Hannah's House Part 2 - The Dining Room

Hannah's dining room and living room are very open to each other - much like one large space.

The wall color is the same gray with wood trim and both rooms have the lovely hardwood floors.

The drum pendant is leaded glass - black, gray and white. It was happily already in the home.

She stained an unfinished wood harvest table in onyx stain. The table was a Craig's List find two summers ago. 

She purchased two wonderful metal candlesticks at a consignment store earlier this year. LOVE the patina.

There are 4 chairs - ones I bought years ago at a thrift store. They were really cheap - 10 bucks each at most.  They're not the best quality, but they served a purpose back then. They sat in my garage for years and through a garage sale without selling. I even tried to give them to my sons...

We were pretty glad they didn't sell so Hannah could use them now at least until she finds some she really likes later.

They were free, basically. A coat of gray paint by me and some cute fabric seats by Hannah, and they'll be good for a while. We found the fabric at JoAnn's.

This chest of drawers was a recent Craig's List find. Hannah was shopping for a wider piece, but this one was reasonable, and a piece like this can be used in a number of ways. Meanwhile, she's still looking for a buffet. This piece is just as she found it - and may get a little makeover at some point.

For now, it is a nice place for a funky vintage lamp in brass, with a black drum shade we found at Ross on my last trip.

A collection of three vintage brass mirrors hangs above a brass tray and pewter goblets - all from thrift stores. 

Silver plate coasters are ready for guest drinks.

Keeping the mixed metal theme going, a collection of oval trays with lots of patina hangs on the wall to the right of the chest.  

The top one was found at a garage sale this past weekend in OKC. The center one is from my neighbor's garage sale...I considered keeping it!

Hannah found the brass one recently, and it really completed the wall in an interesting way, I think.

There is a hall doorway to the right of the platters. To the right of the doorway is another small wall that needed some art. 

I found this really nice black and gold wood frame with a print at a thrift store last week. 

It held a vintage art print, which I took as-is, thinking it might be usable.

Hannah opted for new art instead of the print, so we bought some mustard, charcoal and white paint at Hobby Lobby and I painted while we watched Netflix. Just like home...

I painted right on top of the print. It is not quite as bright in real life - more mustard than bright yellow...

I totally forgot to photograph the other side of the room - the wall that the fireplace is on in the living room. There are double windows on the wall. Two short walls dividing a breakfast room Hannah uses as a "bar" area on one side, and the living room on the other side. 

You can see the leather art pieces that hung in my house in this photo:

Here they are again, before going to Hannah's house:

  

There is a small black bench against the windows, too, and another grouping of a gold mirror, small original art piece in a chunky 1970's gold frame and an empty black frame. I didn't get photos of this...but her dining room is about 75 percent finished, I think.

She can invite friends for dinner, and I think she's planning to host her boyfriend's birthday party soon. :) 

Word for the Day:
Revelation 3:20
Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.

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http://www.knickoftimeinteriors.blogspot.com/	Vintage Inspiration Tuesday
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Saturday
http://www.funkyjunkinteriors.net/	Party Junk

Hannah's House Part 1 - The Living Room

This past weekend, I visited my daughter Hannah in her new house. She moved in April, and I visited Easter weekend. 

We got most of the living room finished in April, and this past weekend, we pretty much completed it.

Please forgive the bad photos - I didn't even THINK about taking a tripod. I whipped off photos this morning, and didn't play with lighting at all - lamps were on, blinds were open. Otherwise, the rooms can be a bit dark.

She lives in a 1920's house, with nice wood floors, French windows, and interesting "extras" 1920's homes have. Notice the ceilings...

The walls are painted a nice light gray, and the trim is the original wood. The rooms in this home are nice and big! This is what you see when you walk in the front door and look to the right.

The sofa was one of her first purchases. She put casters on the old trunk, which was another early April purchase. 

Looking at the photo above - other than the sofa, pillows, lamp shades, and angel wings...everything else was found at thrift stores, garage sales, antique stores, etc. 

Even the milagro cross was a happy find for a good price.

Here is her desk/end table/thing. She had to do a little carpentry to get it right, and tweak the finish, but it is a wonderful rustic piece.  The chair is a really good piece, too.

I'm pretty sure it was from the 1970's - solid wood, HEAVY, real leather and brass tacks. It's made in the Gothic style.

There are two - one has arms. We considered painting them and trying to achieve the Restoration Hardware weathered wood look, but decided they are fine as they are for a while.

The desk top has an eclectic array of things on top - a 1960's lamp in the original finish, with a new shade we just found at Big Lots over the weekend.

It had gray, cream, taupe and mustard, which we thought would look good. We loved them, and bought two, since they were about ten bucks each.

The frames are waiting photos, which may be sepia. The book ends are chalk ware, and have been painted many colors. Vintage books were thrifted, and part of her junky birthday present this year.

The larger silver candlestick is from a used furniture store, and the smaller one from a garage sale we went to yesterday...and I have will some lovely things to show you later! I gave some things to Hannah, and kept some for me.

To the left of the sofa is the front door. If you look straight ahead when you walk in, you see the bench I brought from my house, and vignette in the corner. (The bench looks so much better at Hannah's house!)

This chair was a garage sale find this past weekend - and Hannah said it's the best deal she's ever found at a garage sale! It cost $20, and it still had a tag on it from Kirklands - almost $400. It was missing a back cushion in linen - like the seat cushion. No worries - one of her sofa cushions worked even better. 

Above the chair is a metal art piece I found years ago in a consignment shop, and a recent piece Hannah found at a thrift store.

It works perfectly in her room! I think it is a signed and numbered lithograph...and I'm sure she didn't pay much for it.

Next to the new chair is the typewriter table she found last spring when we went looking at antique and consignment stores here in Amarillo. 

The lamp is one of her birthday presents, as are the books and brass coasters. 

The lamp shade is one Hannah purchased at Target - lovely linen - for $20. A silver dish of chocolates and a seashell complete the vignette.

I love the vintage industrial feel of the typewriter table...

To the right of the typewriter table is the fireplace, which is directly across from the sofa.

To the right of the fireplace is a silver metal trunk on casters, one of her April finds. I think she found the two trunks in the room the same week! Funny how that works.

The trunk holds DVD's. To the right of the trunk is the other Gothic 1970's armchair. 

I styled an asymmetrical gallery wall of empty gold frames.

The pillow is a new Hannah purchase - a couple of years old. That's new to me - probably not to Hannah. :) She didn't know it would work in her future living room when she bought it.

Beyond this, you can see the dining room. We will see it in better detail next time.

The pieces we have pulled together were never intended to work together, but they somehow do - thanks to a little stain and paint here and there, and a mostly neutral palette. So far, it has a very eclectic, somewhat elegant, sophisticated feel and it didn't break the bank to furnish it.

I'm so happy to be able to help Hannah make her home fit her style! 

Word for the Day:

Romans 8:28

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

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http://www.knickoftimeinteriors.blogspot.com/	Vintage Inspiration Tuesday
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http://savvysouthernstyle.net/	Wow Us Wednesday
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http://tarnishedroyalty.com/	Drop it or Swap it Party
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http://bec4-beyondthepicketfence.blogspot.com/	Under $100 Link Party
http://staceyembracingchange.com/	Creative Inspirations
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