shop inspires the third floor apartment

 On Tuesday, we mounted vintage tin panels to a fence wall in the PORCH level - and we're still patting ourselves on the back over the results (even though all we did was screw it to the fence - the tin should get all the credit)~  

 The embossed wreath tin is old, aged, burnished, painted, chippy and even rusty in spots.  Which equals all the right qualities for me and this awesome 1902 building!

View from master bedroom to kitchen; you can see a bit of the ceiling (2011)

 I had trouble finding a third floor apartment kitchen photo that showed the ceiling.  Because I don't exactly like that ceiling.  It's clean, white, 10' tall (yay!), trimmed in great old cove molding. It's also that 60's fiber-like tile.....

Tiered prism ceiling light inside an ornate carved 'cage' in the original planked and beamed apartment living room

You see, I have some pretty great ceilings in this old place.  Thanks to talented friends and family who are willing to tear out old plaster and then implement my vision~

 Here's another peek at that kitchen ceiling in Country Living magazine, March 2010

A new idea evolved from this shop project.  I've been dreaming of a 'punch' for the kitchen, and there is enough tin to cover the kitchen ceiling! A lot of people ask if the apartment has original tin ceilings as in the Atelier shop level - (mais, non~)

I adore laurel wreaths with their symmetrical leaf and berry circles, especially if that classic tin pattern repeats.  I'll let you know how about progress - a winter project, for sure - and of course it will be 'easy', right?  I'll take photos of the mess it creates!

Have a great Friday, TERESA 

When redecorate becomes renovate~

The first sign it's renovation? When you have to move out of the room~(Third floor apartment master bedroom)

Everything out.....
and to the apartment entree'~
I'm not complaining - the living room daybed isn't a bad place to move to~
It all started months ago. We removed the part of the bedroom ceiling that was water-damaged. At the same time, I moved the pink headboard pair in (they're standing in front of the existing upholstered headboard) to see how I'd like them - of course I like them! I have yet to decide what fabric will replace the pink silk - which is actually stained and torn in places. I toyed with keeping the silk - having a PARIS apartment boudoir, but decided no when I thought about the turquoise door (shown in photo #1 above).

What started as a new ceiling progressed. Over time, new color in the room - the armoire has been dressed in my favorite gray.

(My daughter Rachel's main bath)

When deciding what to do, white/gray inspired me~

Country Living magazine (website)
And, comfy/soft fabrics, for sure~

Wall sconces and new floor paint also happened a few months ago~

It's been a process, and after looking at this for too long, help arrived!

aka Henry, my grandson~

And more able and willing help: Adam (my son), Ed (my brother), and Ted (renovator extraordinaire - his work is seen in the apartment entry and living room renovation two years ago). I have great people all around me!

So, there is hope that the apartment master bedroom will be gorgeous, and a wonderful place to be.

This may be the chandelier, but I'm already hedging on that~

Did you just note that sneak peek at the brick behind the plaster?

The planked ceiling was installed last week, not yet painted.

(Apartment living room brick detail)

Yes, we'll expose the brick on the two outside bedroom walls - will it look like this?

The same brick is in the Atelier (second building level), of course~

Watch for more progress. It's happening as I write! ~TERESA