Posted: February 15th, 2010 | Filed under: Art, Uncategorized | Tags: living room | 4 Comments »
I decided to spiffy up the living room by rearranging some art and FINALLY reorganizing those annoying bookshelves. Better, I think. Still room for improvement, but in case you haven’t figured it out by now…nothing is ever finished, it’s always a work in progress…and anything can change, at any time.
I brought my Chinese Pug painting by Paul Edelstein in from the bedroom and I think I like it there.
As for the shelves, I moved out all the classic literature paperbacks, which was a significant chunk! Now they are in an upstairs closet ready for The Minors first English Lit class. The rest of the books are still filling up the bottom cabinets, but neatly stacked now. Need. More. Shelves.
Going through all the books got my spring fever kickin’…I don’t think I’ve mentioned my love for all things Sir Terence Conran and Diarmuid Gavin… I possibly have all their gardening books…it’s a sickness. I can’t WAIT to get the landscaping finished.
Below is a perfect example of why I never have enough bookshelves. I picked this up at an estate sale for $1.00, who wouldn’t?
Look at it…a nice condition, hardback biography of Zelda Fitzgerald, not to mention a fab cover. How could you NOT want to read that? Have I? Well, not yet…but I WILL. I have lots of these….sigh.
We spent Valen-New Year hanging out in front of the fire in here…eating spicy pork pot-stickers for lunch and Gorgonzola fondue for dinner. Don’t ya love days like that?
Posted: February 4th, 2010 | Filed under: Shoppin' and Junkin' | Tags: living room, vintage serpentine sectional | 5 Comments »
I think I’m finally over hatin’ on my living room. For now anyway.
As much as I wish I could say that Erin’s fab post on sectionals at Design Crisis made me go out and take care of business, this little surprise was already in the works. Remember my longing and dreaming for a groovy serpentine sectional here and here? Well, I can’t afford those.
I managed to find a 10 seater on E-bay for $480! I took the money I made from selling the old buffet and actually managed to find something in the budget..I was as surprised as you are…probably more. It may not be De Sede, but it’ll do pig. It would be nice to reupholster, but that would be about $2k I’m sure, plus, the reason I bought it was because I don’t HAVE to right now. Project 2015 maybe.
The room feels much bigger now, despite this behemoth taking up the whole space. The Minors LOVE it.
I switched out coffee tables to put our lucite and zebrawood table in here and traded the Wassilys for the Barcelonas in the bedroom. So far (10 hours) I’m digging it. As for the other sofas? Thing One has the orange one, and Thing Two got the green one, so both have very grown-up sitting areas in their bedrooms now.
I think I’ll switch up some of the art and wall decor…maybe move SO somewhere else…You know how Decor-ADHD and non-committal I am, so tomorrow, it will be different I’m sure.
Posted: September 29th, 2009 | Filed under: Art, Just for fun, Our Projects | Tags: interior, living room | 1 Comment »
With the chill in the air, I can’t help but get into nesting mode. Even though the landscaping is due to start Monday (yay!) I’m looking forward to a cozy fall in front of the fire at the Regal Beagle.
I haven’t shown a whole lot inside yet because, it’s just not there. That said…it’s ALWAYS a work in progress with me so it’s never really ever going to be there. I kinda suck at vignettes, so I rearrange them constantly. I’m still sorting out which furniture really works in this house and what needs to go. I still have boxes in closets, not nearly enough bookshelves and an endless list of things to get done, but that’s just the way it is.
part of my "James Mont Wannabe" vibe I'm trying out
crowded shelves
The lack of multiple bookshelves in the house is causing major overcrowding since I have to have access to my books. You would die at how jammed and crammed those cabinets below are with books. In due time.
Reagle Beagle's Living Room
Since I know someone will ask, the painting over the fireplace is by Laurie Nye. It makes me happy every time I look at it and I think it’s what saves the room for me when I get in a rut with it.
My blinding princess chair isn’t working in that corner, but aside from moving it to another room..I’m feeling stuck. The Flototto pieces flanking the fireplace are destined to replace the buffet in the dining room so I can’t get too used to them there. I think the room would look great with a retro sectional, but that’s not in the budget at the mo, so my couches are fine, and luckily, comfortable for now.
More RB LR
The chaos that will be the next few weeks with bobcats and concrete trucks will have me focused back outside, but I do enjoy a little pre-season nesting and dreaming.
