It's coming together, slowly but surely. I've done more in the last week to pull some pieces together than I have in the more-than-six-months since I posted this. It's funny how design evolves over time, but I like it. And I know it will only continue to do so...
The accent chair? Picked this (it's a dining chair!) up from Trees and Trends this past weekend. After debating for months on the function and shape and style of accent chairs available, I ended up with this upholstered tweed version and I just love it. At a third of the cost of a similar armchair, this anchors the room and still provides a comfy place to rest. A lumbar pillow is soon to join this cozy corner, but you'll just have to wait to see that.
The photo frames? A collection of Goodwill finds (at about $1 a piece) that I spray-painted with a beautiful metallic color I found. The prints are an assortment of landscapes and abstracts I've taken in places that we love in the world; I edited them to bring in the warm vintage-y tones of the rest of the room. I really like how the monochromatic scheme of the frames and images balances out the non-symmetrical layout of the frames.
The end table? An old wooden produce box Cliff has had around for ever. Turned on it's side with the open-side away, it is the perfect height and even provides a place for magazine storage (yet to be stored).
The candlestick holders? These were AWFUL when I found them at Goodwill. Ceramic, painted with mauve paisleys... and now? Thanks to a bargain can of spray paint I found in a color I was looking to accent the room with, they're just perfect!
The vase? Same can be said of this little guy. He looked like a giant peppermint stick - probably some Christmas vase. Using the same metallic paint on the frames, I prepped this vase for the bunch of forsythia stems I picked up on the same trip to get the bargain spray paint. I can't wait for next spring when the forsythia will come from our very own bushes (it's what inspired the incorporation of these lovely branches) - but for now, I think these work great!
The lemons? Totally fake, and that's totally okay. For the time being, they're home is courtesy of one of our larger soup bowls but will eventually have a more permanent place to rest.
The mason jars? A find on my accent chair hunt this past weekend. I made a detour at the antique mall and found these pair. Immediate doesn't even begin to describe my desire for these. The color, the age, the size. Can't wait to decide what to fill them with!
The shams? Well first, I stumbled upon the lovely euro shams on a clearance sale Pottery Barn was having online. I just love love loved them, and thanks to a gift card we still have lying around from our wedding, made them ours ours ours. The crocheted standards? Handmade by my step-grandmother and passed down to me on a whim the last time we were home visiting my dad. Without really having planned to incorporate this color at the time, I gladly took them from my stepmom. In time, they made the perfect edition to my evolving color scheme.
The accent chair? Picked this (it's a dining chair!) up from Trees and Trends this past weekend. After debating for months on the function and shape and style of accent chairs available, I ended up with this upholstered tweed version and I just love it. At a third of the cost of a similar armchair, this anchors the room and still provides a comfy place to rest. A lumbar pillow is soon to join this cozy corner, but you'll just have to wait to see that.
The photo frames? A collection of Goodwill finds (at about $1 a piece) that I spray-painted with a beautiful metallic color I found. The prints are an assortment of landscapes and abstracts I've taken in places that we love in the world; I edited them to bring in the warm vintage-y tones of the rest of the room. I really like how the monochromatic scheme of the frames and images balances out the non-symmetrical layout of the frames.
The end table? An old wooden produce box Cliff has had around for ever. Turned on it's side with the open-side away, it is the perfect height and even provides a place for magazine storage (yet to be stored).
The candlestick holders? These were AWFUL when I found them at Goodwill. Ceramic, painted with mauve paisleys... and now? Thanks to a bargain can of spray paint I found in a color I was looking to accent the room with, they're just perfect!
The vase? Same can be said of this little guy. He looked like a giant peppermint stick - probably some Christmas vase. Using the same metallic paint on the frames, I prepped this vase for the bunch of forsythia stems I picked up on the same trip to get the bargain spray paint. I can't wait for next spring when the forsythia will come from our very own bushes (it's what inspired the incorporation of these lovely branches) - but for now, I think these work great!
The lemons? Totally fake, and that's totally okay. For the time being, they're home is courtesy of one of our larger soup bowls but will eventually have a more permanent place to rest.
The mason jars? A find on my accent chair hunt this past weekend. I made a detour at the antique mall and found these pair. Immediate doesn't even begin to describe my desire for these. The color, the age, the size. Can't wait to decide what to fill them with!
The shams? Well first, I stumbled upon the lovely euro shams on a clearance sale Pottery Barn was having online. I just love love loved them, and thanks to a gift card we still have lying around from our wedding, made them ours ours ours. The crocheted standards? Handmade by my step-grandmother and passed down to me on a whim the last time we were home visiting my dad. Without really having planned to incorporate this color at the time, I gladly took them from my stepmom. In time, they made the perfect edition to my evolving color scheme.
3 comments:
Oh My!!! Thanks for getting my room all ready for me :)
SOOO beautiful! I loved your first post and how you had all your colors and what you wanted picked out from the beginning. I love when rooms come together with the things that you absolutely want and love, not just things that fill it up!
I love it! So pretty!
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