Connie, loved your room renos. I see the same books I have piled beside me but yours are MUCH more tidy. Clean up some messy areas should be one of my goals for the winter but I have to be in the mood. Eliminate some of the clutter would be a good idea too. I will probably read, maybe do a mosaic or two and mostly work on my pictures on the computer. I keep promising, myself, I'll try to do a book but organization is not my strong point. Anyway, we're enjoying a great, long, mild fall. Still no frost at least close enough to the house to make a difference. I've got dahlias blooming and a some plants looking green still. I took some pictures yesterday, I'll post them on the Discussion side. Janice, jewelery - I'll do that right now..... Congrats on the new grandchild. What fun.

This project sounds awesome!!! Welcome aboard too!!! I am glad to hear that the mirror won't be left as is as the birds are likely to injure them seves with it, at least I heard that somewhere....What substrate are you using? This will be 4 sided(oblisk you said?), ohhh, sounds cool! Have you been checking out Flag's Triple Garden Bling Extravaganza??? She used mirror too! So harsh winters make me hope that your substrate will not be wood, as it will swell and crack the mosaicing....I use outdoor grout, I buy it in a tile shop(flooring shop) not at a box store, and also use outdoor sealer, but that is because we get wet,cold,freezing here...If it's metal...well show us pics!!!! We will cheer you on all winter with works in progress pics..that's all we ask...heh heh! So with mosaicing, it's a good rule to make sure your grout lines(space between pcs) is no more than 1/4 inch, as it will be more prone to crack during bad freezes...even with sealer...I have learned! So either outdoor mortar or the silicone is fine. Hopefully someone else will chime in to add more stuff for you!!! Jane Here is a link that might be useful:

We started our late fall early winter with taking down about 5 black walnut trees, cutting them up and stacking them for seasoning. We are trying to clear the back .25 acres of our land to get better visual and get some sun to shine through there. We were doing good until the snow and cold weather hit. Now that's on hold until snow clears. I'm doing indoor projects now, organizing, cleaning, decluttering etc. Next month I'll clean the carpets and we're getting a dumpster to rid ourselves of anything we haven't used in 1 year, can't wait to get that done. In late March early April we will build two 4 x 16 beds that will be used for veggies. I had 8 smaller ones in the lower garden area but they have become obsolete. Our neighbor has planted black walnut trees and every bit of juglone travels down hill to my beds. Killed 16 heirloom tomatoes last year and nothing else really did that well. We will make those beds into perrenial beds and the beds far enough away from the juglone river will be for blueberry bushes and rhubarb. For now I'm bored. I am thinking about taking up crocheting. I'd like to learn to make small gifts for family and friends. I'm doing some research on where to start with that. If I don't find something to do I'll drive hubby crazy.

In case Jenn gets notifications on this thread, I have a similar problem. I wanted to use sconces but think there is not enough room so I think we might need to use a bathroom bar. How is the lighting you are receiving from the lighting? Are the shadows impossible? Troubling? Minimal? Thanks...should you see this.