My birthday is toward the end of this month, but this past week I received an early gift from my youngest daughter. She found a wonderful shop in a nearby town that takes old furniture and gives it new life. She fell in love with a re-purposed vintage table and mirror and thought they would look perfect in a small area as you walk inside my kitchen door from the outside. I now have a small dark table with a matching mirror there. The new table would have looked fabulous there....if it had been narrower. Alas, it was too wide, so I started searching for another spot for it. I found it! My foyer leads to a small hallway beside the stairway and I've had an antique oak washstand there forever. It's small and insignificant there, but it fit perfectly in size, so I had just left it there.
Thank you, Krista, for my early birthday gift! You brightened my day....and my hallway.
This is the washstand that was in the foyer - after I moved it to it's new home. |
My birthday gift would look perfect in the hallway. It would lighten it up and give it a little lift. I moved the oak nightstand on to the Sun Porch which has become my husband's fishing lodge themed man cave - a place to display his antique fishing collection.
This is the hallway after I added the vintage table and mirror.
I plopped an antique blue porcelain washbowl, a vintage blue vase, a blue and white flower arrangement and a whitewashed lantern on the table top. I made a floral swag to go over the mirror. Voila! I like this new look, don't you? Thank you, Krista, for my early birthday gift! You brightened my day....and my hallway.
That looks similiar to a larger, gate-legged table I had years ago.
ReplyDeleteMy birthday is Sep. as well.
ReplyDeleteHappy for your wonderful gift from your daughter♡♡♡♡
Change of atmosphere in the house is always great, isn't it♬ Blessing to your daughter, too!!!
Still not perfect condition yet, but I think I'm feeling better! Thank you for your swwet words, my friend.
Love and Hugs, xoxo Orchid.
Its amazing how a change of location can make a huge difference!
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful presents from your daughter. Lucky you! I love the little table, and the table and the mirror look really good in your hallway, and I love all the little things you have placed on the table.
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