It’s hard to even know where to start in giving you an update on the house. After the initial renovation, the babies came, and then life got crazy adjusting to them, and then the holidays came swooping in. I kept saying “it’s going to take me a year to get this house organized.” I don’t think it will take a full year, but I am taking my time and really trying to collect a lovely mix of old and new pieces. It’s slowly coming along. I have started to hang some pictures (primarily vintage) and bring in a few fabulous pieces that I have found over the last couple of months. I have also incorporated a few items that I have had for a while and just didn’t have a place for in the old house. I will share pictures of all these with you gradually over the next few months as I share areas of my home as I pull them together.
This is my new favorite piece. It is a marble-top buffet that is really just gorgeous. I have a feeling it’s French, but it’s not marked. I saw it and immediately fell in love. Between the carvings and the marble top, it had to be mine. It is in my dining room, and I just adore it every time I see it. It represents everything about vintage pieces that I love. The painting as well is one of the all-time favorites that I have ever found. It’s actually done by a local Washington, D.C. painter and is signed.
This is another angle of the buffet from the kitchen. You can also see the dining table and chairs. This is in the midst of a change. The dining table is a placeholder for the time being I am actually thinking of stripping the top of the table and painting the legs until I find a table that I like. Currently, there is just too much of the same color wood in that room for me. I am hoping to get to this project next week, so I’ll be sharing before and after pictures as I go along.
The 3 pieces of art on the wall to the left in the picture as well are vintage, and I adore them. I’m a bit of a sucker for interesting vintage art. I don’t care if the frames are a little beat up or the matting is stained to me, these aging signs add character and interest. As I share different areas of the house, you will see a theme of vintage art throughout most of the rooms in the house.
Well, that is all I have for now. Stay tuned for more pictures of the house. I promise I will get my fancy camera up and running again soon. If you really want a treat, look at the BEFORE pictures of the house here and see what the dining room/living room areas looked like! Here is a gallery of some of the before pics!
