I did end up buying new (better) wall anchors and I was able to hang up the picture frames, now I just need some black & white photos to fill it :-)
It's a little bit smaller than I thought, but it looks pretty cute. Very soon we'll move the matching sofa upstairs, under the frames :-)
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A la hora de la hora si fui y compre los empaques para colgar los marcos y si funciono, ahora ya nada mas necesito una fotos en blanco y negro para llenarlos :-)
Esta un poco mas chico de lo que yo pensaba, pero esta curiosito. Ya mero vamos a mover el sofa alla arriba, debajo de esos marcos :-)
Sunday, September 20, 2009
It worked!!!
Posted by Pilar at 10:26 AM 0 comments
Labels: Loft, Pictures, Red Envelope
Saturday, September 5, 2009
They're here!!!
The items I bought from Red Envelope got here on Wednesday I think, I put the candelabra in its new home right away, and I even started hanging the picture frames... but I ran into a big problem :-( The wonderful instructions that came with it didn't specify what drill bit size to use, so I used one smaller than 1/4" from the look of the plastic anchors, the weird thing is that I even had to use a hammer to put them in because they were such a tight fit on the wall, but when I started putting the supports for the poll using the drill, the screws pushed the anchors INSIDE the wall!!! My theory is that the "walls" of the anchors that keep it on the external side of the wall are not big enough, and their diameter is too similar to the anchor's body... So I need to figure out a way to fix that... Hmmm... Or I could go to Lowes and see if they sell anchors that are the same size but have a bigger "ring" surface... Aha!!! Problem (almost) solved!!! I will post pictures of that as soon as I get it up.
During the week I also saw that Pottery Barn had a sale, and a table clock that I had been eyeing was really inexpensive now, so I bought it, and it's now gracing one of the end tables :-)
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Las cosas que compre en Red Envelope llegaron el miercoles, se me hace, y puse el candelabro en su nueva casa inmediatamente, y hasta empece a colgar los marcos para las fotos, pero tuve un GRAN problema :-( Resulta que las super instrucciones no especificaban que tamano de broca usar, y viendo el tamano de las "anclas" (como se llaman? Taquetes?), decidi usar la broca de menos de 1/4 de pulgada, y parecia que iba bien porque hasta batalle para meter las anclas y use un martillo para ponerlas, pero a la hora de empezar a poner los soportes para la varilla en la que se cuelgan los marcos usando el taladro como desarmador, las anclas se METIERON a la pared!!! Mi teoria es que las anclas estan mal disenadas y las "paredes" que le permiten permanecer en la parte exterior de la pared estan demasiado cortas o que el diametro es muy similar al diametro del cuerpo del ancla... Asi que necesito ver como arreglar eso... Mmmm... Podria ir a Lowes y ver si tienen anclas de ese tamano en las que tengan la superficie del "anillo" mas grande!!! Aja!!! Problema (casi) resuelto!!! Voy a postear fotos ya que este colgado...
Durante la semana tambien mire que Pottery Barn estaba teniendo una especial y un reloj de mesa que habia estado mirando durante un tiempo estaba super barato, asi que lo compre, y ahora esta sobre una de las mesas en la sala :-)
Posted by Pilar at 7:51 PM 2 comments
Labels: Livingroom, Pottery Barn, Red Envelope
Friday, August 21, 2009
More Decoration Items
I've been eyeing this picture frame arrangement for a while, but I was waiting until it was on sale ;-) It's only $10 less than normal, but when I also saw that the candle holder that I also like was also on sale ($40 less than normal), I knew I had to take advantage of it... before it's sold out or something, like it has happened to other things I've taken too long to buy in the past :-(
Can't wait to get them here and see them in person!!!
From: Red Envelope
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He estado echandole un ojo a este juego de marcos para fotos desde hace un tiempo pero estaba esprando a que bajara de precio ;-) Ahorita nada mas cuesta $10 menos que normalmente, pero cuando vi que el candelabro que tambien me gustaba estaba en especial ($40 menos de lo normal), sabia que tenia que aprovechar... antes de que ya no los vendieran como otras cosas que me han tocado recientemente :-(
Ya quiero que lleguen para verlos en persona!!!
De: Red Envelope
Posted by Pilar at 6:14 PM 4 comments
Labels: Decoration, Red Envelope