Here we are today picking up where we left off. In case you missed it, you can read all about my
DIY shelves you see in the photo above in this post, and you can
learn how to create a baby's breath flower arrangement in this post.
So now...on to the malachite chairs. I love blue and green, and there is so much blue in the rest of the house, that
when we added the room off of the kitchen, I knew I wanted to incorporate a lot of green in there to play off of the greenery that comes through the windows surrounding the room.
I found these vintage cane chairs at an estate sale last March. I LOVED the large scale caning, and it was in perfect, I mean, per-fect condition. The chairs are heavy, and I really liked the bamboo accent on the arms and legs. These are classic chairs which will always look stylish and can work in a variety of room styles. Best of all, the chairs still had the little "Made in Italy" brass tag on the bottom. I love little details like this!
I was on the fence about selling them, but they were listed and sold in a matter of hours. I will tell you, I was a bit sad. Although I can't remember what happened, the buyer decided to buy another pair of chairs, so these were on the market again.
My dear friend, Kristen, told me I would regret selling them, and she was so right! (thanks girl)
So I kept them.
Clearly, the burnt orange velvet material was not going to work, so I needed to decide what to reupholster them in.
I have long been a fan of malachite. I can clearly remember going to a friend's house in the 80's for a family Christmas party and thinking their malachite dinnerware was soooooo pretty. Anyone have these back then?
When I mentioned it to the plumber, he kind of shrugged his shoulders and made some comment about "how it was a little loose". My reply: "Yes, but what can we do?" His response: Shrug.
Little did he know he was talking to someone that would forever be bothered by the crooked letters. "I'll be right back", I said.
A few minutes later, I showed up with two supplies to remedy this problem. There has to be a creative solution to this complication, right?
If you 
We decided to incorporate wood in the bathroom because the room you step down into from the main bathroom had the original 1920 floors. I thought it might look strange to do all marble or tile and then step onto the wood. Thus the idea for the wood squares surrounded by marble was born. You can see the original (dusty!) wood floor in the below image.
I love French chevron wood floors, and I love the raw, natural wood look, so I had my fingers crossed that when our original wood floor was sanded, it would be a beautiful organic looking color. Once I saw the difference in what was sanded and what had the oil stain on it, I seriously wanted to sand my entire house.
