Even More Window Seats
It’s no secret that I love window seats. My files are bursting with them so I think it’s a good time for another roundup.
These are all very different but I love the feeling of all of them. I need to get working on one for this house!
(Photos: 1.via Living Arts 2.via Belle Maison 3.S.R. Gambrel [...]
I’m Back + This Wall Of Postcards Is Bananas
Hi, everyone, I’m back! What a fantastic trip! Once I get organized, I’ll share a few photos with you but for now, let’s start the week off with this bit of amazingness:
I have a massive postcard collection that I started decades ago and I’ve always wanted to cover a wall with them like wallpaper. I [...]
Still Searching for a Worn Leather Chair
I’m still on the hunt for a worn leather chair. I originally wanted one for the family room but we put the Bergère chair in there and I think it’s perfect for the space. But I’d still love a leather chair.
In the basement, we have what some people would call a media room; I just [...]
Even Bigger and Better Union Jacks!
So remember my post on Union Jacks the other day? The very next day, the very fabulous Decor Demon posted about Betsy Burnham’s house and in her daughter’s room was this amazing dresser:
This has DIY written all over it. So I did a little more web surfing and I found this:
at French Provincial Furniture. She [...]
Wanted: Low Stools
I’ve been looking on and off for a pair of low stools for the living room. I could also use one in the master bathroom at the vanity.
I don’t think I want the plain X-stools that seem to be everywhere but beyond that I have no idea what I want.
Anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks for your [...]
Copper Pendants and My Devotion to Arne Jacobsen
You know how everyone is loving brass lately? Well, I am too but I’ve also been really attracted to Tom Dixon’s copper pendant for a while.
Over the weekend, I was perusing my files for rooms with copper lighting and I noticed something really interesting . . .
All the rooms also had Arne Jacobsen chairs in [...]
Reader Question: Saarinen Tulip Table & Chairs + a Q&A
I get questions from readers from time to time about various design issues. Normally they’re quickly answered but sometimes they’re a little more involved like a question I got recently from Kelley. I thought the discussion might be interesting for you as well so (with Kelley’s permission) I’m posting her question and my answer here. [...]
More Rolled Arm Sofa Goodness
The last thing I need is another sofa but every time I see an English rolled arm sofa, I stop in my tracks. (Like on the cover of the book from yesterday’s post.) I first posted about these lovelies here and here are some more from my collection.
I’m sure you’ve all seen Sofia’s place:
and yes, [...]
Updating Our Dining Room Furniture
One of the big items we got from my parents as part of their downsizing is an antique dining set. I was happy to get it since the white table and chairs we had in our old dining room have gone into the eat-in area of the kitchen and we needed something in the space. [...]
More Chair Reupholstering Options
So I think this is how I’ve decided to reupholster those chairs I showed you last week:
This chair is exactly the same style – down to the carvings in the wood – and it would fit in perfectly with the black and white color scheme I talked about yesterday.
I’m 99% sure (today) that that’s the [...]
A Reupholstering How-To
As a follow-up to my post yesterday, Raina is kindly sharing her reupholstering tutorial with us today. So without further ado . . .
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Hello Delicious Dumplings! I’m Raina, the snark goddess from If the Lamp Shade Fits. A few months ago, Ally asked for my help with an upholstery project and I was happy to [...]
Future DIY Project
Remember I said I was getting a lot of furniture from my parents? Well, the lot included a couch and love seat that my mom really doesn’t want me to alter and I’ve been strongly discouraged from doing anything to the antique dining set but she’s okay with my painting and reupholstering these two chairs:
Aren’t [...]
Worn Leather Chairs
Given my chair addiction, it’s hard to believe that there could be a lack of seating around here but we could actually use an armchair in the family/keeping room. We just have our gray couch in there right now and that’s fine when it’s just the two of us but when my mom and another friend [...]
Today’s Crush: Handpainted Chinoiserie Cocktail Table
The convenience of shopping at midnight in my pajamas is really giving my credit card a workout. I should really stop but I keep finding amazing bargains like this hand painted Chinoiserie style table:
It’s only $249.05 and I want it very, very badly.
I recently read somewhere that one of the decorators on HGTV (Taniya Nayak, I [...]
Hand Me Down Furniture
My parents have decided that they want to downsize. This translates into me being “gifted” a lot of furniture, china, crystal and all sorts of other what I call “grown up” things. Fortunately my mom has impeccable taste and since we have a lot more rooms to fill in the new house, I’m not complaining.
My [...]
Pretty In Pink
We’re back in business, folks! And thank goodness because not being connected makes me all jittery. I hate that it does but it does.
Anyhoo, I’ve got my iMac all plugged in, which means I finally have access to my stash of blog images, which makes me oh so happy. As I was going through them [...]
More Black Couches, AT Debut, And Where I Blog From
More examples of how fabulous black couches can be.
I have no idea why I have couches on the brain lately. I just do.
I have a couple of other things to share with you today. First, today is my debut at Apartment Therapy! My first post will be up later this morning – so that’s afternoon, [...]
The Perfect Sofa?
I would like to continue the discussion of this room from yesterday’s post.
Aside from the fab chandelier, I’m completely in love with this sofa.
It looks like this sofa from George Smith:
George Sherlock also makes a similar one:
There is also the Lee Industries version which Lauren at Pure Style Home actually found on Craiglist! She then [...]
Abigail Ahern
I think most of you know how fabulous stylist and designer Abigail Ahern is. On the off chance you don’t, NKP at Head Over Heels had a great post on her work a couple of months ago. And more recently, so did Jenny at My Favorite and My Best.
Of all the spaces she’s designed for herself and [...]
A Window Seat Of My Own
You know how I love window seats? Well, this weekend I finally did something about it.
I got this trunk a while back on sale at Nordstrom. (Their home department in the Seattle store is tiny but always has great stuff! I never leave without buying something.) This past weekend I wedged it into a nook [...]
Haunted By The Ghost Chair
In the past couple of weeks, I’ve written about black chandeliers as well as black and white decor. In putting those posts together, I forgot this one.
I can’t tell you how much I love this room. The white! The view! The black chandelier! The Saarinen table! A banquette! I even have that Marimekko pillow!
But what [...]
Ikea Trollsta
I have been loving the Ikea Trollsta sideboard since it came out. I’ve resisted it because a) I don’t have any room for it and b) I generally avoid things that scream “I’m from Ikea.” But I just can’t get it out of my mind – especially in yellow! Look how great it looks in [...]
Mismatched Chairs
Years ago, I had a friend with the cutest apartment in San Francisco that was furnished on practically no budget. One of my favorite things about her apartment was the dining area which consisted of a really long rustic table and a mishmash of random chairs that she either found or were given. I had never [...]
French Settees And Colorful Pillows
In the past week, I’ve bought three new pillows. I’m out of control. Soon there won’t be any room in our house for any inhabitants. It’ll just be a house filled with pillows. But I just can’t help myself. Pretty pillows, especially on French settees, make me weak in the knees.
And who does that look [...]
Black Couches
Deviating from our usual ode to white around here, I’d like to show you some photos of gorgeous black couches I’ve been collecting. I never thought of buying a black couch before because I always thought of them as big, leather things for man caves but these have got me reconsidering.
This one is probably my [...]
More Window Seat Love
There seems to be no shortage of fantastic window seats these days and in all different styles. Here are some more to add to the collection:
I really have to get myself one somehow! See what everyone else is into today at the Hooked on Fridays blog party.
And I’d like to thank you all for all [...]
Today’s Crush: Pink Ants
It’s no secret that I love anything by Arne Jacobsen. We have his Series 7 chairs in our dining room but I think the Ant chair is also equally fabulous. Especially in pink! This photo, by the way, is my current screen saver. I’m in love with the whole space.
Also, Christina from Down and Out Chic [...]
Window Seat Love
I’ve had a thing for window seats for the longest time. If I walk into a room and there is a window seat, I’m heading straight for it. It’s one of those things that are just impossible to resist. Just last week, Blair at Delight by Design posted some great window seats. Here are some more [...]
Tulips (Or, The Death Of A Coffee Table)
In the past couple of weeks, I had occasion to leave comments at two different blogs about my beloved Saarinen tulip coffee table. So I thought I’d share it here.
We found an original marble top Saarinen tulip coffee table at the Marché aux Puces in Paris. It wasn’t cheap but worth every penny in my opinion. I loved [...]
More Black & White Stripes
Somehow black and white seems to have become the theme this week. So, what’s better than black and white stripes? How about black & white stripes on my favorite furniture? Here my beloved tulip chairs are made even more fantastic – if that’s even possible – with black and white stripes.
And I have been crazy [...]
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