Rustic Chic Re-Style

Don't mind the Yellow Lab...Ellie in the photos.  She just loves the Cowhide rug...a girl after my own heart:)

I have finally taken photos of the "other side" of the room of my Rustic Chic Re-Style.  You know the one with the 1 hour Sawhorse Table?   Today, I am going to reveal the Before and Afters and the rest of the room and a few of the key details.

This room encompasses my philosophy of not under-estimating the power of  a fresh coat of paint, buying a few key pieces, and then bringing back in the things that you love.

Here are the befores

An awkward floor plan...and seeing the TV right when you walk in the door.

This was painting day, so the dark drapes and all of the chochkies had already been removed.

A Loveseat that blocks a whole part of the room that isn't used to it's full potential.  oh, and the infamous
"college lamp from the 90's!"

The beautiful blue ceiling, yellow walls, and Green window panes.
(this is one instance that green was NOT my favorite part of the room.)

 The afters.

The shelves are now filled with all of the personal pieces.

Backing the suzani pillows with a pop of poppy velvet is just the punch of color we needed.

So here were my goals for this Rustic Chic Re-Style

Paint a neutral color on walls AND ceiling.

I used Benjamin Moore Spanish White on the walls and the ceiling.  This is a trick to make the room feel much larger.  Then I painted the Window mullions BM Black.

Make a functional floor plan by defining the spaces into living/dining.

We relocated the dining space from the kitchen (and made the kitchen area into a little keeping room, reveal for another day. Rearranged the living room area by placing the TV on the far wall opposite the fireplace in a tv cabinet. (I didn't take a photo of this angel.) This way it isn't the first thing you see when you enter the space, but can be enjoyed from all angles.  The dining area can be used for dining or as a desk the rest of the time.

Buy a few key pieces.
Luckily we could purchase a new sofa.  This is the White Slipcovered Sofa from Rooms to Go.

I went to Scott Antique market and purchased the Cowhide Rug, the black spindle lamp table and decorative M for less than $500.

The lamps, coffee table (a piano bench), green chair ($10) and dining chairs were all Thrift store finds.

The French leather chair was from my favorite Consignment shop Worth Repeating.

We made a new dining table with sawhorses (meant for a canoe) from outside and a door...read about that here.

The shelves flanking the fireplace are  Campaign Shelves from World Market.



Pillows and Fabric

My Client loves to travel and is very outdoorsy and totally girlly all wrapped up in one awesome package.  Thus the Rustic Chic.  One of the best ways to bring in the personality of the client is with fabric and pillows.  I picked this suzani fabric from my local shop (I don't know product info) and had custom pillows made.   The Linen ikat type Curtains were a score at $5.00 a yard from the back room at the local fabric store.  I just frayed the edges and hung them totally rustic and perfect for the space.  Also, hanging the drapes at the ceiling makes the room feel so much taller.

Bring in the client's pieces.

Now that we had a base, wall space and a good floor plan.  Bringing in all of the thing that are unique to my client makes it totally hers. There are only a couple accessories that we bought.  Most of it were things she already had, just displayed in a different way.



So there you have it folks. A Rustic Chic Re-style that suits the owner to a "T".   A sophisticated, bright, and happy space with a little Rustic and a little Chic thrown in.

Oh, and I have a portfolio tab on the blog now with all of my interior projects.  Click under each picture to go to the flickr streams with all the before and afters of the spaces.

Have a great week ya'll.

Skirt and Pillow talk...make it all better:)

I have been project slacker lately...just trying to keep up with the day to day.  Well, knowing that you have a few  old friends coming over for lunch, always puts a little pep in my project step.  So, I decided to do a couple very simple things to make the house feel a little better (to me anyway:)

First, was a little skirt on my desk.  I am tired of looking at the junk and wires underneath, and unfinished baseboard...So instead of cleaning it up, I decided to hide it!  I made a little skirt and attached it to an spring rod, with clip on rings.  (this way, I didn't have to be exact with my measurements, and could adjust the length....did I mention I was a lazy project doer too:)  I used left over drop cloth, and fabric from the upholstered inserts of my dining room chairs (I don't think I ever posted that project....will have to do that to:)

Here is the result.

Before, when you look down the galley into my little office.

 

After the skirt.... Forgive the photography, I snapped these this morning before good "light".

much better...notice the skirt is gone on the chair..I destroyed it in the wash (oh, vell:)

Love my new hiding place for junk:)  And hides the fact I haven't painted the baseboard:) Oh, and that painting, is another masterpiece of my mother's.  I love them over my desk.

And the other project was new pillows for the living room...pillows make it ALL better:)  Seriously, this took me like 10 minutes.  The lazy pillow I call it....the "I need a pillow STAT"....pillow.  The "I am going to sew this standing up pillow, because I have dinner cooking downstairs but have to have some pillows!".....pillows.  That is why they might be a little overstuffed....the measurements were shall we say.....fuzzy at best!!!  Did I mention I was lazy....

 

 

 

very sad.

Much better....the chair is much happier.  (Mr. O and My little man might think otherwise...they think pillows have a special place on the floor!

I had some left over dupioni silk hanging around begging to be used....I think this view is pretty too, no?

There you have it....my lazy projects.  These little projects took me maybe 30 minutes total to do....and make me oh, so happy.  Now I am off to cook for my little luncheon, more on that tomorrow:)

Happy Monday.