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Use your imagination here and give me some ideas of how to bring my arrangement into line with the charm of the Cozy Little House vignette. Is it hopeless? Do I need to scrap the small armoire and find an open hutch? What do you think?
I found these pretty storage boxes at JoAnn's--70% off! Can you believe it? I thought I would use them to store photos and other memorabilia that's now in ugly shoe boxes. Don't you think they'll look fine with my green/pink color scheme?
My hares and tortoises (tortae?) are all stitched up. Only four more blocks to embroider for the Noah's Ark quilt. They have gone a lot faster than I had thought they would.
I'm still babying my sinus problems today. It's cloudy and cold. I'd like to stay inside for the rest of the day. But try telling that to Sophie.
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On 02/27/2010, Jane McCarthy said ...
Susan---this will be so cute and cozy! I think you should either get an open hutch or take the door of the hutch you have (and re-purpose as a work surface in your sewing room??) and have shelves installed. Paint insides of shelves a muted green and there you have it! Ditto with furniture in front (with pink cushions). I also suggest having your primary color be green, with pink and secondary--that way you can always change out the pink if you want a change. Green is a great neutral. The storage boxes are great.
Have fun with this----it will be fun to see what you decide to do!
On 02/27/2010, Rian said ...
You could start by making some colorful cushions for the chairs, and I think that might be enough to achieve at least the cozy part.
Riley would love to go outside but it's raining buckets out there. He's holding out for no rain.
On 02/27/2010, Barbara Anne said ...
Hi! Love your current arrangement and yes, your space can be that cute! The colorful pretty boxes are a good start. I think chair cushions and a tablecloth are the next easy step. You may ultimately need a larger table, too, as that cute little table probably doesn't hold a teacup and a book at the same time. You could also keep the little table and put a wing chair beside it instead of the second chair.
As Jane suggested, if you keep the armoire there, I agree you'd need to take off the door. I LOVE corner cabinets with glass doors like are in some dining rooms. I'd be on the look-out for one of those.
Instead of painting the bookcase backs or inside the armoire, I suggest tacking beloved fabric cut to shape. Perhaps a tone on tone fabric would be best to use as a backdrop for pretty things. If you use fabric, you can change the fabrics as you choose to or seasonally.
A lamp will be needed, too. In the target photo, the lamp is on top of the corner cabinet.
Love the new ark residents. Well done!
This is fun!!
Hugs!
On 02/27/2010, Bitonovicequilter.blogspot.com said ...
I agree on taking the door off the armoire. Also, the table is out of scale with the chairs, it needs to be bigger so you could open up a book on it and set your hot beverage of choice down.
On 02/27/2010, Nicole said ...
The table is wrong--not to scale. If you don't want to spend much money, go to Target or Bed Bath & Beyond and pick up one of those round tables that are made of plywood--the kind you cover with a big round table cloth. Cushions or covers for the chairs would be good. And an open shelf corner unit would be better so you can display your pretties. Maybe taking the doors off the hutch would work, as others have suggested.
And, my best idea yet--how about painting the bookcases and corner unit white to have a uniform look with the chairs?
On 02/27/2010, Alison said ...
I hope you don't mind me putting in my two penneth, I've just found your blog! I love your corner unit, it's beautiful and I don't think you should take the door off. I would move the books from the top shelves of the left hand bookcase to the bottom of the right hand one, and use the top shelves of both bookcases for your pretty stuff, plates, your Jo-Ann boxes, etc. Some pretty cushions would be good and a bigger table would be useful if you plan to sit there. If the door of the corner unit is too uniform, you could make a little fabric hanging and loop it over the top so that it doesn't damage the wood. Finally, a lamp and a couple of pretty boxes on top of the bookcases would break up the hard line up there. I'll look forward to seeing what you do with it!
On 02/27/2010, Marilyn said ...
Just my opinion but I would leave the bookshelves the way
they are and try to find an open corner hutch to match.
To me painted furniture just doesn't seem as homey, if
thats the look you want. Whatever you decide I'm sure it
will look great.
On 02/27/2010, KAI said ...
I'm answering your post from bottom to top because ... well ... I guess because I'm a weido! LOL! Anyway, first I LOVE your newest Noah additions! That is going to be the most charming quilt EVER! Second, we ARE sisters! Last week at Michael's I bought THEIR boxes - exact flowers - just a different BACKGROUND color! I use those kinds of boxes to mail bd gifties. The box becomes part of my gift! Now for the arrangement. I have to agree that the table does seem out of proportion to the bookshelves & armoir, and I favor the arrangement in the latest post - the open hutch! A resounding YES to painting the hutch & tying in the colors you choose to paint it to your chair cushion covers and whatever table covering you decide on. It's going to be such a charming & COZY area! Do you know Eleanor Erickson of A Bit of Pink Heaven blog? THERE'S a GREAT person to assist you. She has a magnificent eye for decor! I know NOTHING. All my taste is in my MOUTH!
On 02/27/2010, Debra Spincic said ...
If you could elevate the middle cabinet so the top is above the top of the two bookcases, I think this would be a dynamite piece in this room. It's nice to have something closed (for practical reasons) and it's a nice relief from the openness of the bookcases.
One solution would be to have a base built to go under it. If the base could also have drawers or open shelves, that would be wonderful. With shelves, you could fold up quilts and store them there. I love the red of the cabinet too. The 3 pieces provide a nice "solid" looking backdrop for an upholstered chair and small table. Another idea would be to put the cabinet on something like a footlocker or a small trunk as a base. It could even be decorated with decoupage or fabric cutouts or stencilled for a folk art look.
On 02/28/2010, WendyC said ...
the pic you like has wood in all the same colour, a lovely warm looking wood, this is why it looks so cosy. I think you should paint all the furniture the same colour, white or cream and add highlights using whatever colour you chose for your walls. Loose the chairs and have a comfy one instead so that you can curl up and read. Or swap the table for a bigger one, then you can sit and journal. So says the expert on everyone elses space ;) mine is awful with mismatched junk shop furniture XX
On 02/28/2010, Susan Burton said ...
The corner idea is great. You do need to paint all of the pieces the same color. You could paint the back of the shelves a light color. The table is too small. I like the idea of a wall hanging on the closed cabinent. That way you could change it out when you tire of it.
On 03/02/2010, Patti Koosed said ...
I would do away with both and put a nice comfortable chair there with a nice floor lamp behind it so I could sit read all those books!
Hugs
Patti
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