Monday, February 28, 2011

Home improvement

This weekend the hubs finally got around to hanging one of  my all time favorite finds, that mirror. I am really happy with where we decided to hang it, and how welcoming our entryway is beginning to look--now if I can just find someone to upholster the chair without charging me an arm and a leg. (Know anyone in San Diego?) 

I found a few weathered metal baskets and a crate at very random estate sale this past weekend.  I think I will use the crate to collect shoes that usually litter the entry way. Now I just need to find some hooks so we can hang our coats and bags as soon as we enter.  Roman wants these, but I am not so sure he saw the price.  Actually I know he didn't.  Suggestions on where we might find something similar at a fraction of the price?

7 comments:

  1. I'm new to your blog. :) Your entry looks so cute and inviting! We actually use a similar system for collecting shoes in the entryway--old swimming locker metal crates I found on eBay a few years ago. It works really well...
    Katie

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  2. bianca, i know someone! let's chat:)

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  3. I love, love, love the baskets...ask Alexis about her upholstery guy :)

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  4. I'm new here, too!

    We've used Century Upholstery in La Mesa a few times and friends have used them, too. They do a good job, are quick and very honest and reliable. Also affordable :)

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  5. 1.) Love the baskets 2.) Where do you find the estate sales to go to. newspaper? I really am itching to go search for gems :)
    3.) My entry looks strikingly similar, minus the chair and mirror. We could very well be neighbors living in a shea homes? weird.

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  6. Bianca, that mirror is fantastic. And I love the chair beneath it -- it'll look great with that fabric. As for resources, I lack those not having been here in San Diego that long, but I'll ask around.

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  7. What a fabulous mirror!!!! So gorgeous. xo

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