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It has been a long time since I’ve shared much from our home with you. We try to purchase furniture every month or two to slowly furnish our space as we have budget for it and it’s coming together. We still have a long way to go in our formal space and I have a few long-term wish list items for other spaces, but it’s feeling cozier and cozier each month.
We purchased the buffet above when it went on sale at West Elm and I’m so thankful we did. It sold out quickly, which is exactly what happened to the table I wanted in our family room eat-in space. I was not a happy camper when the table sold out and still haven’t found anything close to that beautiful white table. The buffet adds some much-needed storage for cake stands, blog props, napkins (I tend to collect cute ones), platters and more. It is also the perfect spot to photograph things for the blog. Here is a similar option if you’re in the market for a buffet or sideboard.
I plan to add a gallery wall above it soon, but for now this canvas painting works.
We also picked up these Eames eiffel chair knock-offs for our family room table recently. In a perfect world, I would buy the real thing, but in our little world (which is lovely for us), the knock-offs work. I was so thankful to have a neighbor to consult with on these before purchasing. I was nervous about the color of the legs.
We have a walnut entertainment center and I wanted them to be walnut, but they actually look the same from a distance and we plan to change out this table in the next year or so, so for now, these work. And if we ever get the real thing, the real walnut legs will be a nice upgrade. That will be ten years or more down the road, I’m guessing, since they are $400 plus a pop.
I’ll be sharing some of our holiday decor soon as well. Do you prefer to furnish all at once or do you buy one thing at a time as your budget allows?
great price on the chairs! love them!
Glad you like them! For the price, it’s pretty unbelievable, right? So far, they seem sturdy too.
I think those chairs look great, and I would say we are slowly furnishing our place. Piece by piece. I bought a favorite love seat and new beds right as we moved in, but everything else has been bought gradually.
p.s. I love buffets!
Slowly is good for the budget and I think it can be good for rooms too. That way you get things you truly love, not just what you find the day you are shopping.
I definitely fall into the one piece at a time category. Not only is it easier on the budget ;) but I like the challenge of finding things that I really love, are unique, and that I will be able to use for many years to come. We’ve been in our house for 3 years and I’m still not done!
Good to hear you’re not done either Kammie! I totally agree! Shopping slowly means you get really great pieces as you find them vs. picking up a bunch of stuff at a big furniture store in one day. It will give our homes a much more comfortable lived-in feel, I think!
The buffet table you purchased looks beautiful! We pretty much furnished all at once when we purchased our home, but looking back it would have been nice to do so slowly with pieces we loved. Our tastes have evolved in the past 5 years and we’re starting to think about replacing some of what we have.
I admire the patience you have to do the research and wait for items to go on sale. I am an impulse buyer wich is not good. I love you buffet table and I enjoy seeing the pictures of your home. Just beautiful!
I meant to say I love *your* …
Jes,
You did a great job picking out the buffet…..absolutely love it! I know exactly who I’m coming to when I need to decorate my house :)
Also…..LOVE the chairs—-I think the legs make the chairs more unique as compared to having the entire chair just plain white.
We are definitely buying one thing at a time as money allows. I kind of like it because it gives me time to decide if I like the direction everything is headed, or if I want to tweak here and there to make it look the way I want.
I love the buffet and the chairs! We have real Eames with the wire bases. I would rather have the walnut base, but we bought ours on Craigslist for $35 a chair so I wasn’t going to be picky! I had planned on buying knock offs before I found them on Craigslist. There was no way I could justify the price even if they are amazing and classic.
Love the new additions!! I may follow and purchase knock-off next time. Can’t tell the difference!! We furnish slowly because it takes us a long time to decide!! And I like to think through the overall concept and aesthetic if the room. Also, I try to pin inspiration to Pinterest and if I still like it in 6 months, then I know it is not influenced by trend. I’ve learned the hard way on a few items.