch-ch-changes

Amazingly, I found a bedframe I love and priced cheap enough to allow me to get a new mattress as well. It's a very simple wrought iron that I need to paint a pale café au lait color, and it's being delivered tomorrow. No more sleeping in the living room! I want to keep the frame neutral though, so that the bedsheets and wall colorings all pop as accents.

Speaking of which, the hallway is now going to be a light sage -- Behr Paints calls it "Dried Chervil" — and a deep amethyst purple. The light sage will continue up the wall leading into the sleeping mezzanine, complimenting my color scheme there. And there's one semi-hidden wall that I'm going to paint a Tuscan red. The remaining walls are going to be a soft off-white, or perhaps I'll paint them the same color as the bed frame, to blend it in. The natural wood definitely needs a coating or ten of poly, the closet door handles need to be changed out to something pewterish. My TV stand and night table could use a new coat of off-white, too.

Bought a chef's prep table of polished, bullnosed steel with a galvanized steel shelf, on locking casters. It's pretty awesome as a stand alone breakfast island and serves as separater of areas, as well as a functional piece full of tools and decorative touches. Best of all, it was mis-marked at $108 dollars and stands 30"D x 48"W x 36"H.

The bathroom is going to be one of the last, and probably the priciest project, if you include the distinct possibility that it will need an upgrade for both sink and toilet, mega shelving and storage, painting, and tiling.

The living room will just need furniture — hoping Dad's cordovan leather queen sleeper sofa does find it's way into my home, then perhaps a mission-style console table, side tables, and coffee table. More shelving and an entertainment unit, bookshelves. Not so much a project as the the bathroom, since it's about acquisition. All that needs doing is painting one wall, the rest are brick and window. Wish I could gild the fire door in real silver leaf.