A Story to Tell, A Floor to Paint

I have been itching to write, but I haven't had enough time to sit down and deliver a quality blog in some time.  I began writing just over a year or so ago so I can put my story out there. Not that I think I'm particularly interesting, I just want to be someone that's easy to relate to. I don't want to forget the things that make me ME. So I'll begin sprinkling in some history, memories, and lessons learned onto the delicious cupcake that is this blog. And I will fight the urge to impulse-bake chocolate cupcakes tonight after typing that...

I am in the process of acquiring an Ivory lacquer French Provincial reproduction circa 1960. A really, really beautiful buffet, sideboard, credenza, whatever. It will grace the spiderman room in less than a week's time. Which reminds me, I need to get off my lazy behind and paint the floor in the spiderman room. Paint? How ghetto, I know. Seeing as the conrete floor is already painted BLACK and RED, it can't get worse - trust me. This will be our fix until we can afford to do the flooring our way - and that might take a couple years... I'll take detailed before shots to archive the monstrosity that is the spiderman room before we cover it up.

So, anyone care to lend their design savvy to this situation? I will be painting the floor a solid color, and then I will add throw rugs to section off the seating areas.  It's a large space, and I can really do a lot with it. What I'm looking for is a really great color for the floor. Something warm, but not necessarily neutral. Something interesting, but not tacky. The room is wallpapered in a textured taupe burlap color on 2 walls, and painted a warm eggshell on the others. I have a beautiful Burnett painting of a Paris street scene featuring a pop of rust and robin's egg blue.  A staple of the room will be my espresso tv armoire that is making it's transition to family bar. More on that project later. Most important part was the color.

I'll leave you with a couple photos of my newest treasures

A lovely antique Ball mason jar - filled with a bunch of coral ranunculus, and a metal key hole plate thingy. Both from this month's Sweet Salvage "Raw & Re-Find" show.  Except the flowers, I got those at Trader Joe's.

Notice the bubbles in the glass from the way it was made, and the delicate script.

I wonder where this metal panel has been. If this truly belonged to a lock, what did it protect? Notice the beautiful embossing on the edges.

 
Hope this finds you well. Thank you for visiting!