Victorian1885

Saturday, January 22, 2011

New England Tapestry

Well I am finally getting around to framing the tapestry we purchased on our vacation to New England! Better late than never I guess..I loved it at first sight and had the Antique shop remove it from it's existing frame so I could bring it home on the air plane.

Believe it or not I had this frame in my collection of old frames in our basement and since we are trying to weed through pieces we no longer need I discovered it was the perfect size and style.

One of my career paths was working in a framing shop and you would not believe the frames I dragged home when clients wanted them removed from their art work to put on modern metal frames. I could not let them head off to the garbage bin where they were supposed to be going so of course I collected more than I needed.

I can't wait to get it put together and hung in the Parlor!

Thank you for stopping in again today..I love your visits and comments! Have a wonderful weekend!

Blessings,

Wanda

Friday, January 21, 2011

My Before & After Comfy Chair

Thank you for stopping in today for a visit. I am sharing with you today one of my newly recovered comfy chairs.

While on a weekend trip to South Dakota I found some wonderful fabrics at Hobby Lobby and decided to recovered two of our vintage chairs. I thought I would have the cushions covered in a Toile fabric on one side and a matching fabric on the other side of the seat for a different look.

I fell in love with the Toile..and I am hoping there will be fabric left so I can recover two vintage foot stools as well to match.

This is the chair before..

Our other chair is a little smaller but a similar style so I am hoping they will look great together. I will share photos of the pair once the smaller chair is finished.

Have a great weekend!

Hugs,

Wanda

Saturday, January 15, 2011

New Colours...

Welcome & thank you for stopping in for a visit today! As I have mentioned in past posts my Sweetie and I are downsizing to a Condo in the next year or so and I have decided to add another colour scheme to our decor. What do you think?

Our collection of Victorian art has allot of sepia colouring and seems to go well with the colours I have chosen.

The mercury glass look that is now in every store I see really goes well with my tarnished silver pieces that I used to feel I needed to keep shiny. Lol ... much easier not to polish the pieces!

Two of our 1920 wing chairs are off to be recovered in these tones and I will share with you before and after photos once I get them back. Today I found some wonderful fabric to recover a few stools we have so they will go wonderfully with the new look.

Thanks again for stopping in and I will share more with you as I get the new look more together. Have a wonderful week ahead.

Blessing from Our home to Yours..

Wanda

Friday, December 31, 2010

Time to Reflect..

Well another year has gone by quickly and it is once again time to step back and reflect on the past year..after a busy few days back at work this week I was so looking forward to getting home and relaxing with a cup of fresh coffee & some dainties!

I had mentioned in earlier posts that my Sweetie & I were thinking of downsizing to a Condo this past year and it did not happen so we will have to really think if this is what we are still wanting to do and get busy setting the plan in motion.

Since I am such a collector of all things Old and Victorian I am really going to have get sorting through things and decide what is going along with us. What a job!

Maybe in the New Year I will have to make a plan and do one room at a time..or start in the basement..this could be why we never got moving in 2010! So daunting of a task..