Marvelous Millwork - Details Make the Room

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(I am taking a break from work and will not be able to answer questions, comments, or emails until April 4)

House Updates and Projects I Love (Colorful Painted Globes, Framed Fabric Art)

My foyer just got painted - here are a few quick photos and then I'll tell you my plans for decorating:

(And a DIY that I love to follow)

I did Cloud White like I always do - my go-to white.

And a few at night:

You can see that the table is back on the landing. Above it, I am going to do something really colorful, either framed scarves or framed fabric. Here are some fabric samples that I'm considering:

The goal is to make it bright cheery like the framed scarves in Ellie' room:

And some other favorite inspiration rooms, all of which show framed silk scarves (Hermes and others):

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 And a quick shot to show you the mirror that just got delivered for the bedroom. I wish I had the extra money right now to have the room painted. It's literally the last step, but the quotes were a lot. I might do it myself. But in any event, as soon as that is finished I'll do the whole room reveal with colors and sources:

Next, a DIY that I just finished. I mentioned these hand painted globes once before, and showed you one I was working on. I ended up scrapping that one and did these instead because Ellie said she wanted smaller ones. So I bought the globes at Home Goods and used acrylic paints form Michael's, a gold paint pen, and clear gloss spray to finish them. I need to spray the bases gold and I'll be done. But since they are 95% done here, I thought I'd show you: 

 The first one is meant to be sort of accurate, and the smaller one is just flowers and sayings I like for her ("Though she be but little, she is fierce" and "He offered her the world but she said she already had her own.")

 Ellie loves them more than I expected her to, so I'm really glad I did them. 

Aren't they cute? 

Finally, one  shot I just took of Ellie being sweet :)

She spent this snow day "crimping" her hair with her friend (hello 80's) - see it on the left?

 That's all.....see you tomorrow with Ellie's bedroom reveal (finally)!

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Moldings and Other Millwork [Architecture Week Post 5]

I adore molding, paneling, wainscotting, board and batten, bead board.... really millwork of any kind. I'm always a little bit astonished when clients hem and haw about putting up paneling or chair rails or the like. I always say yes - if they have the space and the means, then yes!  Am I weird in that? It seems like a no brainer to me.  Here are some of my favorites, and if you want to see my own millwork (I mean the DIY kind), click here.

Ceiling millwork is my absolute favorite:

What a great idea to use wide crown molding to make shelves around a room:

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