On Thursday, I had seen an old mirror at a consignment shop. I liked it, but I didn’t think I had a place for it, so I passed it up. Friday evening I was flipping through some old Country Living mags, and saw a similar mirror on a mantel. Suddenly I knew that I needed that mirror, and fortunately it was still there Saturday morning. I snatched it up for $5.
Originally, I was going to leave the stars up and put the mirror on the left side of the mantel, but it turned out to be a little bigger than I had realized. The stars came down, and I began playing with the arrangement. See if you can guess which one I went with.
For the answer, see the post below this one {here}.
(BTW, the mirror looks a little crooked, but it's not; the reflection from this angle makes it look a little off.)
A: tried adding some height with the branches.
B: replaced the branches with urns
C: replaced the red books (which were part of my “touches of red” scheme) with neutral books
D: moved book/candlestick arrangement to opposite side and replaced urns with three identical milkglass vases
E: flipped above arrangement
6 comments:
Lovely Mirror!
I must say though, I like the branches because I think it gives a better balance.
I accidentally scrolled down to far and saw the answer, buy I'm with Libby. I like all of them, but there's something about the branches that I like. I looooove the mirror. The shape is soooo pretty!
What a difficult decision. I would have to go with A. I realy like the Stars, but I do understand about change. I guess for the Fall just around the corner, the branches speak to me on the mantel. Great job..
Shug
I like A or D. :) Great mirror!!
I really like the mirror and I like it with the branches.
I like the first one--love the red books.
Melinda
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