Friday, October 18, 2013

More Stuff for a Cottage Bedroom

OK Kampers....
let's go back to my buddy Kris's guest room.
As you know, we ain't done!!!!!
I will come back to Miriam and Ross's living room, but I bounce around between rooms and projects and ideas......
We left off in Kris's guest room, thinking that we would 
show a little constraint in hanging things on the walls.
We really tried.
We really really really really really did!!!!!
But we are creatures of crappola!!!!!
Yes we be!!!!!
This is how the room looked when last I showed it to you.
We hung just three things over the chest of drawers....
JUST 3!!!

However.....
After we hung the mirror in Kris's master bedroom, and we saw the impact it had on the room.....
 I suggested that we hang a mirror over the guest room chest.
Well....
Kris, being the fast learner that she is.....
immediately flew to eBay, and started looking for plates to hang around a mirror, so I could do a similar treatment in the guest room.
She found these....

They are old ironstone plates by Mason's, one of my favorite plate makers.
(china makers???? pottery makers????? stuff makers?????)
Now,
many years ago.....(8 or 9)....we had bought a mirror for our antique bidness.
When we moved our operation to the Boston Design Center, it somehow ended up in my house.......
It wasn't fine enough for the Design Center, but I loved it too much to get rid of it.
sooooooooo.......
I hung it at the bottom of my hall stairs.
It didn't make any sense there.....
it looked sorta silly.....
But I couldn't find it in my heart to get rid of it.

Sooooooo......
the years go by, and now Kris needs a mirror.
And this is the perfect style for her guest room!!!!!
So I gave it to her.
And now I can hang something more appropriate on my staircase.

Soooooo.......
I hung it for her in her guest room.....
And then I hung six plates around it....
The mirror is from the 1920's and has some wonderful etching.
Since we took down the three paintings hanging over the chest, I now had more stuff to play with!!!!
So,
I did what any self respecting krapptanista would do, and hung the little water color over the portrait of the girl.
The room is starting to have more oomph.
I love what just this little water color does for this view.
Here's another of my fabulouso side by sides.
The plates are more subtle than the floral paintings....
But I like the height of the mirror. 
I still need to make a pillow for the chair.
And we need accessories for the top of the chest.
There's a very good chance that more stuff will be hung on the walls, knowing Kris and me.....
We just have to find the perfect stuff.
But the hunt is what's so much fun!!!!!
And this isn't costing me nuthin' 'cuz it's Kris's house!!!!!

On that note,
Latah, Gatah
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13 comments:

Anonymous said...

Love the mirror and the plates. Looks much better than the paintings; but then I just love the look of plates on the wall .

Rhonda said...

Love, love, love!!! Whenever I want to hang yet another plate or more crap on the walls, I tell my husband that is what Betsy Speert would do, and she's a famous designer! :)

Vikki said...

Well, I am a mirror-holic and that one is beautiful! It looks great above the chest and the plates are perfect. This is still one of my favorite rooms of your most recent undertakings. Love all your stuff. Vikki in VA.

Anonymous said...

The mirror and plates...ahh...just right.
Krista

Nutbird said...

I don't think I can rest until I find out what that wallpaper pattern in Your house is. I need to replace the Osbourne and Little star paper in my powder room because it is old and is flaking. Your pattern is perfect. You crack me up! Ann from CT

Betsy Speert said...

My hall wallpaper is from Brunschwig & Fils.

sweet violets said...

This is still my favorite room.........love the mirror and new plates, what a great look!!!

Di said...

That is a beautiful mirror Betsy. I understand why you hung it even if it didn't make sense!

Suzanne said...

I absolutely love this room, but now I also want to see the staircase in your house. I don't remember seeing it. I love the runner down the stairs and the wallpaper.

fixitfaerie said...

I wondered what happened to Chris. I thought maybe she was at one of her other houses, a woman can't have too many houses. I have only 1 house, but, I do have a vintage travel trailer that I decorated all cute, so sometimes I go to the RV parking for our house, and hang out in it. I know, I'm weird. (the hubs gets on my nerves sometimes, so I go over to my trailer with my computer, magazines and ipod.) You are one busy lady! I like the mirror and plates better over the dresser. And, I like the small painting over the young girl, both such pretty pieces. It breaks up the wallpaper a bit. TTYL Paula

La Vie Quotidienne said...

I love that you are not afraid to use color, mix patterns and even some wallpaper. It is such fun to see these rooms that are in such a complete contrast to all of the white, white, white. The mirror is perfect in that spot. Wonderful.

Mary said...

Love it all! Love YOUR wallpaper-OH my that is some good looking paper!

Those plates need to come to my house.

Mary
from Virginia

MONICA LIVAS said...

Fabulous!

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