Back! I should be putting up my Christmas tree but I really want to get at least this HGTV "Copy Our Cover" feature done before I start putzing around here and fall down the Rabbit Hole again!
The look:
Let's take a look at options I considered for the beautiful sideboard. It's described as the "Carmen 54"W x 20"D x 33"H painted grass cloth, mahogany, and metal credenza in Teal Ocean by Benjamin Moore, $2,500, shopsocietysocial.com.
Well,
here it is - priced at "from $2,370" if you choose the turquoise color "Sherwin Williams Color Code SW6760-RIVULET." This is a $200 price drop from the advertised price of $2,570. If you stick with the "Natural" grasscloth color the price drops to "from $1,835." They will color match with any Sherwin Williams or Benjamin Moore color. Image below:
Not hoping to find a color match - but spray paint is cheap, just keep that in mind - I concentrated on trying to find clean, sleek lines and a metallic base or suitable base that could be painted to look like brass. The hardware is brass as well as the legs on the Society Social piece.
I found this slightly smaller option at All Modern, one of my go-to places for sleek, clean lined furniture. She's a beauty and yes, that's rose gold finish on the metal, not brass, but ain't she pretty! A couple of cans of teal or turquoise spray paint, and if you're ambitious, buy a roll of light grasscloth wallpaper and add a coat of paint to add the texture on the original. Voila! For this price, if you have the room, you could add two and have a super-duper long credenza/sideboard:
Hitchin Server, 47.3"W x 15.8"D x 34"H, in black, it's on sale right now for $293 (reg. price $330), plus an extra 25% off with code BIGDEAL for a limited time! Image below:
Another smaller but pricier option - but with a dreamy turquoise colored finish - is the
Delgadillo Credenza at Joss and Main, 38"W x 16"D x 28"H for $799.99 ($800), "43% off retail price of $1,400). It has a practical shelf behind the doors offering 4 storage spaces, but no separate drawers. The piece comes in several different wood and metal finish options - but the turquoise blue finish on the cabinet front remains. I chose the walnut (top and sides) and brass hardware finishes. Image below:
And, for a larger version of this same credenza, I found one at Goedeker's,
Canvas Walnut and Brass Pacific Waters Arc Sideboard by Nye Koncept, for $770 on a sale that ends, unfortunately, today. But maybe they'll bring it back with a Black Friday price on it; regular retail price is $1,569, which is still less than the HGTV piece. Dimensions are 57"W x 16"D x 28"H. This style "sideboard" comes in many different finishes, pictured below is in walnut (top and sides) and brass (metal hardware and legs):
A pricier option, but about half the price of the HGTV selection, is the
Mcdonough Sideboard by Brayden Studio at Wayfair, $1,200.00 (35% off retail price of $1,860.00), 57"W x 16"D x 28"H - so, 3" wider (longer) than the HGTV piece, 4" less depth and 5" less height than the HGTV pick, and the price is less than half the price for the HGTV pick. This piece also comes in several different finishes for the top/sides and hardware. I chose Walnut and brass finish. Note: This piece is made of solid wood - Maple, with metal trim. NO engineered wood in this piece. That isn't brass inlay on the doors, however. The gold/brass color is part of the applied overlay painted finish. Image below:
Here's a low price option - under $300. You'd need to paint it and change out the hardware - but I can see the vision. The bottom "base" could be painted brass gold, or could be overlaid with a brass foil if you're a more skilled D-I-Y-er. The remainder of the piece could be painted your favorite shade of turquoise or teal, and if you're ambitious, add grasscloth wallpaper to the piece before painting it. The final touch would be new brass handles. Plenty of storage provided behind those 4 doors if you are a dedicated D-I-Y-er. This is from Home Depot's
Home Decorators Oxford Collection, White 58" Buffet, 58"W x 14.5"D x 30"H, $280.31, regular retail price $373.75. (There is also a smaller 3-door version that is 45"W). Image below:
As you see, lots of different options (five!) in all price ranges, depending on how much work you'd want to do (and your D-I-Y skill level) to achieve a final look.
More tomorrow. I will include the candlesticks, candles, cake stand, vase, and napkins which can be used and displayed all year round. I'm going to leave off the ceramic turkey, flowers and the various pumpkins - which are holiday specific, except for this turkey I found and thought was so cute!
This is from one of the low-cost online "let's see what they've got" shops that I go to to find really inexpensive things that can often look great. Here's the
Gilded Harvest White Ceramic Turkey from the Oriental Trading Company, dimensions (not too far off from the HGTV pick of 6"W x 6.25"D x 6.5"H) are 8" x 6" x 9" - but the website doesn't say which is which (of course not!), for $23 ($22.79). It's already got "gilding" on it so you wouldn't even necessarily need to paint it solid gold unless you want. Depending on shipping costs, that's a savings of $10 from the HGTV pick. Image below:
Nice and plump and juicy! Gobble gobble!
