Midcentury mismatch

We are in a heady money-spending place: we have bought many pieces of furniture in the last week. First was our bedroom, which needed a dresser. We found it at the same place we bought our bed when we lived here many years ago, a neighborhood store with great products and service, and while they don't match they kind of speak to each other, both very dark espresso brown/black with clean lines. While there Dale spotted a fantastic bamboo night table, half off because it had been marooned without the rest of its set. We loved it and snatched it up even though it is... bamboo colored. We are not much for matched furniture. There is an overall Asian thing going on in there now, in natural colors with strong black accents. It works.


We also got a futon from the same place for the big room upstairs, which is going to be in a family room formation of some kind. The smaller room will be the guest room. This is on the theory that guests need privacy more than they need space.

Today at last we found the piece that will let me finalize the systems in the kitchen: a sideboard/hutch combination at Scan Design. We have been searching for ages and it is a big relief to have found something good. (Can't find a photo, sorry.) While there we also fell hard for dining room chairs... currently we have two fading hand-me-downs and six folding chairs. The new ones have a wood seat unlike the one below, but are surprisingly comfy, and easy to clean. And last but not least, a loveseat, which our new larger living room has been asking for. Color! Whee!



Grandma would have loved Scan Design. She had good taste.