I can't believe that it has been two months since my last blog post... Life has been busy here on the farm and with work, so with whatever time has been left has gone to my husband and kids. We have added 2 heritage breed pigs to the list of animals on the farm, bred the goats and are waiting for babies around mid June, and lost one of our beloved dogs. When I don't have a paint brush in my hand, more than likely it's a feed bucket, and when I'm not cover in paint I'm probably covered in dirt from outside. I am happy beyond words with my life right now, and am afraid to blink as it might go away.
Ok, so you know I've been busy, which also means that I have not had much time to work on my own house. I'm pretty happy with the main floor, so my foucus has shifted to the upstairs, specifically the master bedroom. I always see the finished look in my head before I start a room, and until I get all of the key pieces on hand I tend to hold off on decorating a space until I find the piec that is my jumping offf point, then I am able to pull it all together pretty quickly.
When we first looked at our house before we bought it, I knew that the master bedroom would be a bit of a challenge to decorate. Since the house was built in 1895, at a time when people used armoires not closets, we lucked out because the porch off the bedroom had already been converted to a generous walk in closet and master bath. Since we have the closet, we only really need one dresser in the room, and ours fit nicely in to the bay window. There is an awkward wall, not long enough for the dressser, and since it leads to the bathroom, can only accomidate a shallow piece. Of course, the romantic in me wanted a mantle on the wall, not only because it provides an area for display, but would also add some old charm to the now new bedroom.
I hunted for months while out buying for the shop, and finally found me that was not too long and not too tall. Finally, last week I saw her in an antique store in my town, and loaded her up and brought her home. One of the nicest things about this mantle is that the back trim pieces were cut to accomidate the moulding in the room. Hanging the mantel was easy. It could be propped up, and I've done that before in a room, but with animals and being that it's on what I wam our cnsider to be a well traveled path in the room, I wanted it to be secured. I purchased 2, 100 pound picture hooks, as well as 2, 100 pound D rings. The mantle only weighs about 50 pounds so I am pretty sure it will be ok.
After attaching the 2 D rings to the back side of the mantle, I measured up the wall and attached the two picture hooks to the wall. After all of the hardware was on, I simply moved the mantle back, slipped the ring on the hook, and callled it done! Now, if my mantle had not had the notch cut out to accomidate the moulding, it still would have been okay using the hardware I did, it just would have protruded from the wall a bit more. Once I had the mantle in place, the headboard was next on my radar. That went up the next day, and will be in my next blog post.
I hope you have an inspiring day, and don't forget to stop and smell the roses once in a while!
Cheers!
Joanne
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