Picture of the Day: Mangoes for Sale in Cartagena

Cartagena, Colombia
3.07.2013

Picture of the Day: Fruit Seller in Cartagena

Cartagena, Colombia
3.8.2013

Picture of the Day: Buildings in Prague

Prague, Czech Republic
5.2006 

Picture of the Day: Rocky Shore in Floripa

Florianopolis, Brazil
5.27.2007 

Craft Room Cleanup is Done!

This past weekend I finally finished organizing and cleaning out my craft room. It took me a few months but I am so glad that it is done. I need to do some furniture rearranging and decorating, but having things organized is a good first start.

So far I moved the grey rug that I used to have in the living room up into the room. For a work surface I set up two white Vika Amon table tops from Ikea that I already had on top of some new Lerberg trestles. That's all I was able to do before we headed on vacation but I am ready to get things looking great as well as being clean and organized when I get home.

Picture of the Day: Small Lion Statue in Macau

Macau, China
11.14.2006 

Columbia: Take 2

Today Frank and I are heading off to Columbia. After our original plans to go in December were derailed we are finally getting to go. Things have been crazy at work lately so I am really looking forward to a week off of relaxing in warm weather. I can't wait to trade in the snow of Michigan for the sun of Cartegena!

Picture of the Day: Church Spires in Bratislava

Bratislava, Slovakia
5.2006 

Picture of the Day: Home in the Cotswolds

Cotswolds, England
United Kingdom
6.2005

Choosing Tin Ceiling Tiles

After deciding that we would put up tin ceiling tiles in the room that will become Frank's office when he moves in, I set about doing some searching for, you guessed it, tin ceiling tiles. I wanted something made from steel, which is what the ceilings were traditionally made from, as well as had good quality and price. 

After poking around on the internet for a bit I really liked American Tin Ceilings. Most of the tiles, which are 24" square were about $7 each unfinished and the testimonials on their page commended the quality of the tiles and packaging. Although due to the size of the room 24" patterns would be way too large, we wern't sure if 12" or 6" patterns would look best so I decided to order a few samples for Frank and I to check out. 

First up are the tiles that we didn't choose (Pattern 3, Pattern 20, Pattern 30). They are all lovely, but with a 6" pattern they seemed a little small and we wanted the impact that a 12" pattern would provide. I think on a wall or as a backsplash these would look awesome, though.

Here are the two patterns that we ended up choosing. On the left is Pattern 1 which Frank choose for his study. Since we are going to redo the ceiling in the guest room next door as well, I thought it would be nice to also do that with tin, but for that room I choose the pattern on the right, which is Pattern 2.

Here are a few close-up shots of the two tiles.

I can't say enough about how lovely they look in person and how the photos don't do the tiles justice. I can't wait to put my order in and put up these ceilings. We still have the small matter of putting up the plywood substrate before we get to that point, but that is for another day...