i am as excited about our recent twist of furniture fate as i get when the break comes in middle of this song. james murphy, i bet you love midcentury modern as much as we do.
[dance yrself clean -- lcd soundsystem]
the stars have magically aligned: tom and i will soon be in possession of an honest-to-goodness, long-coveted case study fiberglass rocking chair. white seat, zinc base, walnut rockers. yes.
ain't she just a classic beauty?
the rocker is going to live in the living room for now. we’re going to move the loveseat out and put it just under the middle window. we’re also thinking about splitting the card catalog back into two pieces, adding hairpin legs and a tabletop to each, and putting them under the other windows to create a rocking/reading nook, but that’s a story for another day!
the tv might get wall-mounted, and the card catalogs might become two separate side tables with hairpin legs, flanking the rocker.
we went with white because the trim and curtain base in every room is white, so it will look great no matter where we move it. although rachel’s pink chair does look fabulous, the other major colors in her living room are understated…whereas ours is electric blue.
rachel's living room, as seen on an apartment therapy home tour.
and yet…i do so love the idea of a circle rug under the chair. it really makes it a focal point, and we’d like to do the same in our room. plus, we’ve been fussing over the fact that our 4′ x 7′ rug, though nice, is a bit too small for the living room. a round rug under the rocker would be a great solution here.
love our rug, but it's a bit too small. a round rug under the rocker (where the curtain-covered loveseat is now) will balance out the room and highlight the chair.
we found a gorgeous one:
filz felt circle floor mat, $160-$2550, filzfelt.com
but regrettably, the size we want (between 45″ and 55″) is well out of our price range. maybe someday. in the meantime, though…this is what we decided to do instead. hooray for d.i.y.! tom and i are going to work on it together. it will take some major effort, but it should be fun, too…don’t know how long it’ll take us, but we’ll be sure to document the process!
it’s official. project: living room is a go.
