where have I been?

In no particular order, here are some of the reasons it has been a week since my last post. The first photo is of a cool danish style magazine rack I picked up at a thrift store, for about $2.The second photo is of hopefully the last member to be added to the family farm. baby J named him chicken wing, and thinks that my new magazine rack is a perfect place to stuff him. The third photo is a sampling of the crap I've been stuffing in my car and dragging home from random alleys. I took this photo for a before shot, so more about that strange, stinky piece of furniture later. The next photo is of a thrifted rug that I love. I didn't think that I would the the color as much as I now do. It is old and a little tattered, I'm not sure if it is Persian or what, It is 6.5'x9.5', and cost less than $20, So in my book it will work perfectly. (sorry my pics are in the wrong place, switch the last two images) And last but not least, is a picture of my cabinet makeover. We took the doors off, painted the inside white, replaced the cheap piece of particle board, and organized. The new shelving needs to be painted white, but everything looks so pretty that I haven't wanted to remove everything to paint, so I am going to give it until the weekend.

So, there it is in no particular order the things that have been keeping me away.

I Think I May Need One....

The Ercol settee, I love the lines of this settee. You can guarantee that I will be keeping my eyes peeled for one of these suckers. The photos were all flickr finds, thank you for the inspiration.

Love it

I love this settee. I think it is just perfect, wouldn't change a thing.
Photo belongs to Kay Kollar via desiretoinspire

Where is all the gray linen?

This is my new project. This settee was gifted to me, and I feel that I'm up for the challenge of making it mine. I pictured it covered in a wrinkly gray linen, yet I am still to find any. So in the spirit of our "no cost" weekend house project, I went digging in my remnant pile and found these fabrics. There is not enough of either to do the whole settee in one. So I thought that if I used the solid brown on the seat and the back rest with the tufting, then on the back and where it wraps around the side would look good in the linen damask. I'm not completely sold, so if there are any suggestions, or if anyone wants to donate about 5-6 yards of gray linen that would be greatly appreciated.

Nightwood NY

I found this website;www.nightwoodny.com via apartment therapy(?) I loved the way these pieces of furniture were recycled. Anytime I reupholster anything I stress about weather it looks professional. I myself am not a professional.
So when I found this site I liked the way these pieces do not look professional, yet they look so comfy,so lived in. And I thought I could do that.
My neighbor gave me a settee. It is not what I would consider my style, yet after seeing this site I thought I would give it a go.
I will soon include pics and as suggested by my friend Heather I am going to try to take picture during the process. Here goes nothing.