grey velvet swivel chairs

Can we please take a moment of silence and send me some good tech vibes? Believe me, I didn’t want to be silent last week because I really wanted to share my new finds with you but I couldn’t upload any images to my blog. It was a hosting issue. I’ve been wanting to switch hosts for a long time and finally made the move last week. It is a lot more money per month but I’m hoping that it will leave me the freedom to not worry about these things anymore. I can’t even begin to tell you how much I hate tech issues. I know I’ve mentioned it numerous times before.

I’m still working on an SEO workshop for my blog and there are lots of time-consuming things to fix yet behind the scenes. I’m taking those issues day by day.

I just want to talk about furniture, decor, and DIYs so I’m hoping that I can finally start 2018 on a new blog foundation.

Another little techy update is the little window that pops up when you are on my blog asking you if you want to opt-in to push notifications. Let me explain what they are for those of you who don’t know what that means. If you opt-in then you will get a notification on your computer screen every time I post something new. It’s for those of you who get too many emails and maybe miss things or maybe you hate emails altogether. I thought it was worth giving a try. I certainly don’t want to annoy you with this but I really like receiving them as reminders and thought that some of you might too. You can easily opt out again in your browser preferences.
They are a learning curve for me too yet because I don’t really know how to send them out on my end but I’m hoping that I will figure it out.

Lets get to the purpose of this post…

my latest HomeGoods finds

Here goes my latest HomeGoods story. If you are following me on Instagram then you were able to follow along with the entire story already. I am assuming that most of you haven’t heard all about it yet though.

I’ve been wanting to replace my grey Ikea wingback chair for a while now in my living room but wanted to wait until our old white kitty Lucy passed away since she uses it as her throne and resting place. She’s really pretty much ruined it. She loves to scratch it and has puked on it on occasion as well. It will certainly go out to the trash.

Another reason I disliked it is because it divides the two seating areas. I’d love to have a solution that connects the fireplace area and TV area.

{click HERE for jeans pouf tassel DIY}

It looks perfect in this photo, I know. Believe me it’s not the case anymore and I showed it on my Instagram stories.

That high back of the chair is blocking the view if you sit on the couch and want to talk to someone sitting by the fireplace. and I don’t like it.

What I love is the swivel chairs I added to our space last spring. It’s so nice to easily rotate to the direction you want to focus on. You can rotate them towards the fireplace or tilt them towards the sofas and the TV in a second.

So when I spotted a different pair of swivel chairs at HomeGoods, I was head over heels in love with them.

They were on hold for someone else and I mentioned to the lady at the register that if she didn’t come to pick up the chairs that I wanted them. And guess what? I got the call a day later and sped to pick them up.

They were so different and soft and comfy and we all loved them.

grey velvet swivel chairs

throw HERE | similar black and white fringe pillows HERE| fur HERE | similar jeans pillows HERE and HERE | similar table HERE | candle HERE | disco ball HERE | rug HERE | star burst HERE | similar mirror HERE | similar pouf HERE | similar coffee tables HERE | similar sofas HERE | similar lamps HERE and HERE  | similar black lamp shades HERE |  brass pot from Goodwill

Well I liked the view like this but they just felt so wrong in the space.

My biggest issue with them was the difference in arm height. I didn’t even think about that fact when I bought them. I just couldn’t get passed it.

My daughter was so in love with them that she actually shed a few tears when I said that I didn’t like them in our living room after all.

And this view was off to me too. There are just too many chairs and too much swiveling going on. It really looked wrong to me.

Let me slightly stray from the story. Our Maya is gaining too much weight because she eats everything she can find.

Look at those neck rolls, arm rolls and belly. I’m doing portion control now for her and making sure she doesn’t eat all of poor Lucy’s food who is a skeleton.

Anyways lets get back to my living room.

The chairs went back with a heavy heart and I hope someone will love them as much as I do and that they will complete their space.

They were such a great price too at $199 each. I found the same chairs online and and they are way more expensive. Click HERE to see.

Let me show you what else I found.

large blue Chinese calligraphy brush

“Shu Fa” brush

I’ve been wanting to get a collection of these beautiful brushes and jumped on this beautiful big brush for only $39 at HomeGoods. It had several red stickers on it and was originally $80 but I found the same one at Chairish for $120. Click HERE to see.

Maya is very unsure about this hairy thing and has bitten it numerous times.

I’d love to find some more too. They have some really great vintage Chinese brushes on Etsy. Just check out this shop HERE or this amazing shop HERE.

Large wooden dice storage container

Another thing I found was this large wooden dice that I put in place of the blue and white boxes I had under the table. I’m not sure yet if I will keep it under the table or in a different spot.

I have been craving more wood in our rooms and this little addition is perfect to fill that void.

You can also see the beautiful blue stone bead detail in the brush’s handle. Isn’t it pretty?

See more of my favorite swivel chairs.

I’ve been silent for so long. I’d love to hear from you what you’ve been up too.

Talk to you soon.

Tschüß,