Mirrors Ahoy

Good Monday morning to you all and Happy Veterans Day.  Let’s all take a moment to thank the great men and women who served this fine country in the branches of the US Armed Forces.  Thank you to my father who served as an officer in the Air Force.  Presently I have a nephew stationed in Japan in the Navy, and a niece stationed in California in the Marines.  So we have several branches represented in the family. 

It was a busy weekend. I had a garage sale on Saturday; I will spare you the details because when it comes to organizing a garage sale I am the worst.  I had stuff piled high in the dining room for weeks, and at 7o’clock on Friday night I put it all under the carport and slapped a bunch of price stickers on it.  Not very organized I tell you.  Just a foreshadowing of this week’s post I have 2 (that’s right I said 2) crock pots going today. 

Today we are going to get into a little bit of that eclectic style I mentioned before by hanging some mirrors in my formal living room.  Back story coming at you: I fell in love with a sunburst mirror at Target. I searched for months through all the choices out there and decided on the one pictured here.

 

 When I went to buy it at Target, it was on clearance. Woo hoo! There was just one little snag, when my husband saw it he gave it the veto.  He liked the wood, but not the antique finish on the mirror’s surface.  I worked on changing his mind over the next 24 hours and finally convinced him that the frame was my favorite part, and promised him I would change out the mirror for one that would give him a nice clean reflection.  He finally relented and I rushed over to get it the next morning.  Shock and horror, they were sold out.  I scoured the internet high and low for the mirror to no avail. 

I knew I wanted a round mirror, not necessarily a sunburst and I came across this beauty on the same aisle at the Target, and on clearance.  It’s as if the mirror gods were shining down on me and wanted me to have the perfect round mirror for the space I had in mind.  I didn’t even consult the hubby on this one I immediately brought it home.  When he helped me unload the trunk I began to explain my choice and he stopped me mid-sentence and agreed that it was very nice and he loved it.  Score!

So this morning I decided to hang it.  Here’s the run down on this table. It lived its first life in this very house while I was growing up as a fish tank stand. In the 90’s my mother passed it to me and I had two pieces of glass cut for it and used it as a sofa table.  Then when I purchased this house I had it the den, my mother asked why I was still holding on to such an unattractive table.  I told her I just couldn’t part with it. 

 

Last Easter I found a way to keep the table and make it more presentable in the form of a table skirt I made from a table cloth I received as a gift. I cut two melamine shelves to fit and reused the glass top and placed a few accessories on it.  There not so bad, right?

 

 

Today, to finish the corner I hung the round wood mirror along with colored mirrors I purchased at Hobby Lobby some time ago. There were 50% off and I loved the colors, but I had no idea where I would hang them until this morning.  I am enjoying the mix of formal and fun here.  I have a side by side here to show you.  I moved the little lamp to the other side to add a little height to the left side.  What do you think?

 

You can see in this final picture the back of an antique chair I am dying to slip cover, but for now you’ll have to make do with this little preview.  I will need to dust off the sewing machine very soon. 

 

Have a wonderful day and come back later in the week for some fantastic recipes.  Mmmm, it smells so good in this house right now.