After promises of staying more up-to-date with our blog, we are finally getting back to it after a more than three-year hiatus! So much has happened since then! Construction has continued, and now we are finally getting to the fun part of slowly putting our own stamp on the place with paint and furnishings. It's been a long time coming, and we still have a lot left to do!
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| Lucy, standing guard on the front porch. |
This summer marked 5 years since we bought Greenwreath. Time has flown! Although I get impatient with wanting to do more decorating and personalizing (Garreth is far less inclined), this blog is a great reminder of how far we have come. So much of our restoration is behind the scenes, repairing things that hopefully no one will ever have to see again. But in some of the rooms at least, we are now able to have a bit of fun with truly cosmetic updates!
Let's take a look at the
den. The last time we shared the den with you, the walls had been rebuilt. We also sourced 36 antique glass panes (courtesy of One Way Architectural Salvage and Antiques in King, NC) so that Jason could rebuild the sad, sagging window sashes from scratch. Using old glass gave us those unique, wavy little imperfections that look just right in the windows of an old house. Now, we have a comfy place to relax in front of the fire on a cold winter day!
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| Our newly-furnished den. |
Much has changed even since the photo above. I do enjoy hunting down that perfect piece that will fit in a certain place just right, so all of the rooms evolve fairly quickly. Our his and hers chairs are some of our favorite purchases. We each picked out a chair we liked, and I chose coordinating colors and fabrics (thank you, Farmville Furniture!). I am not one for having everything match perfectly. My best friend was once putting together a gallery wall, and I asked what his theme was. He responded with, "Stuff I like." That really stuck with me, and it is how we have approached our home now.
We'll try to post timely updates as things change! We still have not painted the den walls, and I am ever on the hunt for the perfect curtains...
Really cosy but still grand! Definitely agree with you about the old glass. Most of ours has been replaced with plastic double glazing by the recent previous owners.. makes the limited original glazing that more special
ReplyDeleteThanks, Pete! It's a bigger room than it appears in photos, so I'm glad to hear that it still looks cozy! It was totally worth the 6 hour drive for the old glass. We have a lot of new mixed in, and they just don't have the same effect. The wavier, the better!
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