There is nothing quite like the satisfaction you get when a project is finished, didn’t cost an “arm and a leg” and uses things you’ve been saving for years, because #1 you love it and #2 someday you’ll have “just the right place for it”. And that’s how I feel when I walk into our new bedroom/reading room……….it’s a sweet room and makes you feel comfortable and happy and content…………the best combinations in my world! I love gently used items (especially items that have been very loved) and I love the history behind things….where did it come from? Who was the first owner of a piece? I feel connected to the past and I feel this is so important in an age of “stapled furniture” that falls apart after the first year or linens that unravel after the third washing. I have always been a recycler, way before it was ever “green” and I hope the trend I see today; stays……….. The wallpaper in the new reading room is silk and it came never used from a local thrift store. It’s tag said made in Italy. I wonder why it was never used, or maybe the person just ordered to much? Whatever the reason, it is a plus for me! The chairs in the new reading/sitting room, are very old, but updated with new fabric that my daughter re-upholstered for me. The old dresser with the mirror was in our antique store, that I just fell in love with. The glass case in our bedroom full of old collectibles that I cannot part with (there is this thing about history again!) also came from our antique store. The painting of the Dutch girl on top of the glass case was my friend Mary’s. It is very old and I know it came from an antique store in Durango Co, because I was there when she bought it! Mary had it in her living room for years and when she switched to “mid-century modern”………well, it just didn’t fit in! Again, a plus for me!
I could call my decorating……”Mary’s been redecorating again”, but that doesn’t sound very nice, does it?
Mary was my interior decorator that helped me in this project, it’s what she’s great at, and she loves! YEA for good friends that love to help, and are happy with a tuna sandwich for lunch! (She spent two long days with me and earned every bit of that tuna sandwich!!)
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The photos show such pretty two rooms, and I look forward to really seeing it soon.