Aren't these rooms lovely also? Girls, look at some of the ideas in these room, adapt them to your homes and run with it.Pair a red and white check chair/sofa or cloth with a kilim rug and some old pottery found at a garage sale. Do NOT be afraid to mix several patterns in a room. I think it's dramatic when done.Or look around your house or your mother's or grandmother's house for some old furbelows (trims) and bibelots to showcase in your homes. Showcase them magnificently!Add drama with a bold color somewhere in a room.Or find what you might consider an ugly oddity and showcase it. I'll bet...
Unveiling the Living Room Now
Now, you know I can't stop once I'm on a roll, right? Okay then, once I put the covers on I noticed that there was a bit too much white in the room in that area. I love white and love those curtains, but it needed some color behind that sofa. I then put up the curtains I talked about here. I like it much better and will even more once I can get that Solartube in the ceiling. (I'm saving for it!) But before I show you the big photos of the sofa I thought I'd show you the fabric, texture and makeup of the slipcover up close.So here is the room now. The curtains have a color in them that makes the...
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curtains,
ethan allen,
sofa slipcovers
Customer Inspiration - Karen and John's home
Welcome to this week's customer inspiration and Karen and John's lovely home! Karen, John and their three adorable children recently moved to Michigan but before leaving DuPage County purchased a number of pieces from Jubilee Furniture to take with them. So, let's take a look at what they've done with what they bought! entertainment centers are quickly becoming the newest "white elephant" and yet are often very nice pieces of furniture which provide a lot of storage - if you can see past using them only for storing your television - and that's exactly what Karen and John have done. By adding crates...
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customer inspiration 09-28-10
Lorena's thumbtacks
My birthday was recently and a sweet friend gifted me with these adorable handmade roses thumbtacks and magnet for my fridge. I absolutely love receiving things like this in the mail. It just makes my heart sing, lifts me up and gives me joy to know someone is thinking of me. Are they not gorgeous?!Then of course I had to show you where my little ribbon tree is in my house. That's not to say it'll stay there forever, but for now, this is where I'll display it. And yep, I put it inside a little box that has a faux fern in it. I just like doing things differently and that give me eye candy for...
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faus,
ribbon tree,
roses,
thumbtacks
Napkin Rings for Pink Saturday 9/25/2010
Happy Pink Saturday. Click the icon below to be taken to Beverly's other participants.*I've collected napkin rings for 25 years at least. I simply like the look of them all gathered in a bowl for visual effect or as I like to call it eye candy since I'm a very visual person anyway. So after hunting in the garage attic for our garage sale in mid June Love Bunny found them and brought them down to sell. I held them back to perhaps put them on eBay or my selling blog La Maison Rose. I truly cannot abide Mr. LB selling them for 50¢ for dozens of them like he did my other thing—pillows and shabby...
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collections,
napkin,
rings
Showcasing the New Slipcovers and a Peeve
I finally received my new slipcovers! Now remember, these were made for another Ethan Allen sofa with the same style as my 15 year-old sofa I bought from them that they don't make any more. They just happened to have the same sort of style with an inch or two difference. This was the post where I first introduced the difference in styles. It fits almost perfectly but remember it was only $400.00 and it was custom made for the other sofa that was just a tad shorter. I'm well pleased with it. I can wash it but I don't think I'll ever have to wash the main section, just wash the cushions if they...
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ethan allen,
sofa slipcovers
Wing backs, wing backs and more wing back chairs at Jubilee Furniture this week (as well as other fabulous furniture too!)
Greetings from windy, overcast, MUGGY DuPage County! I don't know if there's a storm system heading our way, but I've been having trouble loading my photos with blogger.com and have had to restart my computer several times, so I won't push my luck with lots of chit-chat but will get right down to showing you some of the new-to-us items we received for donation this week at Jubilee Furniture!So, let's begin!beautiful sage green sofa for $135Conover slipper chair for $95clothing butler for $5 though this dresser looks like it has nine drawers - it only has six - but don't you love the hardware?...
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weekly update 09-24-10
