I mentioned yesterday that we’d gotten some new toys at our house in the past week. The first is something I’ve been lusting after since the day we moved in. An adorable, bubble-bath worthy clawfoot tub. It’s the perfect size – not too big, not too small. It’ll be going in our master bathroom (yes, that means it’ll have to make it up the stairs) but for now it’s resting quietly in the backyard, sans Madonna despite local customs.

As you can see, I haven’t gotten around to cleaning it yet ;) The ball and claw feet are sitting in our kitchen waiting for cleaning too. It does have all 4 intact though, which is great. I noticed at the salvage shop the feet were going for $50-$60 a piece!!!

Thanks to our good friends the Byrnes’, who gifted this to us and helped us hoist it into the truck. When we get the bathroom done, maybe I’ll invite them over for a soak.

The other fun thing we finally got around to buying is a matching set of doorknobs and plates for the front entry doors. I found them at one of our favorite Rochester salvage shops, ReHouse CNY. They have an egg and dart theme, which I chose because it matches the egg and dart tin ceileing molding we’ve found throughout the house.

Adding new (old) doorknobs to a door is a very easy way to dress it up. BeJane has a good tutorial, with diagrams, if you’re wondering how to do it!

Changing out door knobs – BeJane