Before
Before
When you have a small room, you try to fit in as much seating as you can, like the love seat we squeezed into a small space. Right??? I guess I like to break design rules. However, when it came time for a redo, we decided to take a different approach this time around and get it right.
New Paint - BM Chelsea Gray
I'm not sure what the proper order is in doing a room, but as an artist, it's all about the paint!!! Maybe some people start with a rug for inspiration, but I've been dreaming about using this color for quite a long time. So I painted first and did the rug last. I have a habit of breaking the design rules.
Next, we headed to several --no, make that a gazillion furniture stores until I saw this sofa....
...and this electric recliner that would actually fit in the spot and in our budget as well. I wasn't in love with the fabric, but that was a quick fix.
I choose this dark charcoal fabric, Pheebee Ebony for the sofa...
...and this black and white fabric, Dempsey Tuxedo, for the recliners. (It looks a little yellow in the photo, but it's black and white in person.)
Before
We also spent a lot of time running all over Lancaster County, looking for new lamps...
Before
...and a new rug.
So, here are the after photos.
The large framed print above the sofa is from my Happy Valley painting printed in a 24 x 30" size.
The rug is a salt and pepper color mix to compliment all the black and white in the room. It is actually a piece of carpet. We had it finished in a charcoal binding to look like an area rug, and put quality carpet padding under the rug. This saved us several hundred bucks and it feels very lush underfoot.
Sarah Table Lamp from the Crestview Collection.
Thanks for stopping by. I hope you enjoyed the redo. Next time I'll share some holiday decorating and vignettes.
Did you recover the two chairs yourself?
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DeleteThanks for your comment. I bought the chairs from Interiors Home and they have a company make and upholster them.