Hey There Delilah

I'd like you to meet Delilah, my new chair.  

Yes, I've named my chair Delilah. 

 I remember my mom playing that Tom Jones song repeatedly on our stereo.  Ok, I just looked up the lyrics.  Kinda depressing but still a catchy tune.  

 Maybe I named the chair after

The Plain White T's Delilah song: 

 "Hey there Delilah... Tonight you look so pretty!" 

 In any case the name is staying.   

I found Delilah at an Estate Sale on Thursday morning.  

Here she is down in the basement hanging out with a shabby wing back and some faded wicker.  I knew that she didn't belong there in the dark basement

 sitting there like a wallflower waiting

 for her prince (or princess) to come and rescue her.

  "Hey nobody puts my Delilah in a corner!" 

 I looked at her price and had to put my reading glasses on to be sure that I had seen it correctly.

  (OK, I had to put them on just to see anyway). 

 $55.00?  

I took a closer look.  She was recently slipcovered in this pretty floral material.  Someone had done a fantastic job with the piping and a zipper on the side. 

 SOLD!!!  In the car she went.  

All she needed was a little light and the right setting to make her a star!  

She is now in the Master Bedroom next to the Settee and the Armoire.  She's keeping better company these days.  I tried her out with a few side tables.  

What do you think?  

Blue telephone table or round wood table?

This wood table floats around the house and has a nice inlay on the top with a wire trim.  

I've had it for years.

I framed these prints yesterday.  I bought these botanicals at an Estate Sale a while back for 50 cents each.  I picked up some frames at Michaels yesterday.  They were 40% off.  I found the mattes on clearance for $2.50.  This is what they looked like when I bought them.

They had a brown inner matting.  I took that out and it also gave me a larger space for the prints.

I love the way they turned out.  I figure they cost me about $23.00 apiece.  I framed two on each side of the Armoire.  I was thinking of dry brushing a little white on the frames but we'll see.

Thanks for stopping by to meet Delilah!  

ps. see how I fluffed up her sagging seat HERE.
(Hey, it happens to the best of us)

Until Next Time,

Beaux R'eves,

XO Cindy

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Serendipity and My Bi-Polar Bedroom

ser·en·dip·i·ty

   [ser-uhn-dip-i-tee] noun

1.an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident.

2.good fortune; luck.

Don't you just LOVE finding great things by accident? 

 That's what happened to me last week while I was out perusing an Estate Sale.  I have slowly (very slowly) been working on the Master Bedroom for quite some time now.  I think my bedroom is Bi-Polar.  It can't decide what it wants to be when it grows up.  Right now it's a little bit Romantic, a little bit French, a little bit Country but there were some elements left over from when it was a lot more Neo-Classical and darker.  I wanted to replace the pictures on either side of the bed but couldn't find the right pieces.  I was just about ready to tear up a Botanical book that I have had for years and frame them into sets.  Well, what do I find when I walk into the Estate Sale?  That's right!  Four framed botanical prints!  I snatched them up at $10.00 a piece. 

  The funny thing was that I had been to this Estate Sale twice before.  It was a 3 part sale.  The lady of the house had a LOT of stuff!  It's the same place that I found the beautiful Battenburg Lace tablecloth and pillow shams.  

I love the dusty silver ornate frames and the hint of gold around the edges. 

  Here is how the room looked Before.  This is before I changed the bedding back to white.  

 This was inexpensive bedding that I purchased until I found what I really wanted.  It's difficult because I have to have something washable because the dogs sleep in the bed.  I cant send the comforter out to be cleaned once a week!  

 And with the new bedding...  It's all white with pretty ruffles and lace.  I found it on Joss and Main for a really great price and I can take off the duvet cover and wash it.  I have a white Ralph Lauren matelese underneath that is also washable.  

 So, I hung up the pictures and it just didn't seem to scale.  The ironstone plates seemed so high and it made the prints seem smaller.  It would be great if I had four more prints but since that wasn't possible I had to find another solution.

 That's better!  I found two corbel shelves that I've had forever and placed them under the prints and raised them up to add height.  I still am not in love with the room so I will wait to show it to you until I am finished.  

Until Next Time,

Beaux R'eves,

XO Cindy

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