Nearly halfway there

We laid down a whole bunch of this click-floor stuff last week but then had to pause it for a weekend trip. We still have about six boxes’ worth left to do, but man. Once the momentum builds on this part the rest is just sledding downhill.

I’m still trying to decide on some sort of color scheme — thinking royal blue with yellow-green accents, but I’m not married to it — and figuring out what to do about curtains. As in, where to get them, where to put them, what they should look like. And what to do about those 15-light doors: Roman blinds? Some sort of panel-curtain set up? Not sure. Suggestions welcome on all fronts.

And somewhere down the line I’d like to reupholster this pair of chairs we inherited:

… but I’m not sure what fabric to use. I’m thinking some sort of floral or wallpaper print, large-scale and without an obvious repeat, because I love this so much, but the fabric is a titch too crazy. But then I think maybe I ought to stick to a solid color, something with a little more staying power. I don’t know.

Anyway. It kills me how long this project is taking. Iain knew it would but I naively thought we could knock it all out quickly, 1-2-3. It’ll be weeks yet before we can put it all together, since we have to take turns working on it on the weekends or do what we can after the kids are in bed and before we collapse, asleep, where we stand. But oh, the end will be worth it. It’s such a great room, and to fix the problems and redecorate it intelligently will make it so much more pleasant to hang out in.

May 13, 2008 | Filed Under create, house

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4 Responses to “Nearly halfway there”

Jen on May 14th, 2008 7:05 am

I found this upholstered chair recently … it has a repeat, but I really like it, even though I can’t imagine it matching anything I own:

http://jcaroline.typepad.com/jcaroline/2008/02/in-all-its-glor.html

The shape of your chair reminded me of this one.

Or I like the green fabric shown in this pillow …
http://jcaroline.typepad.com/jcaroline/2008/02/floor-pillows.html

Curtains: I like when a bar is hung higher than usual, and you use those rings with clips. The curtains open much easier than if you had a casing, and that’s helpful for reaching the doors. I did that for our bedroom curtains, and I really like it - and wished I had done that for the other rooms:
http://davidanddaisy.com/?p=24
DeeJay on May 14th, 2008 12:41 pm

That chair is da’bomb! I love things that make a statement in a usually “normal” room. Gives you a chance to assert your personality. Love!
Christina on May 15th, 2008 4:34 pm

I am making mental notes of your home improvement projects so that the next time I want a fixer-upper I’m prepared!
Janet on May 16th, 2008 8:20 pm

Ah, but you have to maintain the momentum!! My husband went nuts and laid this type of flooring in our bedroom in the space of a day last November. He decided to do the edging and stairs the following weekend, and now here we are 6 months later with no edging and stairs covered in (now filthy) green rubber underlay. The next time he asks “why would we pay someone $900.00 to do something we could do ourselves?” someone had better hold me back.