Moviehole-katietreasures: Sunroom

I've been sitting in my favorite room and it's the perfect season for it.

My dream for this room came from an article I saw in Victoria Magazine years ago. I originally thought that we could make the walls completely out of old French doors.

Bill had something more finished in mind.

We enclosed the space so we would have a quiet place to sit during the kid's teenage years. We finished this project about 10 years ago. We already had the roof. The foundation needed to be beefed up a few inches, but Bill did the rest by himself.

He did the walls and windows and we tiled the floor, together. His brother helped with the electrical.

Sheetrock was the worst part.

This room has gotten some tweaking in the past year.

I painted the walls Urban Putty by Sherwin Williams.

I painted some furniture and recovered the little settee.

I re-did the little school house desk, now a plant stand.

I love this room.

It is a great place to play with decorating styles.

It used to be the family "meeting" room when we needed to have a serious talk with the kids. Our house has small rooms so this space gives us a few more feet to spread out. It's perfect for overflow seating during holiday get togethers.

I usually put a drink station out here.

I am not afraid to embrace my country decorating roots in this space.

It is a little more casual and laid back.

In most of the country this would be considered a three season room. It is not vented for heat or air conditioning and therefore it's not factored into the square footage of the house. But it is about 110 square feet.

It has a window unit for the summer but even with a small air conditioner it gets too warm on July and August afternoons.

We can use it all winter except on days when it is in the teens or below. That doesn't happen too often in Texas. We have a couple of little heaters out here that keep it toasty on other days.

I really love it in the spring.

Corrugated Sheet Metal Ceiling

I am not really a tea drinker but what do you think? Would you like to come by for a cup and a cozy chat?

Sprinkled with a cozy sunroom,

Katie
Linking with,
French Country Cottage
From My Front Porch To Yours
The Brambleberry Cottage
Funky Junk Interiors
My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia
Between Naps on the Porch
Savvy Southern Style
A Stroll Through Life
I Gotta Create
Sew-licious Home Decor

Now, over the years Mr. Bill and I have had a problem. Okay, It is more me, but I collect random seating from the curb or the thrift store. I don't really do that too much anymore, because Bill says I had a chair adoption problem.

This has caused our house to be a place where there are tons of places to sit, but no where to sit because everything looks too dainty.

We have taken steps to rememdy this now that the kids are out of the house.

We got new kitchen and dining chairs

and new comfy seating for the man cave.

But the man cave is upstairs and guests don't go up there much unless they are watching a game with Mr. Bill.

It was time to get rid of the demure settee in the sunroom.
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That breaks my heart because this little sofa is sooo stinking cute. But it is the most impractical thing I own. Nobody ever sat on it except me. It's not a modern height. I took a nap on it once and almost ended up on the floor because it is not very deep either.
I hope to re-purpose it soon, so stay tuned.

I shopped and shopped for a smallish sofa for the sunroom. Everything was too big. Even the stuff that was apartment sized.
So, I moved the brown loveseat from the living room to the garden room.

It was only in the living room because Bill thought we should have a loveseat.
I liked it okay, but wasn't in love with it. It got moved around the room a lot. That is usually a sure sign I am not completely satisfied with something.
This was a piece I pulled off of someone's curb a few years ago.
I upholstered it in brown chenille. It is super soft.
I didn't think it would work in this room because of all the black.
But... I was wrong.
I love it. I love the black and the brown thing going on. It looks too cute with the antique spool cabinet

and the little school desk.

I love the black and white checked fabric of the pillow against the brown loveseat.

It really was not a something I thought would work.

I resisted putting it out here for a couple of years because I didn't want to recover the loveseat.

I really think that this is the last big reupholstering job for me. It is too physical for someone my age. ;)

What a pleasant surprise.

We have already had an occasion to sit out here and have coffee with our daughter. Perfect!

Have I mentioned why we love this room so much?

This is the view from the window of our sunroom.
We live in the middle of a metropolitan area, but
from back here you could never tell.
We love the views from this petite room.