Office Transformation

 Thanks to hand me downs the office is almost done. Still considering window treatments and a side table for the chairs but so far so good.   

We stripped the wall paper to find a dark red underneath.  My handyman primed and painted which made a big improvement.  I love the new color - Benjamin Moore Adagio.   

Mom and dad got us the Restoration Hardware Flat Iron Office table 

I love the iron and old door wood combination.

A little out of date, but thats ok - the world books are perfect for an office - Thanks to Deb and Bern.

The picture of Troupe goes perfectly with the color

I actually had the Wisteria's shelf in the townhouse but decided to get another one - one for each side.  

The collection of pictures were gathered over time - most of them I got at Scotts in Atlanta.  The others were mom's that she wasn't using any more.  All in all I'm happy with the transformation.

About Time

It's about time I showed yall some updated pictures of the house.  

I don't know if you remember what the living room looked like so here are a few before pictures:

 

(above pic is prior owners furniture)

We ordered new furniture once we got everything cleared on the house and it came in just in time - we only had to use patio furniture for a day or two.  We sold our old sofa and chair to the girl who bought the townhouse, so it was crucial to get it in ASAP so we would have something to sit on.  Thanks to my helpers, I picked out some great fabric that will be durable and I will like for a long time.  (I promise I did not purposely adjust the pictures to have a yellow tone - since the trim was brown/yellow and the walls were yellow everything took on that glow)

Sofa: background fabric

Big Pillow: Left

Club Chair: Right

Step 1: Paint the trim and bookshelf.  We had someone do all the trim in the house and then got the best professionals (aka Jeff and his dad) to paint the walls. 

Well Hello Jeff!

Big Improvement already

Step 2: Pick out a wall color.  It's harder than it looks.  Jeff has been eager to paint everything right away (which I am very happy about) but it just made me have to choose paint colors right away.  For those of you who don't know me I am a very indecisive person, so making a decision that I am going to have to live with for a long time is a big deal to me.  I would hate to pick a color, have them paint everything and then decide I don't like it. This color was going to go in the living room, all down the hall, entry way, and kitchen so it had to be perfect.  I got several samples and painted them on poster board, then picked my favorites and painted them on the wall just to make sure I would like it (anything I picked would have been better than what was there - no offense previous owners - just not my style).  We lived like this (below pic) for a couple of days before I finally picked a color. 

But needless to say I picked a color and I LOVE it!!!  

It's Vapor Trails from Benjamin Moore

Step 3: Put everything back where it was, order a rug, and change out the faceplate on the electrical outlets and light switches (did you notice the light switch - Ugh!)

 
 

I love built in bookshelves!!  

It's my favorite thing about this room - they are a work in progress but so far so good!!

Office Chair

I'm in the market for an office chair and I love the look of the petite wingback chairs.  Some of the bigger wingback chairs are too formal and a little overwhelming for my taste but, the smaller ones are perfect in size and would be a nice addition to my house.  I came across some great ones but unfortunately they are a little too pricey for my budget.

                     

 

Aidan Gray

The size, lines, and color of this chair are great and just look at all the detail around the edges.  Of course the soft color of the fabric and the spindle legs appealed to me right away.

The below chair is from Restoration Hardware.  Although, I am not a fan of the deconstructed look, I do love the shape and size.  I wish you could ask them to actually finish the chair and order it that way. 

Then there is this one that I love!!

                                   

Stanley Coastal Living Bay Host Dining Chair

Another option could be to something like this, also from Restoration Hardware  which is a little more reasonable in price

                              

 The search is on and continues - hopefully I will decide one something soon.

In Love

I am in LOVE this this piece of furniture.

I was googling "sideboard tables" and came across this cute little store in Oregon. Everything in the store seems to fit my style. The store is called Sesame and Lilies. I have contacted them about the piece, but bet that it was a onetime item they had. Also, it might be a tad expensive to have it shipped to Memphis. Might be worth it though ;)

Either way, I am totally obsessed with this store and might have to make a trip to Oregon. Anyone with me?

Out with the Old & In with the New

It's sad to say but when Jeff moved in he got pushed to the guestroom -- as far as where his clothes go. I have two closets in my room but they are full with clothes, winter jackets, shoes, etc. - you know how girls are and their clothes. So.. I offered him the closets in the guest room. Unfortunately, this space is also used to store some of our wedding gifts and Christmas items. We decided it was time to bite the bullet and buy ourselves a grownup dresser, one that would last a lifetime. Previously, I had been using a pine hand-me-down dresser that we stained. It did the job but was not the greatest to look at. So we bought this:

Restoration Hardware 5- Drawer dresser

I absolutely love this store and it helped out that we were able to find a promotion code on-line!

We moved the new dresser in our bedroom and put the old dresser in the guest room for him to use. (FYI - I did offer to share the new dresser with him but he let me have it all to myself)

To go with our new dresser, Jeff just had to have a new TV. So we went to Target and bought ourselves a 32 inch LCD HDTV flat screen. I must say, if it was up to me we would have just used our old one but it sure does look a whole lot better than the bulky box TV we had before. So once again we moved the new one in and the old one to the guest room.

Of course not all old items are bad. My parents gave us an old rug they weren't using. They got it years ago from Thailand when my mom went to visit my dad, he was on a cruise there with the Navy. They used it when we were little but have since upgraded to seagrass. I was thrilled when my dad casually told us about it and offered it to us over the 4th of July weekend. After checking it out with my sister to make sure it was still in decent condition we piled it in our car and drove it up to Memphis. It is a great size and fits in perfectly with our color scheme. Thanks again mom and dad!

Below is a picture of our updated room:

I had no idea what it was missing until we added the rug. Who would of thought that a rug on top of a rug would add so much to the room. It definitely helps frame the area. This room is pretty much complete - minus a few pictures I want to add on the wall.

I know yall must be thinking that our guest room must look awful with all or our old furniture pushed in there. I promise it isn't too bad looking. It is just the one room I have held off decorating or fully furnishing until the others were done. The next items purchased or upgraded will be for the guest bedroom. One step at a time.