Total makeover for the sitting room simply by trading furniture with the living room. Which really fulfilled my entire wish list--it warmed up this room which tends to be chilly and unvisited in the winter, as we congregate around the fire in the living room. And I got all the white furniture free to fulfill my living room vision.
Giles and Felix and Owen got me this paper wasp's nest during Christmas break. Felix had to climb very, very high to cut it out. After the boys realized the air-soft guns weren't going to get the job done.
You're too polite to mention the crazy geranium mirror, aren't you? That was a pass-along from my mother. No way, was my first thought. Then I saw how it pulled everything together, and I counted myself lucky. And thrilled.
Oh, I couldn't tell what that was - a mirror! And how excellent it looks with the pillow on the gold chair, red rug, striped couch - great! A new home!
ReplyDeleteLisateresa
That room looks fantastic and completely inviting. I wish I could climb through the picture into the room. Good job!
ReplyDeleteIt looks so warm and inviting -- love it!
ReplyDeleteLovely cozy room! I would be delighted to curl up in this newly-warmed room . . . and gaze at the wasp's nest!
ReplyDeleteI want to come visit!
ReplyDeleteLovely, friendly, whimsical and refreshing...a place that feels homey. <3
ReplyDeleteMaria Ricci
I agree, the room wouldn't have the same level of warmth without the mirror.
ReplyDeleteIt looks good - I like the red and yellow, that's what we're slowly trying to do to our small, dark, grey-looking kitchen. It works.
ReplyDeleteOh, a wasp nest! You Molly Gibson, you!
ReplyDeletehow charming! And yes, cheap thrills indeed when just clever rearranging does the trick.
ReplyDeletePlease tell me how you can photograph against the direct light of the window without the rest of the room turning out in darkness. I have a newish SLR and have been trying to take photos of our newly made chartreuse living room curtains. Years of point and shoot are not helping me now!
There is something wonderful about a newly painted room. Everything feels warm and fresh!
ReplyDeleteOh, goodness, I actually love the crazy geranium mirror-- noticed it first. :-)
ReplyDeleteBut I don't want to hurt the feelings of the rug and the gold chair, which I also am drawn to.
Well done-- the best kind of resourceful decorating!
Oh so cosy and inviting! I LOVE the geraniums, it was the first thing I noticed!
ReplyDeleteI think the mirror is delightful!
ReplyDeleteI love it all! (And am dying to know where you got the red gingham couch!? I've been looking for one like that for years!!)
ReplyDeleteYou are so clever, and what a great thing to do in the winter weather!
XOXO
Joni
So love reading and seeing your amazing talents along with your beautiful children. You indeed are blessed and I have to say love your new rooms too ! (my colors)
ReplyDeleteOne winter we brought home a nest like that and as it warmed things came flying out. After all these years we still laugh when we retell the story.
ReplyDeleteLove it! The first thing I noticed was the mirror, and it really does pull the room together.
ReplyDeleteThe mirror does look good with everything. And I love the wasp nest! I like most anything from nature, so we sometimes have messy bird's nest, cicada sheddings, etc. in our livingroom. Some people don't get it!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely room and I adore the geranium mirror! However, the wasp nest makes me cringe.
ReplyDeleteWhen Hurricane Ike was bearing down on Texas my husband and I brought in our porch furniture. After we carried in the baker's rack a short person (AKA a child) pointed out a wasp nest on the underside of the main shelf and every single crevice of that nest had a live wasp! 'Freaked out' doesn't even cover my reaction.
Very Mary Engelbreit! I love it!
ReplyDeleteI enjoy seeing pictures of your home. This room is so cosy and comforting. Just lovely.
ReplyDelete(Long time lurker forced out of hiding by bee phobia...)
ReplyDeleteThere will probably? undoubtedly? be grubs in that nest, and they will wake up in the warmth of your house. Please be careful!
That said, your blog warms and inspires me :D
Julie
I love the walls. You can still see the saw marks in the wood. I want that for my house.
ReplyDeleteBe careful with the wasp/hornet nest.... there may be a few that hatch in the house. I once brought one in my classroom and opened the door one morning to find several hornets buzzing around the room.
Is that a checked pattern on the couch? Pardon me, it looked stripey to me - but it's all very nice, whatever it is.
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First thing I thought when reading this post was
ReplyDeleteI LOVE THAT MIRROR!
Of course, the whole room is just gorgeous, but you're right, that mirror pulls it all together.
Love!
Did you paint your floor? I would love to paint our concrete floors like that.
ReplyDeleteWonderful, warm room!
Cindy in Texas
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I love the whimsiness/mismatch/hodgepodge look the black and white checkered floor lends to the whole room!
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