Plant Sanctuary
Our apartment is coming together! I’ve blogged about pieces of it in the last 6 months, but thought it was time to post an overview shot of the living/dining room. (There will be more to come, I promise.)
Because the room gets sooo much sunlight in the morning and late afternoon, we wanted to find a way to filter the light during the day and have some privacy at night. The folks at Apartment Therapy pointed us to the Shade Store at the Conran shop. With some assistance from the super friendly staff there we picked out simple but elegant solar shades. The shades arrived in under a week and we put them up ourselves with little effort (well, the effort was in measuring ahead of time). As you can see in the photo below, when the light hits just right in the morning, we get some lovely silhouettes from the container gardens on the terrace.
My favorite part of the room, however, is a plant sanctuary we made from a green table salvaged from my parents’ house in Vermont and a copper plant tray my mom was going to discard! A painting of my great aunt is peeking out from behind the clover.
August 8th, 2007 17:21
[...] Today’s earlier post about shopping for shades at the Conran Store reminded me of a gorgeous desk we saw there that I have been lusting after. It’s a bit out of budget (and we are a bit out of space, as well) but the Indochine Desk is really just perfect — I especially love the compartments. [...]
August 8th, 2007 20:11
L-O-V-E your apartment and can’t wait to see more!
August 10th, 2007 11:04
your apartment looks unbelievable! You two are amazing… when are you next in Boston for a consult?
August 17th, 2007 13:01
Wow, I love the look of your place! I like the plants on a tray table idea, looks great. Beautiful blog!