Favorite Projects of 2010

This week, Kim at Savvy Southern Style and Rhoda at Southern Hospitality are having link parties for everyone to share their best projects or favorite makeovers of the year.  How great is that?!  I guarantee there are going to be some great things to view. I am going to join and list my fav five.
I have two favorite furniture re-do projects.  The first is this sideboard, that started out as a cherry stained piece with veneer that had yellowed.  Here is the before....



 and this is after I painted it, applied a metallic glaze and gave the hardware a new finish.



My next favorite furniture re-do was of an old oak table that had an Early American stained finish that had yellowed terribly.  Here is an "in progress" before pic as I had already had started on the table top...



This is after I painted it black and applied metallic highlights...



Plus chairs....



My last three favorite projects have to do with specific room improvements. The first room is the hearth room in my kitchen.  Here is the before with a sofa from my previous home...



and here is the room after I picked out an area rug, coffee table and sofa...



 Each pillow is reversible...





Another favorite room project in progress is my great room.  I chose two identical sofas for the space...


The sofas have reversible pillows...



 allowing different looks.



My last favorite project is my still unfinished dining room. I love the mirrored eglomise console table I put in the niche...



and the end chairs I found this fall..
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and in place.



Wishing everyone a Happy New Year and looking forward to 2011!

Lori

Linking to:
BTB Party #8 at Savvy Southern Style
Top Projects of 2010 at Southern Hospitality

Great Room Sofas

Friday, the great room sofas were delivered and I had a “Whew” moment because I wasn’t sure how they were going to look because of the fabrics I chose, which I posted about here. This is the great room...

Here are the sofas.   

This is a pic of the sofas together. One of the reason I chose these frames is because of the curved shape of the backs. I have them pushed back because I still need to get a coffee table.

 I love this peacock fabric... my husband, not so much. On the other side of the peacock pillows I have a brown embossed silk to tone things down when my husband has had enough of the birds.

Some of the other pillows.   

This is the distressed leather that is on the back rest and inside the arms. 

Close up of the nail head trim that goes around the sofas and up the arms... 

Side view (not a very good pic), sgowing the striae in the frame fabric... 

Tassles.... 

Here's a better look at the finials.  

Here is a close up of the printed damask seat cushion fabric. The seat cushions are reversible, the other sides have the brown straie fabric that is on the frame of the sofas. 

All the pillows are reversible in that they have different fabrics on each side.  Here are some different looks. 

 With more leopard fabric showing (pic dark because it was taken at night)... 

A mix of all of the fabrics, except the peacock fabric.... 

Woops, peacock on the left, upside down... I'm too lazy to take another pic.

I still need to get a coffee table and some other accent pieces to finish the room.  I also want to do something with the ceiling and am thinking of doing some window treatments, probably something hanging  from rods at ceiling height.

Linking to:

Boring to Better at Savvy Southern Style

Metamorphosis Monday at Between Naps On the Porch

Before and After Party at Thrifty Decor Chic

Tuesdays Treasures at My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia

Fabric Fun Thursday at Cheap Chic Home

Strut Yourself Thursday at Somewhat Simple

Show and Tell Friday at My Romantic Home 

Feathered Nest Friday at Country French Cottage

Inspiration Friday at Southern in My Heart

SNS at Funky Junk Interiors

Sunday Showcase at Under the Table and Dreaming

Working on the Great Room

Here is my great room…

This is the area rug for the room...

As for furniture, I decided to go with two facing sofas. I found a sofa... I like the camel back curve of the frame.  

I didn't care for the fabrics on the sofa so I decided to do a custom order and pick some different fabrics. I also decided to go with a larger frame, add some pillows and have finials on the back corners of the frame with hanging tassels. I chose seven fabrics, a distressed leather and four different pillow trims. I also went with nailhead trim to run around the frame. Below LEFT is the fabric I chose for the frame (brown striae fabric, not the solid chocolate sample on the right). 

This is the damask pattern I chose for one side of the seat cushion and the seat boxing (the other side of the seat cushion is the brown striae frame fabric).  

Below is the seat cushion fabric with the brown frame fabric.

This is the distressed leather that goes on the inside of the sofa (back rest and inside of arms... very bad picture).

And the rest of the pillow fabrics….

My husband is not a fan of this peacock fabric... I put a different fabric on the other side of the peacock pillows in case my husband can't tolerate the birds. The fabric is very pretty in real life.

These are the pillow trims. 

I spent a lot of time picking out the materials for the sofas and was initially confident in my choices... up until I placed the order. I am having doubts about some of my fabric selections and am hoping I didn’t mix too many fabrics .They are going to be delivered tomorrow and I hope it isn’t going to be one of those “what the hell have I done” moments.

Linking to:
Fabric Fun Thursday at Cheap Chic Home
Strut Your Stuff Thursday at Somewhat Simple
Flaunt It Friday at Chic On a Shoestring Decorating
Show and Tell Friday at My Romantic Home
Feathered Nest Friday at French Country Cottage
Inspiration Friday at Southern in My Heart
SNS at Funky Junk Interiors
Show and Tell Saturday at Be Different, Act Normal
Sunday Showcase Party at Under the Table and Dreaming  

Dining Room in Progress

I have been working on my dining room for several weeks. It has been slow going because I have a hard time making decisions when it comes to decorating my home. This is how the room started….

One of the first things I chose were this this black mirror and console table for the niche.

The console is a mirrored eglomise piece. It is pretty in real life, but hard to photograph due to its reflective qualities.

 Here is the top of the table(with reflection of the wall mirror).

Great lines on the legs and base…

... claw feet.

I had a difficult time finding a dining set I liked.  I purchased this set as a "pressure" buy... we were having a dinner party and I didn't have a table. I liked it for all of two weeks.  The only good thing is that I got it at 40 % off.

Next I chose an area rug...

I purchased thsi pair of lamps for another room but decided to place them in the dining room on the console table.

Here they are on the the console table. 

My most recent purchase, posted about here, is this pair of  leather and animal hide end chairs.

The animal hide on the backs are shaved in areas that create patterns.

The seat and chair back have croc emobossed leather, which you can see on this close-up.  

Here are the chairs at the dining table. Since the patterns on the back of the chairs aren't identical, I placed the chairs at the ends of the table, then switched them to see which one had the pattern I wanted to face out to the main floor. 

Pattern One:

.... Pattern Two.

I think I like this one the best. I placed the upholstered arm chairs in the middle position on each side.  I like the fact that the set doesn't seem matchy-matchy now.

 I still need to change the wall color, choose window treatments and get a few more accessories. I have been really stuck on the walls. I like the color a lot, just not in that space. I am thinking of going lighter and a tone closer to the trim color. I have even thought about applying a plaster texture, but am concerned about doing that for a few reasons. I also want to something special on the ceiling areas. If anyone has any ideas, I would love to hear them.

Linking to:

Kim at SSS Before and After Party

Transformation Thursdays at the Shabby Chic Cottage

Strut Your Stuff thursday at Somewhat Simple

Show and Tell Wednesday at Blue Cricket Design

Feathered Nest Friday at French Country Cottage

Inspiration Friday at Southern in My Heart

Show and Tell Friday at My Romantic Home

SNS at Funcky Junk Interiors

Sunday Showcase Party at Under the Table and Dreaming

DIY Project Parade at The DIY Showoff

Metamorphosis Monday at Between Naps on the Porch