We’re at the point on this project where all the painting is done and some of the cabinetry is being installed. We took a bookcase out when we redid the floors and came up with a new fireplace paneling design that included a new bookcase in the same location as the old one. As part of this design I used intentional asymmetrical heights of shelves and those shelves wrap around the back of the bookcase in a short projection – creating a horizontal ribbing on that back, which happens to be our front entry! The sketch below shows how the end of the bookcase looks as well as my elevation sketch which is a study in lamp sizing. The cabinetry just went in (I haven’t seen it yet), our console which we’re getting in a custom turquoise lacquer is on order and now we’re working on accessories. So far I am thinking a massive 48″ square mirror and some amber glass lamps that are nice and oversized. Can’t wait to see it come together!

Lamps from Mitchell Gold, the Deano amber table lamp, 48″ mirror from Restoration Hardware.