River House Diary

 We moved the Thurston Wing Chair from the great room to the back guest room (Bedroom 3). It needs to be reupholstered to match the fabric selections Pete and I made for the furnishings and window treatments from Eastern Accents . We chose Anna Elisabeth B1422 Porcelain Blue : Anna Elisabeth B1422 Porcelain Blue

 There was a corner of the great room that was crying out for plant life. But it couldn't be a "fat" plant as it was near one of the traffic paths in the room. I found the perfect faux plant on Wayfair.com -- the Gracie Oaks 72" Ficus Tree . Faux ficus tree; personal collection A gallery wall of coastal themed art is being collected. I don't think there's an art gallery within a hundred miles of our house Pete and I haven't visited. And I have two small ottomans that will tuck in under the console table for extra seating when need, but they need to be reupholstered.

 Today we purchased two paintings to hang on either side of the mirror over our dresser in the master bedroom. Pastel Marsh; courtesy of Ballard Designs Calm before the Storm; courtesy of Ballard Designs

Once I decided on darker throw pillows for the sofa , the decision about the lumbar pillow was an easy one. The Gabrielle Chambray fabric from Ballard Designs would be perfect. Gabrielle Chambray fabric; courtesy of Ballard Designs It picked up the darker blue fabric as well as the beige-y gold sofa fabric. Of course, I ran into another issue, because nothing about the great room has been easy. Ballard Designs no longer carried the fabric. This time eBay came to the rescue and I was able to order enough for a lumbar pillow.

 Once I had decided on the dark Romilly Embroidered throw pillows for the great room sofa, I needed to order a second pillow. I had originally planned for it to "live" on a wingback chair so had ordered only one. Romilly 22" Square Embroidered Pillow; courtesy of Pottery Barn However, the pillow was no longer available from Pottery Barn. Google saved me. A website I had never heard of -- BLINQ  -- had three left in stock. The second Romilly pillow waiting for its insert; personal collection

 The decorative pillows for the sofa have been quite a puzzle. When the sofa was first delivered it looked like this: Sofa with the too dark lumbar pillow; personal collection The lumbar pillow was too dark and the Baker Furniture occasional tables overwhelmed the sofa. On to attempt number two: Three throw pillow option; personal collection Okay, kind of boring as there isn't much contrast between the pillows. The small occasional table on the left is too yellow. Five pillow option; personal collection Still not enough contrast and it looks a bit crowded with the extra long lumbar pillow (originally made for the bench), but the David Francis Mahogany Swirl end tables look great! Final option; personal collection Darker large pillows and and paisley fabric for a small lumbar pillow that picks up the color of the sofa and the darker blue.