finishing touches have been tweaked and are ready for their close up

 

The vanity has been completed while the mirror will be getting some finishing touches added to it over the next few days. The bathroom now has a very spa-like vibe with the addition of some of my very fav items. I think it's important you have special things around you that bring back wonderful memories when you look at them... and for that moment you can see where you were, whom you were with before you're whisked back to where you are now in your life. This is what makes a home your sanctuary and not some random place to hang your hat.

                I love this hand-mirror. I've had for more decades than I care to remember.

 

The heart shaped voltive holder is a keepsake from Amanda's wedding. The battery operated faux metallic voltive is from a holiday shopping spree when I selected stocking stuffers for Emma, Zach and Landie this past year-- such a fun day!

 

 

This framed print is a birthday card that was given to me by a friend. I love what it says.

This collection holds sandalwood incense along with a dried flower from a bouquet that a friend had picked in her garden and gave to me. The heirloom perfume stopper belonged to my paternal grandmother and reaches so far back in my memory that I can't remember it not being in my life. It was a pair. When my grandmother passed my aunt and I each took one as a keepsake. This crystal voltive holder was one of the first things I purchased when I moved into my Forest Meadows condo when Dave was 19 and Amanda was 13. Tara then 18 and Kyle lived a few blocks away, in downtown Murphys, and were expecting Hali. I was suddenly all on my own. It was the most challenging year of my life but it was also one of the very best.

The two back prints, Jeff and I picked up one Saturday afternoon, while  we were gallery hopping through Harbinger, when we were dating. It was such a beautiful day. Sunshine, blue skies with balmy temps. We dashed into Alchemy afterwards for an espresso and Mexican chocolate coffee with whipped cream that they served in those wonderfully large over-sized bowls. I remember that tooled back up to my condo later and barbecued steak and tossed together a Caesar salad while listening to a jazz cd of all the great lady jazz singers; Ella, Billie, etc., a gift from Jeff. We sat out on the 3rd story deck where the aroma of bbq mingled with the scent of towering sugar pines aka ponderosa pinetrees.

How can I not like a room that contains all of these wonderful memories that life has given me?

Now, I can turn my attention to the guest bathroom that still has so very much needed to be done with it... Deep sigh.

                                                          These Foolish Things, Nat King Cole