MANTEL CHANGE UP WITH BOXES

I'm always changing  the mantel in my family room.  I just never seem to get it the way I want it.   I was going to do an arrangement with books similar to what I did in the butler's pantry, but instead of using books, I grabbed my Hermes scarf boxes, some marble black and white striped bookends and topped it off with a shed deer skull and antlers.  The sunburst mirror hopped over from another room.

So, what do you think?  

Can boxes be books?

Do you like orange?

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MY NEW TO ME DINING ROOM CHAIRS

For many years my dining room table was surrounded by some caned-back Louis IV chairs with suede seats and nail head trim. I’ve always loved them.  I was playing with the idea of new chairs after we updated the kitchen, but never found anything I liked better until. . . .   I saw these wonderful black lacquered vintage chairs.  I knew they would be perfect with the black modern vibe in the kitchen.  

MY NEW CHAIRS

They were made by the Italian design firm,Costantini Pietro, in the 1980’s.  

Love the lacquer finish and the details on the curved back.

WONDERFUL LACQUER FINISH AND DETAILS

The “tablecloth” is from my fabric stash.  The length was perfect.  All I had to do was hem the edges.  

MY FABRIC STASH “TABLECLOTH”

 Would you have given up your much-loved Louis chairs for these black beauties?  I did.  They’re for sale on my  Instagram page @shopmycollectedhome.

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