My New (old) Couch

Sometimes, all it takes is a new pop of color to make an old piece of furniture feel new again and that's what I did for our little love seat couch!

Originally, I got this couch from my old office when we moved locations.  It was headed for the trash so I whisked in and saved it.  It's not very big (which is perfect for our tiny apartment) but it has a wonderful retro-vibe and unusual shape.  The one thing it needed was a bit of reupholstering.  I purchased some red fabric from Pottery Barn and did the job myself.  You can see the before and after here.

I've loved our red couch so much these past 3 years, but it was time for a change.  So I stripped the red fabric and started all over again with a bright avocado green color...

I love it!  It adds brightness to the room and totally works for my vintage 60's vibe I'm imagining.  It took most of my Sunday morning, along with plenty of staple gun staples, but I'm pretty proud of the finished product!  What do you think?  Have you ever tried to reupholster a couch yourself before?  

Apartment Inspirations

I've been a bit quiet over here on this blog mainly due to the fact that I've been so busy cleaning, reorganizing and down-sizing all the "stuff" in our little apartment.  My goal is to have a newly designed living room before the end of the month....But obviously, time is running out.  

Actually I am pretty near done, but still need to re-cover the couch and find an entertainment table that I like.  I want something in a pale wood, long and narrow, with a 1960's flair.  Below are some of the pictures from my Pinterest inspiration board...I found a bunch of hilarious 1960's ads for "the home of the future" on Oh So Lovely Vintage and I must say, I think they are pretty damn cool.  When I showed my parents they just burst out laughing...I guess it hit a little too close to their childhood homes!  

The plan had been to find a piece either at an antique show or garage sale, but if anyone has any other suggestions please leave a comment and let me know!  

 

All images and more of my inspirations with original sources can be found here

Fabulous Finds

When the boy mentioned to me that there was an antique store in Whittier that he wanted to check out I was beyond excited...I mean, it's not often that the boy actually suggests we shop for antiques!  But he had heard wonderful things about King Richard's Antique shop down in Whittier, so we decided to brave the heat and ventured down to this outskirt of LA. 

And let me tell you, it was definitely worth the trip.  It was even worth the fact that our car overheated on the way home and we had to get towed all the way back to Beverly Hills (triple A is a life-saver!)  We found some great vintage pieces and if I had unlimited time, money and space, I could have bought hundreds of items.  Their furniture selection was amazing and all their prices were incredibly reasonable.  Here are a few of our fabulous finds....(I should mention that we didn't buy all of these, but I still wanted to share!)