Wing Back Chairs

I just decided I need a pair of wing back chairs for the sitting area in my bedroom.  'Wing back' often screams 'old lady' but I am honoring that little old grandma would resides in my soul and going with it, of course adding modern and whimsical fabrics.  I excitedly boughta pair of chairs on craigslist for $12 each and am now scoping out fabric to have them recovered in.  Yes, they are totally vintage, claw foot and all and I am already obsessed with them...just not in their current, garish state!

Here is what I am thinking of having the chairs recovered in:

I always think of a set of chairs or a couch as a man in a nice suit.  

So, I am all about classic, solid, wearable fabric.  I am not 

too much into flash on a set of chairs or couch...that's where the pillows

come in!

Side note: on a single chair I would throw caution to the wind 

and go funky!  Especially on an old vintage chair that is screaming

for some funk!

 I just can't decide if I wan to go dark or light???

and pillows in these (I like to think of pillows as the 

neck tie accompanying a classic suit...be bold) :

 I just love this, and think it will play off our bedding nicely.

Thinking a nice medium sized square pillow

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I am totally gaga over this fabric!  I think it will pair

nicely with the pattern above.  Thinking a lumbar 

pillow to sit in front of the square gold/cream fabric.

I literally want to glaze my walls in this pattern!!! 

I am also liking this, but not as much as the birds!

So, I would love your feedback.  Call me, text me, leave me a comment...give me your thoughts.  Then, come spring, come read books and gossip with me in what will be the coziest little nook.  I cannot wait!

Before & After Mid Century Chairs

Some good friends handed down two amazing Mid Century 

chairs that I had previously obsessed over at their house.  

They had them and loved them until they moved into a super

 sleek house and just couldn't make sense of these chairs

 in their new space. So, they asked me if I wanted them. 

 I nearly made them sign a contract, I was so excited!  

 Before

 Look at these lines!  You can quickly catch my obsession?

 I loved the vintage green tweed fabric, but unfortunately in 

my friend's move from house to house they were stored in 

a place where they sat under a constant drip of water.  I couldn't

salvage the fabric, and in all honesty this pair of beauties were

loved so much in the 60+ years that the cushions needed 

some pretty significant restorative work.  If you look at this

back cushion, you can see how depleted the cushion is.

Again, those lines.  Swoon.

 After

 Can we have a moment?  SwoonFest.

The restored cushions are cozy.

I wanted to honor the original fabric, so I 

went in search of a tweed fabric.  In

my search I found this sharp herringbone

pattern and it was love at first sight.

 I literally cannot stop staring at them.

Swoon.

Local friends, I highly recommend Advantage Upholstery.  I am now in 

search of a vintage couch for our front room, because this was way too much fun!

xo

All I Want For Christmas...

I have wanted a deer bust for years!  I have never found one that

I absolutely love, and have considered trying to construct a wire armature and

 covering it with papier mache, but just haven't gotten around to it.  Thankfully I don't

have to think about that big project for one more minute (so long as Santa is reading),

as I finally found the one that I have totally dreamed of. 

I already know Santa will not be leaving this chair & ottoman under the tree, but it is on my shortlist for spring, when we renovate our kitchen/living area.  Doesn't it look so cozy and fantastic?

The GREATEST magazine EVER sadly went out of print

 a few years ago...but, IT'S BACK!! Not in it's previous monthly publication, but hell,

I will take it however I can get it. Here's to hoping this Fall/Winter print is so

hot that they bring it back monthly!!

Dear Santa, please stuff this periodical in my stocking!!!

 

Generally, I do not buy books (other than fantastic shelter books that I  intend to flip through for years)!

This Christmas I just hope Santa can work his magic at the Golden library and pull up my number in the book hold queue, as I desperately want to read these books (by one of my favzy authors, Jennifer Weiner) during the long winter break (i.e. the hubs will be at home, and the grandparents will be in town, which totes equals a bit of alone time for me!)