More Cottage Bedroom Details!!!!!

OKAY CAMPERS!!!!!

I was going to show my dining table with the hemp oil application, 

but decided I better do another post on my bedroom,

 as I am very scared of what may happen if I keep telling you I'll do it,

 and then I don't.....

You will call me a liar......

You will think I'm not dependable.....

You will realize that I am retired and only want to do what I want to do when I want to do it....

Soooooooo.....

In order to make you think I'm reliable, dependable, and a woman of my word.....

TODAY I CONTINUE SHOWING MY BEDROOM!!!!!

OH BOY!!!!

ON TO THE LEFT SIDE OF MY BED!!!

Which is on the other side of my bed from the right side.

Depending on if you're looking at the bed from the foot.....

OR LYING IN THE BED ON YOUR BACK!!!!

You better not be lying in the bed.....

IT'S MY BED!!!!

OY!!!!

OK, where was I?????

Oh yeah, showing you pictures.

This is my bedroom.....

This is the left side of my bed.

 Another shot of the left side!!!!!

A closer shot!!!

Lets start with my chair.
It's a bergere, which is a French style closed arm club chair with a partially exposed wooden frame.
This one is a Louis XVI style.

It used to be covered in a green brocade fabric when I lived in Watertown.

This is how it used to look....

But moving to my condo, some things had to be reinvented.

I found this wonderful fabric from Scalamandre.

I had planned on using it on a client's job, but of course, that never happened.

So, the sample was just sitting around in my office,

waiting to be noticed,

whispering.....

"Pick me!! Pick me!! Pick me!!"

It was sorta jumping up and down, waving from the corner.....

I think it looks like white lace, overlaid on blue cotton.

Fabric placement is very important when laying out the pattern for a piece of upholstery.

Notice how I used the different parts of the pattern to create a variety of effects.

I had my buddies at Drape It reupholster this for me, but I spent some time with them, plotting out the fabric placement.

Tufting can do some really neat things to a fabric's pattern,

 creating a new pattern by folding the fabric back onto itself.

OKAY...

enough about the chair.

Oh, wait!!!!!

I've had several people ask about how I got my cushions to be so poofy.

FEATHERS!!!!!

This chair and the two in my study have cushions filled with a mixture of down and feather.

OKAY....

Now enough about the chair.

back to the table on the left, (if you're standing, that is...)

Staying true to my aesthetic, and laziness.....

I have fake flowers on this table TOO.....

housed in ANOTHER tarnished silver plate vase.

Jeesh.... 

I found this German piece of china 30 years ago.

I think it's from the 20's.

But then what do I know?????

BUT I LOVE HIM

 (or her, I never checked, it would be rude.)

Here's the picture of my Dad, I told you about.

He's 97.

This picture was taken last year!!!!!

Here's a picture of my three oldest siblings.

This was taken before I was born.

My mother had time to dress them up in cowboy outfits.

This was before she had five children...

All three of these cowboys are going to be living near me!!!!

In two weeks my younger brother (the little guy in the front) is going to come to the Boston area.

He's going to live here for 9 months!!!!!

He's taking a sabbatical.

The other two desperadoes already live here.

With my parents next door.....

It's

A LOT OF SPEERTS!!!!! 

The only one missing is my sister Ellen.

She ran away to California......

While we're looking at family pics....

HERE I AM AS A BABY!!!!

Once again....

my mouth is open.....

probably looking for my foot.....

Above the night table is one of a pair of hand colored bird prints.

 Here's it's mate, on the right....

It's a great place to hang some of my justly earned awards from my long ago youth.

I was captain of the riding team in college.....

How sad that I've held onto this ribbon for so long, but I like the way it looks hooked on the frame.

To really show my level of maturity!!!!!

I have kept my BEST DANCER award from dancing school from when I was in 

8th grade!!!!!

How could I great rid of something this dorky??????

Above my headboard is a pair of sconce lights.

I like having supplemental lighting over a bed for those of us with weakening old rheumy eyes....

(oy, oy, oy)

Of course I spent money on  the lampshades.....
they have a beautiful smocked detail.
The mirrored backplate detail I've repeated around the room, and will be showing the other items sooooooon.

SOOOOOO......

Another long post from me me me.....

that's it for today.....

Latah, Gatah