Hello!

Occasionally, especially when I have a paper I really should be writing, I remember that I have a blog. A sad, abandoned blog. I wonder if it is silly to swing by and update a blog that has been abandoned now for months. Surely no one will think to check here. Oh well. Hello, again!

You may recognize from one of the few stray posts I have made since moving to portland, that this picture is actually taken in my bedroom at my new shared house in pretty, green, (and ok, trendy) Northeast Portland.
I just bought that fabulous wood sign from etsy, after filing it away in my favoirtes about two years ago.

*PSSST* Mom and Laura, this is where those etsy gift cards you gave me went! Thank you! I love it!

The seller who made it, Oh Deir Living, offered it in many colors, and I picked "Saffron" hoping that a pop of coral-y orange would really look cheerful there above my bed. The color came a little darker than I imagined, (sometimes its hard when you can't see things in person!) so to make it fit, I am planning on repainting it. I am testing out some colors to see what I like best with my grellow-y avacado walls.

Opinions, anyone? This photo does an imperfect job of showing the colors accurately, they are truer in the picture below. I like the pink more than I thought I would. Also digging the light orange tone I made by mixing the pink with a little of that yellow. I just bought a few color samples from the hardware store, and am planning to mix up the perfect tone.

There are a few other things I should mention about this particular part of my room pictured.

The first, is that a bigger project I am planning to attend to is painting that metal headboard. The ivory tone is just too similar to my wal color. I am thinking a light blue, possibly Krylon's Blue Ocean Breeze, which I have a few cans of.

The next thing I want to point out is my little night stand. I needed something tiny. For a long time I could find nothing that would fit that little space. A lucky day at the thrift shops (and a suggestion from a friend) helped on that front.

 In order not to block the closet door I had to find a night stand no wider than 13", which proved to be a really hard feat! Luckily, one day I recieved a text from a friend with a picture of these 3 little end tables at a thrift shop:

They were 12" square, with really pretty wood. Sold as a set, for $40. It was 3 times as many little tables as I needed at the time, but I decided it was worth it.  So I picked them up. On its own, one of those tables was just too low to make a useful bedside table. And it lacked any sort of little drawer- where would I stash my emergency chocolate?

Luckily, the thirft store next door to the one where I purchased the tables held a good solution. A discontinued box of drawers from ikea. exactly as wide as the table.

I liked that the box was not as deep as the table, so it creates a ledge to place a couple things like glasses or my cell phone. But obiously the two drastically different wood tones didn't look quite right. I wanted the box to look integrated into the table, creating the look of one piece of furniture. 

I love wood stain.

Not perfect, but I think it looks pretty good. And it fits that tiny space! And my emergency chocolate!

Well since I abandoned this blog for so long (but didn't abandon my hobbies I usually blog about!) I have a lot of little changes and projects still to share here. I even took the pictures already. But to keep this from turning novel length, I'll end this post here. You can look forward to future posts that show: what I did with the two remaining end tables, my awesome vintage dresser craigslist score, some new etsy artwork, and how I organized all my jewlery. 

Anyways...Any color suggestions for me for my awesome "Hello" sign? I know blue or sea foam may seem like the obvious choices, but I am planning to paint the headboard below it that color. Of the swatches I painted, do any stand out to you? Other ideas?