El San Juan

I'm back.  Had a great time in Puerto Rico despite Tropical Storm San Juan impeding the weather some.  The hotel, El San Juan Resort and Casino, was awesome.  Seriously stunning.  They had some of the coolest light fixtures I've ever seen.  These pictures don't do it justice but you can get an idea...

"Blue Bar" in the lobby

Another shot of the Blue Bar chandelier (note the big spider crawling on it for Halloween!)

Another lobby bar chandelier.

"Secret" curtained lounge area in the lobby.

I know I've mentioned before that I love lucite.  There was a cool lucite lamp in our room:

 and also a lucite chair in our room!  So see-through you can barely see it!

My favorite part of our room was the bathroom.  The mirror over the sink lit up and served as a night light at night.

I absolutely loved the tile in the bathroom.  I can't tell if it was a very beautiful shade of aqua or if they painted the walls and put clear tiles on top but either way it is an effect I'd like to duplicate in a home of my own one day.

Another shot of those tiles. 

View from our room.

A short but fun trip!  

Hello, Lubbock.

Just back from a long weekend in Lubbock, Texas to surprise my husband's Mom for her 60th.  Mission accomplished!  She was shocked. 

Haven't been able to post much for a few days but here are a couple of images from the hotel that I liked.  We stayed at a Hawthorne Suites by Wyndham.  They used relatively inexpensive materials but they were well done and made it look quite put together.  Good tips for our own at home decorating.  Here are a couple:

Bold, graphic, black and white wall paper but only on one accent wall behind the bed.  Otherwise, you might get dizzy.  Good effect on one wall though.

Nail head chair.  You could do this to any plain old chair to spice it up.  Love the look.

Inexpensive prints on canvas - not framed.  I didn't get a shot of the one in the bathroom which I liked a lot more but you get the idea.  One big one with the bold colors makes a big statement.

Then my husband took me to a place in Lubbock called Ransom Canyon.  It was a canyon with a big lake in the middle and some of the craziest houses I've ever seen in my life.  This one is called the shell house because it is shaped like a conch. 

This one is entirely made of steel and quite possibly had the best view of the lake of the whole joint.  Not sure I would want to live there but it was definitely interesting to look at.  Yes, that is snow on the ground after we left 60+ degree weather here...