The Restorative: January 2011

Cortez is officially at home and resting comfortably in our gravel driveway, transforming our lot into something more like a junkyard. What with Adam's skeletal Honda, complete with smashed in rear windshield and rotting ropes holding up not only the front but also the rear bumper and my jalopy that lately has been requiring at least 10 attempts to start...the new Winnie barely leaves enough room for the garage! With bated breath we wait for the call from the property manager demanding we clean up our white trash-esque act. Until then I've been dreaming up design ideas for our living room. Yes, even with barely 150sq ft of living space I've managed to partition out specific areas in order to designate the living room, the studio, the kitchen, the dining area and the bedroom!

I really like the fabric of this couch!

Because we're attempting to rennovate Cortez as economically and low-impact as possible, we're trying to use as much of the original interior as we can. Cortez came with 5 snazzy leopard print cushions covering a bench seat across from the kitchen and a couch in the back. Magically we discovered that when arranged together all of the cushions can create one moderately comfy couch with the potential to form a full size bed. I think this fabric will be a perfect option. Enough color that it's not bland, light enough that we don't feel like our sardine can is actually a sardine can and dark enough that the inevitable fur coat our dog's will leave behind will stay hidden.

Add some throw pillows, and this amazing chair I'm diggin' from anthropologie! It'll work nicely in the corner.