The Pink House Reno

Is everyone tired of hearing me go on and on about my sconce dilemma? Or is it just me (and Josh)? Probably just Josh. In a nutshell, I wasn't going to pay $300 a pop for a sconce in a house - let's face it - that I probably won't live in forever. So while I drooled over these...

and these (especially these)

and these

oh there's more

and finally..

One - Molly Sconce

Two - Delilah Sconce

Three - Hannah

Four - Twig - this one is anything but a twig of a price. $950! But really, you only need one :) There's my justification.

Five

So number five was where I was leaning initially. And, at $130 a piece, it really wasn't priced terribly. But I struggled at first with whether or not I would get tired of the look so if I have an inkling of a doubt I know that it isn't the one for me. I even battled whether or not I needed to have an electrical sconce. Because plain ole candle sconces are so much cheaper, but we really want to be able to turn the overhead light off at night and just have lamps and the sconces and the fireplace as light. Sounds enticing, right?

So what did I end up choosing?

A $29.99 a pop sconce from Home Depot. I know, it isn't as beautiful as the Delilah sconce above, but I think it'll get the job done. I'm obviously going to paint them gold to match everything else in the room as well. Haven't decided if I will spray them or gold leaf them just yet. Do you notice how they have the long skinny shape like the ones above?

Maybe one day Santa will bring me those Delilah sconces, but until then, I'll just have to cherish the fact that I spent $60 total on sconces and I will get the same effect as before. And, there will be so much stuff to look at now in the room - that I wouldn't want anything to steal the show from my mantle, or at least that's what I'm telling myself :)

What do you think? What would you have done?

Did everyone have a nice weekend? I'm back at work today after two weeks being off. I see lots of coffee in my future.

Truth be told, we thought we'd be a little further along in the built in department. And, we are. The mantle is now built! So I guess I shouldn't call it delayed in the built in department - more or less, overall department. So I guess we got delayed in one area and advanced in another. So, we had a little snag in our plan. The snag being this - we finished all 3 layers of drywall and they are all sanded - woo hoo let's bust out the texture gun! Yay everything is ready to go and - "We're missing a piece to the texture gun". 30 minutes of rummaging through EVERYTHING and it's no where to be found. Hop on the internet and order a new piece that won't be in until (hopefully) this week - we ordered it last week. Obviously, it was easiest to spray the texture on the wall before we moved forward with other elements in the room - mantle & ceiling - but we didn't want to be pushed back even further. I guess this is one of those things where the heavens start laughing at you and remind you that we are, in fact, not in control. They must've been laughing really hard after I taped off every thing in the room to get ready for the texture which I am NOT taking down to paint in the meantime. Foot down.

Let's jump back on the positive train! After all, you haven't even seen the bookshelves! Last off I left you here. Here's a little picture refreshment of last week.

And now, things are looking like this. Yes I know, don't even look at all that dust on the floor.

So, it still is missing a few things - such as all the trim work. Along the top of each bookcase will be some type of crown molding and all along the bottom is going to be some trim work as well. Notice all that sheetrock just screaming for some attention? I'm hoping to get that addressed as soon as our piece comes in. Eeek I can't wait to show you the mantle. More on that later this week! Before we get to that, here's a few more pictures of the built in building process. First thing we had to do, was put up the backer board.

We couldn't forget about the little mail slot. We chopped out a little spot to make sure all our mail still comes through. Anyone else have a mail slot like this? Thinking of putting a little tray underneath to "catch" the mail. Here we go, I'm rambling about mail.

Time to build the shelves. Yes all the sawing happened right in the living room. There is dust everywhere you hear me. But its rainy and cold. Pretty sure I win wife points for this one... that I've probably already spent.

Next up the sides and top piece went up followed by all the bookshelves. Underneath all those supports is a piece of wood to hide it all and make it look crisp and uniform.