The current Maid-of-Honor's cottage is a very cozy size. This past weekend we added a little bit of personality to a corner of the living room, to warm up the space.(sorry, I meant to take a "Before" picture, but I forgot.)
Anyway.
They found a charming vintage desk on good ol' Craigslist a while back. (did you know that next to San Francisco, Portland Oregon has the most popular Craigslist? Yup, it's true.) You can't really see the desk in my picture, but,take my word for it, it's fabulous.
The desk sits in the living room behind the sofa (because the desk is so deep it couldn't move through a bedroom door to become an office!)and it worked out for the best, really. It adds a nice, sophisticated touch to the room.
Until this past weekend, there was nothing on the wall behind the desk, and not much of interest on the desk. Well, we changed that. We had the fabulous son-in-law hang the brackets that my daughter has had for about five years. They were sage green and we quickly spray painted them black to better coordinate with the room. The board we had was a bit narrow, so they're replacing it with a wider board this week, and staining it to match the desk...it'll look like a million bucks!
A few accent pieces from around the house, and a giant clock from Freddie Meyers filled in the spaces. We then topped it off with a perfect wedding photo in black and white and we were standing back admiring our handiwork in no. time. at. all. Too wonderful for words!
*sigh* There's just never enough time to do all the projects we want to do on these short little jaunts to PTown.
Looks fabulous, but we have come to always expect fab from you :)
Janet
Posted by: Janet | February 26, 2008 at 04:32 AM
Looks great! :-) Rosie
Posted by: Rosie | February 26, 2008 at 05:20 AM
Looks lovely, I love the birds nest, it's a really nice touch!
Victoria
Posted by: Victoria | February 26, 2008 at 05:29 AM
Looks totally terrific. How nice that your daughter loves your style, too. I LOVE IT!!
The brackets are gorgeous, and I love how you said, "we just painted them real quick"....you are amazing!
Posted by: suzanne | February 26, 2008 at 05:50 AM
It all looks so great, Tracey!! I wish you were my mom! Kidding a little, I love my mom.
I am inspired to clean off my desk and cute it up a bit now...
Thanks for another beautiful, inspiring post.
Elise
Posted by: Elise | February 26, 2008 at 06:27 AM
Love the clock! Your relationship with your daughters and the way you all come together to (quite literally) beautify each others' lives is SO lovely!
Posted by: Katy | February 26, 2008 at 07:17 AM
Perfect! I'm not far from Portland. You could add me to the list of homes to be redone! I'm looking for brackets like those for my office area. I'm so ready to add shelves above my desk.
~Adrienne~
Posted by: Adrienne | February 26, 2008 at 07:45 AM
Thank you for the inspiration! I've been trying to decide what to do in my bathroom (we have 9 foot ceilings)and I am so going to put up a high shelf like yours. Hope you don't mind. I have very few original ideas... Don't you just love Freddie Meyers? Cute lamps, clocks, linens, good prices. Ours is now a Smiths Marketplace. Love your blog,love your cottage.
Posted by: Sue | February 26, 2008 at 08:30 AM
It looks terrific! Warm, cozy, and a place to be productive all in one!!
Posted by: Pam | February 26, 2008 at 08:46 AM
And you paid $___ for the desk? Just curious. Love it! I just bought a clock at Target. Only way to go!
Posted by: sandy | February 26, 2008 at 11:59 AM
The revamped office space looks so lovely!
Posted by: June | February 26, 2008 at 01:50 PM
It looks wonderful. So stylish!!
Alison
Posted by: Alison Gibbs | February 26, 2008 at 04:03 PM
Lovely corner indeed, nice work.
Posted by: Lisa | February 26, 2008 at 05:23 PM
Very nice cozy corner. Looks like you need to move to Ptown, especially when the grandchildren start coming. I think you are going to be one popular grammy.
~elaine~
Posted by: Elaine L. | February 26, 2008 at 08:48 PM