I don't make a lot of purchases at HomeSense,,,,,,,but I do visit regularly to check out the bedding and bathroom and kitchen accessories dept. - every once in a while I make a great find. Typically I don't bother to look thru all the other areas of the store and get tempted to fill up a cart with chatchkas that I'll inevitably regret buying. I prefer to find small accessories at antique shops or vintage stores,,,,,,or collect them from travels. Nevertheless, when I'm short for time and money its a must visit. I do recommend if you ever see anything that strikes your interest, buy it right then on the spot (you can always return it later)...........if you think you can go away and ponder it for a while and then come back, you'll be out of luck. I know from experience the stuff in this store flies out the door as fast as it comes in. Decorators, Stagers, Editors and Stylists frequent this store daily, I've even gone back same-day for something..... and its gone.
Tonight, after a not so successful day of shopping I decided to stop in at HomeSense while it was still open. I spotted this french style chair and knew instantly it could work in the Girl's room of the 70's sidesplit I'm furnishing, priced at only $149 it was really a steal. Last month I was lucky enough to find a lovely painted french style vanity in a consignment shop that works beautifully in her room, the painted glaze finish on it looks like it was custom made for us, but the vanity didn't come with a chair or stool.
Since then, I havn't come across much that could work with this vanity and that was affordable. So when I saw this beautiful cane back chair tonight,,,,,,,I thought it could be a perfect match. It has a white paint finish but I think I can easily do a simple dry brushing or glaze over top of the white in the same peachy colour glaze on the vanity (which happens to be the same as the wall colour). I know Mom won't be too thrilled with the white canvas upholstery, but for this price.....its worth living with for a while!
So I'll see how it works with the vanity tomorrow,,if it doesn't work in the girl's room, I can think of a couple other areas in the house where it could work!
All Photos: Carol Reed