Not A Game Of Musical Chairs

No, this is a game of Musical Chandeliers!

Something about our Sputnik chandelier, over the breakfast table in the Great Room, was bothering me .   It didn't seem right!   I guessed it was too small.   There is a formula for such things and our Sputnik didn't make the cut!   The "rule" to go by is simple.   You add the length and width of your room, divide by two,  and presto you arrive at the correct diameter for your chandelier.   I FAILED to do this when we ordered it!! 

Our Sputnik was 10 inches too small!!! 

I immediately went on line to see what I could find.  Wow, our Sputnik had a big sister!   Our original one was 18 inches and there she was, one at 28 inches!!!  Perfect.  Fit the formula to a T.

With MC's blessing we ordered the big sister.  MC is so good at this.  He was able to get it with a couple of discounts.   Always love saving $$$

It arrived in 2 days.   And that was with free shipping!   We decided to start the installation yesterday.

In order to put it up we had to move  Baby Sister .    No problem, I found the perfect location.   The foyer.   And....you guessed it......there was already one in the Foyer......that had to be moved to accommodate  Baby Sister.    We have a  hall to the guest bedroom and bath that had a "Boob Light" fixture.  That's the name I have christened every builders standard ceiling light.   It looks like a boob!!!    So the fixture in the Foyer could easily replace the Boob fixture!!!!

MC's day was planned. 

We started around 10 am  and I guess it was almost 4 in the afternoon when it was all done.

We started .   The itinerary went like this

Take down Baby Sister
Put up Big Sister.    This was going to be a little more time consuming than one would expect.
The design has an orb with spokes that screw in.   It had 130 spokes that had to be laboriously screwed in.  !!!!!

When Big Sister was done, we tested to make sure she worked!!  She's so, so bright.  There are 12 lights,    Probably will need a dimmer

We moved on to the Foyer.    Took down the existing Foyer fixture and MC installed Baby Sister.
Oh she's perfect there.   Just the right size.

 

On to Guest hall.   MC removed "Boob light" and we installed the original Foyer fixture!

DONE!

What was going through my silly mind most of the afternoon had nothing to do with the light fixtures.    I was way on to my next Epiphany.

I thought it would be great to switch our large clock, which was over the hope chest with our  black framed hall mirror which  was over the console in the dining area.  The mirror would reflect the entire space and the clock was a better proportion over the console.

So......at the proper moment, I mentioned this to MC.   He was so exhausted I figured he thought one more chore wouldn't make that much difference!

Fantastic, 
The day was a huge success.

MC was in bed at 9:00 and slept 12 hours!

Patty

They're BaaaacK!

Yes, I dug up my collection of cabinet knobs!
   
It all started when we lived in Norfolk .    After we moved into our condo, I had one of the craziest "Epiphanies" ever.   The knobs on the cabinets were boring.   I thought I wanted a knob  with personality.   I went to a cabinet custom shop thinking this will be a breeze.    Little did I know that there were so, so many to choose from AND they were EXPENSIVE!   Rejected, I was walking out when a table with many knobs caught my eye.   They were all different and best of all, they were  only 25 cents each.   That's when the Epiphany hit!   I would get enough different ones to blend into the originals,  alternating them.    Boy, was I a happy camper!  MC thought I had lost my mind, although he did agree to install them.   I had certainly added personality to the kitchen!  The reactions of neighbors and friends were fantastic!  They thought I was a little nuts, but overall they liked the idea.    When we put the condo on the market we removed all the different knobs , put them in a plastic bag,  and put back all the original ones.

A few years later,  we moved into our home on Satilla Court in Sun City Peachtree,  Griffin, Ga.     I ran across that bag and figured, "I'm going to repeat my old Epiphany".   Only problem, I didn't have nearly enough!   Again, MC and I  tracked down a custom cabinet shop and headed out.....We  asked if they had any knobs on sale and to our surprise, Bubba, a man sitting at a desk, said he had a box of odd knobs from custom jobs and he was getting ready to toss them!  Then he added........"Take all you want they are FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
I was on Cloud 9.    We put them up and my new kitchen had PERSONALTY!

Of course when we put the house on the market we put back all the originals and bagged up all the Personality knobs!

I remembered the knobs a few weeks ago.   The ones we had in our new Forever Home were lovely, but the wrong color.   They were polished nickle and most of my decor is gold.   MC found the bag and we pulled out all the gold ones.   We had a small problem.......The original owner had installed 3 inch pulls on the cabinet doors.  Knobs were only on the drawers.   Figured, no problem, we would go see Bubba!!!   But, Bubba was no longer there and the new owner didn't have any pulls the size we needed.   

MC to the rescue!!!!   He said he could spray paint the pulls gold.   Oh he's a  genius!
It worked!   Now all the drawers are different gold knobs and the pulls are not different, but gold.
SUCCESS!

   My Personality Knobs have survived and are back!!
Patty
 

Updates to Our Forever Home

It's June 9th and MC and I have updates to show you all the improvements we have made in our Forever Home!!!

In the past 2 months, area rugs  and window treatments have changed!!

The blinds on the large windows have been removed and now white sheers with cornice boards adorn them.  Love !!! 

MC has been busy making three cornices .   Two in the Dining Room and one in the Living Area.
I was able to remove the blinds on these windows and am so happy!!!!!

Our black and white circle  rug that we had in the Dining Room "died" and we replaced it with two rugs .    We put the living room rug in the dining room and replaced it with a new rug with blues in the living room and a matching circular rug for under our "breakfast" table.

MC carved a new MC......Showing his other new "hobby",  jigsaw puzzles!

We have finally eliminated the horrendous chore of cleaning the large blinds!!!!  Oh how I hated that!

Our "Dining Room"  actually has three functions.
Dining
Card playing
Doing Jigsaw puzzles

My "mind" is going at fast speed.   Check back soon and see what I have been cooking up!

Enjoy
Patty