I DON'T ALWAYS GET IT RIGHT!!!
I am now calling our home, The Bucket List House, My "Studio"!!! This is where I experiment and create!
Erica has suggested that when I have a disastrous "Epiphany" I need to share it. It serves as a Learning Tool for everyone. Well, Erica, I am sharing this "Learning Tool".......
Over the past month I have been rearranging furniture with more gusto than normal!! That's a feat in itself!!!!
My aim was to create different "sitting" areas in our Great Room. I wanted to create an inviting, comfortable feel to the room. A room like the one below!
I am in "Love" with this room, a Salon designed by Melanie. She has achieved perfection in scale, color and textures....along with the wonderful use of space! I set out to use this room as my "inspiration" to create a similar FEEL in the Bucket List House!I CREATED A MONSTER
FURNITURE WAREHOUSE!!!!!
It took ...ONE SECOND..... for me to SEE the failure!
We had 15 people over yesterday. Everyone was falling over each other!!! No one could go from Point A to Point B! The "Pretty" wing back chair acted as a cave....the handy tables for drinks created Table City .....and NO ONE figured out my clever TRAFFIC PATTERN!!!! I think it needed a painted yellow line leading everyone through the room!!!!! As much as I love the idea of different sitting areas, I have to admit the room is just not 30' x 30' !!
I AM ADMITTING DEFEAT!!!!
BUT......DEFEAT IS NOT IN MY MAKE-UP. I moved all the chairs and tables out of the room and "started" from scratch with a NEW PLAN!!!! This is the point when I told MC that the house was my Studio......He fully understood, asked me not to get "paint" all over....and proceeded to his Library to read !
Shortly after midnight, I had my PLAN OF ACTION. Of course it requires MC!!!
My vision.....a 4' x 4' Cocktail Table, centered in the room. MC has agreed to build it!!!! It will be the same style as the Dining Table. The size will bring all the seating closer to the center. The secret of the success of this design is it's shape...SQUARE. Thus, eliminating the need for all those little tables! No more "sitting" areas scattered around! The room will be balanced and centered! Not original, but LIVEABLE!!!!!
BUT......DEFEAT IS NOT IN MY MAKE-UP. I moved all the chairs and tables out of the room and "started" from scratch with a NEW PLAN!!!! This is the point when I told MC that the house was my Studio......He fully understood, asked me not to get "paint" all over....and proceeded to his Library to read !
Shortly after midnight, I had my PLAN OF ACTION. Of course it requires MC!!!
My vision.....a 4' x 4' Cocktail Table, centered in the room. MC has agreed to build it!!!! It will be the same style as the Dining Table. The size will bring all the seating closer to the center. The secret of the success of this design is it's shape...SQUARE. Thus, eliminating the need for all those little tables! No more "sitting" areas scattered around! The room will be balanced and centered! Not original, but LIVEABLE!!!!!
WAITING FOR NEW MC MASTERPIECE
Once the new table is in the room I will "work" with the chairs and accessories.
BORED, ME........NEVER
BORED, ME........NEVER
a square like Melanie's kitchen tables! LOVE.
ReplyDeleteYes, but cocktail height! I think it should be black. Melanie's tables are cream colored. I'm afraid that color would be "lost" in the room. It's the "latest" painted wood color....but...
ReplyDeleteNot "Mistakes" but "More Takes" - just think of the great workout you're getting. I look forward to the new masterpiece.
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