Oh, my favorite topic and I love the projects pictured here -- nice work all of you! Legacybuilder, for me it's either I have something and want to re-purpose it, or I want something and can't afford it so I fake it. Sistersunnie, I would hardly recognize that 'throne' -- you did a great transformation. Alison, all of your projects are just yummy and you have such wonderful taste. I remember when you did that door. I love what you did with that computer desk - totally unrecognizable. Justgotabeme, I clicked on each of your pics and I marvel at your creativity. I never would have looked at a door and seen a corner cabinet - very clever. Franksmom, great lamp find. That little table came out so nice, the finish looks perfect. Amity, from microwave cart to vanity, who'd a thunk it? Good going, and it looks great. I hope you'll post more pics when it's finished. Inspiredisabel, nice job on the little dresser. Free is my favorite price too. lol Les, that sounds great. I was just thinking about you last night. You've helped so many of us and I was wishing to see pictures of your house and the things you've done. Could we talk you into starting a thread on that with pix? Zipdee, what to say? I love all of your projects. I have saved so many pictures of your work you wouldn't believe it. You are so clever. That turquoise dresser/pillows and the polka dots are SO cute. Did you sew the duvets at the foot of the beds? Did you paint the lampshades, or find the right fabric to cover them? Just wow. Nicole, wow on that lamp, it looks great. Your slip cover fits like a glove and is so pretty. Good sewing. I tend not to take before pictures (I'll try to be better in the future). This little bookshelf was a thrift store find many years ago. It was painted white and green and in my kid's room. I needed something for this spot and found this in the lawnmower shed. Sanded, primed, painted black, and bought the black baskets for it. The lion head handles were salvaged from the guest bath in my old house. They were rusted, so I wire brushed, primed and painted them. Sorry this pic isn't great: This was an old thrift store find, pretty dinged up and scratched, and the base was rusty. I fixed it up: The lampshade I made from a wire frame and a pile of fabric: I made this part of the beaded ringe myself (there are 3 of these on the lamp): When I found these two pieces in the deep dark basement of an antique store among things they had not fixed up yet, they were covered in the ugliest fabric imaginable and were FILTHY. They must have come out of someone's barn. I stripped them down and reupholstered them in this (which you see worn out in these pics): The sofa cushiones were covered w a flannel sheet and old crocheted afghan because the dogs had chewed off the piping. Here they are redone. I found the mohair velvet cheap on eBay (it normally goes in the hundreds per yard). This time I had them professionally redone because both pieces had serious structural breaks/problems that needed things like 7' clamps I didn't have. I got this piece through the Little Nickel years ago. It was covered in something that fought with the tones in the wood. I redid it in this: Last year it also needed structural help so went in for a pro reupholstery job because it clashed with my "new" sofa, and I picked this: There is more around here, but that's enough for now.

Wow, my head is spinning! So many great ideas here. Les, you have such an eye. I've always liked the look of two small cocktail tables; in fact that is what we had in our LR when I grew up and my sister and I used to spend hours coloring and doing homework on them. Those would be fab, but out of my price range at the moment. If I see something similar on CL, the flea market, etc., Lord knows what could happen :) kswl, once again, great minds think alike. I have considered doing pillows, because I know the needlepoint is quite old and has already started fraying in some places, but I guess I'm just not ready to tear into the chair yet. I also can't quite visualize what the chair would look like with "regular" upholstery. Maybe it's because I've been looking at the chair this way for so long. I've seen settees redone and they look lovely, so I'm sure I could find something when the time comes. I have redone the back of the chair already and want to redo it again; it has a jewel tone plaid on it that worked with my old color scheme but not with this one. I think I'm just going to replace it with black; maybe leather, as I know many chairs in that era were done in leather. The back was originally done in a black fabric made to look like it had been stitched, but it was literally falling apart. So the chair will no doubt continue to evolve at some point. Loribee, You have a great idea, but the chinoiserie table is really too big to sit next to the CL chair. But I do have an idea; I think it can go next to the couch, and the bookshelf that is sitting there now can move to where the table had been sitting; just up against a corner wall. I will post some pics later. I do love both tables, and I know they can both find a home in the room. Thanks again all, you have really made me love my LR again!

Wow. It's perfect. Right size, right shape, perfectly placed, and I agree that the slight smoke in the glass is key. One of those details that warms up what could have been a little too cold for the room. And in defense of your DH, maybe he walked past it because it looks so right. One of the hallmarks of good design is that no one functional element stands out too much.

Oh, I love Macon. My dad grew up there. My grandfather was a professor at Mercer. I hope the lady is true to her word. My daughter had a promise to hold bar stools, and when she called to arrange the pick-up time, the woman told her someone had shown up at her door and she sold them!