The fireplace had been "undone" since we moved in and I was tired of looking at it. We had two square mirrors made out of old wood with chippy blue and green paint, so the idea was to get a few more mirrors and do a collage. I couldn't find the right thing to go with with square mirrors until a couple weeks ago when we visited a flea market here in Montgomery. Among the junk - and I do mean junk - I saw this cute twiggy mirror.
It was the right size and shape to balance out the square mirrors and the price was unbelievable....$12! It's no dinky mirror either, it weighs about 15 pounds. Even though we used a 25 pound picture hanger I had fears of it crashing down on top of the hurricane candle holder (and Millie's dog bed) below it. I ended up switching the glass to the other side to ease my mind and after a few days I was reassured that it was secure!
I forgot to take a pic before we started but to get an idea, the square mirrors were sitting on the mantle propped against the wall, the candle and books were on the right side of the mantle, and the wooden balls were on the left. I took the basket with starfruit off the top of the armoire to fill in the mantle. We weren't sure about hanging the fleur de lis at first but decided to go ahead and hang it to add even more visual height. I like how it turned out and love that's it's finally "done."
I discovered Donald's skill for painting/distressing furniture a couple months ago when we found a $17 desk chair at a local antique mall. We had been using one of the dining room chairs after we moved and were keeping an eye out for the right chair. The chair we bought was black so we had the idea of spray painting it the same turquoise blue as our outdoor side table since we had some of that paint left over.
Donald did a great job of painting it and then using sand paper to let some of the black peek through. I love how it turned out!
Next up were the bar stools. They used to be a beige color and they blended in too much with the wall. We talked about color options (navy blue, green, white) and then one day it dawned on me that we should use the leftover gray from the dining room.
Again, no before picture but here is how they turned out...
Now, back to waiting!
It all looks so good including you! You are all belly you look amazing. Now, I want to see pics of other rooms and paint colors. Email the gray color. I like it.
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