Hi everyone, I know i haven’t posted in quite a while. I’ve been catching up on other blogs & just taking a small break from it. I did purchase a few new things for my house & thought I should share them with you. Remember the sofa in my living room?

Although its a beautiful velvet, I never really loved how dark it is & have been wanting to get a light slipcovered one. I plan on using this room a lot for reading & blogging when the hubs has the tv on in the family room. I can’t concentrate with all that noise in the background! So I also want something deeper that I can curl up on. I looked at every slipcovered sofa I could find and decided on this one from Restoration Hardware

The Belgian track arm in the natural colored linen (which is a creamy white). One of the things I was concerned with as far as the RH slipcovered sofas are concerned is that the seat cushion tends to look a bit too “sloppy” for my taste so I opted out of the down fill on this one & went with the standard cushions…I happened to see one at the outlets with the standard fill & it looked more normal. Let’s hope I like it! Too bad they didn’t have one in the fabric I wanted….would have saved me ALOT of money!
I also decided to order two slipcovered chairs for the head of my dining room table to pull some of the lighter feel up there

Since the two rooms are so open to each other, I thought it would tie them together nicely. I ordered the slipcovered track arm chairs in the same fabric

While I was at it, we needed a new desk for Jays office. He started working from home about 8 months ago & so when we moved into this house I knew the office space would end up being his ![]()
I was used to having the office for myself, its where I paid bills,worked on payroll, etc. But for the most part it was just “pretty”. Now it has to be “pretty” & functional (for both of us) so I figured the French partners desk would be a good choice

There are drawers on both sides so he has his space & I have mine. This has already been delivered since it was not a custom order & it is working out great. I guess I should show you a glimpse of the office “before” & where it’s at now, although its far from finished.

Don’t you love the wallpaper & window treatments? No worries it did not take me long to get rid of both! Here is what it looks like now

The lantern is from Wisteria.The large chair isn’t staying, I’m thinking about a comfy chaise..maybe something like this

Except with the arm on the other side. Im liking the darker fabric in here though, so i dont know yet, gonna keep looking. It has to be something comfy because this is where the dogs hang out all day while daddy works! Plus i love to curl up here as well, esp in the summer months where i get a perfect view of the pool & pond. We also need to get a pair of desk chairs…matching or his & hers???

I am forced to use this stool for now…how pitiful!

I’m only showing you the top half of my built ins..the bottom half is still a mess!

I promise to post pics when the new pieces come in. Hope everyone’s having a great weekend. It’s a rainy cold Sunday here in Va so we are having a lazy day
H~






Wow, I love it! I love the wall color, the light, the pictures on the wall, but most of all I love the color of the chair against the wall. Not loving the color of the white chaise either. What color are the walls?
Thank you. Forgot to mention the wall color, it’s Silver Mink by Pratt & Lambert. I may just keep the chair & buy the matching ottoman instead
Oh my gosh, thats a great idea. And thanks for the wall color.
beautiful. I hope you are writing the home office off in your taxes. I like to have my own space away from the tv, too. Yours will be so lovely.
Already looking gorgeous! Love the grays.
Great choices! It looks fabulous already. Can’t wait to see the finished room.
Here is a website that is right up your alley.giannettiarchitects.com
The interiors are to die for!
The partners desk is beautiful. The whole office looks wonderful the light and the wall color…I could get some work done in there.
Can you give us more info on the window treatments? I love them and have been trying to find something similar for a long time.
Kyla,
Funny you should ask about the window treatments…after I just spent a fortune ordering custom bamboo blinds for my family room & bedroom, I found these beauties at Lowes for CHEAP! They have lots of different colors & options, check them out. I bought them thinking they would be temporary until I could afford something “nicer” but I may actually keep them
Wow you would never guess they are from Lowes. I have been searching everywhere. Do you know what brand or style they were. Also, were they in store or are they special order?
I don’t remember what brand they are, but they stock them in the store & they’re the only ones in the grayish color. Good luck
The office looks great! I love the Wisteria lantern. I have it hanging in my foyer. My husband works from home too so there is a lot of compromising going on around here on a daily basis.