New Oushak on the Landing

<center></center>Thank you all for the kind words about <a href="http://littlegreennotebook.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-studio-tour-and-huge-give-away-from.html" target="_blank">the studio reveal</a>! I hope all of you have entered <a href="http://keep.com/giveaway2?utm_source=LGN&utm_medium=banner&utm_content=DOLGNCN41514" target="_blank">the $2000 give away</a>! I'll be posting more info and sources and angles of the room soon. :)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo IMG_3510.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/ALBUM%2018/IMG_3510.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div><br />While I'm working on those posts and tutorials, I wanted to share this pretty rug find with you! My friend <a href="http://www.kendrasmoot.com/" target="_blank">Kendra Smoot</a> tipped me off to an eBay listing for this beautiful little Oushak rug (what a friend, right!?). I think I got it for just over $100 and I love how soft and worn it is. It's slightly overdyed with blue and pink pastels. So pretty!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo IMG_3589.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/ALBUM%2018/IMG_3589.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div><a name="more"></a><br /><br />Right now I have it on the landing by the girls' rooms. It fits the floor space perfectly up there. It might end up moving around to one of the other rooms, but I love it here for now.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo IMG_3599.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/ALBUM%2018/IMG_3599.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo xIMG_3508.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/ALBUM%2018/xIMG_3508.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">There's a lot of black happening up there with the stairs still being bare and all the pretty but dark black doors. I think the rug helps lighten things up.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo IMG_3584.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/ALBUM%2018/IMG_3584.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>I have the little <a href="http://littlegreennotebook.blogspot.com/2013/10/serpentine-secretary.html" target="_blank">scalloped secretary</a> on the landing still, but I've yet to decide if I'm going to paint it or leave it as is. I'm leaning toward trying to paint it or doing a <a href="http://www.ornamentalist.net/2010/12/ebony-limed-oak-step-by-step.html" target="_blank">limed/cerused finish</a> on a dark base. I think it would look so pretty if I could pull it off!<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo IMG_3548.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/ALBUM%2018/IMG_3548.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo IMG_3521.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/ALBUM%2018/IMG_3521.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I put some art up in the landing too. I've had this very naive painting for a couple years now and it always feels like it belongs in the girls' space. I think it's sweet and I love all the bright pops of colors. The frame was pretty lame though, so I painted out the faux gold glaze with some Gentleman's Gray paint I had laying around, which is a deep, soft navy color.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo IMG_3529.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/ALBUM%2018/IMG_3529.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo IMG_3532.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/ALBUM%2018/IMG_3532.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I leaned the painting against <a href="http://littlegreennotebook.blogspot.com/2011/05/heirloom-button-art.html" target="_blank">my framed button collection</a> that I made a few years ago using buttons I inherited from my grandmothers. The twisty <a href="http://littlegreennotebook.blogspot.com/2014/03/diy-concrete-planters.html" target="_blank">concrete planter</a> was a more recent project.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo IMG_3554.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/ALBUM%2018/IMG_3554.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Anyway, I'm loving my new Oushak! It makes the landing feel like an actual room! :) Makes me also want to put a little bench up here against the stairs. I also need to pick a flush-mount light for the ceiling, and I really need to finish up the stair runner. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo xIMG_3539.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/ALBUM%2018/xIMG_3539.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div><br />PS if you're looking for a Oushak on eBay, always sort the listings by lowest price first. The private seller listings will almost always be auction style and not Buy It Now.

New Oushak on the Landing

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Rug for Sale, the New Chairish App, and a HUGE Give Away

It's no secret that I have a seriously intense vintage furniture buying habit. It's the thrill of the hunt that really does it for me. So thank heavens I have a job that gives me a good excuse for all the buying! But sometimes enough is enough and even I hit my limit. Or rather, my storage space hits its limit. So my new rule is if one thing comes home, one thing must leave. And, basically, if I don't have a very specific place for something in the new house, it's on the "must leave" list.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo RUG2.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/ALBUM%2015/RUG2.jpg" /></div><br />The "must leave" list is ever growing as we continue to empty out the garage and try to get more settled into the house. I am considering doing a big sale sometime soon using <a href="http://shop.chairish.com/?utm_source=littlegreennotebook.blogspot.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=SellAppIntro&utm_content=ChairishHome" target="_blank">Chairish</a>, a site I love and have partnered with in the past. It's a lot like 1st Dibs, but much, much more affordable. It's like a really well-curated Craigslist (basically my dream site).<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo RUG3.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/ALBUM%2015/RUG3.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div><br />Chairish recently launched <a href="https://www.chairish.com/app/?utm_source=littlegreennotebook.blogspot.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=SellAppIntro&utm_content=ChairishAppPage" target="_blank">a brand new and really beautiful version of their app</a> that makes selling items a <i>breeze.</i> You basically just take a few photos with your phone and add some descriptive info and press submit. The curators at Chairish will take care of the rest of the listing, including whiting out the background of the main photo.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo ScreenShot2014-01-29at33104PM.png" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/ALBUM%2015/ScreenShot2014-01-29at33104PM.png" style="text-align: start;" /></div><br />I decided to list <a href="http://shop.chairish.com/products/colorful-vintage-persian-rug?utm_source=littlegreennotebook.blogspot.com/&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=SellAppIntro&utm_content=VintagePersianRug" target="_blank">this vintage Persian rug</a> as a test run, and I timed myself just for kicks. It took two minutes and 43 seconds to upload this listing from start to finish! I told you it was a breeze!!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo RUG1.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/ALBUM%2015/RUG1.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div><br />Do you remember this rug from the brownstone? We had it in the garden level entry. I don't have the right space for it in the new house, so, instead of storing it somewhere where it could get damaged, I'd rather see it get sold and properly loved by someone else. Wouldn't you like to have this beauty, with its pops of mint, apricot and hot pink, in your own place? :) <a href="http://shop.chairish.com/products/colorful-vintage-persian-rug?utm_source=littlegreennotebook.blogspot.com/&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=SellAppIntro&utm_content=VintagePersianRug" target="_blank">The listing is here</a>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo RUG4.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/ALBUM%2015/RUG4.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div><br />And in even MORE exciting news, if you download the newest version of the <a href="https://www.chairish.com/app/?utm_source=littlegreennotebook.blogspot.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=SellAppIntro&utm_content=ChairishAppPage" target="_blank">Chairish app</a> before February 28, you will be automatically entered to win all of the amazing pieces in the designer room below (worth thousands and thousands of dollars in total). You know I'm especially digging that green sofa!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo sweepscollage.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/ALBUM%2015/sweepscollage.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div><br />So to enter the fab giveaway, download the app <a href="https://www.chairish.com/app/?utm_source=littlegreennotebook.blogspot.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=SellAppIntro&utm_content=ChairishAppPage" target="_blank">here</a> (or <a href="http://bit.ly/1bhakcc" target="_blank">here</a> if you're reading this from your phone), and that's it! Browsing vintage finds and selling your old treasures has never been easier. I know I've got about five sofas that will be uploaded as soon as I can get them unburied enough to photograph! And I only wish that was an exaggeration. :)<br /><br /><i><a href="http://shop.chairish.com/?utm_source=littlegreennotebook.blogspot.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=SellAppIntro&utm_content=ChairishHome" target="_blank">Chairish</a> is a valued sponsor of LGN. Thanks for supporting our partners!</i>

Rug for Sale, the New Chairish App, and a HUGE Give Away

It's no secret that I have a seriously intense vintage furniture buying habit. It's the thrill of the hunt that really does it for m...

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