Library!
Ahhh, the dog days of summer are over. I really did just lie around for the month of August and in to September. Now that the humidity and air quality is better, I've been working up a storm! I primed the walls like Jodi suggested, then wallpapered the library. I lucked in to a Lynnfield breakfront, with just a few wee flaws, and once I load it with books it will look wonderful. With all of the furniture in front of it, you can't see the missing drawer! I made 2 fl oor lamps from paper cups, like Faith did. This one is not nearly as crooked as it looks here, although it is from a broken Strombecker (?) lamp. The bubbles in the wallpaper the camera show are not visible to the naked eye, either. I had the darker blue dotted swiss and used it instead of buying lighter. Works well with the bedspreads. You can see I found 2 matching Lynnfield/ Sonia Messer beds to use as placeholders. A dark vanity is on it's way. Mom and babies have removed to the