Breakfast/Kitchen Nook!




Look what came over the holiday weekend.






I love it! 

Thanks for all your help!

*I think this will be my last post on decorating because my camera is not doing a good job at picking up the colors. My house does not have such a yellow tint. 

Breakfast Nook: Upholstery


I heard you guys... I need color…and after some soul searching and some night sweats, I'm officially over my color phobia :)

My next project is the breakfast nook and it will be full of color.  I have an open concept floor plan, so the colorless family room is attached to the kitchen and breakfast nook.  If I add color to the breakfast nook, I will automatically be adding a bit of color to the family room. 

This is a before picture of the nook.



Then I worked with a cabinet-maker to make these lovely benches that came in this week.




Now all we need is some colorful upholstery!  So baby K, MT and I went fabric shopping. 





I had all shorts of ideas in my head, but there were so many choices, so my ideas kept changing.  


Below is the first color combination for the breakfast nook cushions…



 Then I changed my mind and here is the second color combination for the breakfast nook cushions…





Then I changed my mind again and the winner is... 



I’m so excited!  The upholstery team picked up the fabrics today and I will not see the finished work for another two weeks.  

As for adding color to the family room, I will add it after my cushions arrive. Once the cushions are in the space, I will see what color will compliment the cushions. I will then decide how these colors will appear in my family room i.e. paintings, pillows, lamps etc. 

Family Room


I have always thought of myself as a creative person. I have BA in Theater for goodness sake and you would think that would give me an edge when it comes to decorating our new home, however, this project has been very difficult.  Apparently, years of living in small New York City apartments has made decorating our modest home seem like an overwhelming task.  I can’t seem to make up my mind on any one piece of furniture let alone imagine it in a room with other pieces of furniture must coexist.  My husband is refusing to continue to sit on folding chairs and furniture that is falling apart, so it's time to go shopping.  Here goes nothing!

Below is one of our first rooms… we have started to work on… the family room!

Before 

Now:


Things we need to work on next in this room:

T.V. stand- We got a great deal on a closed T.V. stand during the holiday weekend. I can't wait till it arrives because Kennedy is growing and moving fast. As you can see, by looking at the corners of our coffee table we have started baby proofing.  But our whole TV stand has to go. I can just see  Kennedy pulling herself up on those glass shelves. 

We still have to purchase:

-Rug
-Window treatments
-Art work for the walls

If you have any ideas on what styles will look good in this room and where I can get good deals for items above please let me know?