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Thursday, October 10, 2013

For the love of vintage-ORC linking participant

Thanks again to Linda for hosting such a fun linking party. Wait where's the champagne?
Moving on...
When the idea of redoing this room was in its infancy (when the college acceptance letter came), I knew I would be incorporating quite a few vintage pieces. Totally budget friendly and perfect to pull together the eclectic looks I am going for.
Here are a few that I already had and others that I bought specifically for the space.
The bamboo chair above is one of my favorite of the bunch.


I scored a cute vintage lamp on Etsy that I still must find a shade for. I have thrifted a few music related books because my son, Mr. DMM is a music business major (and also Mike's Hard lemonade drinker). I cleaned the closet, son. I know you are reading this.


I am a long way from styling the accesories but a few are perched atop this mid-century dresser that belonged to my husband. I will sheepishly admit that I hated it for a long time, not seeing its groovy lines as a good thing but I am thrilled that I kept it and to have it in this room.


I bought this vintage alarm clock for the room as a consolation purchase after seeing antique, handcarved Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee bookends that were waaaaaay out of my budget. Mr, DMM's real name is Jackson Lee, so therein lies the appeal.

Sporting it's new cushion

This vintage stool (cool) came with its original cushion (not cool) and I replaced it but not before a few maddening searches.

Gross old cushion and my toe
Finding the correct size proved challenging.

Grrrr
I found the right cushion at Target and I will provide sources for all of the new items that I have in the room in my final post.


I am also including some vintage art on my gallery wall, most of it was either made by or bought by my grandparents but you will have to wait for the art post in this series to see what I include.Here is what I have accomplished.
To do List:

1. Throw away box of Mike's Hard Lemonade empties in the closet and scrub everything including carpet.
2.Paint walls
3. Source vintage furniture and accessories
4. Move Queen bed in
5. Install new light fixture
6. Trick out the bed with cool pillows
7. Hang curtains
8. Hang art including 2 custom paintings
9. Final zhush


Thanks for stopping by. I hope you will continue to follow along as I put together a guest room/ college son's room in my house. If you missed week one the link is below.
WEEK ONE

32 comments:

  1. LOVE LOVE That bamboo chair! Can't wait to see more!!

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  2. Love the vintage pieces! That dresser is amazing!

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  3. Fab finds girl! i'm loving all the vintage!

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  4. Chair and dresser are great! Fun lamp & clock! Can't wait to see everything together!

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  5. So there was a Mike's party going on that you weren't invited to? Ugh!! Love that bamboo chair and can't wait to see what art YOU choose!! xo

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  6. In love with that chair and that mid-century dresser!!!! heirloom pieces for sure! Love the eclectic mix I'm seeing here Kerry!

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  7. I'm loving everything you're doing in this room. That paint color is fantastic! The bamboo chair in front of the blue is soooooo gorgeous.

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  8. Love the great finds you're bringing into the room. My son is away - and his closet is crazy!

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  9. That made me LOL about his Mike's. the room will be awesome! Cannot wait to see the reveal!

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  10. You have so many fabulous pieces to work with - it's going to be an amazing room!

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  11. If I had that incredible chair, all I would do is take pictures of it all the live long day.

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  12. Looking good Kerri!! Of course I adore the bamboo chair and you will probably tell me you found it on Craig s list!

    Xoxo
    Karena
    Art by Karena

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  13. Can't wait for your art post. If you all get tired of that Chinoiserie bamboo chair, call me asap! I'll take it :)

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  14. You have some awesome pieces! Love the chair and the pillow.

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  15. What a great collection of items and furniture you have for this room! I can't wait to see how you pull it all together. Had to smile of your search for the right size pillow for the stool. It's those little frustrations that can drive one to drink--maybe your son will share a Mike's Hard Lemonade?

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  16. At least it was Mike's hard lemonade (which isn't really very hard) and not whiskey! And you can congratulate him on being thrifty -he was probably saving the bottles to collect the 5 cents on his next trip to Maine (haha).

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  17. The oblong, blue and black, oil painting
    is of the Sacre Coeur church in Paris,
    seen from the artsy Place de Tertre
    and was bought by your uncle when
    it was still wet on the day before
    we flew home (sometime in the '60s).

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  18. That bamboo chair is gorge! I'm a fan if mid century, so I'm totally drooling over that dresser. I have one in my 4 year old's room and want to steal it from him. The wall colour is so delicious. Your gallery wall will totally pop!

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  19. Don't call Loi, I want that chair. Thanks for the shout-out, drop by any time for a cocktail. I like Mike's too. Your wall color is fantastic with your new dresser. I love vintage art, and this will look great.

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  20. Just ignore Loi and Linda. The chair is mine. Love it against the blue too!

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  21. Great pieces! I love that footstool.

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  22. In love with the chair/fur pillow combo! ANd it took me a while to warm up to some of the MCM pieces too but I've developed a deep love for them. Looking forward to seeing more of this Kerry!!

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  23. Love that bamboo chair and the dresser! Swooning over that fabulous paint color, too! Looking forward to see more!

    Jessie
    www.mixandchic.com



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  24. I love all your design choices! Especially your mix of vintage pieces.

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  25. I love the idea of the gallery wall using your vintage art...great ideas!

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  26. WOW! Some fantastic finds and I am dying of laughter over what you found in your son's closet because I too found a goodie in my departing freshman's closet, something harder than the Mike's Hard! Oy Vey!

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