Well the Tarpon cottage has really come along. We painted the entire place (save for some touch up in the bathroom) and have all the furniture in except for this rug still on order. It was supposed to ship the end of Sept and is now delayed until mid-Nov. I will be pretty fired up if I wait this long and it winds up being canceled so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it's just a delay.
I'll show the pics I took this weekend and then describe what is still to be done. There's quite a bit but fortunately I will be working on it during the week at home in Tampa and not trying to fit it in while down in Matlacha.
Here is the front room, i.e. second or spare bedroom. The doorway is to the left of the first picture. We will move the fishing poles when we start to rent this out. I think we may also paint the futon frame white or maybe espresso.
The fabric hanging is what I have on order to make curtains. I'll hang 2 skinny panels to hang between the windows (to the left of where the fabric is in the pic). They will be mostly for decoration but will function to cover the windows if desired. Also those large dark fish on the floor will become wall art once I get the hanger things for them.
The flamingo picture is too small; we will get a larger one and/or fill in w/ other art. There will be a mirror hanging over the desk.
The desk and chair are now in the garage waiting for primer and paint. I am torn between a look like this
orange desk, white chair, turquoise and white fabric.
OR
white desk, orange chair, this for the seat (only on the reverse side where it's white w/ orange dots).
Onto the great room. Still missing the above referenced rug, the pictures need to be hung, and I'll probably add another set of throw pillows on the couch. I reupholstered the ottoman this weekend though and I'm lovin it! Also didn't show the part of the room by the door as it was messy. The table behind the couch is pending a new piece of glass and there is a plain board on it to hold things. Also....I have to find a new light for over the island if I can't find replacement covers. They are currently cobalt blue and while they don't bother the husband, I am way too AR to see past them in this color scheme. In a perfect world I would have more neutral tile in the kitchen and bath too (or maybe I would have planned my colors around what is there, but that would have been too easy).
And the bedroom - the footstool is not upholstered yet i just have the fabric laying on it. A few more pictures and there's really not much else to do in there. Actually I take that back. The more I look at these pics the more I want to see some fabric behind the bed. The wall is small enough that maybe I'll hang curtains across the whole thing.
I might need to paint the wooden frame around that window white. There's also no way to center the bed on the window and have a reasonable amount of room to get in/out of bed on that side. So off-center it is and AR be dammed.
I got a new camera today - the Canon G11. I am so excited and anticipate future pictures will look much better. They better, anyway... that's how I sold the camera purchase to Chris :)
