Friday Finds & Weekly Recap

Staircase Project Update

The staircase reno is still consuming my brain. We have the tile situation figured out and now I’m contemplating the railings. We were going to attempt to DIY the project but because we need SO much railing (about 80′ total) with many turns and angles, I think it’s best to hire the project out. The railing is a meticulous project with lots of precise measurements and safety is important so I think we’ll let the professionals handle this one. I have an idea of the overall look I’d like to achieve but we’re still contemplating verticle vs horizontal railing, and if we do verticle, whether or not to take each baluster to the floor or do a horizontal bar on the bottom.

I’m leaning toward verticle balusters with a bottom horizontal rail so that it’s easier to clean the stairs and so that we don’t have to destroy the new flooring by attaching each baluster but I do love the simplicity of each baluster carrying all the way to the floor. Decisions, decisions.

Faux Plants

How do you feel about faux plants? I’ve always been anti-faux but I finally broke down and purchased some faux greenery stems for the vintage can on my fireplace after growing tired of plucking greenery from the trees in my backyard. 😉 I got these faux branches and the fact that they were back ordered tells me I made a good choice. I’ll keep you posted. P.S. I was loving this last cold snap and took advantage of the cooler weather to use the fireplace for what is probably the last time until next year because, Florida.

Have a great weekend, folks!

St. Patrick’s Day is Saturday, check out this post and this one too for last minute inspiration.

P.S. Are you guys following me on Pinterest? I revamped my Pinterest profile and have been pinning lots of inspiration lately so follow along for some pretty. 🙂