One of the many things that drives me nuts about our apartment is the recessed lighting in our dining room and entry. I knew there were conversion kits, but the thought of messing with wires freaked me out, so I've just learned to live with these uglies in our home. BUT, while I was flipping through the Ballard catalog the other day I pretty much jumped for joy when I found out there is an easier way! They sell adapters that you just screw into the recessed lighting! Are these new, or am I just the last person to find out about them?
I'm purchasing the natural linen for our dining room, and if I like it, I'm purchasing a smaller one in seagrass for the entry.
This weekend I tried to spiffy up our entryway like I had mentioned here. It ended up taking much longer than I expected because the texture on our walls made all of my careful taping useless. The paint just seeped through the (edge-lock guarantee) tape and made horrible jagged lines. I also chose a way-too-small roller. Two lessons learned: never buy a house with textured walls, and buy a bigger roller next time!
It turned out much more blue than I was expecting, but I think it might be growing on me.
Just in case you don't remember the before...
We used Valspar's Corduroy Black. The bin is from the Container Store, the hooks are from Anthro, the rug is from West Elm, and the picture is from our recent trip to Marfa. I got it made into a 16x20 poster at Walgreens and put it into an Ikea frame for less than $30!
So many, many things have been going on the past couple of weeks. For starters we saw Blind Pilot on the 14th, and then after about four hours of sleep hopped on a plane to fly to the beach. I was exhausted, but it was totes worth it. We almost didn't go since we had so much to do before vacation, and had seen them a few times before, but man I'm glad we did. This was by far the best concert they've done, and that last song... too good. Anyway, here are some pictures from the show. I'll post vacay pictures soon!
Hanging out pre-show in the super cool Kessler Theatre lounge where we had some delicious roasted jalapeno hummus with naan, and I discovered my love for Ace Cider.
Lost Lander opened, and let's just say I immediately became a fan. We got to meet them after the show, and they were all so nice. They even signed our CD for us!
I had a serious girl crush on the keyboard player, Sarah. If I could snap my fingers and look like someone else, it would totally be her. The hair, the lipstick, her am-ah-zing clothes. Gimme!!
Blind Pilot absolutely killed every single song. It.was.SO.GOOD!!
I wish I had a picture of their last song. They unplugged everything and came out into the audience to play Three Rounds and a Sound acoustically. They asked for everyone to stop taking pictures and recordings and just be present, so we did. It's hard to describe being two feet away from one of your favorite bands playing your favorite song while being surrounded by hundreds of people singing around you. Definitely something I'll always remember.
My summertime song on repeat.
P.S. I'm going to be working on the bloggity blog for the next couple of weeks to try and clean things up around here, so if things look a little funky, just ignore :)
