French Country Tweaks-- One Thing Leads to Another

It all started with an elegant old coffee table that was a bit more French than Country.

(More on that in an upcoming post. Please stay tuned.)

But for now, let me tell you how one thing leads to another.

Doesn't it always?

You see, I had this wonderful chippy green cabinet in back of my couch 

but it didn't have that chic French flavor that I thought would complement the 

1940s leather-topped coffee table that I'd just scored at an estate sale. 

So I decided to try it in the sunroom where the mood was more 

French Country Farmhouse than Chic Paris Apartment. 

After moving it here to there and back again in the sunroom,

I found the perfect spot for it against the original outside wall of the house. 

The rough texture of this wall was the ideal backdrop for the chippy cabinet.
So far, so good.

Of course, that meant I had to move the crusty farm table from the rustic wall . . .

. . . to the window wall in the corner. 

It reminded me of a romantic banquette in a quaint mountain cafe
I'd visited once so I loved it there.

But it wouldn't fit there unless I also moved the wicker chair from that corner . . . 

. . . to a space next to the green cabinet on the rustic wall. Still with me?

I wondered if I should also remove the frenchy ottoman to make the room feel less crowded. 

But I do love to put my feet up so comfort won out over aesthetics on this one
as I believe it almost always should.

The chairs at the table wouldn't fit unless I scooted them completely under the table.
And, since we don't sit at this table all of the time, we decided we could live with that.

Besides, it's easy to slide the bin over a few inches when we want to sit at the table.

Accessories are usually easy to incorporate since they don't take up a lot of room.

My metal stool with the scuffed white paint looked like it absolutely belonged in this room 

so I was determined to find a spot for it.

I placed it in the corner by the cabinet and fiddled with this and that on top but it just didn't work.

Then, I remembered my three chicken bowls that I'd had to move  

when I put a crock on the kitchen counter to hold my utensils. 

The chicken bowls were temporarily roosting in the pantry waiting for a new home.

I stacked them on top of the stool and it looked cute. 

But then I had the idea of putting an ironstone plate on each rung of the stool 

and placing a chicken bowl on each one. 

Now it looks like some kind of custom-made stand to display dishes. Love!!!

Then I moved some lighted branches to the top of the green cabinet 

where they show up much better than they did on the floor where they'd previously lived.

And don't they look magical at night?

Finally, I added a bird's nest inside a cloche to this rustic vignette.

I read that it's good luck to have a bird's nest in your house. Hmm, couldn't hurt. 

This cabinet holds tons of stuff -- candles, vases, tea towels, place mats and vintage tablecloths --
and is a real workhorse. 

Long story short. 

The French Farmhouse cabinet has found a new home in the sunroom 

and the old/new coffee table looks tres chic in the living room. 

At least, for now.

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