I don’t know if I can get an “amen” on this one from any of my fellow migraine sufferers, but this weather has been giving me a run for my money lately! At least I think it’s the weather. Apparently we are in for another week of rain here in Ontario, which is not exactly the best news I’ve heard all year. Ugh. These are the weeks I start packing my bags and buying us all one-way tickets to California. You’d come with me, right? At least, those of you who aren’t there already!

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Well in the midst of the gloom and glum of overcast skies and endless wet, good news keeps arriving in inconspicuous cardboard boxes via my friendly neighbourhood FedEx delivery man. Firstly, the wallpaper has arrived for the bathroom!! The rolls are actually bookmatched to one another so that the pattern is wider than your typical wallpaper and feels more like a mural. Decadent! I. Can’t. Wait. To. Get. This. Fornasetti. Gorgeousness. Installed. In. My. Home! Colour me giddy.

Another lovely delivery to arrive by post this week are my sconces for the bathroom. I wanted something simple, slightly retro and even nautical/industrial in feel while still modern and fresh. I’m really happy with the look {and the deal} of what I found. I ordered two of these Possini sconces from Lamps Plus which arrived lickety-split. No fuss. No muss. Very happy.

OK, it is now confession time. Yes, I wanted to go with satin brass on all of the fixtures in this bathroom. Naturalment. But I had already purchased the towel bars and other accessories in chrome a year or more ago when we renovated the other bathroom, thinking I would want all the bathrooms in the house to flow. While on the one hand I’m sad that my need for brass cannot be fulfilled in this space, on the other hand, the chrome faucet I’ve order was a fraction of the cost it would have been in satin brass. And chrome never dates. So I am content.

I’m also excited, because the hallway that connects to this bathroom {the one that is now adorned with that gorgeous chevron floor} also connects to a bedroom {formerly my design office, which I’ve moved} and we have decided to transform it into Noah’s new “suite.” He’s a rather sophisticated little monsieur, so I’ve decided to call this Project Debonaire Young Sir.

I’m basing the inspiration very loosely on one of my favourite bedrooms by one of my favourite fellow designers: Thomas Smythe. Tommy Smythe has officially got debonaire down to an art form.

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Much will be different about our space, of course, as Noah wants cream walls rather than charcoal and mama can’t afford to get her sweet little prince a Louis Phillipe commode just yet…but, the mix of pattern, the gallery wall, the nod to colonialism…well, I hope to include a dash of all that goodness with a little whimsy thrown in for good measure!

Still waiting on the mudder/taper to get in here and finish the walls so we can get the baseboards, crown and trim up. It’s a good shot to the arm to have fun things arriving in boxes right now as it makes me feel like progress is still being made, even if the rooms are kind of at a stand-still right now.

{drums fingers on desk and looks up number of drywaller again}

It’s so hard to wait when the Ugly Duckling is showing signs of her inner swan emerging! But many years in this business have taught me that it will be worth the wait. Sigh.

Wishing you all a very happy, inspired Thursday!

xo
s.