Vintage mid-century lamp, media cabinet & new planter

We had several new pieces of furniture to see (in person) for the first time! All were found on Craigslist and picked up by our friend Dylan in Portland. I featured the lamp in an earlier post, but here is it again since it's so amazing! It turned out to be in even better condition than the pair we saw in the shop, which each had scorch marks on the shades from someone using the wrong bulb size. Here I am next to it for scale. 

Beautiful vintage lamp and mid-century cabinet pair well

This cabinet is also new and exactly what we were looking for to create a media center area for the flat panel television, which will be mounted on the fireplace. It was hard to find something narrow enough to fit to the left of the fireplace without blocking the cat door, but this was the perfect size and a steal for only $35. It is currently painted, which doesn't look bad, but I might definitely want to sand and stain it sometime very soon.

The open space will be for the Blue-Ray/DVD player and stereo receiver and the storage space behind the sliding doors will hold all of our dvds, which are in easily store-able soft albums rather than individual cases. We'll cut a hole in the back of the cabinet for the electronics to plug into the wall and run necessary cords along the left side of the fireplace up to the television.

What a very large flat panel television over the fireplace might look like

The final new item on this trip might not technically be furniture, but this fantastic planter is BIG: 17 inches tall and 17 inches in diameter. Exactly the size we'll need to grow a lime tree right here in front of the south-facing window of the living room, which is the plan.

Plants will get plenty of sun with these floor to ceiling windows

 

Lemon and lime trees are evergreen so that will add some year-round green to the space. Having a lime tree like the one above in the house will also add a natural citrus smell to the room and give us the ability to grab a fresh lime for rum and coke or to squeeze over tacos anytime it is bearing fruit.