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Wow, tough crowd. I think the after is definitely an improvement. Kudos on tackling the job yourself--I'm always too scared to attempt something that large and difficult. I like the fact that you left the frame a little worn and beat up.

Aw, thanks Jen64, that's so sweet!

I hope I'm not too late in posting this...
So, I fell off the face for a bit, and I've been floating out in the atmosphere, but I think I've finally come in for a (temporary) landing...
I'm in the "will be done" category as well. I've gotten most of the big things done...painting, lighting, furniture arranging, but I've still got several details to attend to.
I've finally posted some photos of my room in it's current state, and while I'm definitely not finished, I have to say I'm super happy with it!! After getting the arrangement of furniture done, I went to bed thinking "this room is going to be so nice to wake up in tomorrow" and I was right--I can't really describe how awesome that feeling is.

So here's my latest photos, and as I said, it's not done...but I've gotten a lot farther than ever before. Thanks AT!!
cure After (but not done!)

As far as nominees, Its really hard to pick one as well. The people who motivated me the most and kept me going with their comments and inspiration were suziegoombs, Alana in Canada, and Colleen (CQ in DC) and the people who's personal cures impressed me the most were AndreaU and Alana in Canada...So I guess since she falls into both categories, I nominate Alana in Canada too!!

Thanks for all the motivation and help everyone--you guys really are what kept me going (and will keep me going to completion!)

Ok,
so I am behind...technically. I mean, we're supposed to actually paint next week, right? But I'm going to be soaking in some sun in the Virgin Islands all next week (don't hate me--I need it!!) so I went ahead and moved our furniture away from the walls, un-installed the bedside shelves and spackled the resulting holes. I bought some Harmony primer too.
I'm going to try to prime our bedroom before I leave, so that when I come back I can get straight to painting my color--which I've had a sample of on the wall for a week now, and I LOVE it!!
I haven't posted any pictures, unfortunately, but I will get to that later today.
I feel behind cause I haven't actually executed some stuff yet, but I've been planning for all of it--i've finalized a list of purchases to make, and realized that some things, like reupholstering my chair may have to wait (for financial reasons). I've made a budget, etc.
I just have to pull the trigger on a lot of it...when i get back from vacation.
I know I can catch up...just feels like i'm stuck in a holding pattern. I can't exactly order all my furniture, bedding, etc, right before I leave town and I don't have enough time to do my painting before then either...so...
I have a plan of attack for when I return, but for now, its just going to have to seem like I'm not really moving forward.

I only buy plants that are on the "nontoxic list".
I've also found that my cats really only like to chew on long,
stringy, wispy-leaved plants...but maybe my cats are just weird. :)
I've bought non-toxic, hearty plants and they've survived--they've been nibbled on a bit now and then, but once the spray bottle comes out the cats remember that it's not worth it anyway.

plus, a tornado came through our city two weekends ago and a large amount of damage was done very close by, but we were spared...I'm starting to wonder if I'm being told to move out of Georgia.

Thanks for the kind words..
Alana, we've been offered several places to stay from our friends, but so far we've needed to be there to let the restoration crew into our place. I've been told we may need to have the dehumidifier running for a few days, in which case we may need to take our friend's offer...our "sleep" last night really wasn't very restful (with 3 huge machines running all night long).
They're using an "air scrubber" to get out the smell--I'm hoping it'll be completely gone soon. In the meantime, I'm laundering everything I can.

I've been revising my style tray and I'm solid on my room color, but I'm struggling with my chair fabric.
I like it (a lot), but two things are concerning me...One is that I'm pushing too many warm colors into my primarily cool bedroom scheme. My other concern is that the fabric I've been looking at is "mid-weight" cotton. Technically, its not in the upholstery or home dec category. So, can I use it for upholstery? Does anyone have experience with this issue--using a mid-weight cotton rather than an actual upholstery weight fabric to recover a chair?
http://passageunsettled.blogspot.com/

I'm a little late with checking this week, but I thought I'd go ahead and at least say that I'll have more posted on flickr and my blog later today. I'm in the middle of refining my style tray and mapping out a new floor plan. And i need help deciding on fabric for my chair!! I'll post my two options on my blog, the passage unsettled, in a bit..any feedback would be greatly appreciated. I've been looking at fabric for my chair for SO long (long before i even started the cure) and I've just never been able to decide.
I'm actually really looking for a good chevron stripe fabric to use, but haven't seen any. There's an Amy Butler "rittzy stripe" fabric, but it's a little too busy for me.
Anyone seen any good chevron strip fabrics (that aren't upwards of $40 a yard?)

sparrow in sliver!