Let's dine, shall we....

And lets do it here..... under the gorgeous mid century chandelier, while sitting at those fab lucite chairs!

image via design of serendipity

Vintage Bamboo furniture is my weakness.

I have 4 weaknesses when it comes to design:

1. Gold/brass 

2. Kooky ceramic animals

3. Campaign furniture

4. Vintage bamboo furniture. 

Do you have any trend or style that you ALWAYS go back to?

Now how gorgeous is this chocolate, ivory and purple dining room???  

And here are a two of my weaknesses in my own home:

1. This is one of my vintage Drexel dining room chairs.  

2. Here is my vintage bamboo mirror (from an estate sale) with my campaign furniture.  

(PS. The room has now been painted!)

A great casual dining chair

This is a fantastic casual dining chair.  $259 for a set of two from World Market. 

(It also looks quite comfortable.)

Remember the House Beautiful post I did on the picture below (see it here) Well -- I just came across these bad boys on Craigslist... in Long Beach - for $89 for the set of 4. They are super Adler chic and think they would be great to jazz up any room. My best friend has a set, and they are pretty unreal.

Check them out here.

Mixing modern with classic.

I think it looks kind of cool to mix modern pieces with vintage. It seems to make things a little bit more interesting. I read somewhere that if you do like a lot of vintage and antique styles its a good idea to do 30/70. 30% should be new and current, and then 70% can be vintage, or antiques.

So - I feel like the easiest way to do this mixing of styles would be in a dining room. Pick an antique style table and then do modern chairs (or vice-versa). Here are some ideas for the vintage-y table with modern seating.

So - you pick a table like these....

And then, choose a fun chair like these:

Advanced Interior Designs

Above - Ikea "Bojne"

Above - Advanced Interior Designs

Advanced Interior Designs

**All tables are images from the Los Angeles Craigslist

Another decision has been made!

Well kiddos.... I have some good news. I have conquered yet another one of my issues with indecisiveness!! I decided on a print for the dining room chairs and I love! Above is how they originally looked. Lifeless, ugly, brown corduroy... gross!

And updated!!!

**If you live in the LA or Orange County area - I have an amazing upholsterer who is way cheap. (He did all 4 chairs for $80!! - and that included a new seat and the perfectly lined up piping).

FOUND THE FABRIC!!!

Alright - I can't take it anymore. Looking at the ugly (and ripped mind you) 70's fabric on my bamboo chairs is just killing me. But I finally found a fabric that I love!! Gorgeous vintage fabric that I got at the Long Beach Flea Market (shocker!). What do you think!?

A dining room for an indecisive person.

I think this dining set up is brilliant. Basically - the owner of this room fell in love with all these different chairs, so instead of choosing one set, she took a couple from each set and made it her own. You would think this would look shabby and messy - but this looks really cool. I love those big wing back chairs at the head. It really anchors it. Way cool.

A Ruthie Somers Breakfast Room.

I don't know if I could actually do this for my own living space, but I saw this picture of the breakfast room designed by Ruthie Somers and it made me do a double take, so I knew it would be worth blogging about. It is a pretty interesting room with the black and white walls and the all different candy-colored chairs. The chairs itself are beautiful, and the colors are so happy. It just made me look and examine it a little more. My absolute favorite thing though about it is the chinios-bamboo style chandelier in high-gloss white. Now, that I love!

Craigslist Find!!! LA/Long Beach area

If you live in the Los Angeles, Orange County or Long Beach area - please contact this Craigslist seller for the most gorgeous bamboo dining chairs. A set of 4 for $90 dollars. All they need is some new fabric for the cushions and maybe a high gloss paint job!!
Run! Don't walk!!

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lgb/fuo/1475998126.html

From the Personal File.

I am loving this breakfast area. This is a lot more mid-century modern than my usual taste, but I am just sooo drawn to so many different things.
1. My absolute favorite aspect of this room are the walls. How gorgeous is that silver, gold, rose gold color blocking effect it has going on. It is so rich and lavish.
2. That coffee table base is sick. It's so modern, and with that granite counter top, its amazing. When it comes to table bases, the easy thing to do is to throw a glass topper on it, so this is unexpected and fresh.
3. Those chairs! I love how gorgeous that wood looks with the high-gloss coating. The fabric on the seats are perfect, and I am glad that its a solid and not a pattern.

Bravo!!

image via House and Garden magazine

All About Pink! Breast Cancer Awareness!

Well, isn't this the sweetest dining room you have ever seen. I think this is just precious. I could imagine having brunch at this table! The rug is awesome and I love the use of the pitchers for the floral arrangements.

Make sure to check out Be Bright Pink on how you can get involved with aiding in the fight against breast cancer. This site allows you to give tax-deductible donations or volunteer your time. http://www.bebrightpink.org/get-involved/

A Lucite Bamboo Chair!!!

One of my favorite columns in House Beautiful magazine is the "The Best!" page. It always features amazing products that are out on the market, and for the most part.... new to the scene. Well, the November 09 issue did not disappoint. Check out these chairs from Ruby Beets! Take a bamboo chair and do it in Lucite. This would be an awesome desk chair too.

Um, yeah, obsessed. www.rubybeets.com

A Color-less Room

This room fascinates me, it's not really my style, but I totally can appreciate it. It's an older picture from the glory days of Domino. It's so clean and crisp - yet still has depth without using an ounce of color. Its got that sleek vibe with the Ghost chairs and the glass table, and the softness coming from the candelabra, the leaning ornate mirror, and the decorative chandelier. The glass skylight really adds to it exposing the brick from the outside.

I could totally imagine this room with glowing candles and a gorgeous spread for a lovely and intimate dinner party. This is a very interesting room that definitely made me look twice.

Those Dining Room Chairs....

So... I keep seeing these bamboo/wicker dining chairs and they are insane. I have no clue who designs them, but would love to know. So, these are two casual dining areas that I completely fell in love with .
- Both have the exact chairs!
- Both have the turquoise thing going for them!
- Both have some kind of fun whimsical element, whether it be a pair of matching foo dogs, or the enormous dog chilling in the corner
- Both have gorgeous and distinct drapery action!
- Both have a comfy settee set up to replace a couple of normal chairs
image via www.houseofturquoise.com

image via www.materialgirlsblog.com

Love THIS Fabric!

I am dying for this fabric! I would love to either cover my two high back accent chairs from my living room (that have yet to be covered in the past 5 months of owning them since I can't make a decision) or.... cover my dining chairs with them. Aren't these chairs amazing?

Obviously these chairs are in desperate need of reupholstering. It's my issue on commitment and color that is making me crazy! I have a stunning turquoise beaded swag lamp, in my dining room, and I think this fabric would be an amazing accent for it.

Fabric by: Molly Skok - Rohet Multi in Oyster

Beautiful Dining Chairs

I saw this image at Shoebox Decor and fell in love with the chairs. But now that I really take a better peak I am just loving the whole set up! Stunning

www.shoeboxdecor.blogspot.com