Showing posts with label living room. Show all posts
Showing posts with label living room. Show all posts
Monday, June 29, 2015
Room to Live | aka Living Room
My mom was visiting Dallas this week. It's always such a pleasure to have her here. But nothing is more pleasurable than sitting in my living room over a cup of coffee with cream and talking with her while the morning comes up in the front window. It's that wonderful liminal period when the kids aren't demanding anything of me, the dog is calm and I can just sit and chat and listen and enjoy my mother's good company.
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Shifting Perspectives | My Living Room
Today, we're continuing the house tour here at La Maison Boheme. As I said yesterday, our home has been experiencing some enormous changes. This autumn, I shifted the rooms in our home to better accommodate our family's rapidly changing needs. Now I'm finished and ready to share these spaces with you!
The most impacted spaces are our communal rooms - living room and dining room. I flipped the rooms so that our dining space would be the center of the house, with more room around the edges for my son's wheelchair maneuvers. The living room, in turn, now inhabits the old dining space, which has a lot of natural light. I wanted my living room to be more intimate - a quieter place tucked away from the traffic of day-to-day life.
I repainted the walls, but other than the expense of a can of paint, all of the furniture here was already in the house. I wanted a sitting area, a separate cozy spot to read and listen to music, and my husband needed a quiet office area to grade papers and accomplish his "at home" work. There's also a big canvas hanging over the sofa - an unfinished piece I'm in the process of working on. I'm not quite sure what I want yet, so it hangs there as-is.
Here's the living room new set-up:
Since I always get questions about where I got stuff, here is my source list.
Sources:
Sofa: Craigslist (10 years ago in Seattle), originally Pottery Barn
Channel back chairs: 1940's vintage from Craigslist
Rug: Pottery Barn, a house warming gift from my dad
Tea tray / coffee table: Inherited from my Great Aunt - she got it in India
Stump table: Z Gallerie, found in the damaged section due to crack
Brass bar cart: Lula B's in Dallas
Desk: antique breakfast table my husband bought in California
Metal chair: Overstock.com
Pillows and flokati: Ikea
Brass swing arm lamp: sale section Pottery Barn
Record console and storage: craigslist, originally Ikea
Pair of lamps on console: Target
Blanc de chine lamp: thrift store in Utah
The most impacted spaces are our communal rooms - living room and dining room. I flipped the rooms so that our dining space would be the center of the house, with more room around the edges for my son's wheelchair maneuvers. The living room, in turn, now inhabits the old dining space, which has a lot of natural light. I wanted my living room to be more intimate - a quieter place tucked away from the traffic of day-to-day life.
I repainted the walls, but other than the expense of a can of paint, all of the furniture here was already in the house. I wanted a sitting area, a separate cozy spot to read and listen to music, and my husband needed a quiet office area to grade papers and accomplish his "at home" work. There's also a big canvas hanging over the sofa - an unfinished piece I'm in the process of working on. I'm not quite sure what I want yet, so it hangs there as-is.
Here's the living room new set-up:
Sources:
Sofa: Craigslist (10 years ago in Seattle), originally Pottery Barn
Channel back chairs: 1940's vintage from Craigslist
Rug: Pottery Barn, a house warming gift from my dad
Tea tray / coffee table: Inherited from my Great Aunt - she got it in India
Stump table: Z Gallerie, found in the damaged section due to crack
Brass bar cart: Lula B's in Dallas
Desk: antique breakfast table my husband bought in California
Metal chair: Overstock.com
Pillows and flokati: Ikea
Brass swing arm lamp: sale section Pottery Barn
Record console and storage: craigslist, originally Ikea
Pair of lamps on console: Target
Blanc de chine lamp: thrift store in Utah
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
New (Free) Area Rug
What's better than a new rug? A free one! A friend of mine bought this beautiful rug for her home, but decided after a while that it didn't really fit with the room. Now it's mine!
Since painting my living room blue last year, the space hasn't had a suitable rug. I've had some beautiful flat weave rugs, but they aren't really practical for us because our youngest is either in his wheel chair smooshing the rug up with turning wheels or he's getting caught up on the edges scooting around on his bottom. Now I have a rug that stays put and meshes perfectly with the vibe of my living room. I'm a happy mama!
Most recently I had a beautiful rug from Pottery Barn, but the color wasn't right for the space - see the photo below. I've moved that rug to my dining room where it is much happier.
Since painting my living room blue last year, the space hasn't had a suitable rug. I've had some beautiful flat weave rugs, but they aren't really practical for us because our youngest is either in his wheel chair smooshing the rug up with turning wheels or he's getting caught up on the edges scooting around on his bottom. Now I have a rug that stays put and meshes perfectly with the vibe of my living room. I'm a happy mama!
Most recently I had a beautiful rug from Pottery Barn, but the color wasn't right for the space - see the photo below. I've moved that rug to my dining room where it is much happier.
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Houzz Tour | Nat and Dana Pugh
Last week I posted a little sneak peek at Dana Pugh's house. And as promised I'm back this week with the whole she-bang! I love covering homes for Houzz.com because I always meet the most creative home owners. Dana is an interior stylist who spends her days knee-deep in vibrant paint samples, bold patterns and flashy home accessories. But when she returns home from work, she needs a palate cleanser. Neutrals reign supreme at the Pugh house.
Dana and her husband, Nat, have created a serene, creamy-hued dream home using natural materials, vintage furniture and lots of unique found objects. To see the full article and see more photos of Dana's home, click HERE.
Once again, check out the full article on Houzz by clicking HERE.
Dana and her husband, Nat, have created a serene, creamy-hued dream home using natural materials, vintage furniture and lots of unique found objects. To see the full article and see more photos of Dana's home, click HERE.
photos by Sarah Greenman
Once again, check out the full article on Houzz by clicking HERE.
Find Dana blogging at Tattered Style
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Wednesday, January 08, 2014
A Book and a Fireplace
With freezing temperatures here in Dallas (and all over the country), I yearn for a book and a warm place to read it. Here are some beautiful spaces that plan for moments just like this, placing fire and literature in close proximity. Brilliant.
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And here are some living rooms I have photographed for Houzz.com that have the same idea:
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| Home of Scott and Rachel Anderson - photo by Sarah Greenman |
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| Home of Brian and Deanna Pennock - photo by Sarah Greenman |
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| Home of Morgan and Monica Campbell - photos by Sarah Greenman |
Friday, June 21, 2013
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