A Few Updates – Pendant Light Progress, Desk Accent Decision, and New Desk Chair Fabric Swatches

Thus far, I’ve the primary (and largest) ring completed and prepared for the subsequent ring to be assembled.

And I’ve seven extra rings completed and able to be assembled.

I’ve two colours which can be utterly painted and gilded. I nonetheless have to drill holes and fasten them to rings.

After which I’ve 4 colours which can be painted on the fronts, however nonetheless want gilding on the backs and fronts. Then I have to drill holes and fasten them to rings.

After which I’ve one coloration that’s painted on fronts, gilded on backs, however nonetheless must be gilded on the fronts earlier than I can drill holes and fasten them to rings.

So there’s nonetheless fairly a bit of labor to be finished, however I handed the midway level some time again. I hope to have a completed pendant gentle within the subsequent few days.

Now transferring on to the desk. As a number of individuals steered, I took a glance to see what I may discover regionally for my desk makeover. I did discover the Goal panels and the Kirkland’s panel regionally, however they simply didn’t do something for me. Then at Passion Foyer, I discovered this panel that I actually appreciated, however the center half (i.e., the precise ornamental half) was fabricated from very skinny wooden. I don’t even assume it was 1/4-inch thick, which implies that it may break very simply.

However look what I discovered…and acquired!

As quickly as I noticed these, I assumed they is perhaps good. They give the impression of being similar to the darker inexperienced leaves within the wallpaper mural.

I really like that! It’s like these have been made for my desk! Effectively, type of. I completely love the design, and I believe they’ll be good as soon as they’re included into the design and every part is painted the identical coloration.

However, as you’ll be able to see right here, the cutout design is about an inch too brief.

I’m not fairly positive what I’m going to do about that, however I’ll work out one thing. As a result of these are too good to move up!

And at last, let’s discuss in regards to the desk chair cloth. My final spherical of samples didn’t actually work out. I noticed virtually instantly that inexperienced wasn’t the proper coloration for my desk chair. So whereas I used to be at lunch with my mother final week, we talked about another prospects. She steered that I search for a strong cloth within the darkest coloration on my favourite striped cloth.

I cherished that concept! As a substitute of in search of a contrasting coloration, I cherished the thought of doing the chair in a coloration extra just like the cupboards, however in a darker shade. So I ordered each darkish pinkish pink velvet pattern that I may discover from KOVI. Clearly, certainly one of them was a direct “no”.

In order that left me with these 4 as prospects. They’re all very comparable, however they do have very delicate variations.

I appreciated all of them, however the one of many far left appeared a bit too true pink to me. It appeared too harsh in opposition to the cupboards.

So then I used to be down to 3, and I attempted to find out which one appeared finest not solely with the cupboards, but in addition with the darkest pink coloration on the pendant gentle. My eye retains going to the center swatch.

I’ll present you an in depth up of every one. The far proper swatch has some variation in coloration which just about makes the velvet look shimmery, but it surely’s not.

That is the one which my eye retains getting drawn to. It has a little bit of a texture to it that jogs my memory of a tiny, micro corduroy.

After which there’s the left swatch, which has extra pink in it than the center one.

So it’s down to those three. Whichever one I select, I’m going to cowl the entire chair on this cloth, after which add white piping and a white three-letter monogram to the center of the entrance chair again (i.e., the place my head rests). I’m fairly enthusiastic about this concept! However I simply have to decide in regards to the cloth. As of this second, the center one is the winner for me.