I am sure that I am not showing you anything new here, but just in case there is that one person reading this post who has just awakened from a 5 year coma, here goes.
I have a console which I purchased years ago, and definitely a "what was I thinking" period in my design style! Lord, I hope I am done with those times [highly doubtful]. So anyway, my point is, yes I could have painted it, but it was just too "leggy" for the look I wanted to accomplish now.
With that in mind, here is an inexpensive alternative.
Yep...here is the before. I know it would look good painted and maybe someday, when I change the decor in my LR [for the gazillionth time] I might do it!
Here is the cover I made. It is actually out of a linen burlap, which was about 15.00@yd. Now the thing is, cording would not have looked good on this [my opinion], so I did this....
I think it gives it a more casual look and you don't have to worry about the cording fitting perfectly. Here is another view
Of course I change it up quite often. Here is a picture with a piece of french linen over it.
And, if you noticed the pillows in the before picture, I change those quite often also :)
I can never make up my freaking mind! I never realized what a "wishy washy" [real technical word] person I was until I went into the design arena.
Here is a picture of what we did for a client with the same problem
Putting a piece of antiqued mirror on top of it and adding the buttons.
And here is one I found in my files. I apologize, but I am not sure where I grabbed this, so I don't know the source.
I do love the trim element in this picture.
AND....remember the shutters I bought at Scott's last weekend?????? Well here is a picture of them in my house. I can not decide where to put them [are you surprised with that statement????] So they are resting here on either side of the opening into the den.
As you can see in the next picture I have these transoms, and I would love to take them out and put the shutters in their place. BUT....then I am committed to this color......waaayyyyy to scary for me!
Would you do that?????? Opinions?