More on the parlor

To finish the parlor we added some columns and carpeting. (I love columns!)

We found two old wood columns in a lean-to shed on our property. (I love it when we can repurpose old items).

To give the columns a more elegant look we ordered two Roman Corinthian style capitals.

Then came the work of sanding, priming and painting the columns a glossy white color. (The capitals were also primed and painted a glossy white).

As you can see the columns did not reach floor to ceiling so I needed to build a pedestal for each column. I first started with the floor and top base for each pedestal.

The rest of the pedestal was assembled and the bases were attached.

The pedestal was caulked and imperfections in the wood were puttied. Paintable wallpaper was applied to the hardboard sides and the entire pedestal was painted a glossy white.

With the pedestals built, the next step was to assemble the columns. (I'm grateful for scaffolding).

But we were not quite finished with the columns before the carpet layers came.

After the carpet was installed we finished the parlor.

Chris is the decorator but I had to add my own flair to the parlor. Chris loves elephants so I could not resist purchasing an elephant table for her. I found this table from Design Toscano.