Kind of a poor quality scan, but this shows the layout even if the text is rather illegible.
New drapes, new ottoman, and moved the furniture a bit (thanks to Susanne for the good idea on placement!)
Here's the jumping off point for colors, etc. for the room. I made the base for the statue - it's mitered 2x4 lumber covered in lime green lambskin.
See how strong the glare of the morning light is? That's why lining PLUS interlining on the drapes was an essential. Even the overhead light doesn't offset the glare.
I was going to build this - but found it so reasonably priced that I just bought it instead. Perfect height to use as a footrest OR a coffee table, and a good color match to the loveseat. Notice, too, that the width of the ottoman is exactly right in proportion to the loveseat cushions. Gotta love it when you find just the right thing at just the right price!
See how the dark curtain rods echo the loveseat color, bringing your eye naturally to the height of the ceiling & the details on the ceiling? And the dark horizontal lines of the rod and the sofa back are nicely offset by the vertical nature of the drapes & windows.
Now that the drapes are up, the reading/lounging nook in the boudoir appears more inviting.
Light tufting and the bright silver foiled buttons add just the right detail to the headboard, IMNSHO.
I acquired the fan years ago at Trashy Diva - and it seems to have inspired a bit of a color scheme.
More of the trim I purchased at Fabrics & Fringe Warehouse - this time, applied to a formerly dull lampshade to tie it in to the mantel decor.
I admit, I'm no wiz with the camera. This seems to be the closest correct color depiction of the headboard.
The height is perfect, the buttons add a little sparkle, and the shape perfectly echos the ceiling lines. What more could I ask? Oh yeah! It's all in leather - the brown is an aniline sueded (not to be confused with suede) hide, and the buttons are lambskin. My, my, my.
I'm getting better with the glue gun, which almost frightens me - it's soooo stereotypical. If I start making scrapbooks, just take me out and shoot me - I'll have reached maximum craftiness density.
Before the legs were added, the headboard was barely visible above the pillow pile.
I'm almost universally opposed to fake flowers. They so seldom get past my "how tacky" gut reaction! But these were cute, and add a needed note of color to the coveted Blenko vase.
How is it that the curtains I got at Tuesday Morning have twice the presence of the ones I paid way, way more for at Silk Trading Company? Gack.
Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to pay retail.
A good bit of time and energy was spent moving all these pictures down lower, closer to the sofa back - and guess what. They're STILL too high up. But that hand crocheted afghan really rocks, n'ces pas?
See that nice set of bookshelves? Wouldn't it look even better if they went all the way to the edges of the walls - and maybe as high as the ceiling, like a real library?
Hah, of course it would - and Nope, I won't be building THAT anytime soon!
The brick isn't yellow - it's salmon - but you'd never know it from this angle. The way the late afternoon sun washes over it makes it far more gold and green than it really appears midday.
Coralbells cotoneaster - small white flower in spring, red/orange large berry in fall/winter. Should only get to about 16 - 18" tall, which is perfect for this location.
Between the dining room window and the front porch, it's hard to tell that this newest Weeping Yaupon was as large as I am (and that's saying quite a bit!)
The Copper River Birch starts the yard off with that whole "leggy", clean but not rigid, linear look; the Ruby Fringe Loropetulum alongside it carries the same concept through despite the wildly different phylum (is that right? species? oh, I've forgotten yet another bit of my education).
I couldn't find another weeping yaupon that was exactly the same size, so I went with "similar height" and lots wider. Anchored by the front porch, though, I don't think it looks off - it seems reasonably balanced.
There's a lot of competition for the pouf on my desk; Mr. Morris & Tabitha seem to have some internal schedule of who gets the desktop vs. who is relegated to the adjoining chair.
I searched for one of these at a reasonable price for nearly a year. Finally got it delivered from Walmart.com - for literally $1100 less than I'd seen it elsewhere. Target has a similar one, at a slightly higher price tag but still reasonable.
Obviously, Mr. Morris is so confident that I can get my work done, he doesn't feel the need to stay awake to supervise it.
That's not the horizon at the top of this picture - it's the end of the driveway! This hill started to erode after about 2 years, so I've planted it out in loropetulum, rhododendrum, creeping jenny and now the new Mahonia at the top.
Here's the view from the foot of the drive looking down - you can see the Mahonia in the lower right corner.
You can't see the details of the new shrubbery from the street, but *I* know it's there!
The new cotoneasters will go between the red twig dogwood on the right, and the nandina on the left, of the front shrub bed.
These are the pittosporum & varigated boxwood euyonmous (I'm sure I'm misspelling that) alongside the front sidewalk.
Q: How many holes in the wrong place because we didn't measure correctly? A: ALL OF THEM
