My niece Becky was thrilled with all of your feedback on the blog post of her sitting area – many thanks to everyone! Quite a few of you suggested a lacquered desk, so she has ordered the following from West Elm:
Becky will be pairing it with my Wishbone chair. Together they will look like this:
Above image via here
To recap, my niece, after saving for many years, recently purchased her first place – a condo with two bedrooms. (We are super proud of her!) The second bedroom is teeny tiny, so I suggested it be her home office with a sitting area. In furnishing this space, we went to HomeGoods (Becky’s favorite shop) and scored the following:
-Clubchair
-Pillow
-Silver leafed chest
-Geometric art print
Becky and I went back to HomeGoods on a mission to decorate the corner at the end of her entry hall – a rather narrow space with a window and, thank goodness, plenty of natural light. So glad she got a corner unit with lots of windows!
On the drive over to HG, Becky kept repeating “gallery wall, gallery wall.” When we arrived, I asked her to pick out some fun and inexpensive art – start with two pieces you love. She chose the Chanel and Home Sweet Home prints. Cute! Then she selected an Impressionistic painting, and I said “no, the grouping is looking too random….toss out the faux Monet piece.” Let’s keep the following in mind:
-Keep it fun and not pretend this is fine art.
-Keep it interesting by incorporating different shapes and sizes.
-Keep it cohesive with repetition in color, subject matter, etc.
After finishing our shopping, I was treated to sushi and then dragged back to the condo to start hanging the goods. Actually we had so much fun and, most importantly, we came in under budget (hence the sushi).And here’s the new gallery wall…..

Notice the repetition of the black accents. For variety, the sunburst mirror and birdcage were selected. The little chandelier print was a last minute find – our gallery wall needed that smaller piece. Before hanging anything, we mapped it out on the floor. We hung the middle section first, starting with the bottom piece and worked up. Next we hung the left grouping, again starting at the bottom. Then the same for the right side.Of course we also found the perfect chair, pillow, accent table and lamp.

FYI, we have not been compensated by HomeGoods – just sharing our happy finds and source.

Becky is in there somewhere! Say hi to my nieces and nephews 🙂 I remember babysitting so many of them.From all of us,

Happy Chinese New Year!!!