The Redecorating Begins

The boards with the new wallpaper for the Library are finished but not glued in yet.  This room isn't getting much of a sprucing up other than the new wallpaper and furniture.  There really isn't too much I can do about the bookshelves and fireplace as they are built in.  The mahogany floor is fine as is.

This is what the room used to look like.  I reupholstered that Bespaq chair with a pair of boxer shorts I bought my husband in London and reposessed.  Not sure what I am going to do with that but I sort of want to keep it for sentimental reasons if the colors work, which I don't think they do.  The cabinet on the left is a bar that I outfitted with wine shelves and booze in case someone needed a wee dram while reading.  The inside is more fun than the outside but it looks dumb open all the time.  It also takes up alot of space on the wall and blocks the view of the corner of the room.  So I'm not sure what the fate of that piece will be, either. Maybe I should put a sofa there instead?  I'd also like to get that Mel Kopin globe out of the right corner and out where it can be seen, too.  And get rid of that awful plant.



Here is the same room with the new wallpaper.  It's a striped moire which I have had forever and really like.  The green really perks the room up.  It was too dark before.  No idea what I am going to do for a window treatment.  Suggestions welcome!


The Clare Bell chandelier will have white shades.  I guess that means I need to replace the shades on the sconces, too.  Or paint them.

I need to tone down the spines on some of the books.  They really poke you in the eye.  I'm not sure what will go above the fireplace--I will have to chat with Leslie Smith about an appropriate scene. Last year a friend gave me four beautifully done hunting enamels from England that will go on the opposite wall.