Living/Dining Room

Bentwood Chairs

10.21.2012

I’ve seen bentwood chairs around for quite some time (history on them here) so when I saw them on the street outside my local thrift shop, I had to stop. I lingered inside acting like I wasn’t really interested in anything, then asked about them as I was about to leave. He said “Oh, those two out front? [...]

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Lights, Camera, Action!

03.13.2012

The living room lighting needed to be inconspicuous (our ceilings are low so we didn’t want to accentuate that with your eye being drawn  immediately to the fixture. We have lots to look at in the house, but didn’t want it to be the light fixture first and foremost. And it needed to give a [...]

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Let there be Light

03.09.2012

Last April I showed you our lighting situation in our living room. The house came with a light I couldn’t stand for our house (because I think it looks like it belongs in a Spanish or Italian styled home – something more opulent than ours). To save you from clicking back to the old photos, [...]

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The Deer and the Dog Crossed the Road…

01.23.2012

Getting back to Oh, Deer I mentioned long ago – it is hung and I even ended up buying this sweet dog when I saw it on clearance for $14.99. I just adore the white animal craze! So where did they end up, you ask? The deer is in our dining “nook” above a mirror [...]

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Oh, Deer

11.15.2011

After eyeing these and even mentioning it earlier this year as a possibility for our Gallery Wall, I’ve sprung to bring some wildlife indoors. This is likely the only animal head or antlers that will grace my walls. I found it at Z Gallerie (after one of my faves, Young House Love, posted a Z [...]

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Bar Stools – Take 2!

10.31.2011

I babbled on a while back about barstools and finally got so sick of having so much wood in the house, that I sold our other ones without a plan for replacements. Here is what we had – Ikea stools bought on a super one day sale for $19.99 each (they sell everyday for $59.99 [...]

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What it’s like around here…

07.18.2011

Maybe you have noticed I’ve been MIA on the blog for a couple months?? This past spring I started back to school in the evenings taking nursing prerequisites (while still working fulltime of course). And this summer, I took an online course for a requirement along with an anatomy course that requires me to be [...]

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Gallery Wall is Complete (for now)

05.19.2011

Still trying to determine if there should be pictures higher up on the wall and also above the window. Thinking I also need something like this to add a little interest: What do you think? Are these animal heads (ceramic or papier mache)  just a quickly passing fad or are they here to stay??

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Gallery Walls

05.05.2011

Gallery walls are nothing new, but I’ve become totally enamored with them. I decided that was exactly what we needed to do with our sofa wall to make it a focal point (it has an old 1920s window that I just adore). Young House Love gave the perfect tutorial on how to do this without [...]

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A few additions…

05.04.2011

One day out shopping and I found a lamp shade in the clearance area of Anthro to cover the naked bulb in my cloffice. For $3.95, I’m positive there isn’t a better solution.  I’m dreaming of a fabulous light in that space, but for now I’m happy! I should also mention I’m looking at built in [...]

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Tidbits of the Living Room

04.18.2011

Maybe you can tell I’ve been focusing my thoughts on pulling our living room together?? This weekend brought a few more updates to the living room. I think it will really be pulled together by the curtains I’m going to attempt to make with my mom while she’s in town over Easter.  I picked up [...]

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Curtains from a Duvet? Ikat!

04.13.2011

I’m looking at this: And not considering it for bedding at all. Think this would make a statement in our living room and meld the vintage/modern look we’re going for?? My thought: Using the fabric from this king sized duvet could give me the great Anthro impact I love, while not forcing me to spend $200+ per [...]

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Living Room Progress

04.11.2011

I realize I never posted an update on the living room after I started removing the texture. I still need to share what I did one weekend while Brian was out of town – when I was supposed to be studying for a midterm! (I’m a little behind in posts…) We’ve been enjoying having the [...]

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Put a Shade On It

04.08.2011

Can you see the difference?  I had a wild hare that told me I could just add a lamp shade to the light I’m not so fond of. What do you think? I’m thinking it may just stay until we choose a new permanent light fixture for the living room. Have you done any improvements [...]

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Bar Stools

03.30.2011

All this talk of dining chairs got me considering bar stools also. Of course, these are unbudgeted right now also, so it’s not as if I’ll be ordering tomorrow Here are some I found that could work for our space. But keep in mind they need to work with the living room and future dining [...]

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Dining Chairs

03.25.2011

I’ve been considering for some time what dining chairs would pair nicely with our table. The table is my grandmother’s antique Duncan Fife table, and my dad recently refinished it so I think we’ll have it for years, if not forever. I like it for sentimental value (I spent Thanksgivings around this table and actually [...]

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