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Musical chairs

Friday, June 5th, 2009


I moved the pair of Bertoia diamond chairs from the living room into the master bedroom to modern things up a bit…well and because they got pushed out of the living room by the new butterfly chair and orange lounger.

The Bertoia diamond chairs replaced this pair of Brown Jordan chairs. So, to keep track…the bedroom before is above with the more regency style chairs.

Then the Brown Jordan faux bamboo chairs ended up moving to the kitchen breakfast bar to replace the Bertoia side chairs

Which then had to be moved out to the patio…


So to recap, a little diagram:

Living room—-Bertoia Diamond—Bedroom—Jordan Brown Faux Bamboo—Kitchen—-Bertoia Side—-Patio

Wow that was lame! And for another equally lame recap:

I have many chairs and only one butt. (-/ = chair, 3 = butt)

-/ -/ -/ -/ -/ -/ > 3

I’m just super addicted to chairs – its like crack. I gotta get my fix.


FILED UNDER: after, bedroom, before, decorating, furniture, kitchen

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New couch

Thursday, May 21st, 2009


Maybe you noticed there was a lovely new very white addition to the den…yes, I can’t deny it. It’s a new (old) couch.

A few months ago my friend and mid century partner in crime Maya emailed me this phone pic of a sofa that was going to be tossed out. I loved the lines and the tufted detail, but the upholstery was being held together by duct tape and springs were popping out of the seat.

But the frame was so RAD.

I was owed a sofa by a friendly dealer who had acquired a bunch of my vintage treasures in a bartering deal. So we emailed the pic to him and he went and saved the sofa from being garbage. It was taken to his upholsterer and redone in a very high end white vinyl. Its soft, durable, and wipes clean with a sponge!

I love it. I couldn’t be happier with how it turned out, and I’m glad we saved a really great sofa from being trash.

It really lightens up the dark and dreary den and is bigger than the EQ3 sofa which turned out to be too dark and too small for two folks that like to stretch out and watch TV.

Iggy likes to hang out it as well.

All in all it cost me many many pieces of vintage furniture / lighting and $52 in fabric that was not covered in the deal. I removed some clutter that didn’t fit in the house and saved a sofa I really love in return.

Sweet!

FILED UNDER: after, before, decorating, den

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The internet has spoken

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

The dining room face off has ended with a resounding – move the goddamn hutch to the other side.

So here it is.

I did think the hutch looked better on the other side of the door – but I can admit I was wrong. I’m not totally psyched about the needlework fruit bowl art, but I will eventually find something that will work better. The lady portrait was way to large to fit in the area next to the door and has found a new home elsewhere.

Some folks thought it might be nice to turn the table the other way – door to door. The dining room is pretty shallow and doesn’t allow for the full length of the table without intruding into the living room. Oh well…that table is pretty big.



Now I just need beautiful things to display on my pretty pretty hutch.

But now that I look at things I am starting to yearn for something more minimal, more dramatic, very sexy, and less mid century. Dammit.

FILED UNDER: after, dining

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