Home Interior: Re-organizing

<a href="http://dans-le-townhouse.blogspot.com/2011/05/new-living-room-chair.html">Moving the chair</a> from the office into the living room kick started a chain reaction of furniture rearrangement.  I had been bothered by the guest room teak chair/side table combo for awhile because the two pieces were so dissimilar in wood tone and style, but not dissimilar enough to work.  With the office chair moved downstairs, I relocated its accompanying black metal glass topped table (a wedding present my grandma received in the 1950s) to the guest room and love how it looks in there.  The splash of black adds the right amount of tension, and is a common element in every room of the house.  <br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcDBshslr6P2MBa709eLndhhyjZtZtjYGhTzDuVcMTMJ-p8mmGeuRV1XrS-Cx4e-izRSdQxJoJSwFs834lsd_YW5mFcU-2sDxzkRhYeu7653DilAOzw17z82Cdz7Qu79s1P4kiAmW11rW8/s1600/012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcDBshslr6P2MBa709eLndhhyjZtZtjYGhTzDuVcMTMJ-p8mmGeuRV1XrS-Cx4e-izRSdQxJoJSwFs834lsd_YW5mFcU-2sDxzkRhYeu7653DilAOzw17z82Cdz7Qu79s1P4kiAmW11rW8/s640/012.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yep - those heaters will be painted.  Eventually.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikAGRR3N6wqGrSjobsMWqLdu-y3G99EWtn8FzkjQQ5HCyxScYgDhz015YmAl5w50iS2A4GGwq0wOfmRupTK_Pn0EHq2bYWf27jlgbowA5H21f8xwumjY8v1FMEZb_4iKWJHNzaBcEDKUff/s1600/165.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikAGRR3N6wqGrSjobsMWqLdu-y3G99EWtn8FzkjQQ5HCyxScYgDhz015YmAl5w50iS2A4GGwq0wOfmRupTK_Pn0EHq2bYWf27jlgbowA5H21f8xwumjY8v1FMEZb_4iKWJHNzaBcEDKUff/s640/165.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyg1p2eatUBx-8GwSJgWFC4pIZQ0REO5nL9KeKB6CMTeChcHQEkaUiWgb-G-9aATkWFHPoPt-I7Yinnii_EGScQyp2G7eqCFFxCLZITQbtWTBK5lqHS97YTKlhwspWW-t5lgST6rqRPABC/s1600/009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyg1p2eatUBx-8GwSJgWFC4pIZQ0REO5nL9KeKB6CMTeChcHQEkaUiWgb-G-9aATkWFHPoPt-I7Yinnii_EGScQyp2G7eqCFFxCLZITQbtWTBK5lqHS97YTKlhwspWW-t5lgST6rqRPABC/s640/009.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><strong>The table + teak table combo </strong>(click <a href="http://dans-le-townhouse.blogspot.com/2011/01/theres-new-chair-in-there.html">here</a> for more photos)<strong>:</strong><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirZ9Uova3UbN34pf4BpcNVOaKDrrHXUn-LpCZTStEpCGGoiBSbHnJrmWtk4lfBJoYwB7Y-PiKOg4boaUiRAx0NwQwR5DdJJKFykgFiEBTzec8Zy3vGynq5J7e1aPPRvgDa1GsYoUr-XIg/s1600/122.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirZ9Uova3UbN34pf4BpcNVOaKDrrHXUn-LpCZTStEpCGGoiBSbHnJrmWtk4lfBJoYwB7Y-PiKOg4boaUiRAx0NwQwR5DdJJKFykgFiEBTzec8Zy3vGynq5J7e1aPPRvgDa1GsYoUr-XIg/s640/122.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Before - teak table + prints on wall have since been replaced</td></tr></tbody></table><br />You might have already spotted the change in my post about my <a href="http://dans-le-townhouse.blogspot.com/2011/05/diy-needle-felted-art.html">DIY'd Needled Felted Abstracts</a>.  This photo gave it away:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvzxcsmvG_4ptk7UAP5k2ksW8ok1dU1BqHdhWHkTxSzPHaMfIeYgtyArPmfkkMmZzsz8ez0MaTa9T3h-O0y3jFuPD6VAUdOM0jiYuLR4bqjnYCZZC1MuG-UNQ1mE3CuXPJFB9nyx8pPGUa/s1600/176.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvzxcsmvG_4ptk7UAP5k2ksW8ok1dU1BqHdhWHkTxSzPHaMfIeYgtyArPmfkkMmZzsz8ez0MaTa9T3h-O0y3jFuPD6VAUdOM0jiYuLR4bqjnYCZZC1MuG-UNQ1mE3CuXPJFB9nyx8pPGUa/s640/176.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>

Location, Location, Location

Moving the chair from the office into the living room kick started a chain reaction of furniture rearrangement. I had been bothered by the...

I took a break from all the textile art (<a href="http://dans-le-townhouse.blogspot.com/2011/05/diy-felted-bead-necklace.html">necklace</a>, <a href="http://dans-le-townhouse.blogspot.com/2011/05/diy-needle-felted-art.html">abstracts</a>, and <a href="http://dans-le-townhouse.blogspot.com/2011/05/im-over-at-young-crafty-today.html">pretty yellow flowers</a>) to re-arrange some furniture, with smile inducing results.  It can be so tricky to decorate our small townhouse because sometimes I have to work with what we have and work with limited funds.  <br /><br />I've mentioned the need to find a work surface for Hubby - something small, for casual use.  After lots of hmmm-ing and haw-ing, we decided not to <a href="http://dans-le-townhouse.blogspot.com/2011/04/still-nosey-newt.html">find a unit to serve as guest storage <em>and </em>his desk</a>.  We decided it makes the most sense for me to just share the office, instead of relegating him to the guest room.  With a location determined, we thought about getting a vintage teak unit, like the one pictured below, to replace <a href="http://dans-le-townhouse.blogspot.com/2011/03/bookcase-tweaking.html">my expedit</a> and serve as his work surface.  <br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl4XJvkc669TB5yEkg3j4SlBnscqDedeX1XLcoamaS6WDRdlOlC7Bjr6AHyNv51ud1XHtNYFENYjOQvB-r5onjCm1qwXNABIWGmolSnnUvzAj78PjwpQ6NhHX-5JBj1Pt4HSn4ddDDQPPl/s1600/wall+unit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl4XJvkc669TB5yEkg3j4SlBnscqDedeX1XLcoamaS6WDRdlOlC7Bjr6AHyNv51ud1XHtNYFENYjOQvB-r5onjCm1qwXNABIWGmolSnnUvzAj78PjwpQ6NhHX-5JBj1Pt4HSn4ddDDQPPl/s400/wall+unit.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Too expensive!</td></tr></tbody></table><br />But the unit in question is $1400+ and doesn't meet all of our storage needs (one day I will show you what is behind the white door).  Plus, it seemed like just too much furniture for the office.  Then I had the genius plan of moving the office chair downstairs into the living room (not sure what I will do with the two chairs - from Loblaws grocery store - that used to live there) and finding a narrow console table/desk for the now empty office corner.  Although the office space is still empty, here is the chair in the living room.  I am loving it there!  Remember, the room will have <a href="http://dans-le-townhouse.blogspot.com/2011/05/seeing-spots.html">new throw pillows</a> soon.<br /><br /><strong>Living room with old chairs:</strong><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIGJkUO2adNKQKwshea8QD2G1f18OdDD5wuCagqs8OC9D-V-lEtTrfIv-aFFqelT8TndTP32WChlQYDG0rTK6BQW46CO0XDtJWQW-JRJjqCefU238nFYckKqph5Zwi54AYvbB-XoL4TCA/s1600/P1050949.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIGJkUO2adNKQKwshea8QD2G1f18OdDD5wuCagqs8OC9D-V-lEtTrfIv-aFFqelT8TndTP32WChlQYDG0rTK6BQW46CO0XDtJWQW-JRJjqCefU238nFYckKqph5Zwi54AYvbB-XoL4TCA/s640/P1050949.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I like my little grocery store chairs because they are comfy (and cheap!),<br />but they just looked so blah . . . </td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2W4LwH0VYqfJUmpD3W0V3d6SaG7wvd6vcyYOIxKqQd574f-ZRAcQ5_I8-H5_zF16pOYL9IXwNJ4VF7-FHgjmZzUToFiuHnQ-L1wiflYGkWG6yyeCauZvpmFBB76WLK-N2ls77xlXlkLo/s1600/P1060456.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2W4LwH0VYqfJUmpD3W0V3d6SaG7wvd6vcyYOIxKqQd574f-ZRAcQ5_I8-H5_zF16pOYL9IXwNJ4VF7-FHgjmZzUToFiuHnQ-L1wiflYGkWG6yyeCauZvpmFBB76WLK-N2ls77xlXlkLo/s640/P1060456.JPG" width="480" /></a></strong></div><br /><strong>Living room with my office chair:</strong><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwgkO4O3OGRwbOZiL456-D8-d08_knhF_1tucrgG3BhC3XcGDU_oiVC9lv8ukxZlmic360pMAPp9i8OC3qAROHHijk-OHT-gxYUSskdCcSJvFx9Df_CpVvOurNJiudwq4MCqXVTP8q0pUG/s1600/153.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="640" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwgkO4O3OGRwbOZiL456-D8-d08_knhF_1tucrgG3BhC3XcGDU_oiVC9lv8ukxZlmic360pMAPp9i8OC3qAROHHijk-OHT-gxYUSskdCcSJvFx9Df_CpVvOurNJiudwq4MCqXVTP8q0pUG/s640/153.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSLp6dJ3gPo7G7a8LbOYWgbcKwhOlG678ury5_CAdLlUdHFOkGrd0AmxIbjVJpuFOvqu9me5t2q9zwX_x_5KQh3EoXrkgeSYtIjti2szf3dS_-5OYpwE9tWwygV5MXCiiG35Ug1UTsfrdq/s1600/154.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSLp6dJ3gPo7G7a8LbOYWgbcKwhOlG678ury5_CAdLlUdHFOkGrd0AmxIbjVJpuFOvqu9me5t2q9zwX_x_5KQh3EoXrkgeSYtIjti2szf3dS_-5OYpwE9tWwygV5MXCiiG35Ug1UTsfrdq/s640/154.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjO7oEvyzrNv-D529LJi2zgvpI9CVEy0OKMWpure671nu_3yR8B7CutalA4v5_OBZdII8iqv7jYOIkkFnEiuUvJdhzmIuZ6L9fJ4mAZ3mIdVkm9AXvw6ecEqT_AraOc7QWF7bZfMqrA3ZE/s1600/144.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjO7oEvyzrNv-D529LJi2zgvpI9CVEy0OKMWpure671nu_3yR8B7CutalA4v5_OBZdII8iqv7jYOIkkFnEiuUvJdhzmIuZ6L9fJ4mAZ3mIdVkm9AXvw6ecEqT_AraOc7QWF7bZfMqrA3ZE/s400/144.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The whole L-shaped living/dining area seems much larger now</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8CpZn6nI91c7t6SEzF7nJ9Ka9Z0JfMty_NmLAKIxuqjPaiQ70tTBaLf7oceNsVy9vNO6-Ptjh7bAL27Y8bHvpbsdePMcPP8q9XGj4VSmenyvaU45hIko1H8GLpG_6dm_KnRaFDgYQtcA_/s1600/140.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8CpZn6nI91c7t6SEzF7nJ9Ka9Z0JfMty_NmLAKIxuqjPaiQ70tTBaLf7oceNsVy9vNO6-Ptjh7bAL27Y8bHvpbsdePMcPP8q9XGj4VSmenyvaU45hIko1H8GLpG_6dm_KnRaFDgYQtcA_/s640/140.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finally - a good shot of the fabric!</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />The empty office space.  See pics of it before I dismantled it <a href="http://dans-le-townhouse.blogspot.com/2011/04/help-me-pick-colour-any-colour.html">here</a>.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_58hvsPFO7UAvMk3A2iCZXNOeDXRhSmTpzqrqgegc2zolkHKIf_aUduvUfdmJwsd_qXO6YozHlKwONT8mwKA1n0sxP5KXyajxtejdXYu5GWDKjEaOs2lEGG31WAN3YqxkjmP2kU1oLX4q/s1600/190.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_58hvsPFO7UAvMk3A2iCZXNOeDXRhSmTpzqrqgegc2zolkHKIf_aUduvUfdmJwsd_qXO6YozHlKwONT8mwKA1n0sxP5KXyajxtejdXYu5GWDKjEaOs2lEGG31WAN3YqxkjmP2kU1oLX4q/s640/190.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Kind of what we're looking for - even narrower would work.  We just want something that isn't a huge executive desk.  I have already posted a "want ad" on the local online classifieds and am starting yard saling soon, so I'm hoping to find something perfect, for a bargain!<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnXbbQrkj6BDubpG3HK9gJtPzGGYheCKRVVIn62kwiWmDR7-5w8JFNHBoYHkxrRxg9ADvK6rkRRTMyO43ZMXKM6Xg8tRe_LCrcl4IKsB7mLNV59kVE96Xa9LRNo11pITO2rR5XewADQ50c/s1600/west+elm+desk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnXbbQrkj6BDubpG3HK9gJtPzGGYheCKRVVIn62kwiWmDR7-5w8JFNHBoYHkxrRxg9ADvK6rkRRTMyO43ZMXKM6Xg8tRe_LCrcl4IKsB7mLNV59kVE96Xa9LRNo11pITO2rR5XewADQ50c/s400/west+elm+desk.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.westelm.com/products/pratt-desk-g152/?pkey=coffice-desks">West Elm</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

"New" Living Room Chair

I took a break from all the textile art ( necklace , abstracts , and pretty yellow flowers ) to re-arrange some furniture, with smile induci...