Happy Monday everyone. In less than 24 hours, I’ll be hanging out at Jordan’s in Syracuse. We have lots of projects planned plus a spa day. Yum!!
I did a lot of puttering around the house this week-end making small changes. Can you see the one in this photo?
Now can you see the difference?
Correct! I moved the stool that usually is pulled up to the dining room table under the buffet. You might remember that I converted the dining table to a library table after the holidays. The stool needed a new home, and I created one for it.
Then to hide some of the electrical wires, I moved this basket which also added another layer.
The luggage vignette had been in place since we moved in, so the change is refreshing. To freshen you memory, I bought this stool at Home Goods, but it wasn’t quite the color I needed. No problem, though. I added red and yellow stripes to the mix using fabric paint. What an easy task that was. I know you are thinking that the hinges should not be showing. However, a guest dropped a blob of red sweet and sour sauce smack dab in the middle of one of the white stripes. It still shows up slightly, even after I added my stain removal magic. That’s why we see the hinges.
Be sure to come back tomorrow to see how this stool plays a supporting role in another change I made.
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What a clever move. I like the hint of color under the buffet. It’s fun to switch things up. Your post gives me incentive to move a few things around in my house. I love your old luggage by the way!
I really like this change. I know you and Jordan will have a great time.
It is always refreshing to change things up. I really like the stool. Look forward to seeing what you and Jordan are going to be up to. A spa day oh that just sounds wonderful!
I like this a lot! It’s fresh and neat and the colors in the bench pull from the room. The basket underneath it relates to the mirror above the buffet- I think it’s quite perfect! Those lamps in the crate style holders are pretty cool! I bet a strip of cording trim placed around the edge where the top to the bench is would hide the hinges and it would look like it belonged!
That’s a great idea, Liz. You all are giving me lots to think about.
Love your blog. Why not paint the offending stripe/stripes with white fabric paint.
Great idea, Barb. I could so do that.
I like the bench there and the splash of,colors it brings….Christine