Sail Away

Well, our foyer is ready for summer! Of course, summer weather here is still a little iffy/not consistent...and I'm still wearing sweaters, real shoes, a fleece and have a space heater at work because it is so cold in our office, but...I added some seasonal summer decor to our 2 story entryway. So at least when I'm in the hallway I feel warm and ready to hit the beach:)



We have this awesome transom window above our front door that I love (only 1 other house in our neighborhood of around 70 homes has one - and that house is red too!). Its such a charming spot to take advantage of...I've been adding things to the windows depending on the season - mini pumpkins in the fall, Christmas ornaments at the holidays, starfish over the summer. Plus you can see these little unexpected treasures from both inside and outside.

{On a side note, I've been considering painting the inside of our front door black. The outside is black, and I feel like the door gets lost surrounded by all this nice white trim and even more windows. I'm thinking it might be nice to have a bit more drama here in the entryway. Thoughts? Would a color other than black look better?}

I also added this model ship to the top of our bookcase (currently serving as an entryway table until we find one we like). I sort of confiscated it from my mom when she didn't want it anymore, but decided I wasn't crazy about the hunter green hull - that's bottom of the boat for all you land-lovers. (I like green, but forest is not my favorite shade...see blog title..also see the chartreuse glass on the shelf).

So I decided it couldn't hurt to the paint the bottom of the ship a color that fit in more with our style. I had some leftover Benjamin Moore Danville Tan (a beige with a green undertone) from when I painted our living room last fall...I've since painted over it again, decided that shade wasn't right for the space, but maybe it would be good for out little boat:)



This took me all of 15 minutes. And most of that was waiting for one side to dry so I could paint the other. It took 2 coats...and I didn't even sand it first!!!

Here's the new black, red and tan ship. What do you think? It's a subtle difference, though now there's a lot more contrast along the hull with the new lighter paint color on the bottom and the black on the top. Hmmm, looking back at the before and after I guess I don't think the hunter green was all that bad. But I still like the Danville Tan just a bit better.







Now if we could just get my dad's boat in the water and do some real sailing! Yay for summer:)