Shabby Chic Bookcase Design

After my vacation, I am now feeling ready to tackle the job of making over an office for myself.  The room originally was a small play room with lime green walls.  I started to make it into a kids/mom office but now I want to give it a shabby chic style, just for me, and so it is going to take a lot of changes.

My husband is going to make me a bookcase - I just have to tell him that yet!  Actually he offered to a while ago and I'm thinking it is a good idea.

First, I went shopping on-line for a bookcase that I liked in a shabby chic design.  I found one that is already sold:

This looks easy to make and I really like the rose appliques and glass knobs.  Since I don't really need the drawers, I'm thinking my husband can easily make this with fake drawers.  Once the bookcase is painted a white linen or cream, I plan on distressing it a bit to give it an older look.

This will be a much better look than what I had in there previously:

The tall bookcase is already gone and in my craft room for storage shelves.  All of the videos and games are now in my son's gaming room.  The room right now is total chaos with books piled everywhere and some new shabby chic accessories lying about giving me inspiration.

It's time to clear everything out and paint.  One small step at a time ---- I keep having to tell myself!

Choosing A Fabric To Recover A Sofa

I'm getting ready to redecorate an upstairs office and the first thing I am picking out is the fabric to recover the sofa cushions.  Since I am planning on painting as well, I have a completely open color palette at this point.  As I was looking at fabrics, I found myself gravitating to patterns with light blue.  So, I pretty much decided to go with blue and narrowed it down to a few fabric choices.  I think I know which one I want but thought it would be fun to get some input.

Here are the fabrics I am looking at:

                         

I should show you the before picture of the sofa and room:

This is a sofa from This End Up furniture that we purchased 26 years ago.  I have recovered it twice already for different decor styles.  The last time I recovered the cushions it was for a teens gaming room.  They wanted bright and fun.  Now that two of the kids have moved out and my son has his new gaming room, I get to redecorate and make this my office. 

I am planning on painting and "further" distressing the wood frame of the sofa.  Based on my fabric choices, I will probably paint the wood a blue tone.  My idea is a much softer room in a shabby chic style.  Once I decide 100% on the fabric, I will pick the wall color.

Which fabric do you like best?  Leave me a comment below with your choice.  Simply state - top left, top right, bottom left, or bottom right.  If you don't like any of them, you can tell me that too.
Thanks!