MY KITCHEN'S LAST GASP

For as long as I've been blogging, I've talked about updating my knotty pine kitchen.  Well, I'm doing it.  I'm so excited that all the "orange" cedar trim and the cooktop island that divides the room in half are leaving for good.  We're knocking down the wall between the dining room and kitchen and creating a large open space.  There is a link at the end of this post to the before of my 1970's kitchen.

I'm going to miss my Duralee faux snakeskin fabric back splash.  I outlined it with nailhead trim.  I really loved that feature.  It will be missed.  It was a true labor of love.

DURALEE FAUX SNAKESKIN BACKSPLASH WITH NAILHEAD

Of course the kitchen will be black and white.  Right before the demolition started, I added some Dorothy Draper chairs to the eat-in area.  You had some sneak peeks of the space in a post about the chairs. I wanted to share some of the other black and white details before they're gone.  Make sure to notice all the rough cedar trim.

BLACK AND WHITE EAT-IN KITCHEN

I changed out the Chinoiserie chairs that matched the table for these Dorothy Draper ones.   The table really didn't match style-wise, so I covered it with a black and white buffalo check cloth.

BUFFALO CHECK TABLECLOTH

You haven't seen this wonderful black beaded chandelier.  I know that I'm going to find a place for it in another room.  That's the advantage of having black everywhere in your house.  Decor can move around. The centerpiece is a white cachepot with preserved boxwood orbs.

BLACK BEADED CHANDELIER AND CACHEPOT WITH BOXWOOD SPHERES

SIDE VIEW OF THE BEADED CHANDELIER

This curvy vintage black and gold chest has been mine for a very long time.  The lamp made from an old coffee urn is also a long-time possession.  They both move around the house frequently.

VINTAGE CHEST AND COFFEE URN LAMP

The framed Fornasetti wallpaper hopped in from the pantry.

FRAMED FORNASETTI WALLPAPER

I borrowed the vintage books with marbleized covers and the architectural fragment bookends from book shelves in the family room.

VINTAGE BOOKS AND BOOKENDS

I always purchase books with marbleized covers when I see them.

BOOKS WITH MARBLEIZED COVERS

These architectural building fragments have become my favorite bookends.

BUILDING FRAGMENT BOOKENDS

I'll make sure to keep you posted on the new kitchen project.  I'm so excited!!

Link to the kitchen BEFORE here.

Link to the post about the Dorothy Draper chairs here.

Chinese Chippendale Chair and Nail Head Trim

When I purchased my latest Chinese Chippendale faux bamboo chair this photo was my inspiration.
 My intention was to paint it this lovely turquoise.

Via

It was natural when I purchased it and I had every intention of painting it, but then I
found this fabulous woven dresser and decided they looked good together.  

Even though I decided not to paint the chair, I would have to replace the seat cushion.  

The fabric was only stapled in place.  I easily removed it and used it as a pattern. 

 I decided to re-cover with burlap.

Original Fabric That I Used as a Pattern for the New Seat

I used my electric staple gun to secure the seat cover.

I usually cover my staple mess with some sort of trim.
I decided to use some burlap double welting for this project.

I simply started at the back and used fabric glue to place it over the staples.
 I then used nail head to outline the seat.
 The spacing for the nail head trim was easy.  I just used the width of a ruler to evenly space them.
The difficult part is getting the nail heads in a straight row.
 I liked the double welting because the seam in between the cords kept it all straight.
 I made sure to place a nail head over the seam where the trim ends meet.

New Seat with Burlap Fabric, Double Welting,  and Nail Head Trim 

Here's the chair, unpainted, with its new seat cushion, temporarily placed in my sun room.

Chinese Chippendale Chair in My Sun Room

Now I'm regretting not painting the chair and dresser.

  What would you do?