color me: fair aqua

hutch, Schue Love

Color Me: Fair Aqua, Pantone 12-5409

Fair Aqua is a beautiful, light, robin's egg blue color. It's cool and crisp just like a mid winter frost.  Light blue is a popular color used to modernize outdated furniture.  Use this color as an accent or main attraction and it's sure to be a big hit!

upholstered chair, Manolo Home

dresser, Centsational Girl

metal fan, etsy

sideboard, Be Colorful

chair, Herman Miller

wall, Alkemie

couch, Houzz

I would love to hear your thoughts on this light aqua color. Do you have any fair aqua pieces in your home? Furniture? Accent pieces? Painted wall? Talk to me!

vintage iron chair

This was just one of many awesome garage sale scores from over the weekend.  I initially bought it to resell, but after getting it home I decided to loved it too much to give it up.  So it became a birthday treat for myself.  :)

I love all of the curves in this vintage iron chair!

I think it's suppose to be an outdoor chair, but it looks lovely in our entryway next to the counsel table.  (Please don't judge our lack of baseboards.. our home is very much a work in progress.  :) )

I want to make a little pillow for this chair, but in the meantime this little guy off of guest bedroom bed will do.

window memo board

Yup, this was my mini project for today.

I found a pair of vintage windows at our neighborhood's garage sale this morning.  I knew I could do something "cool" with them, so I snagged them up right away.

I cleaned them up and painted the back of the glass with some leftover living room paint.  I then strung some ribbon in a pretty criss-cross pattern.

What a fun, rustic looking French memo board for your home office!  :)  You can find this piece for sale at Piccadilly Prairie.

pair of Thonet bentwood chairs

Check out my newest find..

Yes, that's a pair of genuine Thonet bentwood chairs!!  :)  I was so excited after I found these beauties I could hardly wait to get home and start doing some research.

Look at those curves!

Based on the style of the inner paper tag, these chairs were made between 1888 and 1922.  Super cool!

I'm torn if I want to sell them or keep them for myself.  My friend joked that I'm going to be on a TV show for hording in 20 years if I keep everything I find.  He's probably right.  But but.. they are soooooo cute!

french end table inspiration

I found a pair of gorgeous French side tables this past weekend.  I have been looking for a pair for quite a while, so I snagged these babies right away when I saw them at Goodwill.

Check out the decorative leather top!

And the drawer pulls - love em'!!

See... aren't they gorgeous! :)

I'm leaning on painting them a pretty light blue/ teal color and then antique glazing them dark brown/ black.  But don't be surprised if I totally change my mind.  Here are some of my favorite inspiration pics...

source:  http://studio1404.com/ 

source:  http://asouthernstory.com/

source:  http://europaintfinishes.blogspot.com/

source:  http://uniquelychicmosaics.blogspot.com/

source:  http://www.lizmarieblog.com/

What do you think??  I would love to hear your thoughts!

another chair done!

I call this one the figure eight chair.  Yeah, I'm a math girl.  :)

I found this lovely chair at Goodwill.  And the "fabric" I used to reupholster the seat also came from Goodwill.  I say "fabric" because this piece of fabric already had a purpose.  I bet you'll never guess what it actually is.  Okay, maybe you will.  I'll give you a hint...

Yup.  It's a curtain.  Target donates a LOT of stuff to the Goodwill near my house and I scored this brand new curtain (still in the original package) for cheap.  I loved the silky feel of the fabric and knew it would look beautiful on a chair.

Anyway, this beauty got new foam and batting before being reupholstered in this beautiful silk like blue fabric. 

I love how the design in the fabric accents the curves in the back of the chair.

Like what you see?  This chair can be found at Piccadilly Prairie in SW Minneapolis. (Update: Sorry lovely readers, this chair has already sold)

french desk obsession

I'm in love with this desk. 

source

  

According to the source it is a "A Country French styled furniture piece from a Tulsa home by Charles Faudree. Used in this home as a vanity / dressing table."

I want one just like it.  I can imagine this one costs a pretty penny or two or ten, but I'm hoping I can find one similar that maybe needs a little work.  I like the three drawers across the top and then the open shelves anchoring the legs.  Surprisingly Mark even likes it.  Saaweet!  I have been faithfully searching for about a month now, but have found nothing yet.  Patience, Jess, patience.  Sigh.