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Wednesday, March 23, 2016

With the passing of 2015 I have been reminded daily of all of the changes I have wanted to make to my townhouse.  While I am pretty restricted, obviously, by the regs that that my lease stipulates I have many options for making my place more my own.  I can paint a wall here and there, I can move my furnishings around and change the locations of the artwork on my walls.  More than that I can change the entire feel of my place by changing out the furniture pieces.  In that vein I have been seriously considering changing from the earth tone semi-contemporary feel that is has now over to shabby chic with a much lighter and more soothing color palette. So I am beginning to get some photos saved and looking at colors such as white, robin's egg blue, blush and the like, and in doing so I will be changing out my hardwood tables or painting them.
I began this process last weekend by looking at the china cabinet I purchased a few years ago. It is a dark mahogany or cherrywood, I do not know which, but it needs to be color-changed.  I have been interested in trying out the new chalk painting that seems to be all the rage and did some research to learn what I need to do to get a good result.  It is not supposed to be difficult.  I hear it is pretty easy to use chalkpaint, that it is very forgiving but it the paint is expensive.  I headed over to the nearerst home store to buy the paint, brushes and other supplies and began my project.
Choosing a color was a bit of a challenge.  Should I go robin's egg blue or stark white?  I liked both but thought I would do this project in white since I liked the look of a similar cabinet that I found on the internet that was painted that way.
This cabinet looks so much like mine, with the exception that mine has two doors separated by a a divider in the middle.  I love the look of the bright white inside and outside.  The china that is inside is exactly what I want to display.  The french cabriole legs and inset panels mirror my own.  This is where I began to plan my project.

So as you saw in my last post I began the project and then it didn't work out the way I intended so I ended up painting it plain white latex which by the way, looks just as nice.  I have thought of painting the inside but cannot decide whether to wallpaper it in some cool cabbage rose pattern or just paint it robins egg blue.  Either would be nice.  And since I changed the material covering the seats of my vintage DR chairs, either would coordinate nicely and give me that shabby chic look that I wanted, at lest in the DR.

I have a chandelier I can hang in there too.  The ceiling is a bit lower, I think seven feet or so, so I cannot hang something too big or too long.  but I do have my old light piece from my house from which I downsized.  Thing is..it is in a strange
goldish color.  Should I paint that white or blue?  Should I leave it alone?  And if I do paint it it would be better to do it before I hang it right?  So, here I am, stalled, because I need to decide on the whether or not to paint it before I hang it. So, I will move on to something else.

I should change my furniture.  I found this lovely shabby chic style of sofa at the right price but its gonna cost almost more to move than its worth.  Its perfect.  The photo shows its the right color and style. Maybe I should just suck it up and buy it before someone else gets it.  I want to treat the wood  frame with the chalk paint and maybe change the color of the upholstery into a robins egg blue. 



Isn't it a charmer?  I want it but I still have my old sofa and even though I have room for this in my living room now I feel like I am only interested because it is available for a limited time, not because I am ready to full force start changing up my décor.  And, I will have to find a way to move it.  Anyway, I am still trying to nail down this item through the seller and hopefully I will have it pretty soon.  I just do not see a better deal coming along. This seller is asking $185, but I am
hoping she will sell it for less since I have to come from so far away from her to get it.

Once I have the couch in place I am thinking of having one wall painted as an accent wall in that pretty blue I was talking about earlier, with some glaze striping on the same wall.  I recently hung new curtains that look like linen with silver threads running through, nothing gaudy, just a little speck of silver to pick up on the sterling silver ice bucket I have in which I will be creating a hydrangea flower bouquet.  Other colors in the room will be a white desk with a black chair and sort of farmhouse style shabby chic. Some pretty home made throw pillows and perhaps, just perhaps, a jute rug with some blue specks in it to make the beige carpet a little more interesting. And that is my start. 

Ill let you know when I get finished and come back.  With my life changing all the time who knows what my next post will say.  Let's just wait and see!

Wish me luck.



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