These photos are a few weeks old. We're thrilled at how well the tiling came out. (And with a weather forecast of 90 degrees to orrow, we're grateful for the mini-split installation.) The purple chair is a vintage Thonet Club Tub and we've had it in two other rooms before this one.
Since then, we had the bookshelves painted and we're waiting on some construction and electrical work.
(and not a minute too soon... all the furnishings are bought and stored all around the house. Things are so chock-full that I half-joke that my home feels like an episode of "Hoarders", just without the mold and flattened rodents.)
Floor tiling has just started; hopefully, some of the furniture and book boxes can be migrated in next week.
Above: We're building right on top of our existing patio.
Above: It isn't easy being green...
Above: Take a peek inside.
Our first project for 2019. We bought more brown draperies and cared a home gym out of more cellar space. (Due to tax and zoning reasons, we chose to keep this level semi-finished in all its 1970s paneled-wall glory):
We call this room the "Ruth Bader Ginsburg Home Gym for Old Ladies and the Men Who Love Them" (apologies to Derek Zoolander) because we hope to be as active and feisty as Justice Ginsburg at her age.
This door mirror is surprisingly useful and reflects light from the small window opposite it.
We blocked off the plumbing closet to forget that there's a sewage ejector pump behind the doors.
In case of emergency, break glass. (Some memorabilia from Lynne's Halloween 2018 costume.)
These black lace beauties are exactly the "lifting gloves" you'd expect in the "Ruth Bader Ginsburg Home Gym for Old Ladies and the Men Who Love Them".
This past spring, we updated all the basement lighting. (No more flickering florescent tubes!). We then installed a Reiki Room in one part of it, which encouraged me to get my Usui Reiki Master attunement.
The space is never going to win any design awards, because the only unifying feature is that it's all stuff I love and which has great personal meaning to me. The energy healing space also happens to be one of the most comfortable rooms in the house, because it's not intended for public use.
2023 UPDATE: There have been some refinements to this room over the past few years. Updated photos to follow in new post!
Above: Room at a glance. The light in the corner has a purple bulb in it and all the lights are dimmable. The silk scarf over the mirror is from my bellydancing years. The floor rug was bought off overstock.com and turned out to be even prettier than the sellers' picture.
Above: Hanging rocks and an over-sized wooden rosary. (We're very ecumenical...)
Above: a hand-made lotus pottery bowl bought a few years ago at an antique shop while on vaca, filled with sand for "drawing" in.
Above: a TJMaxx dream catcher, which I later embellished with ribbon, yarn, and shells
Above: Another embellished dream catcher.
Above: I got this wing at a Native American powwow. It does a great job sweeping away negative energy.
Above: A HomeGoods garden praying figurine, over a bowl of crystals, animal teeth, and other goodies
