Thursday, February 10, 2011

Fresh Start

Things have settled down here now that the trim is all finished and my parents are back home safe and sound, so I thought I'd go ahead and share some thing I had been doing around the house before I started the huge trim project .

Knowing that I'd be painting the trim while my parents were on vacation I started packing away the Christmas stuff somewhat early this year so that it wouldn't be in the way for the project. After I removed everything I felt really excited to have a fresh pallet. There was nothing set up anywhere, and the house felt really open and clean. Almost that feeling you get in a new house. No clutter, no mess, just an empty room to explore creatively in, and that's just what I did.

I decided not to put all the stuff back where it was before and, instead, took all my decorations and literally put them in a pile on the couch so I could see all that I had. I set up this, took down that, set up something else, replaced it with this and kept on in that way until I came up with something I liked. It's still not perfect, of course. I'm almost never 100% satisfied with my work, but I thought I would share what I came up with with all of you (don't you hate using double word's like that? "with with." Sounds so stupid.)


Please forgive my excessive picture taking, sometimes I can't restrain myself. :P



A few things have changed (for the better, I think) since I took the above picture, but you get the general idea. You can actually see the part-way-painted door in the background. Oops!


This is my favorite frame in the house!


I love these old books to death! Just look at that faded gold lining!



I decided to go with a sort of travel/beach theme in this room, hence the shells in front of a framed map.


You can see here that I've flipped all the books on my bookshelf so that the pages are showing rather than the spines. I saw this on some home decor site, but I don't recall which one.

I think it gives the books more uniformity. Don't get me wrong, I love book spins, I just didn't think they went with this particular room's feel.


This is the travel themed buffet. A suitcase, two pieces of driftwood, some shells, a glob and a couple of books.







So that's about all from me for now, but I'll definitely have some stuff coming your way in the next few days! If the sun will come out and give me enough natural light to shoot the living room than I'll be sharing that, and I have some lamp redo's that I should be able to share soon too. So definitely check back, if you want, subscribe.

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18 comments:

  1. You do know how to style a room! It all looks so fresh and pretty. I love the travel themed display.

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  2. It looks amazing and fresh. I wish spring and the freshness would get here. You have a rare talent at your age..I hope you take it far.
    tammy

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  3. It's all coming together so nicely. I love the travel dresser display. I tried your idea for painting a suitcase - it was just a small one, but it came out great, thanks for the inspiration.

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  4. I love the suitcase and the books and the globe! My hubby loves globes so I may have to get one for our office now!

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  5. Hey there! I just found you and wow I love the idea of turning the books around. It really does make the look a hundred times better! Love your vingette with the globe and shells and old frame!

    Looking forward to seeing how talented you are!

    I have a great giveway going on at my blog, hope you can stop by at http://1funkywoman.blogspot.com

    Megan

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  6. What a beautiful room! I have almost the exact same globe. I love her.

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  7. a lot of times a space that's been decorated with found and vintage items can become cluttered looking. I love how you've managed to keep your space so airy and easy on the eyes, but have still managed to cram in a lot of neat details. That's a hard balance to find.

    PS)I found you from back yard eden linky, I wasn't able to sign in to your comments using my new account, though. I'm Anna at http://witbehind.com/ It's really nice to be here!

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  8. I believe you did a great job! The room has a unique character!

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  9. You definitely made a travel/beach design in that room. It looks wonderful. ~~Sherry~~

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  10. You have been nominated for the Stylish Blogger Award: http://mmbcreations.blogspot.com/2011/02/stylish-blogger-award.html

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  11. You really put that together nicely! I love the idea of decoration with globes, but mine always look silly- But you pulled it off beautifully!

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  12. Looks great! I am such a fan of globes...love yours!

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  13. Love the use of the books and colors are so soothing. Great space :) Laurel@chippingwithcharm

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  14. It looks great! So calming and serene. Great job!! Visiting from Shabby Chic Cottage. ;)

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  15. Your talent to displays is simple amazing! Fabulous job. I love it all.

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  16. Robby I love your style and I'm following now too. I'll be poking around..cool stuff! JenT

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  17. I love it all--so many pretty and interesting things to look at! Thanks for linking up to Beyond The Picket Fence.

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  18. Your furniture redo's are very impressive. I also love the arrangement above the buffet and the way you styled the bookself. Thank you for your comment on my blog.

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