Family Room Built-ins

In August 2010, I posted a photo of our family room when we still had the old tv.  We purchased a flat screen shortly after that, but it took us a while to come up with a design and then a lot longer to get a carpenter that could implement our plan.  He started work on Friday afternoon and got the base cabinets in.  He'll be back on Monday afternoon to begin building the open shelving above.

Art

My friend Tamra made this original art work for her foyer-how cool.  I'd love to copy her idea and do something a similar bold design on sheet metal so that it's magnetic and can become a backdrop for holiday cards. 

Photos

What a great idea to add a bold detail to the room without busying it up!  Love it!

Wainscoting ideas

Finally back to some decorating projects and searching for photos of wainscoting ideas for the powder room now that we've found a carpenter.  I want to have him put up wainscoting from floor to ceiling and then put a bold print on the ceiling

I had a really hard time getting this photo, but it really shows what I'd like to do.  Leaning towards ending the wainscoting 18" or so short of the ceiling and then wrapping the top of the powder room in a bold wall paper, similar to the ones in some of the posts below