This is my very first blog post, so it may be rough.

I spent quite a bit of time in the past 6 months redoing rooms in my house and incorporating repurposed furniture in my designs. It all started with my living room and 4 paintings that I purchased. That prompted me to remove the UGLY plastic covering on the crushed red velvet sofa and matching red and gold side chair that were my grandparents' in-laws and from the 1940s. I painted the walls a golden yellow and repositioned the furniture. Next, I repainted some inexpensive thrift store end tables in a mix of metallic gold and silver to coordinate with the drapery fixtures I purchased. Then I found a beautiful mahogany desk at Goodwill (one of my favorite places to hunt for finds) for a steal. To compliment the desk and keep with its feminine scale I bought a bench at Home Goods instead of a chair. I didn't like the yellow base, so I painted it brown.

Side chair revealed