Are these old lady curtains?
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I got a better option, comment below
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Update my old lady look to COOL..
Comments (19)Thank you Marti8a. I recovered the sofas and removed the ruffled skirt and added bun feet. I do not have a before pic. of sofa but it was very country and 80's sea foam green and pink and coordinated with the flowered drapes and cornice. The space is small for today's standards and the newer sofas were so big. I would love to put hardwood in here also. We put it in the kitchen and FR. Here is another before and after pic. Alerit, I agree with patricia43 about classic good bones. Yes I love some of the newer DR sets out there and would love a new set but I think Queen Anne is easy to work with. I think recovering the seats would make a big difference. I would love to replace my armchairs on the end with an upholstered parsons chair. These were the old drapes I had made to match old sofa sorry I don't have a pic of old sofa....See MoreCafe Curtains and Old Age
Comments (27)Agree with Bungalow House and others. My home is rural and casual, and light, airy cafes for a little light control are just right for some of my deep-set double-hungs. Funny the directions people come from. I'm older also and aggravated with myself when I find I'm being influenced (still?!) by whatever the current trend is. :) Joycesvoices, your description of a cafe on top for light control was perfectly clear to me and sounds as if it would look very good. Having seen a whole lot of styles, you know you'd not be breaking any new ground with this by a long shot, but obviously it'd be a whole new look for some. It has the wonderful design virtue of suitability to space and function and would be a happy break from the too-usual. Why not tack up $3 worth of fabric and see what you think? BTW, cafes HAVE been around for some while in the wish-I-could-afford-to-hire-them design market. I've seen them in a bunch of pictures of lovely homes, like the House Beautiful mentioned, and they've been popping up in those commercials that make people like me rewind just to look at the room. (My husband just loves that.)...See MoreGasp! I have "Old Lady" Rooms!
Comments (73)Patty_V, sorry you think I came off bossy. I certainly didn't mean to. Of course it's hard rearranging furniture - we're in our 60's and a recent re-arrangement of our MBR and LR furniture required two appts with a pro mover who specializes in small moves, as well as 15 min from some younger friends who had to help my DH hold up a teak bookcase while I reset and screwed in the back so it would stop slipping off. Ah, the things DH and I used to do all by ourselves....now we plan things better :). I rearranged our own LR, not because I had to, but because I was tired of it after 26 yrs and it was never quite "right". So I thought the OP felt similarly about her front room. She did not put in any qualifiers in her post, if you will recall, regarding furniture placement. Keeping the loveseat where it is to look at the bunnies is very sweet (I was born in the Year of The Rabbit, in fact - go bunnies!). Ingrid's made some minor changes to the FR, and I do like it better. Her beautiful vases are much more easily seen and appreciated. We collect Asian art and mineral specimens. Every couple of years I move things around. It keeps the eye "fresh"....See Moreperuvian old lady-with a hat
Comments (5)Really unique. Wonder why that specific name. I think it means something like a black column which hardly seems appropriate....See Moredeegw
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