Bathroom Elements

You know how it goes. The more you do, the more you want to do. I'm standing in the shower this morning, head back, rinsing the conditioner out of my hair thinking, "Maybe some simple crown molding would look nice in here".

So in the meantime, here are two more elements from the bathroom.

This silver metal sculpture was hanging above our bed and now it's new home is above the toilet. It looks copper in this picture, but it's really silver. Before I tried it in this space, I thought maybe I would spray paint it gold or copper but turns out I like the silver. It brightens up the wall. That space always cried out for something but I could never find the right thing. Yesterday, I tried this on a whim and I love it. The rays are wavy metal, that's why it looks striped. The walls are "Caramel Sundae", semi-gloss finish, thus the shininess in the center of the sun.

Does this candle holder look familiar, Pam? I have been trying for two weeks, to find just the right place for this on the deck. Again, on a whim, I picked it up off the kitchen table and tried it in the bathroom yesterday and love it. Today, I found just the right 5" hook to install.

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I received an email from MJ, my glass painting friend who also has work being sold at The Wine Trek. She stopped by there and the doors were locked and there's a for sale sign on the place. She has a good bit of inventory in there so she was pretty frantic. There's no answer and no answering machine at the store phone number.

Later in the afternoon, she forwarded to me an email from another vendor there (the woman whose home show I participated in back in April) who had spoken with the owner, Pam, on her cell phone. It turns out she's been closing on Mondays and is selling the building but not the business. She's sending the vendors a letter to this effect (when??) and offering to set up a time when we can pick up our inventory while she looks for another location.

I admit that I'm disappointed because I had high hopes for this place, in spite of what I had hoped were just new business hiccups. They built this building specifically for this store, which is gorgeous inside and out - but I couldn't imagine what kind of overhead this must be, especially until they get established as a thriving business.

I doubt MJ will do business with her again, but I'll consider it, depending on several factors and if Pam is willing. Meanwhile I'm cooking up some other ideas.

I have to get this painting bug out of my system first. Or simultaneously anyway.

This is sweet Verona, sleeping on top of my desk. Don't you just want to kiss her forehead? I do - and I do it frequently, as a matter of fact. It might be my imagination but I think she now comes to me head-first, just to receive my kisses. I'm still amazed, 6 months after we adopted her, at how solid black she is. She never looks like she has a nose or mouth - just two yellow eyes. When she's not sleeping, I mean. I love her.