sometime in the near future...

This is our new project for sometime in the near future. can't say how near, but near. i hope.

The story is, about a couple of months ago while visiting AG's aunt, who lives in what used to be his grandparents house, i spied on grandpa's old room, which is kept intact with his old furniture. that's when i saw this gorgeous mid-century, danish modern chair and it was insta-love. it was just sitting there so lonely in that gloomy room gaining dust... and for the rest of the visit, i could not stop talking about what a great piece it was, and trying to convince the aunt to use that incredible chair! she just looked at me skeptically and said that someday it would be mine.

And someday was in the very near future! because it was AG's anniversary gift to me! his aunt told him he could have it because she knew we really appreciated grandpa's chair and that we would take good care of it. and so it is!!! we have big plans for the chair, i already found the perfect fabric to reupholster it with, it's a silk animal print fabric in golden and silvery tones. it's absolutely fabulous and looks great with the color scheme we have going on in the dining room.


The frame will be repainted in an almost black dark brown, and i just have to decide what side of the fabric to use: the realistic looking leopard spots print or the silvery discreet animal print. i bought the fabric swearing i would use the discreet print which i like best, but sometimes i question myself if i should take the risk and use the other side... what do you think???

the left side of the fabric is the realistic looking leopard spots print, the right side is the silvery discreet animal print.

in the dining room with the candlestick

Things are starting to shape up. i thought it would never happen, but the space is slowly coming together. we did some furniture rearranging (by some i mean we moved everything around until we were satisfied), and the space opened up even more. i'm not completely happy with where the dark brown couch ended up, but it's the best option since we had to arrange everything around the chandelier. you know, form follows function, bla, bla, bla. i'm a huge believer in this principle of modern architecture... and the old couch arrangement did not work anymore.

I really like how the black walls are looking, i'm starting to see now the vintage modern brocade theme going on... still some work to do, but i'm liking what i'm seeing!

heirlooms (the before shots)

I love heirlooms. i love the concept of salvaging stuff that once belonged to someone in your family in a completely different era and in such a different way of living. my heirlooms belonged to my grandparents. their house had been shut off for a very long time and recently, the time came to clean it up because it would be sold. since i live far away, i told my mom which pieces of furniture i remembered from the house, in hopes they could be handed down to me. and i was pretty successful.

I have pieces no flea market could ever carry, vintage stuff in mint condition and with such quality... they just need a few touch ups to just be perfect. and the best of all is, each piece has history to it, which is priceless... i bet grandma would be proud. she always supported my artistic flair.

top to bottom: display cabinet, mirror, love seat (which will be completely renovated), a couple of mid century bureaus, an art deco chair, a day bed (which i like to call retro chaise lounge), and a deer head (don't call PETA on me! it belonged to my grandfather, he used to go hunting and it always stood in his study, so i have memories of that deer since i was a kid, you know it has sentimental value...)