Living Room Tour (Summer)

I have had a number of peeps email me

 requesting that I feature my living room

 that I apparently "teased" about in my last post
 featuring my kitchen for the first time.

As I shall soon be changing things for Autumn
 I thought I had better get with it now

to share how I've had this space for the summer:

Light.....bright.....a tiny little bit beachy....

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This is what you see
 when you first come into our front foyer. 

To the right at the foyer entrance is the guest bath.

To the back right of you standing here 
you will find the home office.

In front of that left column in front of you is our basement door.

Around to the right down the hall is a coat closet,
the laundry/mud room leading to the garage,
and further down hall 
is master bedroom/master bath.

One day soon I hope to feature all of those as well.

This Ballard Design smokey mirror is tucked back in the corner
 to the right of this sofa

The 7 foot tall huge antique wardrobe chest in the background
is one of my most prized possessions.  I bought it 11 years ago at an antique mall in downtown Columbus that is no longer in business.

On top of it are 2 antique huge antique blown wine jugs
and the smaller one is a reproduction.

Also is an local signed original oil painting of dried white hydrangeas.

I use a family heirloom cedar chest 
as a coffee table here.

I bought those neat curvy branches above at
The Country Living Fair Columbus a few years ago.

(It comes back here again in just a few short weeks!)

I bought those 2 fun modern homemade pillow covers recently 
to keep designing towards an easy & more casual space.


My little metal terrarium holds about everything;
sometimes wine corks, pinecones, baby pumpkins -
Christmas ornaments - and has, on occasion
 been a real terrarium!

I already have vintage linen drapes that we just haven't put up yet
that will continue to bring a relaxed look to this space.

I bought this fabulous occasion side tray table this  summer.

I absolutely ♥ the inside of it!

And you will almost always find bird themed items
all around The Nest at Finch Rest!

I also love this artist signed pressed flowers
 on homemade paper artwork.

The ceramic filigree bird holds potpourri.

Once we did had the new floor laid 
 we realized we had to lighten up a few pieces
to avoid the entire room being too wooden and brown!

I love this table so much - now more than ever.

The carved details on this table are amazing!
The inside is all beaded detail too -
 sorry I didn't get a close up of that.

(Thanks, Katie for the awesome painting job you did, honey!)


She used AS Old White and clear wax. She knows I like a little
aging but nothing done on purpose too overly distressed. 

She may be adding some dark wax later in the crevaces
to bring out  more of the great details of this table
 but won't be anytime soon. 

This little vintage tray thing holds a few pieces
 of my mother's brain coral collection.

She collected shells and corals and the occasional starfish
during winters spent "her" beach of Englewood, Florida.

I love it being the center of the mantle,
 just being close  by and reminding me of her.

Thanks for visiting me today!


Be sure to  look at my kitchen tour
if you missed it from last post.

It's been really fun showing you our calm & neutral nest.

♥

~Michele

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