More Neutrals!

Last Friday was my day to work at the Rink Gallery where our booth is.  I really enjoy working there.  It’s the perfect opportunity to catch up on what’s available from other vendors and just have a great time visiting!  The only thing is……it always ends up costing me MONEY!  I have absolutely NO self control when I see something unusual and cute!

You see what I mean?  This bird cage was a must have!  Okay, okay not a “must have” but for sure an “I really really love it! "

So……it came home with me and started a whole new mess of rearranging and redoing.  Do you do that?  Sometimes just moving one thing leads to another and another and another.

First……I was entirely sick and tired of the silky burgundy shades with all the foof and beads hanging down from my chandelier.  So….

I grabbed these from our booth on the way out and brought them home.  At first I thought more fringe and beads but then was struck with the inspiration of gluing the buttons around the bottom.  A little advise for a project like this one.  The first shade that I did I tried only using neutral colors, no rhinestones, all sizes somewhat uniform.  BORING!  You couldn’t even see the buttons on the shade with the chandelier (of course) hanging as far up as it does.  So…..use different sized buttons and also vary your colors a little bit.  Gray is good ( is it grey or gray, I never know) as are pale browns and other pastels.  Then I went back and glued on just a few rhinestones here and there.  Not too many, just enough to give it another texture.  You can’t tell it from this picture, but I’m one shade short.  Talk about optimistic!  What are the chances that I will find one at say, Lowes close enough to match.  Oh well, we’ll see.  Oh oh, and one more thing, once these are hot glued on…….there’s no gettin’ ‘em off, so make your choices wisely!  I should know!

NOW

THEN

I know that slipcovers are supposed to look a little messy, but I don’t know.  I think I may have to wrap a little batting around the top of those chairs to make them hang better.  It’s just bugging me.

If I were to suggest to someone one bowl to buy to create little vignettes in, it would be a shallow one like this.  Your goodies don’t fall down inside of it and are easily displayed.

This chair…..keep it or sell it?  Truthfully, I don’t think I could pry Miss A out of it!  That chair is her private domain.  It’s my vacuuming nightmare!

So……my theory is, change is good.  Even if it’s only temporary.  The good thing about this sort of change, is that everything can go right back to the way it was if you get tired of it.

DENISE