Shine A Light On It

There have been a lot of improvements at Goodin's Folly as the holidays approach and it's been really fun because all of them are things that we can see, as opposed to things that are under the surface.

We found this light fixture on a salvage yard's website.  Ironically, we drove past the place when we were in Nashville over the summer, but didn't have time to stop.

Rob hung it this morning and you can see in the background that we painted a few weeks ago.  (More photos of that later.)  You can also glimpse a bit of the refinished wainscoting, which I just love.

Details, Details

Nearly a year after we bought it, the bathroom sink is in and working.  Woo-hoo!  It actually looks a lot better than we expected since it's essentially a temp sink from Home Depot until we can afford to get something like this.

We still need a mirror.  Maybe chrome to go with the sconces?

Porchville

The devil is in the details.

The trim has been installed at the edge of the ceiling and the antique light we bought has been hung.

Blooms

My orchids continue to LOVE the light we are getting in the dining room.

Rob bought me this phalenopsis seven years ago when we moved back from France.  This is the first time it has rebloomed.  Hurray!

Let There Be (Porch) Light!

We were supposed to be looking at bathroom fixtures, but that's not very exciting, so we went for an ice cream and wandered into Early California Antiques.

We're driving our contractor nuts. First we wanted a ceiling light for the porch, but then we decided a wall mounted one would be better. There was a miscommunication and the guys cut a hole in the ceiling and ran electricity to it. They were going to fix it, but now we found this, so it all worked out.

I can't wait to see it on the porch -- it looks kind of silly hanging off a curtain rod in our living room!