My living room

 Its been awhile since I posted on my living room~

I have a new old coffee table now. 

Kind of like a tea table I guess~its tall

and its handpainted and very old and I love it!

 All kinds of little scenes and floral bits are

 painted freely around the top and the legs~

 The main color is blue, and its got that feminine french style that I love.

 Betsy Speert told me to put myneedlepoint stool underneath 

it as there was too much of a blank space there and she was so right!

 So this country table is my newest favorite thing~

 I don't add much anymore to the house as I am so

 busy with the store, so this little addition

 just made me all excited about the room again.

 This Paris Grey Mora reproduction was just finished and I told a customer I would 

photograph it so she could make a decision~

I decided to bring it home and show how it looks

in a fairly neutral setting~

 So here is the Paris Grey clock on my wall~

compare it to the pale Louis Blue one below.

 Hope that helps her make up her mind a little easier~

 Dillon is recovering from a torn ACL and he had serious surgery

 is now on the mend.  He loves to sit in front of the fireplace

 to warm himself. He is a darling and we

 have been nervous wrecks about him!

My living room with the new old table. Nice, huh?
PS~My walls are painted 
Benjamin Moore color #1515 Natural Elements
but its made up in the Valspar Signature paint formula from Lowes.

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I have always been drawn to the color purple. When I was in junior high my mom let me paint my bedroom two shades of purple with pale pink woodwork. Thanks mom! It was my first interior design project and I loved my new digs!

Now when I specify purple paint in homes I tend to use a muddier version of the crisp colors I loved when I was younger. Colors like Ben Moore Amethyst Sky #1447 or After the Rain #1452.

I collect purple transferware and amethyst glass to satisfy my purple passion. So imagine when I happened upon a lake house for sale and it came with a purple dining room! Well I was happy to leave it be, even though it was a tad mightier purple than I would have picked. A healthy dose of green in the way of linen drapes and a country hutch made it all work. I hated the chandelier so I draped strands of amethyst crystal drapery trim from its arms and called it a day!

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