Hidden Talent

Syd's mom is so creative and she passed that gene down to her children. In college we'd always get together and make valentine's and crafts. Her house is gorgeous and looks like a page out of a magazine. I snapped a few quick photos for your viewing pleasure...

as you walk into her house this is on your right.

this cabinet is filled with pictures of ancestors and antiques

a window that she painted

birds can be found everywhere right now. here here 

This wall in the living room is a great example on how to hang pictures. Also, the accessories are perfect.

a uniform look

I told her that I will hire her to decorate my house. What do you think?

Gold Coin

While my parents were in St. George, my sister and I painted their dining room, with their permission of course! My mom wanted one wall painted, so as a Christmas gift we kept the color a surprise. We removed the 25 year old wallpaper and primed and painted both walls and the ceiling. After much deliberation we decided on gold. The color matches the yellow found in the painting below and we love it! I don't think my mom liked the color at first and she still says it's 'growing on her.' What do you think?

Before

After

It looks even better now because we bought a huge mirror to hang on the wall, but I don't have a picture, sorry!

7/28

Ryan sends me an email telling me that he has a surprise for me. Later that day he tells me that I can't come home from work yet because it's not done. I drove around for a bit, shopped, then finally, two hours later, he told me to come home and this is what I found.

He did a great job surprising me because I had no clue! He has great taste, don't you think? It came with a leaf as well, so it can expand more. When I asked him why he bought it he said that he was so sick of our old table and he just decided to get another one. Here's a little history about our old table. My mom bought it for us for $20 before we got married and it came with 3 chairs. The back of the first chair broke off, so we trashed it...down to two. We've had two chairs for years, but one's back was just barely hanging on and the other was leaning very badly. A week or two ago our friend came over and the back finally snapped off. We've had no place for people to sit when they come over and we had to get out the exercise ball and our piano bench. See for yourself...

We love our new table! Next project, the couch. Thanks babe.