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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HOLIDAY HOME TOUR: MY DINING ROOM

Getting the dining room on board  for the holiday was easy.  I just added some magnolia to the pendant lights and magnolia and cedar to the mirror and framed art.

MAGNOLIA IN PENDANT LIGHTS 

HOLIDAY DINING ROOM

It was so easy to put sprigs of cedar and magnolia on the sunburst mirror.

I added some magnolia above the French print too.

SUNBURST MIRROR WITH CEDAR AND MAGNOLIA

CLOSE UP OF MAGNOLIA

It's very festive when the lights are on.  I'm hosting for Christmas.  I can't wait.

PENDANTS WITH LIGHT

What are your holiday plans?

SOURCE:  Pendant lighting available from @monicagarrettinteriors.

If you missed my earlier posts about my holiday decor, click on the image to be directed to the post.

HOLIDAY IN MY FOYER

HOLIDAY IN MY KITCHEN

MY HOLIDAY MANTEL

MY HOLIDAY TREES FROM 2012 TO PRESENT

 

LAYERING WINDOWS

When I realized that I layer windows, my first thought was "Oh no!  I've run out of wall space and I've moved on to windows."  After I thought it through though, I realized that there were no blinds or draperies on these windows.  Whew!

I layered a sunburst mirror over the window in my dining room.   

MIRROR LAYERED OVER MY DINING ROOM WINDOW

 I used a ribbon to suspend it from the window latch.

MIRROR SUSPENDED WITH A RIBBON

You've recently seen my vintage bird print in my kitchen.  Again,  I suspended it with ribbon.  Can you see my giant Black-eyed Susans in the background?  My cottage garden is coming through for me again.

VINTAGE BIRD PRINT IN MY KITCHEN WINDOW

 There are large windows on three of the walls in our sun room.  Two have draperies, but the ones facing the back yard are drapery-free.  They were the perfect spot for me to suspend some sea life prints in mirrored frames.  

SEA LIFE PRINTS IN MIRRORED FRAMES

I attached the prints to the window frames with picture hooks.

SEA LIFE PRINTS ON WINDOW FRAMES

PRINTS ABOVE THE BAR CART

ROOM REFLECTIONS IN THE MIRRORED FRAME

Do you layer windows?

To see my post about how I layer my retail space, go here.

Or, click on the image below.

HOW I LAYER A RETAIL SPACE

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MY TV GALLERY WALL

I've been working on creating a gallery wall around the TV in my family room.   I wanted the wall to be a mix of art and objects.  My goal was to try to tie in that huge black rectangle I call the TV with the framed art and objects.  The art I used was nature-inspired art from vintage books, matted inside black frames. To add interest and distract from the TV,  I mixed mirrors, turtle shells and even a mannequin with the art.

I started on the left side of the TV.  I've already written about that here.

LEFT SIDE GALLERY WALL

If you saw my post about how I pulled one side of the gallery wall together, you'll know that I've tweaked that side a bit.  The mannequin swapped her pearls for some sunglasses.

MANNEQUIN WITH SUNGLASSES

   I added a small sunburst mirror.

 

SUNBURST MIRROR

I also added another piece of framed bookplate art.

MORE ART ADDED BELOW THE MIRROR

Here's the completed wall.

BOTH SIDES OF THE GALLERY WALL

Here's the right side that I recently completed.

RIGHT SIDE GALLERY WALL

The Nate Berkus faux turtle shell breaks up the framed art and repeats 

the color green found in the room.

GREEN NATE BERKUS TURTLE SHELL

CLOSE UP OF ONE OF THE FRAMED NATURE-INSPIRED BOOKPLATES

Layering works.  The mirror straddles the two pieces of artwork.

MIRROR LAYERED OVER ART

More layering.  The shelf and demijohn are layered in front of the art.

The moss ball and stack of Hermes scarf boxes form another layer in front of the chrome shelf.

DEMIJOHN LAYERED OVER ART

Love my stack of Hermes boxes.  They're perfect risers and add another color to the room.

HERMES SCARF BOXES ADD A POP OF COLOR 

How do you deal with your TV?

To read my post about my inspiration for my gallery wall, go here.

To see the post about how I began creating this gallery wall, go here.

HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE @ BUCKEYSTOWN DESIGN CO-OP

It's November, so it's time for us to begin the holiday season.  We've been busy these last few days transforming the store for the season.  We'll have holiday decor, of course, but also gifts, stocking stuffers, and hostess gifts.  Mixed in with all of that is our large selection of furniture, lighting, art work, and much more.  So, if you live in the DC metro area please start the season with us.

My space was inspired by a vintage caned day bed.  I only put one of the side rails on so I could fill it with a decorated tree, a vintage champagne crate, and some wonderful velvet pillows.

Love the pillows, but the leopard print pompom garland is my favorite.

Anything caned works for me.  The day bed is so curvy and perfectly chippy.

Nutcrackers are definitely not my thing.  I have a rule that I don't buy anything I don't like for the store.  Well, I broke my rule and the nutcrackers are popping up everywhere.  I'll let you know if rule breaking works or not.

Anything mercury glass works for the holidays.  I have containers, trays, vases,  lamps, and mercury glass ornaments.

The gold sunburst mirrors add another metallic and break up all the silver.  My Santos bust is under a cloche, resting on a stack of books with glitter spines.

I created a whole area with a nod to the characteristic holiday colors:  red and green.

You'd never think of the banana leaf pattern as working for the holidays, but you have to agree that it's the perfect green.

More red and green.  I spy another nutcracker.

Who likes pink?  I do.  Don't miss the goat pillow in the background.

Lately I've been using blue in my decor.  How unique are these ginger jar ornaments with matching Staffordshire dogs!   I'm lazy about decorating trees so I put most of them into a vintage European dough bowl.

I have bottle racks with five or nine bottles.  You can fill them with greenery or just hang a wreath or an ornament from the neck of the bottle.

We just can't skip over Thanksgiving.  Don't miss the gold turkey salt and pepper shakers.

I look forward to seeing everyone soon.

Come share some food and drinks with us while you shop.

BTW, do you like nutcrackers??

Styling A Bookcase With Metallics

I've styled many bookshelves in the past and it's one of my favorite things to do.  When I found this vintage faux bamboo desk, chair and shelf,  I knew it it had to have a fun and modern vibe.   I want to share some of the guidelines I follow.  Below is a collage of the shelves.

COLLAGE OF STYLED VINTAGE FAUX BAMBOO BOOKSHELVES

STYLING GUIDELINES

  Assemble like items.  You can see that I'm using "desk" related items.
I have some pens sprinkled around and in containers, books of course, and bookends.   If you look on the right you'll see a ribboned bag with oversized paperclips too. 

FAUX BAMBOO DESK STYLED WITH METALLICS

Add interest with unique objects.  I used some wooden tassels as bookends, added a vintage ram sculpture, and some books with interesting covers.  Remember:  Books can be vertical, facing out, or stacked horizontally.

BOOKS FACING OUT AND STACKED AND WOODEN TASSEL BOOKENDS

Repetition is another important element.  For these shelves, besides repeating desk items, you'll see the color gold, or metallics throughout.  There are metallic sacks/baskets on almost every shelf, and a grouping of gold journals.  I even draped a metallic tote over the chair.

REPETITION OF METALLIC GOLD 

I always like to introduce a second color.  The blue beaded garland breaks up all the gold.  The gold heart ties it into the rest of the shelves.  Balance is important too.  I broke up the books and bookends and placed them on different shelves.  This repetition creates cohesiveness and keeps your eye moving around.  The plaster bookends add texture too.   I always add a mirror to a shelf.  This small sunburst mirror adds the color gold, more sparkle, and reflection too.

ADDING BLUE BREAKS UP ALL THE GOLD

KEEP COMPATIBILITY, SYMMETRY, BALANCE, TEXTURE and
REPETITION IN MIND AS YOU STYLE YOUR SHELVES.


If you'd like to see how I styled another bookshelf in an entirely different look, go here for that post or click on the image below.

BOOKSHELF IN MY KITCHEN

Or, go here  or click on the image for my nature-inspired shelves in my family room to see that post.

NATURE-INSPIRED BOOKSHELVES IN MY FAMILY ROOM