I’ve been searching for a vintage outdoor sofa for awhile, ideally an iron set with hairpin legs, and have come up with nothing. Ready for a patio napping spot now and not willing to spend $2k on something new, we decided to build what we wanted – floating side tables and all! It cost us … More DIY Plywood Outdoor Couch
In the slowest march ever to make our space function at max potential, we bought an orange couch for the family room! It was hard for me to say goodbye since it had been with us since the beginning, but we parted with out beloved vintage sectional in an effort to be more practical at … More Orange Couch!
Our front yard Acapulco chairs are goners, although only a few years old. BUMMER. While the ones in the shade out back are fine, apparently the sun breaks down the PVC webbing and the chairs eventually crack into a million tiny pieces of plastic in your gravel. Or at least that has been our experience. So … More Modern Adirondack Chair Roundup
Hello and welcome to week 4 of the One Room Challenge! Get up to speed on the den revamp right here… Week 1 Intro + plans! Week 2 Paint! Week 3 Wall Paneling! This week is all about furniture decisions! I’m shuffling around couches, chairs, lamps, plants, everything, to see what stays and what goes! … More Den Furniture – ORC Week 4
1. I bought this rattan chair. Ok, so I clearly don’t need any more chairs. But I’ve been hunting for a vintage chair like this for years and decided to give into this affordable and gigantic placeholder when it was 40% off over the holidays. I’m SO into it. The chair/throne brings so much character to … More Stuff
Do you have a room you just can’t get to work? Mine is my family room. Every time I share I say the same thing. It bugs me that I can’t get my favorite room in our house to submit to my will. And even though I have big fun future plans in here to … More Couch Problems
I think I need to start a blog post category just called “Chairs and their Covers.” I have a problem. You may remember that I bought this dream vintage Bertoia diamond chair a few months ago but the pumpkin-orange original cushion cover was unexpectedly unsalvageable. It was immediately clear that this was a job beyond my … More Diamond Chair Cover Thoughts
Somehow this has turned into a saga. Two years ago I bought some replacement covers (actually two different kinds ugh) for our backyard vintage butterfly chair frames and wrote this long post on places to find them. I have detailed info there, but to summarize: if you want replacement canvas covers for your (non folding) … More Circa50 Butterfly Chair Covers
I’ve been trying to get our current dining room situation to work for our family for years and it just wasn’t. We finally decided to invest in a new table that was the right size and offered a more durable surface, this Lippa reproduction tulip table. VERDICT: A THOUSAND TIMES BETTER IN EVERY WAY! (Sources at the … More Dining Room Tulip Table
This is an entire post about a chair! I’ve wanted a vintage black and orange Bertoia diamond chair forever and it finally came to me on Craigslist. (If you can’t land a vintage one but want one of your own, they are still in production for so much money at Knoll, or several of companies … More Bertoia Diamond Chair Cover
Backyard projects continue with some patio furniture fixing and it’s super fun/nauseating. Most mornings this week have been spent getting high off of spray paint fumes while my kids are at school. I live a pretty clean life otherwise so when my husband commented that I could have just started drinking with the amount of damage … More Tulip Table Refurbish
Hey everybody! I’ve been doing so much painting around here and zero blogging, laundry, cooking, nail upkeep, vacuuming, or toilet scrubbing. Basically, me and my house are disgusting, but my fences are looking fresh. I spent the last few weeks repairing and painting a shared fence with our neighbor and then I got to looking at … More Fences and Acquisitions
I’ve been going a little Howard’s Restore-a-finish crazy over here lately. I know Restore-a-Finish can be controversial among mid century furniture refinishers, but for some of the pieces we own and hope to own for decades, and never plan on personally refinishing, I think Howard’s can make sense in some instances. Like this vintage Lane … More Howard’s Restore-A-Finish on Vintage Furniture
Two bookshelf thoughts: 1. Books sorted by color are for sellouts – And I am a sellout. My sister teases me for color coordinating my books, and I fully deserve it. I am 100% sure I will look back on this with the shame bad decisions documented on the internet deserve. I’m not sure why … More Deep Bookshelf Thoughts
I feel like nothing has gotten done around here in awhile, but that’s not entirely true. Proof: Remember this load of a coffee table? Well, it got some better legs. They are a few inches shorter than the old ones and they are walnut. It’s looking real good, in case you don’t have eyes.This sweet … More Random Updates
I was planning on a meatier post today but I have a house full of sick kids (including me), 80 degrees is the forecast, and I’m thinking we can just as easily rest with sore throats and snot at the beach as we can at home. So, instead, a quick look at this guy, the newest … More Mosaic Madness and Radness (a Coffee Table Post)
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