A Kitchen Table Becomes My Coffee Table

One of the items on my list for January was moving

my favorite table to the living room.  It's a vintage kitchen table

that I bought many years at an antiques shop that was closing it's doors.

It wasn't the best specimen of vintage kitchen tables.
It was a horrible color of reddish brown.
But it had potential and had to have it.

When I got the table at home, I immediately painted it white,

added a glass knob and then cut off a chunk of wood on each of

the legs.  I wanted the table to be used as a coffee table where I

could have dinner in front of the television, spread my magazines

out when I am doing research and painting my pillows if I so desired.

And, it's the perfect height for resting my feet  
when I am reading.  

 
When I lived in my previous home in the country, the living room 
was twice as large but now that I am back in a city Victorian home, 
space is at a premium.  Because I couldn't visualize 
my kitchen table  in this smaller space, the table has been 
sitting in the basement and every time I went down there and saw it, 

my heart just broke.

So, this year I decided that this was the time to please myself ...

even if it went against the accepted.

I dragged the table up to my living room, moved the chairs

back and voila....

it doesn't look bad at all.

And it's not that large.

 I love it.

YEA!!!
Why did I wait so long????

 My living room faces west which means that the

beautiful warm sun just pours in the window.

It's toasty during this frigid winter.

I am spending more time in my living room because
it's warm and I have a place to work.

The room is not just for guests or family holidays.

My kitchen coffee table has made it a home again.

 Why stop there I thought?

I moved my grandmother's hall table by the rear living room
 window so I can use it as a place to write in my journal.

 I moved my large antique mirror of my grandmother's

back to the dining room.  I wanted more reflective light.

Lots of fairy lights in this room because I removed the

overhead light.  I felt the pendant light limited my use of the

room and as you know, I love to move furniture around

to new places.  I have put a candlestick lamp on the table

which gives a warmer and more intimate feeling

around the dining table.

I am so glad I finally decided to get my favorite table

out of the basement and have all the things I love

around me all the time.  

I think this might be a good year.

Coco Chanel Pillow

I just put this new sized Coco

pillow in my Etsy shop.

I have been painting a lot at night 

while watching "The Good Wife"

on Netflix.  I missed it when it first

came out but thanks to Netflix, I

am a "Good Wife" marathoner.

See the new Coco Chanel here.