Thursday, August 21, 2008

Decorating Advice?

Since we bought this house in March, there has been a blank wall in the kitchen area that has bugged us. We just didn't have anything that fit, and everything we liked was the wrong color or too big. Until today!

In the process of shopping for a dresser for Georgia (we found one! Yippee! Certainly took long enough), we came across the beautiful piece of furniture below. It looks great with the other furniture around (the dining room table) and is the perfect size. Now my question is, what else should we do? As you can see, the piece is not terribly tall and there is still blank wall above it (please ignore the hideous phone cord). Should we put shelves there, with decorative items or cookbooks, etc., or should we put a piece of artwork? What about on top of the table (I call it a table because it seems like a console table)? I think that a tea service would look amazing, but I don't have one :-( Of course, I need to consider 'breakability' as well, with a toddler and another on the way. So any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated. Please ignore the junk around the table, and focus on the beautiful furniture!




4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I love the new table :) I think for me I would find a nice piece of artwork or an oversized mirror to hang above it...a tea service would be beautiful on top of the table but like you said you have to be cautious too...have you checked out Kirklands? They have wonderful stuff! And I love the pictures of Georgia playing with your shoes!!
~Anita

jeni said...

I love Anita's idea of a mirror -- they are really pretty and they give the impression of expanded space. My other suggestion is that since you are artistic, and since your handwriting is gorgeous, why not paint a scripture verse? We have a couple I've done in our house and I love seeing them there.

Emily Wallace said...

I love this piece of furiture and seeing your house. The only advice I can give is a nice family photo of yall above it. I agree with the other ladies as well.

I tagged you on my blog. I think you tagged me one time and I did not have a chance to respond so if you do not have a chance, I understand. I just thought maybe since you are getting to the "unconfortable"/not sleeping stage of pregnancy, you might have time.

Glad to see yall are doing so well!

Go here to see you being tagged:
http://emilyewallace.blogspot.com/

Mrs. Sprinkles said...

Beautiful table! I vote for artwork.