Country Cottage Living Room

I went for a different look from Florida in my Massachusetts home.

I sorta had the thought of a Connecticut farmhouse, even though I live in Massachusetts.

(I am such a dork)

The room had a cathedral ceiling with crappy plaster
 walls and ceiling and a

very unattractive soffit 

over the fireplace.

BUT FIRST!!!!

I want to show you a picture of the wall across from the fireplace....

I clad the walls and ceiling in v-groove paneling which
 I then had painted white. 

I wanted to go for a summery feel, as I am mainly up here
 in the warmer weather.

But when it starts to get a little chillier, I begin to ruminate about changing the white to a warmer color.....

This is what it looked like when I bought my condo.....,

 Stained white rug...

YUM!!!!

Broken blinds, and old curtain hardware.

So I put antique hardwood pine floors down, that were milled out of old warehouse beams.

WARNING!!!!!

This is VERY expensive. 

Don't even look at floors like this unless you are as foolish and deluded as I am.
Since the ceiling was so high, I wanted to make it feel not so cavernous.
I know a lot of folks like high ceilings,
but,
they be not cozy!!!!
So, along with paneling the ceiling, I had fake beams added.
This brings your eyes down to a lower level, helping the scale of the room to feel more comfortable.

BUT FIRST.....
BEFORE I TELL YOU MORE ABOUT THIS ROOM.....
CHECK OUT MY NEW WIDE ANGLE LENS!!!!!!!
IS IT WICKED COOL OR WHAT?????
ok back to decorating.....
The room was unbalanced.
There was only the narrow window to the left of the blue bookcase....
WAIT!!!!
you say???
You think you see one on the right?????
IT BE FAKED!!!!!
I had the carpenter frame in a fake window, and then I had mirror installed where the glass would normally go, 
and then I hung a wooden venetian  blind in front of the mirror to...
FAKE EVERYBODY OUT!!!!!
Now go ahead and admit it.....
YOU WERE FOOLED.....
Weren't you?????


So my point is.....
If there are architectural problems with a space.....
FAKE IT.
If you're a woman, you should already be proficient
at faking stuff................ 
I have to end here, because my folks and my brother are coming over to dinner, and
dum da da dum.....
I'M COOKING!!!!!


So I got a lot of suggestions about how to sign off.
And I feel the best one is....
Latah, Gatah


(suggested by Amy (not Chalmers, another one)
(I don't know her last name, she doesn't add it.)
( I think she's scared of me)
(as well she should be)

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