I have tried and tried to get a picture of what my LR really looks like and it is almost impossible. Bright sunshine comes in through the windows and it always changes the color to make it look more yellow than it is. In fact as I have said, there is nothing yellow in this room at all. Beige walls and carpet and the furniture is brown and white. I did some spring cleaning after my company left and finally got a picture that shows what this room really looks like.
I have also been asked many times about the furniture in this room. As I have stated before, almost everything in this room was purchased over several years at thrift and consignment shops. If you look you can find some fabulous pieces and just keep building until you have a room you love. Don’t compromise, only buy what you really love, then you will love your entire room.
My sofa is one that I bought from a neighbor that was moving a couple of years ago and really is white. It is a beautiful cut velvet with down filled cushions and oh so comfortable. She was foolishly giving tons of things away and sold me this sofa for $100. She said that moving and storage costs would eat up anything she made from selling her furniture, so knowing that it all had a good home meant more to her. (Lucky for me, I love it.)
The pillows and tablecover are made from fabric that I used when we first moved into the house 5 yrs. ago. It goes perfectly with the fabric on the chair that I found last year at Hotel Liquidators. The chair was in perfect condition and for $79 I think it adds a fabulous touch of elegance to my room. The coffee table was a gift 27 yrs. ago when DH and I got married.
The leather chair I found at a consignment shop about 15 yrs. ago. It had been marked down to $100. The white letter chair was a designer floor sample that I found about 8 yrs. ago, it had been marked down to $150. The little chest between the chairs came from a design showroom at the LA Design Mart in 1969. I was redoing a house and a friend got me a pass. It was one of the most expensive pieces that I bought and is an import from England. I think it was around $350 which seemed like a lot of money (and still is) to me in l969.
The huge mirror over the sofa was a “white elephant” that was heavily discounted because it was so big. It is really quite large in this tiny house, however I bought it for our last home that had two story ceilings and extremely large rooms and it looked kind of small there. It is 5ft. x 8ft. I think it was around $350 -$400. Really inexpensive for something with such a massive carved gold leaf frame that is 8″ wide and 4″ thick, and a beveled edge thick mirror. (This thing weighs a ton)
I really like my room and the furnishings I have found. It just proves that you can decorate on a really tiny budget if you just look and are patient to build one piece at a time.
I’ve already changed this vignette. I added a new frame with a pic of my grandson that just got married this past year. His new bride wanted some pics of him when he was small, so I had a copy made for me too.
He’s 1 1/2 yrs. old here and just such a sweetie. He could talk up a storm and was so fun. He still is.
My next project is to finally sew some coordinating pillows with these fabulous pieces of fabric that I found at the Discount Fabric Outlet. I love these fabrics and they will definitely add a touch of frenchy elegance to my room. Can’t wait to show you when it is all done.
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