updating the ottoman

There is a major effort over in these parts to get rid of some brown. My house basically consists of brown, grey and some sort of white or beige. There is a lot of brown because of course, the floor is brown too.

I had some fabric leftover from my office bench so I decided to use it to cover the ottoman (which is brown) in my living room. I didn't have a big enough piece to do it in one shot, so I followed the lines of the leather and cut the fabric into six: four for the top and two for the sides. I sewed them up, covered the brown leather and stapled the fabric to the bottom of the ottoman. Then I refastened the legs. Easy peasy. I'm liking it way better than the brown.

I'm still not sure what I'll do with the matching chairs but I'd like to do some sort of colour. The problem is that not too many colours go nicely with the chair legs (I don't want to paint them).

Any suggestions?

furniture window shopping

This afternoon we took a little spin down to King Street East to check out the furniture shops. We're going to start renovating our basement soon and when we do that we're not going to have any furniture left in our upstairs sitting room (this is providing we get our GIANT leather sectional down the stairs in the first place...).

Our first stop was UpCountry and this was our favourite room. I absolutely LOVE this coffee table. L.O.V.E. We would also like something like this fireplace for the basement. The stone is a bit too polished for me, but the idea is similar to what we'd both like on a smaller scale.


Mark liked this couch but it reminds me of the couch my grandfather used to sleep on after his meals... a little too grannyish for me...


This was actually a wall in the basement of UpCountry (I think??) but I thought it was perfect inspiration for the barn doors I want to build for the basement.


We found this couch at Urban Barn and I think it's a contender for upstairs. The price is right and it's super comfy.


Some day I'd like to get some new dining chairs but they're just so darned expensive... these would go perfect with our harvest table. Too bad they're $259 each :(.


After all that window shopping we had to make a beverage stop. Leo sure loves his lattes ;)