I've Moved!

Exciting news! I have made the big move to a whole new revamped blog brought to you by yours truly. It is called Rappsody in Rooms. I am very excited to share this new blog space with all of you. Not only will it have more of the same type of content you have seen from me but more focused projects and design for the house.

So please, click on over to the new blog. Don't forget to sign-up to follow the blog there, as well as follow me on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest! I'll see you at Rappsody in Rooms!

The Ole Switcheroo: Blogger to WordPress

It’s Official. Yes, so Official that it is a Proper Pronoun. This weekend I am switching from Blogger to Wordpress. Eek! For the past two weeks I have been researching, experimenting, designing, and scaring myself silly as I try to make an educated decision (not spur of the moment that causes chaos) about whether I should make this change or not. After all of my what-ifs and should-I-really moments I decided I was going to do it. Not only was I going to make the change, but I was going to give the blog a whole new makeover.

I had already mentioned in this post that I was most likely going to change the name of the blog. I loved the idea of “The Mego Blog” but I don’t think it showed enough of my personality and the purpose of my blog. It also broke a "cardinal rule" of blogging to not have “blog” in a blog name. But really, can blogs have rules? Suggestions, yes. Rules…blogs were meant to defy standards and be all about how you want them to be.

So after weeks of constantly thinking about names and polling every single person I knew in person, over email, through text, on Facebook, and on the phone about their opinion on a name, I found it. I knew it the moment it popped into my head. I didn’t need to ask anyone if it was a good one or not. It was The Name (there I go with those proper pronouns again), no doubts about it! That name then gave me the inspiration to start the design on my new page and help narrow in and define its purpose.

I don’t want to go squealing on the name yet, as I am sure many Google happy people will go in and find a half-finished site, but I can’t just leave you hanging. So here is a teaser, in the form of a logo I came up with for the site. Eek! I made a logo and it feels so good!

 So please forgive me this weekend if you try and go to this site, as I’m not quite sure how the exporting process will affect it. So wish me luck and here I go. Catch you next week on the other side!

Mego Caving into Change

You know I can’t help to give a good tease, which I most certainly did on Monday, but you know that I couldn’t just leave you hanging like that! So here’s your reward: You get to see where some of those oh-so-cute (and cheap!) knick-knacks ended (only some because some are still waiting to find a home in our casa) and see a few bonus updates in the Mego Cave!

Let’s start with where those super-deal thrifty finds went. Check out the majesty of the combination of those sweet little items and some of the bigger ones!

 

Remember the before? What a mess! 

After:

Before:

After:

I’d say this is an upgrade for this little corner of the room. I couldn’t just let this corner get a makeover without seeing the lonely stares from across the room. So I remedied that by a little pound of a hammer (aren’t I a loving home owner?) and viola! More updates!

From this...

To this lil' update!

 

Just a little change but it brings more of a balanced look to my eye. Let’s take a close look at that piece of artwork though, because it has an amazing story. Aren’t those the best artwork pieces to have?

 

This is one of the pieces that I bought in China, hence the slightly Asian flare. Decorating Asian isn’t totally my thing, so I tried to buy toned down Asian items so I would actually use them in my home. This piece is just magnificent though. Looking at it from far away it is fun to just enjoy the picture. Then you get up close and you get to thinking, “Wow, this looks so light and airy. Wait a minute. Where’s the paint or pencil lines?” Well my friends, there aren’t any. This whole piece was cut, by hand, from one piece of tissue paper. Did you get that? One. Piece. Of. Tissue. Paper.

Apparently this one only took a few hours, but some larger items they sell in the store can take months to cut! It’s just incredible. Can you ever even fathom having the skill or patience to create something like that? I sure can’t! So of course something that stunning needs a more front and center place in the home. Thank you talented Chinese artist half way around the world. This post is devoted to you!

Just one other little update in the room to share. Of course we can't forget the amazing chair appearing act. A little dated but still pretty spectacular for now. I thought adding perhaps a pillow or throw to it would snazz it up a little and make it more modern. Thankfully TJMaxx's clearance section came in for the win! Check out the result.

 

So there they are, a few random updates in the Mego Cave. Little updates, lotta punch!