I think the hardest part of putting together a house is just
figuring where to start. When I moved
into my current house, I had no idea what to do, so I figured out what colors I
liked started choosing paint and furniture based on that. I’ve always loved the combination of blue and
white, and it seemed perfect for a lake house.
Over the years of flea-ing and thrifting I’ve found myself drawn to the
same things over and over, so I’ve figured out what I love and assume The House
of Goodwill will probably contain:
Marble top tables
Colored glass
Interesting art
Old Transferware
Brass
Great books
I began to realize pretty quickly that limiting myself to
one or two colors will be hard. Finding
really great, secondhand furniture in good condition is definitely possible,
but there’s not loads of it out there, and my budget limits it WAY
further. In addition to limited supply,
right now it is late April, and we are hoping to have the house ready and rentable
by early to midsummer (at the latest).
So I’m feeling a bit of time pressure to get this thing done! I need to start making decisions based on
what’s available now. I’ve decided I
need to start with the furniture, and figure out a way to incorporate the
colors as I go.
Case in point: the living room has two niches on either side
of the fireplace, seemingly a perfect spot for a pair of chairs. After a month of looking for a pair of
chairs, I found two that appeared to be perfect: comfortable, excellent
condition and the price was on point.
But they were definitely NOT blue and white.
Ok, so the chairs convinced me that the new color scheme for
the house is – all colors! I’m going to
find a way to make this work.
2 chairs + ottoman = $250
picture from craigslist ad
Great Buy and Colorful! These will work well. Maybe you can do a blue bedroom ....I'm interested to see how your challenge will turn out! You've got me coming back....
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