Bringing the sparkle back

                                     


One of my favorite things about renovations is that everything is new and sparkles. When looking thru decor magazine, you don't see the layer of dust that accumulates so quickly. It is like interest on a credit card....if you don't keep up with it it just appears, to only cause trouble. Now we all know that we can't go out and buy new furnishings for each room whenever it gets dirty.

With the lower temps and windows being open, I determined to conquer the dust and make my place feel like new again! So instead of paying for 6 new venetian blinds, I put on my fancy gloves, took each down, placed them in my claw foot tub and start scrubbing. An hour later, with a little elbow and wrist action, I have regained the sparkle in my entire home. I can hear my married girlfriends right now shaking there heads and saying, "Only you would find the time to do this". But it is a great way to save money and remember, I am just following the steps of the great women before me. (It helps that I have a small place)

A new room is only a pair of fancy gloves and some elbow grease away!

                                                      

Another Word for Eggplant

By the way, another word for eggplant is..... PLUM!

Outfit to Eggplant

I could talk about all things windows for my first post, but I do that all day long. Instead, I want to show you this outfit. I would have fun wearing this outfit while talking to you about window treatments. Isn’t this combination fantastic? Eggplant with a splash of tomato, the flouncy ruffle, classic cut trouser in a modern fabric and the hair finishes off the look.

Just like the red flower or the chignon hair twist, dressed windows are one of the most important finishing touches to complete the look of a room. But more about that later, now is about the colors, textures, and patterns that are inspiring to me today.

Though, I can’t go long without gravitating to images of rooms. All shades of purple are my favorite right now. The purples here are great, but the Chinoiserie paper is a wonderful backdrop - love the color combo.

See the wall? A lovely shade of eggplant - deep, deep, deep. It harmonizes well with the gold upholstery.

My screen says this is the gray mauve I’m currently in love with and want to make my bedroom. And I get the orange but…. No, not in my space and not with my mauve gray.

Eggplants

Yes, these are eggplants, too. Someone (not me) actually thought of this, made them, photographed them, and posted them. Wow!