tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50788956969708576332024-02-23T22:45:02.464-08:00Projects PlentyLori @ Projects Plentyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11966968161905373260noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078895696970857633.post-80947527761104316402013-08-14T14:14:00.000-07:002013-08-14T21:06:22.217-07:00New Sitting Area <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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While furnishing our new kitchen hearth area, I recently addressed the area by the stair well. This is an old picture taken before construction... </div>
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Here is the area during the expansion project (area by the two arched openings, far right just beyond scaffolding):</div>
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Area when construction was completed, unfurnished... </div>
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I decided to use this as a seating area and went with a pair of leopard wing chairs (already had one and just recently purchased a second)...<br />
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I chose this tea table with castors to go between the chairs...<br />
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Close ups of the table's eglomise mirrored top (the "circles" in the mirrored surface are reflections of ceiling lighting)...<br />
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and the burled bottom shelf....<br />
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Close up of the spotted finish on the frame... <br />
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Here are the chairs and the table in place.<br />
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I added a table lamp...</div>
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Close up of the hanging crystals...</div>
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A few items need to be added to the table, but otherwise here are all the pieces together.... </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Part 2: Dobers</span><br />
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AND last, but not least, here are some recent pics of Henry, Princess and Rex:<br />
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*(don't the boxwoods look great?... NOT optimal to have short evergreens with tall male dogs) :)</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Henry ....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Princess ....</span><br />
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and all three together at the top of the stairs.... love my dobes!!<br />
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Lori @ Projects Plentyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11966968161905373260noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078895696970857633.post-87264054871094163722013-07-16T14:25:00.000-07:002013-07-19T20:48:46.422-07:00Working on the Kitchen Dining Area: Kitchen Dining End Chairs <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Our kitchen dining set with stained wood and upholstered leather chairs seemed blah, boring, one note... </div>
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To fix this, my thoughts were to add an area rug and get end chairs that are different. When I saw this wing back chair I thought a pair might be interesting as end chairs. I liked the lines and the height... at 52 1/2" the chair is 4" taller than our current kitchen dining chairs. </div>
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It was a nice chair, but it had too much brown, the color I wanted to avoid. After looking at various fabric and leather options, I ordered a pair upholstered with hair on hide, shaved in a zebra-like pattern. I didn't go crazy with color, but went with a bold pattern. This is the hide sample:</div>
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After several weeks they arrived: </div>
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The chairs have hair on hide, except for the seats and the arm rests, which are leather. The same leather with nail head trim runs down the front of the wings and below the arms...<br />
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The white part of the hide is shorn hair and the dark part is shaved down to the hide. This close up of kind of shows this:</div>
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The chairs at the kitchen table....<br />
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I am looking for an area rug and am still deciding whether I am going to keep the wing chairs at the table or not. A bonus of the chairs not actually being dining chairs is that I can use them elsewhere as occasional seating.<br />
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<a href="http://www.savvysouthernstyle.net/2013/07/wow-us-wednesdays-127.html">Wow Us Wednesday at Savvy Southern Style</a><br />
<a href="http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/2013/07/feathered-nest-friday_18.html">Feathered Nest Friday at French Country Cottage</a><br />
<a href="http://romantichome.blogspot.com/2013/07/flowers-show-and-tell-friday.html">Show and Tell Friday at My Romantic Home</a><br />
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We chose a linear, rectangular shaped fireplace for our kitchen hearth space. Although on the modern side (not really a style in our home), we liked the look. Also, since a 75" TV will be placed above it (husband's idea), the thought was that a vertically oriented firebox would make for a balanced look. Below is the fireplace wall after the dura rock underlayment was hung. </div>
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Here is a profile view of the fireplace wall (far left), projection into room is 18" (still with just dura rock on surface).<br />
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We decided to go with cast stone cladding for the fireplace surround for a clean, simple look. Each stone 'tile' is 1 1/2" thick. This is the schematic of the cladding design. <br />
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We went with an 11" decorative moulding placed between the fireplace and TV space to help make a break between them. </div>
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The fireplace face measures 60" x 17." Here are some close ups, including the stone media. I tried to get a picture of the flame when the unit is on, but wasn't very successful. I lightened the image and the flame can kind of be seen. </div>
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I am debating whether to apply a cast stone "frame" around the fireplace, but am going to wait till the TV is up to make that decision.<br />
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We are looking forward to getting the area finished and furnished so we can start living in the space. </div>
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For the last six months, we have been in the process of expanding our kitchen hearth and dining area. This is the area where we spend most of our time and the original space seemed cramped, especially with three large dogs. After consulting with an architect, we decided to incorporate the exterior roofed upper level patio (lanai) that was just beyond our kitchen dining and hearth into interior space and then build on a new lanai. Here is a picture of the area before we started construction (the original fireplace is not in view, but is in on the left, in front of the couch.). </div>
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To begin, a small foundation had to be poured that would support the new lanai (see below). The boxed jut out (with that God awful roof vent above it, that is thankfully now gone) is where the old fireplace was located.<br />
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Below, through the windows, workers begin demolition of the old lanai. On the left is the previous hearth area. I always thought that the fireplace looked like it was crammed in the corner. </div>
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Below is an exterior view of demolition involving removal of the old fireplace and wall... lots of media wires.</div>
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Interior construction beginning... this is after the previous fireplace was removed and an elliptical window was hung in its place. Heavy plastic draping was placed ceiling to floor to try help protect the interior that wasn't involved in the project. This is when the party really started... not.</div>
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Here is an exterior view showing early construction of the new lanai (on left with Tyvec sheeting).</div>
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Here is the new area early in construction, showing the pair of windows that flank the new fireplace. </div>
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The image below was taken after beams were installed, distressed and stained and beginning of the install of the new tile flooring.</div>
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... tile flooring almost complete.</div>
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Here is a view looking toward the lanai after the flooring was done. </div>
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Below is a view of the wall across from the fireplace wall. We added five rectangular windows to the three windows that were there originally.</div>
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Here is the new fireplace and the two arched windows that flank it. I didn't go traditional with the fireplace, instead choosing a 65" rectangular shaped unit (face/viewing area of the fireplace is covered by card board in the picture). </div>
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So this is where we are... still work to be done, but getting closer to completion all the time. We think the space will be nice to use...</div>
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The furniture ordered for our lower level finally came. One piece is a replacement (due to upholstering defect) for a hide arm chair that I had already purchased. The chair that was replaced is shown below. You can see the defect in the second image (middle back).`</div>
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Here is the replacement chair. It is fine, but I preferred the hide on the original one. </div>
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This image shows the hide that is on the right side of the new chair.<br />
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Here is the original chair I kept (purchased a pair): </div>
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...the pair together.<br />
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Other furniture for the lower level that came are a sectional and an ottoman. I haven't taken pictures of things in place because I need a rug for the area. Here is a shot of the sectional showing some of the fabrics, leather and hide on the piece.<br />
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The croc embossed leather on the inside arms is the same leather as on the back of my <a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5078895696970857633#editor/target=post;postID=5072135609244753555;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=2;src=postname">leopard fabric wing chair</a> that is upstairs (see back of chair, below, for close up of leather).<br />
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I found a rug that had the colors and look I wanted, in kind of a tribal pattern. It's vibrant and probably not for everyone, but I think it looks good with the upholstery fabrics. Below shows the rug at the store (on floor at bottom of rug are sectional pillow fabrics). </div>
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I like the rug, however it measures 9' x 12' and ideally I wanted a rug more along the lines of 10' x 14.' I could get a larger size of the rug, but since it isn't a "production" rug, I would have to custom order it, wait 6 - 12 months to get it and have no guarantee as to how close the colors and pattern would match. To put icing on the cake, the larger "custom order" rug would be quite a bit more expensive (I got the 9 x 12 at 25% off) and would be non-returnable. Once I got the 9' x 12' in the space, I thought it was "passable," but have decided to order an oversize natural fiber rug to place underneath it. Below are some samples of sea grass, sisal and binding fabrics I brought home. I'm leaning towards sea grass. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Happy Birthday</span> to my Doberman puppies, Henry and Rex. They turned one year old on June 18, 2012! </div>
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Our lower level is pretty much a blank slate. There is a pool table, some bar stools and that is about it. We decided to go with a rustic, casual look (per hub's request). I recently picked out two hair on hide arm chairs for part of the seating. Because each hide pattern is inherently unique, both chairs look different. Below is a pic of the chair "A."</div>
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The chairs also have a textured leather and nail head trim. Below is a view of the right side of chair A, where the nail head trim can be seen a little better.</div>
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Here is the a view of the left side of chair A. I like the fact that there is such variance in the hide color and pattern. Another bonus it that the chairs are really comfortable. My husband jokes that "comfort" has always been a novel factor for me when choosing furniture. :)</div>
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The backs are upolstered in leather and have the nail head trim. Sorry for the glare. The leather is not shiny. The flash just makes it look that way.</div>
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Here is chair "B." It is a picture of the chair at the store where I purchased it, <a href="http://www.furnitureoverlandpark.com/">Seville Home</a>. (My favorite store!) The chair is being reupholstered because the hide on the back rest is defective (has an odd rectangular shaped imprint right in the middle of the area). </div>
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A side view of chair B.</div>
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As far as other furniture for the lower level, I ordered a sectional that has a slight curve. I don't have an image of the piece but below are the fabrics, leathers and trims for the sofa and pillows. </div>
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While at <a href="http://www.furnitureoverlandpark.com/">Seville Home</a> I saw an ottoman I really liked, but thought that the embossed pattern of the leather would be too much with what I had already chosen for the area. (Ottoman shown below). I ended up ordering a different rectangular ottoman with tufted leather that is similar to one of the leathers that is going to be on the sectional. The furniture should come in mid to late May. I am hoping it is going to look O.K. as I have not seen any of the pieces in person. </div>
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I am also changing my kitchen dining set. Below shows the set I have now. It is fine but I would like a table that can extend to a longer length when needed. </div>
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I ordered a planked top table that has self storing extentions (no picture). I am going to do six side chairs and have end chairs that are different. One of the side chairs is shown below. </div>
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I really like the chair's silhouette and the scrolly legs and base. (The chair looks better in real life, not as orangey as it looks above... again, my flash distorts the image). I am going to wait to see how the dining table and side chairs look in the space before I decide on the end chairs. I just don't trust myself otherwise. :)</div>
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<br /></div>Lori @ Projects Plentyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11966968161905373260noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078895696970857633.post-50721356092447535552012-03-04T14:01:00.013-08:002012-06-26T13:22:15.901-07:00Leopard Print ChairWe needed a chair for the hearth area in our kitchen, to be placed to the right of the leather chair shown below, replacing an old chair we have now (the second photo shows my Dober boy Max in the chair being replaced).<br />
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As an aside, I am showing old photos of the space because presently the area rug is pulled, the furniture is shoved against walls and doggie fences/gates are up. This is because Henry, one of our Doberman pups, swallowed part of a rope toy and had to have emergency abdominal surgery for a bowel obstruction. It was a big operation and because of his post-op activity instructions, we have had to restrict him to the kitchen and hearth area till he heals. (See pic of Henry below... with a big shave job and a very large incision). I mention this and publish his picture only to show the potential dangers that rope toys, or any toy whose parts can be swallowed, can pose to pets. I certainly was naiive.</div>
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Anyway, here is the chair I purchased. It is a wing back that is upholstered in a textured leopard print fabric with two different leathers and nail head trim. The size and shape are good and I like that it has interesting lines but isn't too fussy. It is really comfortable, too. </div>
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Here is a close up of the pattern of the fabric. You can sort of see the texture of the fabric in the second image (and a Dober head popping up at the perimeter of the doggie fence).</div>
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Below is a side view showing the croc embossed leather on the outer side arms and a view of the nail head trim. </div>
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Below is a close up of the lumbar pillow... love the fabric and the trim. On the other side of the pillow is the leopard print fabric.</div>
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And the back, with more croc embossed leather.</div>
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Below shows the chair in place. It is hard to show how the chair really looks in the space until I can put the area rug down and the other furniture back in place, but will post pics when I do, which will be in a week when Henry is off his activity restriction. Although I was concerned that the fabric and finishing of the chair might compete with the surrounding pieces and overwhelm the small hearth area, I am glad I purchased it because I think it works.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Above</span> are our new kitchen island stools. </div>
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I have never liked the counter stools for our kitchen island. We brought them from our previous home and they have never been particularly comfortable. More importantly, the stools were almost two inches too short for the height of the island in our current home. Below shows the height issue.</div>
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I kept the stools longer than I would have otherwise because they matched our kitchen dining set (below).</div>
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However, since I am replacing the dining set (looking for a table that can extend to a longer length when needed), I purchased new stools, of course making sure the seat height was appropriate. "Counter height" stools can vary by as much as three inches depending on the manufacturer, so it is important to figure out what seat height you need. The stool I chose is made by Lorts, shown below. The stool is very comfortable, mainly because of the firm, yet supportive seat and the swivel function. The stool is of very good quality (sturdy material, smooth swivel motion, nice finishing) and the price wasn't exhorbitant... no doubt Lorts offers a great product at a reasonable price.</div>
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I ended up choosing a black, slightly rubbed back and distressed finish called Java with a dark brown leather called black bean. I like the fact that although the stools have some detail, they are still relatively simple. I also like that the stools have very low, non-constrictive arms. </div>
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The images are not very good (too dark) as I have no photography skills. Below is a pic with the flash on, but the flash distorted the image, especially in regard to the leather seat... the actual color is much deeper and doesn't have that hint of purple).</div>
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Here is a close up of the seat, where the texture of the leather and the slight distressing in the finish can kind of be seen.</div>
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Here is a (dark) view of the backs.</div>
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I need a chair for the hearth area in our kitchen. Below you can see the general area (and can also see how the previous stools were way too short). The area where I would place the new chair is to the right of the leather chair and ottoman, where you can see a glimpse of an arm and a leg of a chair on the far right.</div>
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Below is a slightly wider view that shows the chair (far right) that I am replacing. It came from our old house and was my boy Max's chair, who I lost last July. (You can see him lounging in the image).</div>
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The chair I am thinking about is from my favorite furniture store, Seville Home, in Overland Park, Kansas, (<a href="http://www.furnitureoverlandpark.com/">site</a>). The chair is an upholstered wing back in a textured leopard print fabric that has croc embossed leather on the arm sides and back. Although the size and style is good, my concern is that the fabric and finishing of the chair could compete with surrounding pieces and overwhelm the small hearth area. Here is the chair (pictured at the <a href="http://www.furnitureoverlandpark.com/">Seville Home</a>).</div>
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I haven't posted in a while for a variety of reasons, one of which is that we added two Doberman pups to our family in July. Taking care of two puppies is like having a new child... almost. Here are the pups when we first got them. </div>
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and this is his brother Henry.</div>
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Here are Henry and Rex a few ago at the age of 28 weeks... they are sweet and handsome boys. </div>
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Now for the great room rug..... below is a picture of the rug I have had in my great room for awhile. It was a hand knotted rug that looked fine, but the 8' x 10' dimension was too small for the space. </div>
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This is a pic of the original rug in place with furniture.</div>
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After looking for several months, I finally found a larger rug I liked. It is a hand knotted rug in an "Oushak like" pattern (it is not an Oushak, it was made in India). Here it is....<br />
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This rug has a lot of the same colors as the previous one, but is bigger (9' 6" x 11' 8") and I like the fact that I can orient the rug with the long sides parallel with the fireplace (see below). <br />
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I also prefer its bigger, bolder, almost tribal like pattern as compared to the other rug. Here are some close ups of the pattern. </div>
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Here it is rug with the couches... I think the rug makes some of the colors in the fabrics pop, especially the blues.</div>
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Other plans for the room include window treatments and doing something with the ceiling. Below is a pic of the ceiling... I think doing some sort of stencil/Modello in the circular inset around the fixture might be interesting.<br />
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Since my husband and I enjoy wine, we decided to dedicate an area in our lower level for wine storage. Since the purpose for the area was just for storage (versus storage with a tasting area), we framed in a relatively small 7' 1/2" x 10' space. Below is after drywalling and tiling with 10" x 20"s in a herringbone pattern. </div>
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For the walls, I did a linear textured treatment, vertically oriented. I trowelled on a texture medium and used a 12" paint trimmer to imprint random lines vertically in the product and used the trowel to knock down (flatten) some of the raised ridges. This is how the finish looked while the product was still wet.</div>
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I then base coated the walls with Modern Masters Metallic Antique Copper paint. These are the walls after the metallic copper paint base coat... a little garish, partly because of the bright spot light pointed into the room because I didn't have lighting in the room yet.</div>
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We chose a door with a glass panel and affixed a decorative iron grill to the outside. I did a metallic texturized paint treatment on the door and trim to match the grill. This is a view from inside the room looking out to the lower level before painting the door and before the grill was installed. The white door/trim color was awful.</div>
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Here is a view of the outside of the door after it was painted and with the grill in place.</div>
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Here are some close ups of the metallic paint treatment on the trim and the door, which I posted about <a href="http://projectsplenty.blogspot.com/2010/05/my-first-posted-project-painted.html">here</a> and <a href="http://projectsplenty.blogspot.com/2010/05/wine-door-make-over.html">here</a> (pictures appear dark without flash).</div>
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My husband ordered various pre-made wine racks from the internet to fit the space and configuration needs for the number and size of bottles he stores. I would have preferred something different than the unstained red wood for the racks, but the price was right. (Some of the images are brighter than in real life because I shot extra lighting directly into the space when taking some of the photos). <br />
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You can see the the climate control unit toward the ceiling on the right in this image, which ensures that the room has a proper temperature (14 degrees Celcius) and humidity level (65 - 75%).</div>
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The sign below was part of a wine box. </div>
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We went pretty simple with the room, but it is functional and has more than enough space for the wine we need to store.</div>
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</div>Lori @ Projects Plentyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11966968161905373260noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078895696970857633.post-33374025832591053142011-02-22T11:43:00.000-08:002012-06-24T11:10:50.281-07:00Parrot Prints and Hobby Lobby<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I love birds (and have two parrots) so I was excited when I saw these two 16" X 20" parrot prints at Allposters.com. </div>
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I went to a local place for framing, however for what I wanted, even with a coupon, the cost was going tobe $275 per print, which I did not consider a reasonable option considering the prints were just $19.99 a piece. So I went to Hobby Lobby to look at their framing options.</div>
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Although the collection of frames and matting were not as extensive as the other place, I found a few that I liked...</div>
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I ended up choosing the second frame sample and a 4" mottled brown matting, for a final framed size of 28" X 32." Here is how they turned out (double click to enlarge)...</div>
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I decided to hang the framed prints in the kitchen and hearth area....</div>
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Here is the first print, Golden Parrot I. This photo, like many of the others in this post, is not very good because the natural light in the area resulted in a lot of glare and I couldn't figure out if it was better to use flash or not.</div>
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Here is the other print, Golden Parrot II ....</div>
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When I picked up the framed prints, Hobby Lobby was having a 50% off sale on wall clocks, so I bought a round one, which is 32" in diameter ....</div>
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and this 32" X 32" square clock.</div>
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I like the parrot pictures, but especially like the fact that the cost of getting both of them framed at Hobby Lobby cost less than getting just one print framed at the other place.</div>
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This is the cocktail table I purchased for the Great Room. I decided to go with a formal table versus some of the more rustic tables I had been looking at.... </div>
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It has an inset glass top that has been painted on the back side ("eglomise"). I like the design and the fact that the surface reflects light.</div>
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The table has a black rubbed back finish with gold accenting. (Double left click for a closer view).</div>
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Here are some close-ups of the finish. I like the curves and details of the base. </div>
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Here is the top... difficult to photograph because it 's 5 feet long.</div>
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Amy from <a href="http://maisondecor8.blogspot.com/"><strong>Maison Decor</strong></a> recommended choosing a table with legs versus a table with a solid base because of the solidness of skirting on the sofas... good advice, thanks, Amy. The table does have legs and at 2 feet in height, was the tallest cocktail table I had seen... which is good visually because of the sofa skirting. Hard to show, but I think the height of the table can be seen in these pics....</div>
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I plan on doing ceiling to floor window treatments and although I like the area rug, I want to find a larger rectangular rug that can run under each couch (with the long sides running parallel to the fireplace). I'm going to go with the same general colors and tones but maybe a lighter background where the table is positioned so that it stands out more.</div>
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I have been looking for a cocktail table for my great room. Here is the area....</div>
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I initially was set on a square table, but started thinking that a rectangular shape might be better given the space and size of area rug. I have looked at wood, mirrored and glass tables. Here are a few of the coffee tables I have seen (all scale-appropriate)....</div>
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I love the spider-looking legs and the stained embossed top. Although I like this table, I think I need something different, maybe more formal.</div>
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This is more formal...this table has a black, rubbed back finish and an inlaid glass eglomise top.</div>
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Here is a 54' square table that has burl and nail head trim. </div>
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Same table...</div>
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This is a rectangular table that is chunky, but could work...</div>
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<br />I love mirrored furniture... here is an antiqued mirror top table.</div>
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<br />This is an antiqued mirrored table I found on the internet from John-Richards. I'm not sure I like the metal dangly things and I'd have to special order it without actually seeing it.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl_Vs7Gsi3IDxSfh92HmGc0Oj2T10moSW2ChGQx6C8UlFWwdqeJxTqY22b_sb_1wp4vkQfJDLACcvV2Bifu1ut-RW1RuhHzaJDWjPk8m9ZDQXBJXrNjyPICbkA3Reo7V3nfrpTWlKi0SI7/s1600/imagemedium.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl_Vs7Gsi3IDxSfh92HmGc0Oj2T10moSW2ChGQx6C8UlFWwdqeJxTqY22b_sb_1wp4vkQfJDLACcvV2Bifu1ut-RW1RuhHzaJDWjPk8m9ZDQXBJXrNjyPICbkA3Reo7V3nfrpTWlKi0SI7/s640/imagemedium.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
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This is the table my friend liked, which is the only reason I am posting the image. Too much going on for me and I don't think a good fit for my great room in general. </div>
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<br />This is a nice wood table and I like the legs and the base.</div>
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<br />This is a 54" square table. Pretty, but not sure...</div>
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<br />This table has a stained, distressed planked top and mirrored sides with a lattice design. It's prettier in real life.</div>
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<br />Here is another plank look table with an interesting shape. This is a bad angle.</div>
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Off the subject, when I was shopping for cocktail tables, I saw a couple of copper top dining tables (both 60" round) that I thought were nice. I love the hammered look (double left click for close up of the finish) and the use of a curved upholstered bench as seating. (The bench seating is hard to see. It's on the left side of the image). </div>
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Another copper table...</div>
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The top is amazing. </div>
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I am just not sure which way to go in regard to a cocktail table for the great room. I have to check myself so that I don't make a desperation buy (empty space in a conspicuous area).</div>
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The countertop is a dark granite with some greens and blues called Verde Butterfly. It is impossible for me to get a good pic (reflectiveness of the surface and I’m not a good photographer). </div>
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A close up of the chair rail (travertine ogee molding, pencil molding with 1 x 1 travertine mosaic).</div>
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The shower is tiled, floor to ceiling (these are bad pics)... </div>
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This is the tub area during construction.</div>
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I thought it would be nice to have some wall niches in the area. I decided on the size and configuration of the niches without having any specific objects in mind to fit into them… NOT a good idea. Luckily, for the large niche above the tub, I found a mirror just days before we moved in which fit in the arched niche. I haven’t been so successful with the rectangular niche above the fireplace. Here is the miror...</div>
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This is the completed tub area. I have yet to use the tub in the year and a half we have been here. <br />
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There is a fireplace that is double sided and open to the master bedroom.</div>
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The flooring is porcelain tile, 10” x 20”, laid in a subway pattern that runs horizontally.</div>
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I ended up going with the same porcelain tile flooring throughout my home, with the exception of the bedrooms downstairs. This is because the material is practical and wears well with the my two large dogs. I felt comfortable using the same tile throughout because I mixed up sizes and patterns, which I think make very different looks. Also, use of area rugs has helped break up areas and the “all-tiled” look. For instance, throughout my main floor, I had the tile laid in this mixed size pattern. </div>
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I put 24" x 24" tile out on our lanai. (This is from several months ago... I couldn't take a pic because the tile flooring and furniture are covered with snow right now).</div>
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Here is the stairwell going down to the lower level… </div>
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I used travertine on the treads but used the tile on the risers…</div>
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A close up of the treads and risers.</div>
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For the lower level, I went with 24" x 24" tile laid on a diagonal. </div>
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I don't regret using the same tile throughout the house. I love the look of natural stone and think this tile mimics it very well. After doing this post, I realize that I may be tile junkie… but don’t really care. :)</div>
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</div>Lori @ Projects Plentyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11966968161905373260noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078895696970857633.post-33063086047181848562010-12-29T23:22:00.000-08:002012-06-23T23:14:23.179-07:00Favorite Projects of 2010This week, Kim at <a href="http://savvysouthernstyle.blogspot.com/">Savvy Southern Style</a> and Rhoda at <a href="http://southernhospitalityblog.com/top-projects-of-2010">Southern Hospitality</a> 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.<br />
I have two favorite furniture re-do projects. The first is this <a href="http://projectsplenty.blogspot.com/2010/07/metallic-glazed-sideboard.html">sideboard</a>, that started out as a cherry stained piece with veneer that had yellowed. Here is the before....<br />
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and this is after I painted it, applied a metallic glaze and gave the hardware a new finish.<br />
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My next favorite furniture re-do was of an old <a href="http://projectsplenty.blogspot.com/2010/07/dining-table-re-do-for-my-son.html">oak table</a> 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...<br />
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This is after I painted it black and applied metallic highlights...<br />
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Plus chairs....<br />
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My last three favorite projects have to do with specific room improvements. The first room is the <a href="http://projectsplenty.blogspot.com/2010/06/hearth-area-improvements.html">hearth room</a> in my kitchen. Here is the before with a sofa from my previous home...<br />
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and here is the room after I picked out an area rug, coffee table and <a href="http://projectsplenty.blogspot.com/2010/07/its-all-about-sofa.html">sofa</a>...<br />
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Each pillow is reversible...<br />
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Another favorite room project in progress is my <a href="http://projectsplenty.blogspot.com/2010/12/great-room-sofas.html">great room</a>. I chose two identical sofas for the space...<br />
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The sofas have reversible pillows...<br />
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allowing different looks.<br />
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My last favorite project is my still unfinished <a href="http://projectsplenty.blogspot.com/2010/11/dining-room-in-progress.html">dining room</a>. I love the mirrored eglomise console table I put in the niche...<br />
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and the <a href="http://projectsplenty.blogspot.com/2010/11/end-chairs.html">end chairs</a> I found this fall..<br />
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and in place.<br />
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Wishing everyone a Happy New Year and looking forward to 2011!<br />
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Lori<br />
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Linking to:<br />
<a href="http://savvysouthernstyle.blogspot.com/2010/12/btb-party-8-show-me-your-best-of-2010.html">BTB Party #8 at Savvy Southern Style</a><br />
<a href="http://southernhospitalityblog.com/top-projects-of-2010">Top Projects of 2010 at Southern Hospitality</a><br />
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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 <a href="http://projectsplenty.blogspot.com/2010/12/working-on-great-room.html">here</a>. This is the great room...<br />
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Here are the sofas. </div>
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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.</div>
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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.<br />
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Some of the other pillows. </div>
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This is the distressed leather that is on the back rest and inside the arms. </div>
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Close up of the nail head trim that goes around the sofas and up the arms... </div>
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Side view (not a very good pic), sgowing the striae in the frame fabric... </div>
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Tassles.... </div>
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Here's a better look at the finials. </div>
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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. </div>
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All the pillows are reversible in that they have different fabrics on each side. Here are some different looks. </div>
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With more leopard fabric showing (pic dark because it was taken at night)... </div>
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<br />A mix of all of the fabrics, except the peacock fabric.... </div>
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Woops, peacock on the left, upside down... I'm too lazy to take another pic.</div>
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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.</div>
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Here is my great room…</div>
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This is the area rug for the room...<br />
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As for furniture, I decided to go with two facing sofas. I found a sofa... I like the camel back curve of the frame. </div>
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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). </div>
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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). </div>
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Below is the seat cushion fabric with the brown frame fabric.</div>
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This is the distressed leather that goes on the inside of the sofa (back rest and inside of arms... very bad picture).</div>
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And the rest of the pillow fabrics….<br />
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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.</div>
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These are the pillow trims. </div>
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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. <br />
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Linking to:<br />
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<a href="http://www.somewhatsimple.com/2010/12/sys-blog-link-party-with-homepro-by.html">Strut Your Stuff Thursday at Somewhat Simple</a><br />
<a href="http://chiconashoestringdecorating.blogspot.com/2010/12/flaunt-it-friday-35.html">Flaunt It Friday at Chic On a Shoestring Decorating</a><br />
<a href="http://romantichome.blogspot.com/2010/12/show-and-tell-friday.html">Show and Tell Friday at My Romantic Home</a><br />
<a href="http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/2010/12/feathered-nest-holiday-time.html">Feathered Nest Friday at French Country Cottage</a><br />
<a href="http://southerninmyheart.blogspot.com/2010/12/inspiration-friday-party-no-14.html">Inspiration Friday at Southern in My Heart</a><br />
<a href="http://funkyjunkinteriors.blogspot.com/2010/12/sns-59-brings-you-your-favorite-things.html">SNS at Funky Junk Interiors</a><br />
<a href="http://www.bedifferentactnormal.com/2010/12/show-and-tell-saturday-12410.html">Show and Tell Saturday at Be Different, Act Normal</a><br />
<a href="http://www.bystephanielynn.com/2010/12/sunday-showcase-party-w-basket-kase.html">Sunday Showcase Party at Under the Table and Dreaming </a><br />
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One of the first things I chose were this this black mirror and console table for the niche.</div>
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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.<br />
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I purchased thsi pair of lamps for another room but decided to place them in the dining room on the console table.</div>
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My most recent purchase, posted about <a href="http://projectsplenty.blogspot.com/2010/11/end-chairs.html">here</a>, is this pair of leather and animal hide end chairs.</div>
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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. </div>
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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.</div>
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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.<br />
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I think they are spectacular. The chairs have a black distressed finish with crocodile embossed leather seat and back cushion and nailhead trim.</div>
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Here is a close up of the croc embossed leather.</div>
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What is really unique is the animal hide on back of the chairs. The hide is shaved in areas, making an interesting pattern. This is because the hair on the hide is light and the hide skin itself is dark, so the shaved areas are dark pops of color against the lighter hair. The hide patterns are not identical.</div>
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Here the difference in pattern is seen when they are side by side.</div>
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Here is a pic showing the raw wood hand rail at the bottom of the stairway.</div>
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Since I wanted an all-iron look, I decided not to stain the handrail. Instead, I did a metallic paint treatment that had texture that mimicked metal. After priming the raw wood, I applied texture (weathered bronze lusterstone) with a chip brush, and lightly sanded after it dried. Here is a pic of the lusterstone after sanding.</div>
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I then applied a metallic paint glaze (mixture of two Modern Masters metallic paint colors plus some glazing medium) to match the spindle color. Finally, I topcated with two coats of polyurethane.<br />
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When building our house, one of the most enjoyable part was choosing the light fixtures. The not so fun part was trying to stay within the lighting allowance. One fixture I absolutely loved would have eaten up 20% of the allowance... I just couldn't do it. So, I started out picking fixtures I really liked that were reasonable and then got to the point where I had to settle for fixtures I 'kind of ' liked for other areas. The first fixture I chose was for our entry. </div>
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I like the scrolling leaf detail and the finish in general. I also chose to put shades on the the fixture.<br />
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Here is the dining room chandelier and sconces.</div>
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I’m still trying to decide if I should change or paint/glaze the candle covers (a little more yellow/gold than I would generally choose).</div>
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For the great room, I wanted this is the fixture that I saw in a model home.<br />
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Unfortunately, the fixture was no longer in production and not available. So I went with this chandelier.</div>
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I like the scrolyl shapes at the top and the tear drop shaped dangly things. <br />
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Here are the sconces I chose for above the fireplace. I am not crazy about the mirror and am looking for something different. </div>
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In the main floor powder room, I decided to put two sconces on each side of the mirror. <br />
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I like the shape of the base and glass beading. My husband hates these sconces. <br />
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I also chose to place a couple of sconces in our master bath area. I was not real excited about these, but they were fixtures I settled on to stay within budget. At a later time, I want to get a pair of sconces that are longer and with more weight... maybe some crystal, too. <br />
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This is the chandelier in our master bath. I purchased this for 60% off retail at a local lighting company that was liquidating their inventory. I am going to string crystal beading to the fixture to add a little more bling.<br />
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For the stair landing, I chose a lantern. It looks kind of small in the pic, but it is about 4 feet in height. </div>
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In our kitchen we have an arched opening and I placed sconces on each side of the opening.</div>
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Above the kitchen island, I initially chose a pair of chandeliers, but they were on back order for several months. So I ended up choosing these lantern fixtures. In retrospect, I think that was good because of the number of chandeliers in other areas.<br />
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This weekend I went to the Boulevard of Dreams Green Living Show Home here in Kansas City. The home was gorgeous, especially the dining room. What initally caught my attention was the groin vault ceiling that had some sort of metallic finish and the fact that the chandelier was the same as what I have in my dining room. However, what really took my breath were the two dining end chairs. The chairs had a blackish distressed finish with crocodile embossed leather seat and back cushion with nailhead trim. What was really unique was the animal hide on back of the chairs. The hide was shaved in areas, making an interesting pattern on the back. This was because the hair on the hide was light in color and the hide skin itself was dark, so the shaved areas were dark pops of color against the lighter hair. The chairs had ornate carved detailing along the top and the chair base. I think they were spectacular. <br />
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I have recently seen a lot of furniture and accessories that have animal print fabric, animal hide and animal patterned embossed leather. Here are some chairs with an interesting use of animal print fabrics or animal pattern embossed leather... <br />
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Pair of the wing backs... look at the gorgeous eglomise panels (by John Richards) on top of the chest.<br />
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Animal hide on chair back...<br />
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Tables and ottomans...<br />
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This is how the corner looked when I returned home a few hours later. <br />
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One of my Dobermans decided to lunch on my couch. Almost as bad was that my husband saw it first AND he had already been giving me a little grief about two sofas I had just ordered a few days before for another room. UGGGH! Right away, I started sanding the s**t out of the area because it was all fuzzy, with splinters sticking out everywhere.<br />
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After I got it to where I thought the surface was smooth enough, I brushed on and wiped off Rich Brown Stain and Seal. Here are pics during application. <br />
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After the barrier coat dried, I brushed on and blotted off an American Walnut Stain glaze. When that dried, I applied two coats of polyurethane. <br />
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Even though the shape of the corner is more irregular than the other ones, I still think it is hard to tell that the area has been worked on unless you look real close.<br />
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Linking to:<br />
<a href="http://funkyjunkinteriors.blogspot.com/2010/09/sns-48-brings-you-tablescapes-and.html">Funky Junk Interiors' Saturday Nite Special</a><br />
<a href="http://shabbynest.blogspot.com/2010/09/frugal-friday_16.html">The Shabby Nest's Frugal Friday</a><br />
<a href="http://romantichome.blogspot.com/2010/09/show-and-tell-friday_16.html">My Romantic Home's Show and Tell Friday</a><br />
<a href="http://decormamma.blogspot.com/2010/09/frugalicious-friday-giveawayredi-shades.html">Finding Fabulous' Frugalicious Friday</a><br />
<a href="http://chiconashoestringdecorating.blogspot.com/2010/09/flaunt-it-friday-25.html">Chic on a Shoestring Decorating's Flaunt It Friday</a><br />
<a href="http://www.bedifferentactnormal.com/2010/09/show-and-tell-saturday-91810.html">Be Different, Act Normal's Show and Tell Saturday</a><br />
<a href="http://www.bystephanielynn.com/2010/09/sunday-showcase-party-w-lucky-chic.html">Under the Table and Dreaming's Sunday Showcase Party</a><br />
<a href="http://thediyshowoff.blogspot.com/2010/09/diy-spice-loft-diy-project-parade.html">DIY Showoff's DIY Project Parade</a><br />
<a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/2010/09/welcome-to-88th-metamorphosis-monday.html">Between Naps On the Porch's Metamorphosis Monday</a><br />
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This table was gorgeous. The turquoise finish was glazed beautifully and perfectly distressed. I not only loved the table, but also thought the dinnerware, table linens and topiaries looked great. ALthough I liked the benches,they looked too low to provide functional seating.</div>
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A close-up of the distressed finish and the crystal knobs. <br />
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Here are the placesetting with the multi-color floral design dinnerware. The charger was a bronzy amber that had a glitter look. The second pic shows the “glitter” look a little better.<br />
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Here is a close-up of the topiaries. They are made of real preserved boxwood leaves. They are soft and feel real to the touch.<br />
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I especially love the front door.<br />
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When we were building our home, the choice of what kind of front door I wanted was a no brainer ... because I LOVE hand-forged wrought iron doors. Now picking out the design, dimensions, transom or not, shape of transom, finish and type and color of glass was a little more time consuming, but fun. I ended up going with an 8.5 foot double door unit with a 2 foot elliptical transom in a finish called Gunmetal Bronze. This door unit is seriously heavy. I think my builder said the whole unit weighs something like 750 pounds. Scary... I could not watch it being installed. <br />
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Cleaning it is super easy as the glass panels are hinged on the steel frame. To clean the glass, all I have to do is undo a few latches and open the panels. If you look closely, you can see dried drips of something on the inside of the glass. That would be Doberman snot marks… my dogs think they can’t see out of glass unless they press their snouts directly against the glass and blow. I clean most of my main floor windows and the front door glass at least three times a day, no kidding.<br />
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After living in the home a while, we decided we wanted something a little more special than just plain concrete for the porch. Here is a picture of the front entry with plain concrete.<br />
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We decided to do a stamped and stained concrete finish. I think it added a lot to the entrance of our home. As decisions are always an issue for me, picking out the pattern and stain color took probably twice as long as it would have take a normal, balanced person, but I like the way it turned out. In fact, we ended up doing the same treatment on our back patio and sidewalks. Here are some pictures of the stamped concrete in front.<br />
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We also decided we needed something a little more than just the landscaping we had already done to the right of the porch. We did not want to plant a tree because of potential light obstruction to the window behind the area, so we decided to add a simple urn water feature. The urn was a rusty muted terra-cotta color when installed. It has changed in appearance because I have not been good at adding the algae control liquid. I need to give it a good scrub.</div>
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Although, I think the front entry with the stained concrete and the water urn have been good additions, I still feel like the space could use something else. I know I could do a nice fall wreath a little later in the season to add some color and interest. If anyone has any ideas what else might look nice, I would love to hear them. <br />
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