a dream wall!

the completed brick living room wall ~ all natural lighting...

It is fake...but it looks real!  It is something I have ALWAYS wanted, but never thought I would practically get.  I love the old vintage look and this to me adds so much to my living room.  I hired a lovely lady named Adrianne to do this for me.  She had never done this type of thing before, but with her enormous creative abilities, I knew she would do me a lovely job...and she did!  I highly recommend her if you are interested in any type of work done like this. 

Here are the samples I gave her as "ideas" to work off of:


this one was my favorite with all the muted and layered tones...




this was the type of color I wanted to achieve to match the fireplace on the opposite wall...



we discussed adding a design, but opted against it...

loved the texture on this wall...

oohhhh, even looks good in the Kitchen!

neat individually varied tones...

Here is the final product:

Let's not forget what we started from:

in case you wondered what it looked like "BEFORE"...plain cream wall

What do you think?  You would have to see it in person...it absolutely looks and feels real!  I am tickled pink red with it!  Thanks Adrianne for a great job!!!


She started this back in the summer and finished it early fall.  I am just now getting around to posting the pictures!  Please forgive me for being behind in one of many things.

you know your sick when...

~ you don't care to check your email
~ when just to take a shower makes you so exhausted, you go back to bed and pull the covers up over your head
~ you are tired of fighting the sickness on your own
~ the cough gets worse and you don't care
~ nothing sounds good to eat
~ when you have done nothing (almost literally) all week other than eat and sleep and though this bothers you, you know you have no choice
~ you can't focus to read a book and any music is too loud no matter the volume; makes your mind go crazy
~ you can stare outside for an undetermined amount of time and it is okay, it makes peace in your soul
~ you miss people, but not enough to pick up the phone, takes to much energy
~ you hardly remember what day it is, then again, you don't want to remind yourself because then the facts are facing you as to how many days have been wasted doing NOTHING!!!


yah...I have been sick.  I went and had the antibiotic my client gave me Wednesday filled last night at the pharmacy.  I will be better, just give me a few days, in the meantime, I will sleep some more and maybe have dreams about resuming the blogging that has been suffering of late for various reasons...