Making it Yours (MIY) is all about using the furniture you have in new ways and taking pieces with you throughout your life. The first edition of MIY followed a piece of furniture (the Borghese Dresser) through an imagined life over many years. This time I’m doing it a little differently. A set of four chairs (Blu Dot’s Real Good Chair) will be making the move from a house with a breakfast nook to a new house without. The chairs will be split up and reassigned to a home office, a bedroom, a bathroom, and an entryway.
I’m a little in love with my wallpaper at the moment, so I chose Mibo’s Clacket Lane Wallpaper in cream for this room. Wouldn’t a little wallpapered breakfast nook off of a vintagey kitchen be adorable? I certainly think so.
The room has wood floors and a wood table, so to break up all of the brown, Charcoal Fedora Flor Carpet Tiles would be nice (and inexpensive). More dark accents are added in the Metropolitan Wall Clock and 365+ Brasa Lamp. And finally, a gorgeous Large Coper Bowl from jillrosenwald is added to complete the room.
Next up? We’ll see the chair in a home office.
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16 responses to “Breakfast Nook (MIY: Real Good Chair)”
Oh my gosh, this is great … I have been eyeing the Chair_One by Konstantin Grcic for a desk chair, but I can’t afford it, and the ‘Real Good Chair’ might make a fantastic (much more affordable) substitute … thanks (and looking forward to seeing the rest of this feature)!
although i absolutely loooove everything about this little breakfast nook…it looks very simple..the wallpaper gives a great splash of color and over all aliveness…but the chairs don’t look sturdy at all..
Nicole – Just wanted to let you know I gave my sister The Periodic Table of Sentiments cards for Christmas and she loved them! Thanks for being so clever and imaginative!
absloutly amazing color pallette! gorgous!
oh and by the way .. I could never move my a$$ and put up a wallpaper.. you are one super hero! :)
Wahoo! I love this series :-)
Great set and great idea! I absolutely love that shade of blue!
Love the gorgeous colors!
mary
i LOVE the 365 brasa lamp. i really wish i had a use for it. oh and sol (http://www.cb2.com/family.aspx?c=120&f=4653&viewall=1) at cb2, too!
the color palette is great! you have such a good eye for coordination!
In my kitchen – we have a built in banquette which I designed and love, my kids and cozy up, eat cereal, break bread, do homework and a banquette provides ample seating.
Think about a banquette! I love the colors and could see a banquette making it lovely!
I am so in love with that wallpaper, in both colourways. Beautiful. :)
that wallpaper is simply adorable. and that chair-too cute! these colors are just too perfect.
I love that table! It’s exactly what I’m looking for my new dining room.
Dammit, did you have to introduce me to Jill Rosenwald’s ceramics? They’re gorgeous! And the last thing I need are more ceramics, or something else to collect. OTOH, those are actually usable, unlike my collection of Ruskin. And I could leave one out without worrying that it would get smashed.
Marisa – I have this table and I LOVE it. Its beautiful in person and really high quality. I’m definitely impressed with it.
I love your wallpaper and the blue dot chair.