To us, a sunroom would be such a luxury. One room devoted to lounging around, reading books, sipping coffee, putting together a puzzle...
Playing up the sunroom, Sandra uses warm yellow paint for the walls and soothing blue for the ceiling. Mixing in red floral curtains and a gingham pillow give the space added texture and life.
A vintage typewriter and potted plants reads cozy and inviting.
Plain wooden drawers receive new life with decorative map paper (and stamps from around the world).
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Comments (18)
I love it! How beautiful!
Fantastic, I love it
this is lovely
Very pretty, very sweet.
But every room in So California with windows is a sunroom! (writing as I do from the gray north)
Superb! I am NOT a cottagey-country person. Most "eclectic" comes off as thrift store or college apartment to me. But, I love, love, love your style and taste. The colors, the scale, the mood, the details, it all works beautifully together. I can almost smell the tranquility. Congratulations! Excellent job!
p.s. You've proven one of my design principles. It's not the style, it's the designer. All styles work if done beautifully.
How lovely!
What a gorgeous place! Very nicely thought out...
I COVET those walls..any idea what shade of yellow that is?
This is so charming. I work from home and would love to have such a cozy sunny space of my own.
And the map-covered drawers are brilliant. I'm going to do the same to my own filing cabinets right now! Thanks for the idea.
What a lovely little room. Sunrooms are the best!
thank you for the kind comments! i work from home, too, and this spot is a quiet refuge for us. we call it our summer house :)
(the paint color is chamois by ralph lauren)
Where did you get the curtains? Nice vintage look without being too granny.
thanks, beth. they are cotton floral toile shower curtains i found at an outlet store. small budgets can sometimes be the mother of reinvention :)
Where did you get the maps for the filing cabinets? Are they wallpaper? I love them.
thank you, monique. the maps are something i've been collecting for years. they come from atlases, travel guides, geography books and magazines found in thrift stores and garage sales. i glue them on using a water-soluble glue (mod podge works) and seal them with a non-toxic acrylic matte varnish. it's really easy!
Oh dear! Once using again that faddy, trite, over laundered, over boiled, alternative-fashionista word "VINTAGE"?
I love the maps on the storage drawers!
Living in Florida....all my rooms are sun rooms. lol! Unfortunately, you have to keep the shades/curtains pulled or your utility bill will seriously get out of hand.
Gorgeous, homey, and personal. I adore this!
This is filled with good ideas and good pictures. My back patio is a bit of an incredible sun room. I got a outdoor patio cover installed and I love it! You used warm bright colors as I did. I just went with a more modern feel. I like to read books, play with my son and soak in the sun!