Craving some Spaghetti!

My Mom n I stopped at a garage sale last weekend and I found the most amazing light.  It's an acrylic Spaghetti Lamp from the 1960's.  $25!  It was too dated for the sellers homes, but it will feel right at home in my house!

Love at first sight

just waiting to be hung

 I'm hoping to get it hung up tonight.  The delay.... Brady vetoed the antique brass.  Sad face.  I love it so much just as it is.  But it's his house too.  He rarely has an opinion on my decor choices so I figured I'd better let him win this one.  He took it outside n sprayed the brass white.  I think I'm regretting letting him touch my new found love, but I'll just have to suck it up and deal with it. 

It's going to hang over the bed in the basement guest bedroom.  The acrylic goes well with the acrylic knobs on the yellow dresser..

this room really needs a chandy!

This is the nightmare of a mess that I am dealing with in this bedroom.   That's what happens when Brady's friends spend the night.   At least hanging a new chandelier makes washing the bedding seem a bit more exciting.

TV stand update

Remember this guy?

Well, in case you care to see him in action....

It might just be one of my favorite pieces of furniture.  Brady on the other hand hates the color.  He says I'm girlin up his man space.  And in all honesty, I kind of am guilty of "girling it up".  Sorry Brady.

Finally, I have an excuse to bring out my pair of recycled glass pillar holders.  They deserve a better home than the closet floor where they lived for 1 1/2 years.  And that silver camera is from Z Gallerie.

I stole the letter balls from our bowl upstairs and threw them in an olive bowl.  Who needs a bowl for serving olives anyways?

There is a perfect spot from the Xbox.  I also added a Scottie dog, candle, matches, photo boxes, CUJO, and a model car of Brady's old Corvette... Had to man it up a bit!



more "junk" for the basement

Since our basement is yet to be finished, Brady calls my recent purchases "junk", because they don't yet have a home.  I am kind of turning into a hoarder.  I think I could end up on the Hoarding: Buried Alive if someone saw how crazy full our guest bedroom is.  BUT there are no dead animals or empty food containers.. so one might just label me a "collector". 

Our basement is going to be verrrry eclectic.  I have to figure out a way to work with that SUPER man cave-rustic-library lookin couch that Brady picked out a few years ago.  There will be a lot of brass mixed in with other metals.  The color scheme will be greys, metallics, whites, camel, with pops of yellow.  I really want a cow hide rug too.

Here is a little taste of what's to come.  Yep, I staged our unfinished basement with furniture..so what!  Is that not the coolest lamp you have evvvver seen?  It was $1 at a garage sale!!!!! I am so in love with it.

The beaded pillow is from Pier 1(no longer availible) and the chevron pillow is from Overstock (no longer availible)