Oh My Gosh hello everyone. How was your Thanksgiving? I'm sorry I've not written here in awhile but to be honest writing here is so challenging. Blogger if you are listening, which I know you are not...what have you done? It is a miracle today that I've gotten these photos to post correctly. There is one photo below that I cannot remove so you'll just have to see it. lol. Anyway stop complaining Janet and show everyone Mary's house. If you go back one post you will see her dining room which was the first room we did way back in May possibly? So the above image is what her entry looks like now. We added the leopard runner and small side table and mirror. In person it is drop dead. Seriously just killer.
Before. Just a little dull.
I swear that mirror is not crooked. I'm guessing I am? But you can see the dining room is to the right of the entry for reference.
This is the view to the left of the entry. Just beyond is a gorgeous sun room which I'll get to later.
This is a photo of the living room before. This was the first day I saw the house. Mary's office is at the back there and I'll get to that later too. Mary had just moved here and her last house was farmhouse/boho style. It just didn't fit here and so slowly but surely we replaced everything with classic furniture more fitting of the house. Almost everything we used is 2nd hand which you know I love.
When I look at this photo I want to cry with happiness. This house is so incredibly beautiful it takes my breath away. Other than the sofa every last thing in this room we scavenged, scrounged, begged, borrowed or stole. We din't steal anything but I am sorta dramatic.
Before photo. We kept her Restoration Hardware Sofa
We found these vintage Audubon prints that are perfect. All art in the house is hung with chain from the original picture moulding.
This is the photo I could not remove. Ugh
Before. This is viewing the room from the opposite side of the room.
After. Mary had these Ikea shelves that were black and we (she) spray painted them gold and put little finials at the corners.
This is perhaps my favorite room. I don't have a good photo of the before but we added this Schumacher Zanzibar wallpaper in Sand and OMG. This is her office and I don't know how she gets anything done in here.
Some of you may recognize my old wicker desk in its new home. We found the chandelier at an estate sale.
I don't have any before pictures of the sunroom but we found this vintage set of wicker at an estate sale and lots of pretty little things and dang it's beautiful.
Thanks for hanging in there waiting for me to finish. I just finished the little study/tv room but I don't have any befores and my afters didn't come out so great but I will keep trying. It's a bloody miracle this is getting posted today. I seriously don't know how to continue here. I know I'm not the only one with these issues. Maybe I'll have to just do IG? I don't know. BUT I so hope you enjoyed this post. It was such a pleasure working with Mary and her gorgeous lovely family. I actually feel part of her family now bc I've spent so much time there. They are probably sick of me! Part of me is sad that the job is finished and part of me is overjoyed that it is. It was a labor or love as they say. I've never considered myself a decorator - more of a collector but whatever I am it was fun. x
