NAFASI THE BLOG

...Before I get to the final house pictures. But this one's a doozy... Yeah that third shelf fell. I tried putting a big beautiful plant with a clay pot up there. It looked beautiful! For about 1 hour. The shelves even with anchors can't hold very much weight in old cement walls. It ripped out huge holes in the walls where the brackets were and dirt and pieces of pottery were all over the floor. It was so sad! The good news here- the maintenance team came and fixed it all immediately! Before I knew it holes were patched, the mess was cleaned, and by the next week the bracket was back up and I had painted over the new cement. The only down side is we had to move the shelves higher than their old placement to drill into a more solid part of wall, and the 2nd and 3rd shelves are now a little too tall to reach. Patrick's having an OK time with it though at least! While we're on the topic, another fumble occurred in our bathroom. The best part about ha...

It has been quite a while, but yes, a designer's home is never done.... Actually that's not true. There's like 2 things left to do, and then I'm never touching a thing!  The last blog I wrote, The Very Most Recent Up to Date State of Everything , showed the house almost complete. I needed to go to the US to pick up a few things (4 more suitcases full of light fixtures rugs, bedding, etc) and oh, also, by the way, Get Married! (!!!!!!)  Exchanging rings and vows on the family farm, September 3, 2017 While the whole trip was about last minute wedding planning, cleaning out the farm, decorating the farm, gathering friends and family, and celebrating... I did manage to sneak in some time to get things for our house too, of course! We picked up 5 rugs to bring back. Actually, you can barely see it in the photo, but our kitchen rug was also used on the altar of our wedding too! It's pink and gray and white and tie-dye effect. Here it is at home now!  ...

There's still a little ways to go with bringing pieces back from the US, making some fixes to doors and lights, and making a few more custom pieces, but right now the house feels pretty darn good! This is the latest tour of our house before I leave for home. Enjoy! Welcome! Take a seat!  Come on in to the kitchen if you'd like... Sit back, we'll cook you up somethin'!  Bathroom's this way if you need it! Just take in the view. :) Thanks! Come again!  And now I'm off for D.C... Bye Rwanda!! I'll miss you. See you next time as a Mrs.! :):) Love, Teri

In these last winding weeks until I leave my work-in-progress home to go to the US for a month to prep for our wedding and visit with friends and family, I felt the urge to get everything as completed as possible. This included painting our curtains in a mud cloth print... Straight lines! Paint shirt Paint on fabric? Yes! Dying! Yasssss! There they are in the kitchen! (Hung the art too!) Painting our cabinetry navy blue... So good Dry faster! Making paint touch-ups on all the door and window frames to get straighter lines... A thankless job. Incredibly tedious and difficult. Plus it ruined my manicure. ;) And painting our boring doorway into such a cool archway that enhances the nice ceiling height.  Not entirely sure about the cross. I may paint over it. What do you think? Our house is so bright and colorful and getting more and more character. It is really exciting!! I can't believe my visualization boa...