Good morning! I realized I have fallen off the bandwagon about keeping up with posts on our new home. But I am back and will try to keep this up with some regularity. Afterall,  in Sept we hope to begin our renovation and think it will be fun to see the “before” pictures. There are many rooms we are doing very little to. The room I am featuring today, which is a beautiful, smallish library/office is one such room that we will be making  minor changes to. Ditto living room and dining room (those will be coming up soon).

What I plan to do in this room is to lacquer it in a gray/blue color. I have had this on my mind from the minute I saw this room and can so visualize it. It gets nice natural light, love the bookcases on all the walls, the charming jib door with a hidden jewel of a powder room. I will change wallpaper in the powder room and sink but keep the hardware, as its so pretty and old world. I will also keep the ceiling as is. As you will see, the moldings are just gorgeous and we would not dare touch those either.

I will have some kind of sisal/custom carpet made and keep the beautiful herringbone wood floor exposed. Don’t look too closely at the bookcases, as I literally just threw things on the shelves as we unpacked, just so things would have a place. Very little rhyme or reason to how it all looks. And it is unlikely that will change, since we hope to begin our renovation in Sept.

This furniture is temporary but I will likely do a similar layout except will also add a desk. Other than that, the room will stay as is. I love the vestibule off the foyer with the bell jar lighting  and window and then the other entrance leads to the dining room. So this could be a nice spot to set up a little bar as well if we were having a party or holiday gathering.

Enough talking, let me show you around…..

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Looking in from vestibule off foyer

From the foyer you enter a small vestibule above where I put one of our swag and garland bell jars, there is also built in closet/storage on left wall, window on the right

Looking in from vestibule off foyer

Above in right corner (where the empty shelves are) is the jib door leading to the small powder room

Floors are beautiful

Concealed closet/storage in the vestibule off foyer leading into this room

Beautiful woodwork!

Inside its like stepping back in time how beautiful is this French hardware featuring the shrubs and beautiful door hardware

Matching handprinted toilet:)

 

The door above leads to dining room

From dining room there is another jib door with the prettiest wood paneling, closed you would never know there’s a room beyond it, but open it makes for a good entertaining flow

Looking in from dining room with door open

Door open to powder room

Beautiful moldings!

Love the ceiling!

With the jib door closed, eventually I will secure stacks of books on those shelves

Pretty floors too, just need a little polish and they are good to go

I love how the bookshelves light up, it looks really pretty at dusk and in the evening, makes it feel so cozy

And here is a mood board I have started working on about my ideas-

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And there you have another room in my house. Next time, I will feature the living room. Hope you enjoyed, if you want to look back on the other three posts I have done, click here.

I have received lots of questions here and there, so if you. have a question, ask it in the comments section and I will also answer it in the comments section, so be sure to check back for a reply. I think this is the easiest way to answer.

Thanks as always for stopping in, wishing everyone a great day. Until next time…….

 

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