Part Three of The New Living Room

This is the wall above the TV. The house, hearts and sampler are all counted cross stitch that I did when I owned judi's creative needle.

This is the window seat, one of the features I like about this room. You can see the house next door
(once judi's cr. needle) and their driveway. On the window seat is the last "put-together" piece from Ikea. I wanted this bench on the seat so as to have more room for plants and pictures. At the far left end there is a huge lazy susan that I painted yellow so it would be unobtrusive. Susi, look at how big my hoya has grown!(A better pic is coming soon.) And notice that it is in the blue pot you gave me to put it in, b----! :-) Family joke.

This is the chair I bought at the consignment store. Bill and I walked in the front door, I saw it and said, "Sold"! The pseudo suede footstool came from Wal-Mart. Cheap so it can be replaced when I find something better. You can see a bit of the rug in this shot. We bought 4 rugs ~all the same pattern ~ two
5'x7' and two 3'x6'. The smaller ones are on the landing and in the hall with the three doors. The bigger ones set in the living and dining area. Bill and I were tickled to find them and have them all fit where we wanted them to go.
To the right of the chair is a glass~topped table from...... where
else? Ikea!








This is a painting done on glass. I don't know the exact procedure but it appears she drew black outlines on the glass that "traced" what is in the painting. I bought this at the Dragonfly Tearoom because the colors were just perfect for my new look. To the right is a print and to the left four watercolors of the farmlands around Cummington, MA, where Susi lives. The white box-like reflection in the glass on the lady pic is a window frame on the house next door!! It took me the longest time to try and figure out what that was!

 This is a picture of the window seat and, especially, the blinds. They can be raised from the bottom up
or from the top down. He's rather hard to see but in the upper corner is a ceramic parrot that belonged to
Joan. She is everywhere in this room and I love her being here.

I made the mistake of loading too many pictures and again the computer said, "I'll show you"! and froze up again. I shut her down and showed her who's boss. Waited an hour and booted her back up and, voila! Here we are. There are a few more to come but I'm going to do dishes, go visit Marlene, and will do the last set of pics when I return. As Fran says, when she signs off, "Anon".