New Dinning Room Chairs

That was quick! Last week I talked about some new pieces of furniture I got recently for our home. Well here's one of those pieces or should I say four of them. Woot Woot!

I Flippin’ love them!

Deciding on any piece of furniture is a long, and exhausting struggle for me. For those of you who it takes months to pick out a piece of furniture know exactly what I mean. It was love at first sight when I saw (These Chairs) on Target.com, I'm still trying to make Jason love them as much as me. I was actually hoping to get them in black, not Tarnished Metal. However, I found that "Tarnished Metal" went really well with the pop of chicken wire on our china cabinet. 

Without anything to help envision what it would look like. I built up the courage and purchased four of these chairs. All the reviews were a mixture of the chairs seeming a bit short, others exclaimed they worked perfect. I crossed my fingers and hoped for the best.

Unfortunately, all four chairs didn't arrived in perfect condition. Two were missing  screws to attached the back to the seat. Thankfully the awesome people at Acebayou quickly fixed my problem and sent me replacements for the missing ones. The process of putting them together is simple. They're super sturdy, extremely well made, and look pretty bad to the bone with my table. It took my dining room from super girly to a bit more rugged... Don’t you think? (Yes, I know that my shelves & left wall are screaming for a little something extra, im even thinking about playing around with the lighting!)

I’m hoping to find two really interesting upholstered head chairs - maybe even some wingbacks. Who knows?

What do you think of my new chairs? What pieces of furniture do you have that was love at first sight?

New Coffee Table

 I got a new coffee table for my living room. This makes me happy on so many levels: I wasn't loving the non existent one. So I needed something to fill that void, and I wanted something I could continuously change the style through the year. Because I constantly redecorate EVERYTHING in this house.

My latest favorite place to shop is Target. It’s my go to store  plus it has a Starbucks. You can find amazing Discounts, on their awesome app Cartwheel. I'm talking discounts, on food, home decor, Office supplies, electronics. Whats even great about it is that you can also see what deals your friends and family signed up for aswell. Its pretty neat when you really look at it, once you sign up they give you a one of a kind barcode that holds all the discounts you selected. Just let your cashier scan and rack up the savings.

At the risk of becoming way to nerdy & over excited about cartwheel. I'll start with the decor. I've gotten on the fad train with displaying books. I cant help myself I love the idea of displaying classics. It make my box of stored books take up less space and makes us look intellectual. I actually just got alot of my classics from local Goodwill's. To top the books off I just added a succulent even though its looking quite dead lately.

With that said, I kept the same theme on the opposite side and stored all my Better Home and Garden's Magazines! I didn't want to put too much on this table because I loving the thought of bare minimal and just showing how cool the table is alone. I did center it with another plant in a green bowl. It's been growing like crazy with just minimal care. I topped the table off with a little brass crab I got at a hole in the wall thrift store.

I cant wait to change the decor up through out the year. The only thing I can guarantee stays is the adorable center plant. I've killed ever other plant in this house but this guy. Way to have my back little one.

For right now its very functional. We have a spot to put our drinks, because you can only rest your drinks on the floor for so long before a dog knocks it over. Although there are things on my coffee table, there is still room to perform all of these functions. The books and magazines can be stacked to create even more usable space. For color, I worked with alot of greens, since our living rooms color pallet is Greys, Greens, and Browns with splashes of bronze.

Because the coffee table is rectangular I added contrasting shapes. 

That’s it!

I hope you enjoyed my new coffee table as much as I am.

Crushing on Chairish

As you all know i'm a huge thrift store/consignment shop junkie. So imagine my surprise when I was introduce to a website that fills my love for that...and I don't even have to leave my house or change out of my pj's.

 I'm talking TONS of pre-loved decor for us design lovers to buy..and sell. Let me introduce you to Chairish.

The name alone is absolutely adorable. Then you continue on to the website and are blown away with the amazing furniture they have listed. The site is simple to navigate, users can shop by category (lighting, seating, tables, etc.), Topic, or by Markdowns. 

Each week Chairish marks down 25% or more on items that have been in the store over 30 days. That's insane since alot of the high-end items listed are already at a great price.  

Buyers also have to option to "Buy Me Now" or "Make an Offer" on items. Shipping costs to you are calculated. 

Because i'm still decorating our first home and focusing on our office at the moment. I decided to window shop and show how I would create a space and share a few of my other favorite pieces.

Specifics:

Original Oil on Canvas - Moose Lamp

Vintage Glidden Art Blue Pottery Vase

Black and Gold Tassel Chandelier

Solid Brass Trumpet Book Ends

Oval Back Hermes Ribbon Chair

Mid-Century Paul McCobb Planner Group Desk

Vintage Swedish Electricity Engineering Diagram

Vintage Swedish Telephone Engineering Diagram

-----That Moose oil painting is just Awesome Sauce and I love it more than White Chocolate Macadamia Nut cookies and Coffee! Hey a girl has her wants.-----

A few other favorites were!

Dana Gibson Bargello Pagoda Lantern

Kreiss Gatsby Lounge Chairs 

Danish Teak Lounge Chair Arne Vodder France & Son

 

 I spent an hour shopping though their accent chairs and i'm still trying to convience Jason why we should get rid of his beat up recliner and replace it with this funky in pink. There's other styles to choose from incase the one's I show didnt fit your fancy over (Here).

You have to keep your eye on Chairish. They've been featured in plublications such as InStyle, Domaine, Elle Decor, House Beautiful, The Oprah Magazine, and Glo just to name drop a few. You can read more about their press over at the blog Here. Besides being an awsome site and listing all these amazing pieces they've just launched a user friendly Iphone app. (See Here)

I want to give a special thanks to Chairish for inviting me to team up with them and create this beautiful space.