Have a seat

Have your ever seen this chair?

How about these?

I will give you a clue.  The creators of these chairs had the goal of bringing good design to the masses.  Both chairs above were designed for furniture maker, Henry Miller.  Give up?  These iconic chairs were designed by Charles and Ray Eames.   

The Eames’ did everything from advertising to architecture and design.   I recently watched a documentary about their lives called Eames: The Architect & The Painter.  I enjoyed getting to see their creative process and how they have impacted the art world.   It is a great movie and it has inspired me in so many ways!  You can watch the movie on Netflix or iTunes.  Check it out, you will not be disappointed!

If you seen it or when you watch it let me know what you think.

Bathroom Update

Recently, my husband (“the hubs”) and I updated our upstairs bathroom.  We have a house with one bathroom and it works for us for now, but maybe someday we will add another one.  The bathroom was a pretty mocha color and that’s probably why we haven’t updated it since we moved in.  The one thing that I disliked most about the bathroom was the vanity light fixture.  The flowers just did not work for me.   Here are some “before” pictures:  (I apologize for the quality, but I think that I was so excited about the changes that I was not focused on getting good pictures!)

The bathroom when we first moved in.

For my redesign, I chose a Sherwin Williams Tradewind  gray blue.   I was trying to find a color that would work with the maroon tile that we inherited with the house.  When the hubs had just finished re-painting it, I had a panicked moment when I realized that I picked my grandma’s favorite blue color which she used for EVERYTHING.  Not my favorite shade of blue, but I can tell you after a few weeks, I really do love the color.

We painted all the woodwork and the vanity white and I love the clean look it gives with the beige and blue. We replace the base trim and painted it white.  As for the vanity light, I’m really excited about how it turned out!  I used my favorite spray paint: oil rubbed bronze on that tacky gold light fixture and bought new globes.  It was so simple to make the light fixture look infinitely

better!  

UP NEXT:  The best part!  Out hunting for new décor for the bathroom –  and do not worry! –  I will keep you updated on all the great details.