Bienvenue dans ma chambre soleil

The long awaited {by moi at least!!} sun room reveal.

My teeny tiny hint to you was {here} last week. My faux Mora~ish clock Monique, has moved from the family room into the sun room to join her long lost cousin, the Swedish day bed {don't worry, I haven't completely lost it and named the daybed as well, but if I did I would choose Desiree}. The evolution of the sun room. I can't even bring myself to show you the before pictures again, it's much too painful. The long and the short of it is this, three years ago this room was a 'catch all' room. Think barbie house, dollhouse, large wicker baskets for toys, treadmill, game table, tv, 2 large chairs and ottoman, AND stained beige carpet~ eek! Until we ripped out the carpet, painted the concrete floors and de-junked it just a bit {here}, the partially empty sun room sat patiently awaiting a new purpose since December {here}. I'm more than pleased to introduce you to Desiree. ☺ I first showed you a picture of this daybed in my Round Top Fever post here. As you know, I took a big pick up truck to Round Top in hopes of finding a settee for the sun room. There wasn't a settee in sight and I was just about to give up my search and order something from Wisteria online. Our last stop was The Arbors tents in Round Top. I wouldn't have considered a daybed at all but the way she had this displayed, up against a large buffet with the pillows aligning the back to lean on, sold me. Knowing that whatever piece of furniture we went with would back to the brick wall anyway, I realized the daybed would work for us. I also liked the dimensions of this daybed much better than some of the larger ones I've seen elsewhere. This is just a twin size and not too deep at all, so perfect for 3 people to sit comfortably and lean back against the down pillows while sipping wine and visiting. I've tested this with some good friends in the past week and it works beautifully!

We sat and chatted with the lovely owner of Jackson Hill Antiques for a bit before finalizing the deal. Although I didn't have an ottoman in my original plans for this room I couldn't pass this up. The ottoman is a new/reproduction piece and we worked a deal for the daybed, ottoman and 3 French script down filled pillows~ SOLD. A nice French cowboy from a neighboring booth helped me load it into my big truck and back to Houston we drove, praying for no rain. My grandmother's mirror hangs just above our new daybed. The frame, cushion and bolster pillows were recently redone in a heavy linen, creme colored fabric. The cushion is very hard and sturdy so I made my own cushion for extra comfort and to protect the creme linen from our furry, 4-legged family member who so frequently has muddy paws. I bought a 2" foam cushion from Jo Ann's and stuffed some filler inside then inserted into my tan and white linen fabric (if you're sick of seeing this fabric in my house you'll be glad to know that I removed the curtain from my front console table and used it for this cushion. I'll share that update with you later). You can see the reflection of our antique screen shielding the treadmill in the mirror. The view of our backyard while lounging in sun room. The chairs that I re~purposed {here} are now being used regularly. The quilted pillow on the right was something I picked up {from this fab store} last summer in Paris and just now put it to use. Looking at our lovely porte cochere and garage on the left. My little piece of the union jack trend with the small pillow I picked up in Warrenton. The side wall houses a small wine rack with the seltzer bottles that I picked up in Round Top and you remember the trash to treasure bulletin board that I worked on last spring {here}. We can lounge here and watch tv, have an adult conversation, play games with friends or just relax and read while looking out over the back yard. I left this picture in the smaller format so you can see the full view, with the tv and treadmill squished in the far corner. This is where I can sneak and watch something other than the Disney Channel all by myself. It's a combination of some of my DIY stuff, family pieces handed down, and some antiques and reproductions recently purchased. The eclectic, neutral mish mash that has become my whole house.

xo~

T