The walls were flat white, with scuffs, stains, holes, and marks all over them.
I decided to give the room some flair....
The thunderbird sign is metal with just a little bit of the original paint left on it. Steve used to stand out on the dirt road near his home in NOWHERESVILLE, and this thunderbird was on a pole nearby. Four years ago we visited NOWHERESVILLE and stole the sign. We knew it would have a purpose someday.
I hung it in the office with some chain and hooks. I painted the two walls on that side of the room with brown and caramel, to match two of the colors on the thunderbird.
The two little metal coolers on the floor to the right are my babies. The dark colored one was Steve's family's cooler when they moved back from California to Southern Arizona back in 1967. I have fixed it up a little bit. The other one was a gift from Steve and it is in pristine condition. I figure it's from the 1940's. Who collects coolers? Me.
The curtain rod is actually a couple of metal poles that came off the bed. Steve bought two canopy beds for his daughters when they were "tweens," and the canopies just came down recently. Not very practical in a small bedroom. I glued two of the poles together to make a curtain rod, and then hung it from the ceiling with chains and hooks.
Oh and then there's the shelf. And the shelf decor.
I didn't want just any shelf. I grabbed a board from the garage, painted it, and hung it from the ceiling with, once again, chains and hooks. And then I got my collection of booze bottles. I knew I was saving them for something!!!!
I cleaned them, placed some Christmas lights around them, and there you have it. Decor. Along with the handicapped parking sign from the airport.
I'm thinking about adding an espresso machine and a couch to my office. That will make it the place for people to gather and exchange witty banter. Like on Friends. I get to be Jennifer Aniston!!!!
