Thank You And Progress On New Fireplace Surround

Helloooo sweet blogger friends.  

 Happy Sunday.

I had my surgery on Friday for an abnormal bone growth to be removed from the top of my foot.  Thank you for the good wishes and prayers.

I will be sporting this for a couple of weeks.

This is the fireplace surround I got a few weekends ago.

Progress is being made.  Here is where we are at with this piece.  New Oak mantel in place and surround painted white.

We put some shiplap on the wall behind the fireplace surround.

Now onto getting the right decor for above the mantel and adding a nice fireplace insert or possibly candles to the opening.

Stay tuned for this wall and fireplace surround to be decorated and finished up.

Things will be slow this week while I recover from my foot surgery.

Have a great Sunday and wonderful start to the new week.
Hugs,
Kris

Styling The Top Of TV Cabinet

Hello Everyone.

Hope the week is going great for all of you.

I styled the top of the TV Cabinet and you can see that in the next few pictures.

I also got a new cottage farm sign for my kitchen wall above my open shelves.

I am going in on Friday to have minor foot surgery and will be out of commission for a couple of weeks.  

I am hoping to get some of my decor up on the walls and this room finally pulled together including the new Fireplace surround during my down time.

Have a great rest of the week.

Hugs,

Kris 

Fireplace Surround

Happy New Week.

I wanted to share with you a new treasure I came upon this weekend.

I miss having a fireplace especially in the winter months.  This tiny cottage house did not come with one :(.   I found this sweet fireplace surround while out treasure hunting this weekend.

The black mantel will be replaced with a wood mantel or possibly painted white and chippy. 

The cream stone will be painted cottage white.

Not sure yet if I will leave the opening and hearth black or if I will do something different with that just yet. 
I  need to put on my thinking cap on this one.

Here is an inspiration picture found on Pinterest of adding sweet candles and an old framed mirror to the opening of the fireplace.

In this inspiration picture they added the candles and then put an old window in the front.

I like this idea of adding birch logs and greens with some white lights.

Lots of good ideas running around in my head.

I am excited it fits on this wall in my living room.
 It will add a nice cottage fireplace to my decor.

Stay tuned as I re love this piece into pretty.

I found some great candelabra's and an old mantel clock that hopefully will look very pretty on the new mantel.

Have a good week.

Hugs,
Kris

New Armoire

Happy Friday Everyone.

I wanted to show you that you can cut down an armoire and make it fit pretty easily.

This was the armoire before we cut it down.  You can see how it sticks out of the corner into the room.

This is how it looks after cutting off about 14 inches.  It fits back in that corner so much better.

 I can leave the armoire angled or even push it flat on the wall and everyone on the sectional will be able to see the TV.

Buddy wanted to show you the new pillow we got for "his" sectional! 
He is so happy to have this sectional in the room.  He lays most of the day on the back of the sectional. 
He can see the world going by out the window and also soak up sunshine on the rare occasion we see the sunshine!


 I can start to hang decor pieces and pull this room together. 
I will be back with the whole room finally put together soon.

Have a great weekend.
Today the sun is shining and I am doing a happy dance.

The weekend is predicting more gloom and snow and freezing rain.  Oh, Spring where are you?!!

Hugs,
Kris

Parties:
Create, Bake, Grow & Gather Party

Sectional

Hi Everyone.  

I finally got the sectional in place.   

Terry was able to move the cable line over to the other wall.

I have the sectional positioned to face into the room and it defines this space more as my living room area.

The armoire needs to be in the corner to let everyone sitting on the sectional see the TV.  So Terry and his trusty tools will make this regular armoire fit better into a corner.

Terry said he can re do the back so the armoire will fit into the corner .  It won't sit out in the room like it does now. 
The TV inside is very thin so we do not need this deep of a TV cabinet.  I think this will work out nicely and fit better.

 I might move the round table in for a coffee/dining table in front of the sectional.

This way I will maybe get my dining seats.  The other option is a long sofa table behind the couch with a couple of chairs or stools.

I will be back hopefully soon with this whole room put together.  I am excited to figure out where I will hang my decor back up on the walls.

Have a great week ahead.
Hugs,
Kris

Flexible and Plan B

Happy Sunday Sweet Blogging Friends.

 I am happy to report that my sectional has arrived!!!!

Even with measuring out the dimensions on the floor the sectional has come in bigger than I planned out for this room.  

Having a plan in my mind to make this room work both as a living room and dining area it is not going to play out like I thought.

Ugh!!!!

This is the new sectional.  This was the plan layout for this sectional.  The issue I have is it covering both windows. 
I need that back window to be a focal point in this room and I do not like the sectional covering it.

So plan B is to swing this around to face into the space and it will only block the front window.

This will leave open the focal window and nothing will block it.

The new TV and armoire will have to be moved off of this wall and onto the opposite wall in the living room.

 Where the chair and vent in the wall are open will be the new home for the armoire.  

Terry is feeding the cable up from the basement hook up through the vent duct in the wall.  This way the cable can be hooked up to the TV on this wall.

I will lose my dining area and am trying to make peace with that.  

I really tried hard to make this small space into a comfy living room and also small eating area for us.  Not going to happen!  So I am making peace with that DIY issue.

I do have one more idea to allow us an eating area but will save that idea for now.  I will be back with the whole room put together soon.  

I love the new sectional.  It is really comfy and it has the new performance fabric that is guaranteed to be spill and stain resistant.

Good Thing for Performance Fabric because of this guy loving the new sectional.

He is already positioning himself several different ways on this new sectional for the comfy spot.

We are getting 3 to 4 more inches of snow today.  Ughhhh when will it ever end.  Please Spring come soon!!!!

Have a great new week.
Hugs,
Kris

Simply Blessed and Rosemary and Mint

I found these sweet DKNY drapes at Home Goods.  I love the little buttons on the pinch pleats.

I also ordered this Simply Blessed sign off of Etsy to hang over my window.

The room is awaiting the sectional to arrive on Saturday.  Yeah!!!
Then I think this room will really pull together nicely.
No sun today for a good picture. :(
With the house facing East I usually get great sun in this room for the better part of the day. 
Not today when I would have loved that for a good picture!

I also wanted to share this sweet smelling candle I got at Pier I the other day.

It is a combo of Rosemary and Mint.  Oh my it smells so fresh and wonderful throughout my whole house.

They have several combo scents but this is by far my favorite.  Their candles are 2 for $20 which is so reasonable.
I love the soft and fresh garden smell this gives to my whole house.

I will be back when the sectional arrives and I can get more decor up on the walls to show you the living room hopefully all pulled together.

Leaving on Saturday to take a girlfriend trip to Michigan. 
We will leave early Saturday morning and take a ride to my favorite shop The Found Cottage.
 
The Found Cottage has opened up a sister shop next door with lots of one of a kind vintage and wonderful treasures. 

I cannot wait to go and see what that is all about.

Hope to find some treasures for the new living room on my trip.

I love a girlfriend trip.  We will have 2 hours in the car to catch up with each other and then some wonderful shopping and great lunch together.

The weather is suppose to be clear and lots of sunshine for our trip.
Hugs,
Kris