Nightstand Search

I'm currently working on a master bedroom makeover. We have a hodge podge of random stuff in there right now and the next item on my shopping list is new nightstands. 

 These next few options are all from West Elm - one of my favorite sources for reasonably priced, cool designed furniture. I like the mocha colored one in the center with the metal feet as an accent.

 I've been trying to decide what color of wood I want to go with in the room. Our dresser is a temporary solution that will get us by for the next few years, and probably eventually be used in a guest or kid's bedroom. The nightstands I want to be more permanent, so they really need to fit with my vision for our future room.

 I definitely lean towards Mid Century Modern in my furniture taste. I would love to be able to find something like these on Craigs List or at a garage sale somewhere.

 I also love these in white. Not sure how good they would look with our dark brown/black dresser in the meantime though. A lot of the fabric, etc. in the room is more of an off white or cream as well, so these might not work out.

I like the mocha version of this one a lot too, but I'd really like to start incorporating other wood tones into our house. Mostly all of our furniture is mocha and while I still like it, I don't want everything to be too matchy. 

 This one is from CB2, Crate and Barrel's sister store. I like the simple shape and the stain of the wood is something a little different than I would normally choose.

This is also CB2 and is totally different than anything else we have in our house. I think the metal look could be really cool and funky. I'm just not sure if I could pull it off with the rest of our furniture.


Well, anyway, that's only two sources I've looked at so far. I'm sure there are thousands of options out there that would work and fit my budget. I just need to get busy and pick one.

I love Lamp

Catch my Anchorman reference? Haha, that movie is so dumb, but that phrase has stuck in my head forever.

I've been working on a master bedroom makeover and have been trying to decide what to do about our lamps. I still like the bases on our current ones. They're just a brushed nickel, simple design - it'd be nice to have something with a little more color. The thing I really don't like is the shades. They're pleated and collect dust like nobody's business. It's hard to clean them and I'm just plain sick of them. Anyway, I'm thinking about replacing the shades and re-using the old lamps in our guest bedroom.

This is THE lamp. I saw it in a Target ad in a magazine and fell in love with the shape and color. I had to look in two Target stores to find it in person. After I saw it...I just don't know. I still love the idea of the lamp, I'm just not sure if it's right for the room. Especially since I've now picked out a headboard fabric and curtains. 

Now I'm thinking something like one of the above options would probably be better. I still really love the idea of a glass base though. I guess I need to keep looking.

Ready for a new chair

After one long night sitting in our old (free) plastic desk chair, I decided it's high time we got something more comfortable. I can't believe Ted hasn't complained about it before! He uses our office a lot more frequently than I do, and for longer periods of time, so I never really noticed how bad our chair is. 

This is our current chair. It's actually pretty cute, but definitely not functional for more than a short time.

Working in the office furniture industry, I'm surrounded by hundreds, if not thousands of options for seating. It can be a little mind boggling to say the least. I'm debating about finding something used from our warehouse to get us through another few years, or if I want to bite the bullet and invest in a new chair that will last (hopefully) 10 years or more.

This is a top contender for replacement right now. It's a knockoff of a Herman Miller Eames Aluminum Group chair, for about half the price of the real deal. I love, love, love the look of this chair, but the only problem is that it's still not the most comfortable option. Not sure if it would fly with my hubby for that reason.

These are two options from HON, which is probably the manufacturer we sell the most of (new) at my work. Everything is ordered custom, but we have samples of them in our showroom. I get to try out new chairs at my desk whenever I want! The first chair is called an F3 and the second is a Ceres. I like the mesh back look and Hon's mesh is really soft and comfortable.

I also like this last option a lot. It's also an Eames look alike "pleather" style chair, but it has a lot more padding on the seat and back, which looks pretty comfortable. I'm still in the thinking about it phase, but hopefully I'll figure something out soon.