This is fun. I typically hop around from room to room in my house doing whatever current project strikes my fancy. It takes me months to add to various rooms. Nothing is finished yet. However, I started this dining room project with an end-goal in mind and step by step ideas to accomplish that. So… [Read More]
Dining Room Updates: “Chard” Walls & Black Brick Fireplace
Paint is up on the walls in the new dining room and it. is. dramatic! I knew I wanted a dark, grey-green for the walls and could visualize the perfect color in my head. However, it proved a little difficult to chase down that color in real life. Go to the hardware store looking for… [Read More]
The Care & Keeping of Fiddle Leaf Figs
Once upon a time I went to Ikea and fell madly in love with a fiddle leaf fig plant, bought it for the princely sum of $12.99 (plus tax) and carried it home on my lap in the car. Yes, that’s right – this is in fact, my second fiddle leaf fig selfie. Let’s get… [Read More]
Office Updates
This past weekend Bryan and I went to Ikea. If you follow The Gathered Home on Instagram or Facebook, you may remember this picture that represents our respective emotions on the subject: Thankfully, as we pranced through Ikea euphoric with steals and deals and Swedish magic, Bryan’s mood mellowed… Hehe, okay: he was a good… [Read More]
Dining Room Updates: Midcentury Chandelier & Zinc Walls
Well, as we discussed in this post here, I ended up painting all the walls in the dining room dark gray (Martha Stewart’s “Zinc”). I’m definitely loving the much moodier vibe it has now. The dining room is so small, the dark walls almost recede and make it feel a little more spacious in person…. [Read More]