Staging Stinks-Sometimes

What?

Well...there I said it!

You want the truth, right?

It stinks when you don't

have much to work with....

MyHero and I went

to Door County yesterday.

You remember our friend,

Keys?

After he passed away

last month we were left

to deal with the

house he was renting.

The landlord is

now going to sell the house.

So, MyHero asked me

if I could stage it 

working with what 

was already there.

Now, the funny thing

is that about 15 years ago

 we provided

Keys with just about

every piece of furniture

he owned.

Dated?

You bet!

But,  you work with

what you have, right?

Why?

Because there is 

NO BUDGET

for this redo.

Door County, WI

is noted for 

cherries and 

big shipyards....

lots of nautical stuff

in this area.

So, we are going for a

nautical theme here.

 Here is what I

started with looking in

from the foyer.

There used to be

THREE pianos in this room..

A concert sized grand,

an upright

and a harpsichord.

Those have all been

removed and a couple of them

are awaiting new homes.

This is from a slightly

different angle.

And this is looking

towards the dining room.

So....

after a bit of moving things

around I found an old

desk upstairs

and moved that to the corner

that held the chair.

The top is in terrible condition

but there was a piece of

black felt that I used

to cover the top.

After looking at this I went

back and turned the drawers

to the back when I noticed

the hardware was all wonky.

I used an old chair to make

this odd space a little

reading nook.

These chairs were 

"country blue"

from the 80s.

I ordered slip covers from 

Overstock.com 

in a rich cocoa brown color

and gave them to

 Keys a few years ago.

The little pillow was a gift

from my sweet son-in-law

and is on loan for

staging.

The dining room is

bare and spare

but I dressed the table

as best I could using

what I had on hand.

There is a little built in

on the wall in here.

It is in an awkward space

so I added the nautical

bell pull to one side.

~Blue & White & Yellow~

I thought the yellow

cheered it up a bit.

The kitchen is still a mess.

But that is next up on the

TO DO LIST.

These HAVE to go!

And, I am replacing the

burner pans... they're awful...

trust me....

So, that's what

I did yesterday.

Today I have

SOMEONE SPECIAL
spending the day

so you know how much

I will get done!

Not much...

but I'm sure I will

have lots of laughs!

And probably a few

new "stories" 

to share with you!

Have a great day friends!