This is the room that was transformed by the Pottery Barn Design Consultation. (I am not even going to show you what it looked like before Shelli and Kathy showed up from the Omaha Pottery Barn store.) They moved the leather Manhattan chairs to the living room and put my slip covered ones in here. They gave us the confidence to fill the walls with our kids photos. They told me we needed three lights (and we knew they were right). And they told us about the amazing flameless candles that look like real! They are made of real wax, they flicker like a real candle - and - they are on a timer so they come on by themselves every night! They are on Karen's Favorite Things for 2012. (They run on 2 "C" batteries and cost about the same as a "real" candle.)
In this room, people often comment on the PB Eton Mirror above the fireplace. I bought it early in the renovation process when we were spending $ and $ and $ on tuck pointing and insulation and duct work - and I thought we should buy a mirror before we ran out of money - ha.
In my opinion, every house needs some kind of Advent Calendar. The one above the coal burning fireplace in this room is from Garnet Hill several years ago. This year each little knitted pocket is filled with a 'couple activity' for Mike and me. We gave up too many date nights working on the house this past year so December will be about ... "reading together on the chaise lounge for an hour" or "bringing homemade bread to someone on the prayer list at church"... We need to spend some time sitting in this room now that the house is done! Don't tell Mike but one of the activities actually says "sit and drink a glass of wine in every room" - ha.
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