Scenes From My House

Moving into a new place often means starting over. Especially with home decor. Now, I'm not usually one to boast about my furnishings, but then, I've never had much to boast about before. So I get to go all out here.

Sure we moved into a house that was, for the most part, already furnished. One of the perks of buying a show home. What can I say... I just got lucky. The furniture was much better than any I could have picked out. Not kidding. It's so not my usual style. But a real live home designer picked it all out (along with the decorations which didn't come with the house), so all in all it's a pretty good job.

Now, I'm not complaining that the "decorations" didn't come with it. Things like pictures, vases, etc, this-'n-that... that's all personal style, and I would never have felt entirely comfortable with someone else's stamp on my home. So it's okay.

But now I have to start over. However, this is stuff that for the most part I did not bring with me. So I'm really starting over. On a budget. Which means looking for the unusual... the creative... something local.

And here it is: I found just such a local artist. Someone who actually was willing to do a painting for me for free. So now I've got something for over my fireplace. Yay! I've got pictures below. Now, the artist is a little abstract, so I'm not quite sure what the picture is exactly, although I do see that it is a pastoral scene. What I do see is the quality and high level of artistry, so I'm sure that it will be worth a fortune someday and it really enhances the look of the room.

Also, be sure to look for, and admire, the statues and figurines that I've acquired for my coffee table-slash-ottoman. And finally, notice in the last picture how it all works together.

Feel free to be as jealous as you like about my art, but hey, I deserve it.