I like January.

It’s a new year.

It’s a new month.

The hubbub of the holidays is past and my house can be put back in order and all the twinkly lights put away.

I don’t like January weather.

I don’t like taxes looming.

I don’t like the scale.

But January provides a new start.

It seems like every January I get a burst of energy and the list gets long, longer, longest of items to do, things to create and projects to build.

This January 2024, I decided to finish what I’ve started.

So

Many

Things!!!

The first is to finish the Piano room .

I’m pretty sure back in 1903 when our house was built, it was call the parlour or the formal room, but to me it’s the piano room. Because…….well my piano sits in this room. It could also be the plant room because it gets the BEST light and some of my favorite plants live in this room.

A couple of weeks ago, I asked some friends about the two French doors that lead into the piano/plant room.

White or Black??

It was a resounding Black so……..

Good choice friends. I think they look fabulous.

When you enter the Piano/plant room, directly in front is a chair and my Dads old gun cabinet that I restored and it now holds memorabilia from family members who’ve already left for heaven.

The photo that sits on top is the old farmhouse Dad grew up in in Ohio. It’s name was Grandview and that’s what we call our old house too.

To the right is the fireplace.

The left door is a closet and the right leads to our primary bedroom and bathroom. I recently put up the molding and painted.

The fireplace doesn’t work………yet.

Around the corner is my little desk area. Not often so I need a desk but it comes in handy. The wall above has vintage baskets that hold envelopes and stamps, bills to be paid and invoices waiting to file. And tax stuff. Yuck.

Behind the piano is the bay window that shines light on my favorite plants. I recently painted all the window trim black. That was fun. NOT.

I added floor to ceiling curtains to frame the windows and soften the room. I left them monochromatic to the walls so they didn’t take away from the windows. Some of the old windows still have the original wavy glass.

See my Fiddle Fig Felicity? She’s my favorite. she takes up a lot of space and Steve seems to think she would be trimmed. We disagree.

The next wall will change soon. This black dresser was refinished to go in our new room addition. The addition should be completed in a few months and I wil be replacing this dresser with another piece.

The best part of the room is it’s namesake.

My piano……

January isn’t quite over and I’m almost finished with project #2.

Happy January!