Come On In! Fall 2017 ORC- The Entryway.

Week 5 Check-In

The unplanned floor refinishing project consumed most of the week.

Because drying time. And rain in Atlanta. So humidity.

Due to my absence last week, the weight of this big old piece and time issues we had to do the floor in stages. The area under the dresser will happen quickly once the last coat of poly dries on the rest of the floor. It's a little inconvenient but it makes for a great before and after shot and who doesn't love visible proof that a DIY turned out great!!?

Look at the deep, rich color the floor is now vs. that awful yellow-y strip!

It is A-OK because they look amazing in their new dark stain. 

We keep wandering around asking why we didn't do this years ago.

Anyway, unplanned and time consuming, but worth it. 

And we started before we knew that there was going to be a week extension on the deadline. (Why did that never happen to me in college??)

So, it's working out well.

If this seems like a run on sentence or a little less than precise for this stage in the ORC please remember that it finally cooled off here in Atlanta and we timed having to close up the house perfectly with coating the entryway floor with heavy duty polyurethane every night. We are a little loopy. And sore. Because when the floor is wet we have to jump from the steps to the Library and miss landing on the wet floor  Or stay upstairs.
I told you - loopy from the fumes. :)
#challengeaccepted

I've purchased some  fabric.

But now due to a possible rug situation I am wavering.
I need the floors to be finished!!
I need to get in there!

So here's "the list:"

1. Stain the floor (stained - now watching poly dry )

2. Continue looking for  rug. (I may be on to something)

3. Add fabric border to the bottom of the curtains

4. Pillows for Brighton chairs.

5. Paint hall tree

6. Paint back of front door - something fun that works with fabric and rug which is TBD :(

7. Decide on accessories for the chest - they are in front of the mirror.

8. Decide on accessories for Brighton table 

9. I want a plant in there somewhere... 

I promise to have something-anything- more exciting next week.

And a decent picture even if it isn't mine :)

See what everyone else is actually accomplishing here!