Lighting decisions for Beach Cheeky are making me a little cray cray people...

     So far I have made about 800 different decisions concerning Beach Cheeky, and I've done pretty well with most of them.  I am one of those people that likes to let things simmer.  I'm not an impulse person in regards to anything really.  I like to look, investigate, research, simmmmmerrrrrrrr....and then dive into my decision making.  That's hard to do when there are deadlines and a ton of decisions to be made, but somehow I've done it without too much second guessing, but with the lighting, I've changed my mind endless amounts of times, because there is an endless amount of awesomeness out there in lights I have to tell you!  Oh lawdy people this is clearly some first world problems for sure, and it's so fun to look at all the endless choices, but I'm starting to drive myself mashugana already!  The first thing is of course the budget.  The builder has an allowance for the lighting, which let's face it, I'm probably going to go over knowing my track record.  But I can't go completely nuts.  

Here are some I'm considering...
For the front porch there will be a hanging gas lantern.  
Either this one...
 Or this one...
But it will be hanging like this one in Rosemary Beach...
I'm leaning towards the first one

I think I have definitively decided on this blue wine jug for the downstairs powder room.  Great price point, and well it's blue...
Moving into the kitchen island, again I think I'm going with two Fenchurch Pendant by Currey and Company...
Over the windows in the kitchen I'm loving Hudson Valley's Rosyln...
Or this one (not sure which company this one is)

The downstairs Master Bath will (I think) have 2 Hedy beaded sconces by Currey and Company...

Moving into the dining room and stairwell is where I am losing my mind, because I can't decide which direction to go in.  

Look at this gorgeous piece from Thomas O'Brien for Visual Comfort lighting, it's called the Erika...
Or these beauties from Low Country Originals




Or from Aiden Gray...




OK, these are out of the stratosphere and too chi chi for my space, but they're gorgeous, so I snapped up some pics

 This one was just artsy and cool...oh and also about $4000 bones, so yeah, um no...
Heading upstairs to the shared bath we went in a more nautical direction...

I'm thinking we are doing a brass fixture in here also from Hudson Valley called Hudson Valley Heirloom...




In my daughter's bath we are leaning towards Visual Comfort's Reed fixture by Thomas O'Brian...
In the upstairs master, I'm looking at this fixture from Hudson Valley called The Grayson.  We would do the double sconce in a polished nickel...
In the bunk room we will be doing these little lights in each bunk...

and some kind of simple pendant like this or something similar...
Outside on the back porch, we will be using these simple galvanized lights...
Whew...that was exhausting!

Back to school and Beach Cheeky updates...

     It's that time again when everyone is headed back to school.  It is so strange this year because I have shipped off one to college two weeks ago and the other one heads out in a few more weeks leaving just one left at home!  It is truly the strangest feeling having them all start to leave, and as excited as I am for each of them starting their new adventures, my heart is sinking a bit.  I love having the energy of the kids running in and out of the house, the loads of food in the fridge, the messy rooms, and yes, even the laundry!  I love all of it, and I will miss all of it!
     I love seeing all the back to school stuff in the stores and was out shopping with my youngest at Urban Outfitters and found the most adorable shirt!  It's a guys shirt, but I think anyone could wear it, specifically my daughter, it completely fits her style.
How cute is this little fox smoking a pipe?
 Adorable...
In Beach Cheeky news, it's all coming together quite nicely, here is the kitchen and breakfast nook...

Back stairs going in...
Another view of the kitchen into the family room...




It's progress!

The opening of a very cheeky antique booth...

     Well after spending inordinate amounts of time throughout the years shopping for antiques, I am opening up a wee little booth people!  It's at a great place that I've written about before here down in Dallas called The White Elephant.  You see a little bit of everything down there!  I just moved in last weekend, so its been fun seeing it all come together.  I sold an old industrial table the very first day, before I even had a chance to get a picture of it!  Big D and I made the trek to Canton last Thursday to find some things for the booth, and of course it was the hottest day so far this year.  Canton is a huge flea market that is about an hour and a half east of Dallas held once a month.

We were dying!
There were all kinds of things...


And now my little booth looks like this...
 With a little of my fave color...