Come to the light...

I have been searching for the perfect set of wall sconces to flank the bed in the guest room and the search was over when I saw these from 1st dibs posted on Maison21.

I wonder how you turn them on?

Be our guest, be our guest

The Smallest-Guest-Room-In-The-World needs a makeover. This room has gorgeous pumpkin pine floors, which only appear in 1 other room in the house, but the room is so small I feel pangs of guilt every time I make someone stay in there. If it had a new coat of paint and some atmosphere, I wouldn't feel so badly about treating my house guests like sardines.

I looked through old Domino Magazines for inspiration.



Do you think its true that a bold color would make it feel larger? I think a dark blue like this would make people sleep better, but I'm not sure it would really feel any larger.


I love the gray upholstered headboard and the nail-head trim that is everywhere now. This blue on the wall seems cheerful too.
I love these twin beds in gray with the matching curtain, but I don't know about the Bone White paint on the walls. It just looks dingy to me.

I'll post a "before" picture as soon as I find one that isn't too hideous.

I vant to suck your blood...

This is not an actual bat from our house, but I think the ones we have are going to look like this, based on sound it made banging into the window screens last night.

If I were to list our house for sale tomorrow, the listing would be featured on the blog Its lovely, I'll take it.

The description would read:
Lovely in-town Victorian with many years of termite damage, possible infestation of carpenter bees. Master Bat Room has plenty of space for your colony of nocturnal bats.

Yes. Bats. We now have bats. In our bedroom. Flying around while we peacefully slept. We are not sleeping there now! We have a Bat Man coming over this afternoon to try to find the little guy who is hiding and to tell us how he managed to get into the house in the first place.