Have a seat

So leave everything and sit down prepared for a long siege in the 
shape of a bundle of nonsense from friend E.
                                                                 Emily Dickinson





Have a seat, grab a cuppa' and finish perusing this room with me.
It's lengthy. I'm sorry.

Starting at the top ---

this room is in a local mansion that has seen better days.

I had limited time and budget to do a "showcase" room.

I spent days hand sanding peeling plaster walls to get the soft 

look I wanted, but the ceiling was a lost cause, so....

I bought a surplus parachute (huge), attached it around the ceiling

and tacked it up in quadrants with big velvet  "buttons" to give some interest 

and a quilted look.

(thank you sweet Monica for helping once again)

It looks saggy in the pic, but it really looked like soft puff.

A beautiful imported chandelier drops from the center.

(I had ONE electrical outlet in the room that worked---

2 days before opening,  I was told the electricity couldn't be fixed in time.

Please disregard all the extension cords, etc. you'll be seeing)

 

12 ft. ceiling!

Each bedroom has it's own sink with running water---rare in late 1800's

Servants would be notified, one would go to the basement and pump

water to the bedroom as necessary.

I covered the sink niche, floor included, with maps from an 

antq. 1800's atlas---cut, ripped and pieced.

Hung a vintage chandelier,

(ignore that wiring that had to run down the wall, thru a door,

and out a window to the next room)

attached a burlap skirt and SCRUBBED that sink.

(it looked SO much worse)

 

Nearly everything I used in the room was antique or vintage.

All found and put together because they were appealing to me.

A closet converted to dressing room

Walls painted in freestyle blocks of color

Mirrors, early 1940's fashion sketches

A brass thrift chandelier painted black and hung with

wood billiard scoring pieces

 

  

Marble fireplace 

Found metal table top--hand painted clock

Aluminum and steel ship's cot with

vintage french bolsters

Vintage stacking tables covered in Korean newsprint

Very used paint tarp piece used as rug

Desk with doorknob pull

Chair with hand sewn scraps on silk

Antq. framed leopard print bulletin board

Vintage painting on vintage easel

  

  

  

 Large antique apothecary jars 

hanging with greenery

BIG windows, BIG jars

Antique steel shelving

original paint

 

Personal paintbrush collection

Antique hand painted screen section

Vintage Woddard loveseat--upholstered in tarp

Zinc top table I made

Antique pier mirror with

antique door knob hooks

Antique cabinet used as sideboard

 

  

Thank you for sitting through all these

(if you're still here...)

This is exhausting!

Below are snippets and overviews....

have a wonderful day!

annie