From the Land of Sawdust and Plaster

I know I have been a bad blogger lately with such infrequent posts. I'm real sorry.  I hope to make it up to you a little.   I have been working on a bunch of lighting DIY's and tutorials and have decided to dedicate next week to "Lighting Week".  Everything thing you need to know about rewiring, remaking and rehabbing lights- so that will kick off Monday.  And I plan on tossing a giveaway in there too.
Around these parts things have been jam packed crazy as usual. Here is a look at what has been going on in renovation land... Finish Carpentry.
New doors.
 Big ass baseboards. (It will be white from the wood colored piece down)  Said "buh-bye" to the 1960's brick. I did love it so much more after I had painted it white, but I have bigger plans.  Planking is going up over it.   Mantle design is still  in the works and undecided. Right now a simple barn beam is winning.  Who knows.
Crown has begun...  Front door 1960's peek-a-boo divider is gone and walls planked... The wall above is the entry wall that has been painted seven ways to Sunday. Remember a year ago? I will be working on number 8 shortly once the dust clears.
My house looks nothing like it did a week ago for the Fall House Tour. It's sporting a very a chic carefree and cluttered style right now.   I like to refer to it as 'Eclectic Deconstructionism'.    Those cushions and lumber are perfectly placed. 
As for other life fronts,  this month I turned 39 (I really can't nor want to believe that- the thirties flew).
I ran the Boston Half Marathon again with my friend Tabitha. She kicked butt.  I sucked wind-literally-having forgotten my inhaler.   But we did it!  I have been a color consulting machine these days.  And a big commercial job I have been working on for the past year is almost ready for the fun stuff... paint and paper.  Can't wait for this...
Hope you all have a fun weekend! I think I might get lost in corn maze and drink some cider.
See you Monday!