A Tale of Two Tables

I love the Christmas stuff, but I am so happy when everything is back in it's rightful place and the clutter is under control.
The living room has been a long drawn out saga and I am sure you are ready to hear the end of it.
It looked like this in June.

We wanted to lighten it up a bit 

and 

I was a little tired of all the brown.

I built a mantel surround.  
Here.

We got a  new sofa and love seat.
Here.

The new bound carpet. 
Here.

Mr. Bill thought the armoire was dated, so we got a new entertainment center.

Which meant all the end tables had to be shifted around and I needed new lamps.

These mirrored glass lamps came from Target. 
They were $39.99 each. 

I moved the white thrifty cabinet to the other side of the sofa where the washstand was. 

The thrifty round table worked on the other side of the sofa.

I tried every end table in this house but nothing looked right next to the chairs that flank the fireplace.

I saw some nesting tables in the Pottery Barn Catalog but didn't love their $400 price tag.

I found these at Tuesday Morning.

My Walmart lamp with the faux French shade looks fine.

 I had nesting tables in this room before, but they were Mission in style and they were not a modern height. 

They were part of the great giveaway.

Read about it here.

I still needed a table to sit next to my Cindy Crawford chair.

You may remember reading about it's makeunder with a drop cloth here.

This grouping was too much with the new loveseat and sofa. 

I needed something smaller and round and open.

I found this round candlestick type table at World Market.

It was on sale for $99.00.
(Of course three weeks later it was on sale for $75.00.)

 It has perfect dimensions and weight for this little corner.

I needed a lamp, though. 

I saw so many cute lamp makeover's on Pinterest that I wanted to try one.

I didn't want to do mirrored silver because I already had these.

I found the perfect little brass candidate for $7.00.
I wanted white to go with the new mantel surround.
So I sprayed it with a little RustOLeum in Semi gloss.

If possible, I try to find the shade when I buy the thrifted lamp. Otherwise it is harder to find a match.

It just so happened they had a shade that looked like linen.

Perfect.

Two cozy corners by the fireplace. 

 I am pondering the drape situation in this room.

I have always had a tailored valance on these windows since we moved in the house. I made these two summers ago. 

 I added the shutters because we had some seriously foggy windows. 
The windows are fixed but I still love the shutters. 

They add a little interest to an otherwise characterless build out.

I'll let you know what I decide about the drapes. 

Sprinkled with two cozy corners,

Katie
Thanks for hanging in there with this saga. 
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