Welcome to my Living Room

OK, so I started to do a post about re-styling

 my display shelves in my Living Room

 and it occurred to me that I have never 

invited you in to see this room. 

 So, as my kids would say 

I'm "removing the velvet ropes" 

to let you come in for a visit. 

 This is the view from my Entry Way.

 The floors in the Entry, Dining Room and Living Room are

 all travertine laid in a brick pattern.  

I had the travertine sealed and enhanced

 to show off the beautiful colors. 

You can see the Hearth Room and Kitchen to the right 

and to the left is the entry hall to the Master Bedroom. 

 When we built the house in 2002 we wanted

 an open floor plan and considered 

not having a "Formal" living room at all.  

But, we do entertain and I love having a pretty room that stays nice all the time.  Just walking by this room a million times a day makes me happy. 

 The ceilings are coffered and painted Benjamin Moore Palladian Blue and the walls

 are Benjamin Moore Quincy Tan.

This is a straight on view into the room. 

You can see my Screened In Porch behind the Living Room.

The columns are Faux finished to mimic stone and the base of the columns were hand painted by the same artists. 

 I love all the trim moldings in this room and I have never been able to bring myself to put draperies up. 

 It's hard for the camera to pick up all the exquisite colors in this rug.  The pattern repeats the coffered ceiling pattern.  Did you know that wool rugs are the only furniture that increases or at least retains their value as the years go on.

This is the bookcase that started this post.  I'll post about it later this week.  The fireplace goes thru to the Kitchen/Hearth room and is surrounded by smaller tiles of the Travertine.  Glitzy sconces flank our family picture. 

 On the walls are paintings we bought in Venice on our Anniversary trip to Italy.  I had them framed here in town and inadvertently picked out the same framing for the family picture at the photographer's studio.

 A happy accident.

I have to tell you about this painting.  On our trip to Italy we took a lot of photos, of course.  Well, we had one photo that we just loved. Mr. Beaux was working in China at the time and a gentleman that he worked with painted as a hobby.  He took our photo and painted this awesome painting. 

This is the photo.

And here they are side by side. 

 The chairs are by Fremarc and the Silk sofa is made by Kravet.  Both were at my local design center about seven years ago.  Wow, doesn't seem that long ago.

 My dog loves to hide treats in the corners of the sofa. 

 When I started shooting these pictures she proudly pulled out a prized rawhide bone! 

  I love chairs like this with a decorative back. 

 I change the pillows to suit my moods and the seasons.  There is my sweet little bargain garden stool from Homegoods.

I've owned this wine cabinet for quite some time.  It's a reproduction but I still love it. 

I can close the doors to make more room and it still looks pretty!

I ordered this wonderful crown from Wuslu and the other crowns in the room are from Ballard.  I was in a crown phase for a while.

I love tray tables!  Lots of treasures on this one.  Scrolls from China, a large clam shell bowl from Homegoods, Teacups and a moss nest under a cloche.  This delicate china set was given to me by a lovely staging client I recently worked with.

  I meet the nicest people! 

On the end table near the sofa is a picture of my Nana and Pop-Pop.  Look at that handsome couple!

  Did you see my post about the Teacup candles? 

 Here is one that I made in a pale chartreuse.

  If you missed it you can view it HERE . 

 Another crown with some handmade paper and a paperweight under another cloche. 

Thanks for coming over to visit.  I love having company in the "front room".  Reminds me to mind my manners and sit up straight!

Until Next Time,

Beaux R'eves

XO Cindy

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