A home doesn’t come together overnight. You may start out with hand-me-down furniture, and slowly incorporate pieces you love as you’re able to. Or maybe you find an amazing vintage dining set that is perfectly you, and so you incorporate it into several different looks that speak to your changing taste over time. That’s how my home has evolved, and likely yours as well.
The MiY series follows one piece of furniture through several different designs. In the past, I’ve shown one item through five stages. Moving forward, I’ll only be showing three looks instead. I think it’s more realistic, and the shorter series length will allow me to do them more often and with a greater variety of items.
This eighth edition features a very expensive leather chesterfield. Before you react with a visceral “OMG, it’s $6000,” keep in mind that this series is meant to be taken as a jumping off point, with concepts that you can use in your own home. My friend, Jules, has a similar sofa, and I assure you that she did not spend anywhere near that amount when she bought it off of Craigslist. Perhaps you don’t like leather at all, and in that case you should feel free to imagine these looks with a tufted fabric sofa. Either way, I hope you enjoy the series! It will start with a very masculine look…
Kylie @ All Things Lovely
February 28, 2012 at 5:28 amOh holy goodness!! I love that sofa! Can’t wait to see how you use it in the different rooms. :) PS Loving the new blog design, yours always has been my favourite blog designs.
lisa
February 28, 2012 at 7:52 amSo glad to see these again! It’s my favorite thing you do!
Emma Assin
February 28, 2012 at 9:18 amsince august the child, or since august the month? :)
Making it Lovely
February 28, 2012 at 11:05 amHa! Since August, the month. But August, the child, has been partially responsible, taking up my time and whatnot!
Jules
February 28, 2012 at 9:24 amNo, not $6000. $175, if you can believe it.
Kathryn Humphreys
February 28, 2012 at 9:48 amScore!
Jimmy
February 28, 2012 at 9:35 amLeather Chesterfield. I never knew what my favorite style couch was called until now. Thanks for that.
Leather Chesterfield might also be the coolest band name ever.
Making it Lovely
February 28, 2012 at 11:05 amAn excellent band name.
NicoleD
February 28, 2012 at 11:14 amHa, yes! Great band name! I’m not usually crazy about leather sofas, but I sure do love this one.
Amy
February 28, 2012 at 10:07 amI just wanted to say how much I am enjoying your new blog lay out. It’s wonderful – each post is like a magazine article. Love the columns and the “full spread” photos.
Making it Lovely
February 28, 2012 at 11:07 amThanks, I love the columns too. I set things up so that I can choose to use them or not on a post-by-post basis.
Rebecca S.
February 29, 2012 at 12:05 pmIs that a particular WordPress plug-in or did you do it with custom coding? Thanks! I really like the new layout as well.
Making it Lovely
February 29, 2012 at 1:25 pmIt’s all done through custom coding (CSS).
Liz
February 28, 2012 at 10:54 amLovely! I was just considering a leather sofa! ;)
And i definitely adore your blog style
Marianne
February 28, 2012 at 11:22 amThat couch is amazing!
Sandra
February 28, 2012 at 11:42 amThe green leather makes it! I love an iconic piece in a new colour/fabric. I took some Barcelona chairs and recovered them in a grey suiting fabric – the reupholsterer was a big aghast but they turned out great…
Loren
February 28, 2012 at 11:59 amI love these featurettes. The chesterfield is gorgeous, I love it when people take traditional almost ‘stuffy’ pieces like this and stick them in a fun eclectic modern room. looking forward to what you put together.
Elisa @ What the Vita
February 28, 2012 at 12:36 pmAdore chesterfields! I once saw one on craig’s list for FREE. Insane. But sadly I was too late to grab it…
Kim @ Yellow Brick Home
February 28, 2012 at 12:53 pmOoh, I love that you’re using a chesterfield! We found a gorgeous one at Jubilee Furniture in Carol Stream last year, and for a STEAL. It’s such a bummer we didn’t have a place for it in our tiny condo!
Kim @ Yellow Brick Home
February 28, 2012 at 12:55 pmHa, I just looked up my old, old post on it:
http://www.yellowbrickhome.com/2010/01/18/hooray-for-jubilee/
I think the tag says $50! What the?! I love Susan and Jubilee!
Making it Lovely
February 29, 2012 at 1:26 pmJubilee is the best!
jan
February 28, 2012 at 1:49 pmlove that sofa!
robin
February 28, 2012 at 2:58 pmMy local anthro has that sofa on display in a slate blue – gorgeous. i told my husband about it. we don’t need one/don’t really have space, knew it’d be outrageously priced, blah, blah, blah. anyhow, a few days later, a home decorators catalog came in the mail with a strikingly similar sofa in an awesome blue. my point is, there are less expensive options. btw, i’m still not buying one.
Make and Do Girl
February 28, 2012 at 9:38 pmWhat a fantastic idea to show the evolution of a look. I absolutely love this one! Do you go about staging each look with things you already own or do you borrow them? Either way, I adore the concept and can’t wait to see more with this awesome sofa.
Making it Lovely
February 29, 2012 at 1:27 pmI create digital layouts for each look.
Artsy Forager
February 29, 2012 at 1:02 pmFabulous way to show how versatile unique pieces can be!
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