Winter Blues

Hello Sweet Friends.

Happy Monday.

I am adding more blue to my whites in the living room and dining room.

I wanted to show you a rug I just got from Amazon.  Actually it was from Wayfair just got it through my Amazon Prime.   It was a bargain at $60 for a 5X7.  

I always hate buying rugs on line because of the difference in colors on the computer.  

With my Amazon Prime if I did not like it when it arrived I could just take it to Kohl's and they would return it to Amazon for me.  

I would not have to package it up and try to get it shipped back.

Even in this picture it is hard to capture the light blue and white/ivory color to this rug.

It matches my drapes and chair pads nicely.

I originally intended this rug for under my new sectional but it just did not fit right.  So I tried it under the dining table to see how it would look before thinking of returning it to Amazon.

I like it under my table and chairs so I think for $60 dollars I will keep it.  It is very light weight and can be machine washed which is a plus.  I like that it brings more blue into my room and adds some texture.

The floors while vintage in this house are really in bad shape and again with this house being built in 1940's they used that shellac that makes the oak floors look orange.  I had this issue with the trim. 

We will be putting in new floors come Spring.  I looked into having these sanded down and re stained but they are so thin and been sanded so many times the flooring guy told me they would not look so great.  Plus they did some kind of funky holes along the walls in these floors and then plugged the holes with some kind of wood putty.  Crazy and not sure why they did this.

I was bummed to learn they cannot be fixed or sanded anymore because I do love vintage real wood floors.

The flooring we put in the kitchen we will put throughout the rest of the house.

Just have to wait until Spring so going in and out to cute pieces of flooring will not be too cold or snowy.

This vintage door frame was found on my fun day with a girlfriend on Friday.  It was hidden behind a whole bunch of stuff in this vendors booth.  

So happy I dug that out and brought it home.  

This is part of the new surround cabinet he is making for the refrigerator.  

He is cutting this down to fit it on the wall of the cabinet.  

I cannot wait to show you how it is coming out.

Few more things to finish up on this refrigerator make over and surround cabinet and then I can show you how it all came together.

Stay tuned!

Have a great week.

Hugs,

Kris