A New Lamp

Ch...Ch...Ch....Ch...Changes

Today, I'm showing off three things....

1. the new lamp I recently was sent by Lamps.com

2. a glimpse at my new wall color in the living room

3. the mercury glass pumpkins I picked up at Big Lots way before Halloween

The pumpkins were suppose to be in my decor this Halloween...but of course the 

painting of the living room prevented that from happening so I am only now enjoying them.

So first the lamp....

Lamps.com contacted me a couple of months ago asking if I'd like

to review one of their lamps. They kindly let me pick which one I wanted.

I went with this HGTV pale green smoke glass lamp.

The color is scrumptious. 

I could just imagine it surrounded by seashells and summer time trinkets.

But it's fall now...and it's awfully good surrounded by mercury glass pumpkins too!

Lamps.com has such a huge assortment of great lamps.

It was very hard for me to choose just one.

They offer free shipping which is super important to me.

It came super fast and was packed very well.

I'll definitely order from them again.

I'm so glad I chose this lamp....but here are other lamps from Lamps.com I fell in love with.

Of course I loved this one, that is no surprise.

I'd love to try a pair of these on my sideboard.

So, I went with the HGTV green glass lamp because it reminded me of sea glass.

I'd gotten it thinking it would be going in my bedroom.

But now that its in the living room. 

I'm really loving it here, especially since I painted the walls.

I do love the modern vibe this lamps provides in this corner.

The room needed that.

Of course the gourd shape of it mimics the pumpkins surrounding it.

So about the wall color...it's Sherwin Williams Shoji White.

I love it. It changes color throughout the day.

Sometimes it looks bright white and sometimes it looks ecru...to beige....to greige.

It's a wonderful white. 

I'm so glad I chose it.

The rest of the room is still a mess. I'll show more of it soon.

Here's a few more shots of the pumpkins.

Oh...I set the lamp up on a few books to make it taller.

I often do this with my lamps. 

It just needed a little boost. 

The shade is kind of burlap like with little sparkly flecks in it. Very nice.

Here's what that area of the room looked like before.

What a difference new wall color and a new lamp make!

I thought I loved that lamp above but now it just seems too tall and fussy.

And the wall color...oh how I loved it at one time too.

But isn't this WAY better?

Thanks Lamps.com...that lamp just changed everything!

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Styling Open Shelves

My Kitchen Shelves

Over the summer I've been changing things up in the kitchen.

Last you saw it, my open shelves looked like this.

I love these dishes. My Mom gave them to me but I finally had to just face the fact 

that color does not work in this kitchen with it's black countertops and white backsplash.

I would have never chosen the black countertops but that is what was here

and I needed to embrace it rather than fight it.

I love these seafoamy green dishes but the color just didn't work.

Besides...I never used them when they were all stacked up here.

Come on...does anyone ever really use the dishes stacked on open shelves?

Mine get dusty so they have to be washed every time I go to use them.

So, I put them away inside a closed cupboard and guess what?

I actually use them now. Which is really much better.

So now I have the open shelving for display only.

It really makes the kitchen more interesting.

Here's where I am after a summer of collecting.

Way better....isn't it?

Lots of this I already had and other things were bought on sale.

The inside of the shelves I took stainless steel contact paper and covered

foam core boards cut to fit in back.

It looks so much better than the rough wall that used to be there.

Let's see what I have here. Some of it from Pier 1.

The top left bowls were on clearance at Pier 1, so was that cheese dome with carrerra marble plate.

I want carrerra marble on my kitchen island but this will have to give me my marble fix for now.

The mercury glass pear I got at Marshall's several years ago for $5.

The small fern and white pot have been around the house for quite awhile.

I wanted a nice white teapot. Found this one at Ross for $7.

The cupcake dome behind it also came from Ross and was a birthday gift from a friend.

I was with her when she bought it for me...$10.

You can see in the first photo the new glasses I got at Pier 1 last week for $1.98 each.

I bought twelve of them but displaying all of them...was a bit much.

One of my white china plates creates a backdrop on this shelf.

Someday soon, hopefully I'll have a white platter there.

The basket had Xmas goodies in it last year from a friend.

The backside of that linen liner has a santa embroidered on it.

Shhhhhh...don't tell.

The mercury glass candle holder came from Pier 1. 

We still have them.

I stacked my salad plates and covered with a cake dome I've had truly forever.

I love the domes the most.

Right now we have this great dome at Pier 1.

http://www.pier1.com/Bon-Appetit-Dome/2627730,default,pd.html

I want it pretty badly. I already have a cloche this size...so I keep telling myself no.

But it's pretty grand.

I planned to show you the kitchen island today too.

I finally have a spot for my white enamel kitchen colander that's been put away forever.

It now sits on the island filled with apples from of course....Pier 1.

Anyway, I planned to show more of the kitchen but Violet is not feeling well and 

I have to run her to the vet.

She's had an ongoing bacterial infection in her nose that just will not go away.

I'm very very worried about her.

More on the kitchen later in the week.

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