My First Party at My New Home

                           Sunday I had my first real get together at my new house, rental
                           house that is. I wanted to have all the women over for a night of
                             wine and food and relaxation, the women who worked on The
                             S.P.A.C.E.'s Pac'n the Street's. A hand full of women planned
                             an event that closed off a street block in downtown Staunton on
                                a Saturday in September. A stage full of entertainment, a street
                           filled with craft vendors and food vendors, all planned in three months
                            with meetings once a week and most things coming together a week
                                          before the event. We needed a little wine time!

I went to Big Lots for the mercury glass pumpkins, owls, gourds and the

tables glirtery table decorations. I now see that i need a class in flower

arranging! The sunflowers and berries are from Martins.

My newly upholstered  chairs in the Robert Allen fabric. And a lumbar pillow

in a fun Ikat chenille for the center of my sofa from TJ Maxx.

More flowers from Martins, pumpkins and spiders for the front hall

table and my chandelier was hung last week just before the party.

Porch decorations with mossy spiders, pansies, mums and pumpkins.

Nothing like a party to get you to decorate your house inside and out.

Found a pretty cushion for the window seat and some pretty pillows,

the window seat and big pillows are from Pier 1 and the lumbar pillow

in Brunshwig fabric is from my store. The round mirror is a repeat

purchase fro me from TJ Maxx. I have used it before in my staging jobs.

 I finally picked up my picked up my grey silk drapes I bought from a friend.

I split them into two pairs instead of one big very heavy pair, they come from

London and are double lined, they are even too long for my high ceilings.  

I bought the wood poles, brackets and finials at Lowe's to hold the heavy

drapes. I promise to post more pictures of my bedroom later.

This is the bath tub room, yes you heard me right, this room is for the claw

foot tub and my summer closet. The drapes used to be in my bedroom. The rug

and orchid I bought before the party to spruce up my look, the little table came

with the house, it's not me. I want to find something in marble and iron, french looking.

As I teak things, I will post more pictures. And yes, the get together was a huge success.

Staging with Accessories at The Charleston Townes Apartments in Harrisonburg

Yesterday I drove to Harrisonburg to install my second staging job for Matchbox
Reality at The Charleston Townes Apartment model unit. This space had been
done four years ago and needed updating. The old colors were dark and faded
and needed a bright new look. I used as much of the old stuff as I could, a lot of
it ended up hidden in closets.

This big piece of art was my inspiration. I went by Pier 1 the day they showed me the unit they
wanted up dated. Sorry, I didn't take before and after photos. Anyway, I went to Pier 1 for inspiration,
and saw this big canvas in the clearance section at 75% off. Pier 1 stored it for me until the unit was
ready and I was doing my installation. When I went back to get it, it was way larger than I remembered.
I had taken a picture of it for the colors but never measured it. So typical of me. We had to strap it to
the top of the car and I almost lost it at one point getting from point A to point B.

The furniture is from Martin's Home Furnishings and I reused the lamps, the darker decor and
mixed it in with my brighter additions I the living area. Love the cool rug I got from Ballard Design

  This is the dining area and kitchen area. I added orchids to an existing wall pocket, repurposed
a few plants and a bi apple object with my mix of things.

This is the deck off of the living area. The rug was in the living area so I brought t out here,
added a few colorful pillows from Pier 1 to the white pillows and cushions and used some
of the old accessories for the table. The living area and kitchen are on the second floor. The
unit has four bedrooms, four and a half baths and two laundry rooms.

The male room, before it was black, white and red themed. This is more of a
cool spa like feel.

Here is the girls room and bathroom, a lot brighter than the previous one. I forgot to take
pictures of the other bathrooms and the cool suzani runner I found for the front hall from
Tuesday Morning. That rug I wanted for myself.

More pictures of the hall ways and one of the laundry rooms.

A few more pictures I found of the work in progress. The job took six and a half hours,
with a few runs to Tuesday Morning, The Dollar Tree and Target  for bath mats, t.p.,
tissues, trash cans etc. luckily they are all right there where these apartments are. It's
so much fun to get paid to go shopping and to work on there projects.