Opposites Attract

One of my favorite juxtapositions

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-- Modern & Antique --

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Gorgeous

side by side

different

yet not.

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This is fabulous together.

Photo via Cote de Texas

Judy, over at Atlantis Home is totally speaking my language lately. Her eclectic mix and juxtaposition of rustic primitive, french and sleek modern drives me wild in the best of ways.

Come peek --

Photo via Atlantis Home

Now... walking through this (newly done) archway (below), along the highly textured walls of dreamy grey-green, with the beautiful primitive cupboard in front of you ...

Photo via Atlantis Home

You turn the corner and this is what you discover!

Photo via Atlantis Home

It's a complete surprise to what would be expected!

I love the mix of such gorgeous pieces! The sheepskin laden ghost chairs are fantastic! Mixed in with the rustic table, the primitive cupboard, the shabby chalkboard and that gorgeous modern linear chandelier.

The room is brilliant.

Photo via Atlantis Home

She's added beams to the ceiling and made the room even more gorgeous! ... as if that were possible!

Through another lyrical and new archway lies the living room

Photo via Atlantis Home

Look at that cowhide covered chair! Be still my heart. I so want one!

Photo via Atlantis Home

...and these barrel chairs -- yes, there are 2 of them! Judy recently gave new life to them by recovering them in delicious burlap. Fab-u-lous. I'm seriously drooling over them.

Photo via Atlantis Home

It has inspired me to revisit my dog-earred chaise of sage hued raw silk -- I was seriously contemplating getting rid of it. But it is a really nice piece, structurally, and I'd rather take Judy's lead and recover it with some rustic, heavy, unbleached, washed white linen, hemp or burlap, and recover the back pillow with a vintage grain bag with a subtle stamp --

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Here's what it could look like --
but with a duo of mohair and velvet pillows and a muted tapestry throw

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A burlap and grain sack upholstered chaise in the LA showroom of Dan Marty
photographed by the lovely and talented Interior Designer, Brooke Giannetti (see her blog, Velvet & Linen here) who was kind enough to let me use it. xo


And speaking of grain sacks -- I just purchased this beauty --

photo credit: Wendy at www.textiletrunk.com
This ad was so beautiful, how could I resist?


It's huge - 27 x 48. I'm going to rip the seams out and turn it into 2 sections, because it is stamped on both pieces! I'm going to frame at least one for my living room, and maybe use the rest for my chaise pillow -

photo credit: Wendy at www.textiletrunk.com

Imagine my surprise when I was looking at this other gorgeous photo shot by Brooke -- of Dan Marty's Los Angeles showroom ... and saw my exact grain sack, framed, and hanging on his wall!
I think I might have made a good choice in my purchase... ;)

Photo credit: Blogger and Interior Designer, Brooke Giannetti

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And, how fabulous is the ottoman in the above photo? But I think the framed bags and the chaise are more than enough vintage grain bags for one room in my world -- I like to keep it mixed up -- not too much of one look. The chaise may even end up in the guest house... I'm not sure yet.

I like this frame choice, too. It would look fabulous in my bedroom of whites.

Photo credit: Wendy at www.textiletrunk.com

There are a few other projects going on in my living room - slipping the sun-bleached sage velvet sectional in a soft washed white linen for summer - but that may not happen this summer as my project dance card is full. Over full. ...but it is definitely on the back burner. It's a modern boned sofa, and very substantial. Huge would be a better word. I'd love for the pillows on it to go something like what is on the couch below --

Slettvoll via Willow Decor

While the overall room above is far too modern for my house, I do love the colors - those pillows are fabulous and I LOVE that piece of art! I'd put that in my home in a heartbeat.

So that makes us current with the "goings on" here in Museville - the exterior painting continues, the interior painting is stalled out for now, while I rethink the colors. The bathroom is still in the idea stage, but the paint is purchased, the kitchen cabinets are about to be painted -- I finally settled on a color and technique, and purchased my supplies -- all good stuff for future blogging subjects and fun before and afters. So i better get to it! So much to do!
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Enjoy the day

...no matter what.