living room re-do

 My OCD rearranging bug bit me again.

This time, I dragged up my grandma's beautiful Lane coffee table from the basement.

I have always loved the woodwork of this piece, as well as the scrolled legs.

I would love to re-paint the wood on this piece someday...

white with some distressing?

(That's Monkey on the rug, checking things out.)

I also took the turquoise wicker chair from the bookcase wall and

 placed it to the side of the coffee table.

 To fill in the empty space where the turquoise chair was, I

put a little side table (another piece of furniture that belonged to my grandma)

with a plant in its place.

As far as the two round, leather ottomans that used to be in front of the sofa,

I moved those in front of the window.

(Another kitty - Zippo - mugging for the camera. And speaking of kitties,

they love to use the ottoman as their perch to look out the window at the birds and squirrels!)

This space has always been so hard to decorate.

 Doesn't help that there's a vent in the floor right in front of the windows.

I've been imagining a little table and two chairs in front of this space...

like a bistro table.

I also desperately need curtains!

I've found plenty I like, but they're always the wrong size.

Ever notice that the standard curtain length is only 84"?

Well, I need about a 92" length. So hard to find. And I don't sew, so that blows that notion.

Any ideas?

Moving on the buffet area...

I was tired of the bowl of gourds and the typical fall colors that used to be there.

Since turquoise and bright blue are the general accent colors of my living room,

I brightened up this area with a couple of glass blue birds ~ and added two

white candlesticks and a white bird, too.

No space was left untouched. I then moved on to the console table that's right by the front door.

Shopping again in my basement, I found these two vintage pictures

and hung them up on the wall using 3M strips.

I think they fill in the gap between the table and the mirror quite nicely ~

and the colors in the pictures are perfect!

I used a framed leaf picture as a tray for a couple of little glass pitchers.

Next thing you know, it'll be time to drag out the Christmas decorations...

and I'll have to play with decor once again! ;-)