Soft Sleepy Reading Times

I'm reading the new Harry Potter, so my mind, naturally, turns to pillows.

The adorably, perhaps treacly cute:






The slightly more sophisticated:






And the downright bizarre:

Taking Advantage of Friends

My old friend Armstead is a killer carpenter and excellent timberframer. Timberframing is a building method that only uses wooden pegs to connect joints--no nails, screws, bolts anywhere. Just wood on wood. It's really beautiful.

Armstead and Phyllis are probably moving back to Wisconsin in a year or so, so I need to take full advantage of Armstead's skills before he leaves. I'm hoping to get him to build Peter and me some timberframe furniture of his own design for the house. Peter and I would love to get some skinny benches and a hall table for the foyer.

Maybe something like this?




In any case, I'm excited to see if Armstead's up for some projects and, if so, what he'll come up with. He's an incredible designer and craftsman.

We also may try to get him to build a timberframe wood-fired sauna for the backyard. He had some good ideas for a cold pool as well.

Bedroom: To be moved across the Hall

Karen had the brazilliant suggestion last week to move the bedroom from its current space to the office. Which, as soon as she said it, was like a gigantic, "duh" went off in my head. Of course! This sentiment was echoed by several other ladies who saw the light/space in there.

further reasons:

*there is no foot traffic from P's downstair tenants on that side of the house
*there's less of a chance of people peeking over the gate to see in the windows, so the shades can be up!
*there's super gorgeous bouganvillia creeping over the side of one of the windows, so pretty
*the room has much better light
*there's a built-in bookshelf/cabinet in the other room, so it should be an office for that reason alone

And further, when I suggested that to Peter, he was down with it. Man, for a decision bully sometimes he's so agreeable.

I think it's a good sign that I'm obsessed with getting the bedroom perfect...right now Peter's bedroom is rather unlived in, and he agrees with this assessment. More color, more light, more art, less furniture.

It should be pared down to

bed
night tables
dresser


and that should be it.

Moving on briefly, I'm really loving these pillows. I will of course make my own most likely but the fabric is nice inspiration. We're going to look into getting a couch that can more comfortably support two laying-down people while they watch Flight of the Conchordes and Big Love. I love Megan and Russ's couch, and I think I've already sold Peter on the idea of a black couch. Something like this but in black?



So, to review on the bedroom front:

color: lightningish soothing ampy blue in no-VOC paints
branch: Perhaps as a mobile for now, especially considering the number of windows hogging wall space
bedroom styles: nature-inspired, soothing, spare in furniture, big in art/style


Laters!

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Soon, I swear, I'll move on to another obsession in a line of home obsessions.

But I'm loving this as an alternative to painting.