Westminster Flower and Jazz Festival
Baltimore’s got it’s Flower Mart, and Berlin has it’s Jazz & Blues Fest (both happening this weekend, BTW), but Westminster’s got the best of both — at the same time!
After dropping the van off to get a hitch installed, we spent a few delightful hours wandering up and down Main Street, hanging out, taking some pictures and listening to a little jazz.
Our painter has largely finished painting in the living room, dining room and hallway, with the exception of the ceiling in the dining room and hall. I think it really looks fabulous. Donna says, “There’s a lot of yellow.” I prefer to think of it as Guldon’s Mustard, only without the green tinge.
And, Donna’s started to put some things out in the living room, so it may one day look like home.
Here’s a “sneak peak” showing before and after…
Living Room "Before"
Living Room "After"
As soon as things are bit more presentable, we will post some more pictures. I promise.
Wallpaper has been completely removed from the dining room and hallway, and painting has begun. Yay! The kitchen walls and flooring will be tackled next. In the meantime, we’ve chosen a really cool ceiling fan for the bedroom, an indoor/outdoor fan for the screened-in deck, and this awesome light for the dining room. It’s modern with clean lines and a touch of a mid-century modern feel. We found it during a visit to a neat lighting distributor/showroom that exhibited at the home show a few weeks ago. The whole store was chock full of lighting ‘eye candy.’
When last we posted …
The master bedroom had been mostly painted, and work had begun in the living room. I’m glad to report that the bedroom is now ready for window treatments, and the living room should reach that state today — with the possible exception of the fireplace! The living room walls are now a deep mustard color, the woodwork and the old panelling is all a nice fresh white, and the ceiling light in the foyer has been replaced with an interesting victorianish light. As soon as we get curtains hung, and our stuff put out, we’ll post some pictures.
No actual work has occurred in the basement, but there’s been lots of discussion, and many decisions made.
On to the dining room and hall!
It turns out the lilac tile may in fact be original to the house, not part of the previous owner’s 80′s redo, judging by this post on ever-so-helpful retrorenovation.com.
The tile in our entryway also appears to be original, thanks to another post on retro’s site.
Not that we’re married to either just because they’re original, but if they’ve lasted this long without falling apart…if they ain’t broke, don’t fix ‘em anytime soon since they would cost a good deal of money to replace.
