I was just looking through all of the images I have of our living room. When we first moved into our home, our living room was all white and looked like this.
I think it's pretty, but very formulaic "Shabby Chic".
Before our photo shoot for "New Old House Magazine", our living room looked like this:
I actually like this image. The wallpaper is Hinson's White Washed Madagascar. It adds a lot of texture to the room. Most of the fabrics are from Bennison. The couch and the chairs were from Shabby Chic.
Steve never really liked the upholstered pieces. A bit too chubby for him. So, for the photo shoot I told him that we should design the room together. What would he change?
I knew these Bennison chairs would be the first to go. Steve is just not a pattern kind of guy!
This is what our living room looked like for the photo shoot. We replaced the oversized upholstered pieces with Steve's Courtney Sofa and Charlie Chair.
One of our Swedish barrel chairs completed the seating area. We used an industrial bench and a couple of vintage luggage pieces for our coffee table.
Photographer Eric Roth loved the gear molds and clock faces on the "coffee table".
We filled the shelves with our old books, shells, cozy blankets, and Steve's Dad's plaster pieces.
Are you getting the idea that Steve has a thing for vintage luggage and trunks?
Did you notice our bowling pins in front of the door? They look like a beautiful sculpture.
It was so much fun moving things around our home and giving the rooms a new look. Steve's furniture pieces will probably make their way back to the store, but some of the other items are going to stay for a while. What happened to the pieces that were here before? You'll have to wait and see....
xo
Brooke
