Finally got that sawhorse desk I have been waiting on …..they were having a sale at West Elm. It fills the space next to the bed perfectly ….paired it with a vintage Mercel Brewer chair.

We took down the old homeowners 50 cent light fixture, and of course the hole in the ceiling was enormous and off center. It was also screwed directly into the drywall and not an electric box. I moved the hole over few inches and attached a new box to the crossbeam about 6 inces up into the attic. I used foamcore to patch the old hole ( I’m getting really good at patching holes, but I use drywall now). I wanted to use an Edison light bulb in a pendant for years and finally have a place to hang one. The Saarinen Ikea table is perfect with the vintage Mercel Brewer chairs that have numbered “University of Texas at Austin” plaques on them. Pendant from West Elm and Edison light bulb only 9$ at Potterybarn.com.

Saint Joseph the Provider

Jamie found this little guy burried in the front yard while he was planting some rosemary yesterday. Turns out that he is Saint Joseph the provider. As a Catholic boy, I knew that Joseph was the patron saint of fathers and the dead. But I had no idea that he was also called upon to help people sell thier houses by being burried upside-down amongst crepe myrtles. I have saints and crosses in almost every room, so it is kind of comforting to know that the previous owner and I have even more in common.

This is the first day of painting the living room. The fireplace had some sort of olive/off-white paint on just the front of the bricks…..so we thought we’d try this caviar black. Jamie spent the entire day priming then painting over it . I painted the ceiling flat white ( the previous owner had painted it gloss…I can’t for the life of me imagine why  )  We picked a chocolatey brown for the rest of the walls in the house ….haven’t finished the edges yet , but hopefully tomorrow TXU will remember to turn the power on and we can paint at night.