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Gallery Wall Reflection
I have had some fun playing with the mantel. The mister rehung the mirror for me. It’s tilted a little lower into the room and is reflecting the room well. When my mister moved the mirror it left a blank spot around the green chest. I keep saying I am going to paint the chest blue, but when the desire to paint comes over me I just sit down and wait until it passes. It works every time! Now every time I took a photo of the mirror I kept seeing this empty spot so I knew I had to do something with it. That area has never received attention like it should have but I was always a little perplexed as to what to do with it. I have art with similar colors and decided to group them there along with my daughter’s baby photo. So I went to work on a gallery wall for this spot.
Fresh roses from local big chain in the prettiest colors that compliment the blue and is repeated in the floral painting. I was still tweaking it here. It started with the roses in a clear glass pitcher.
Still tweaking…
Then I kept tweaking the gallery wall by taking away a print and adding two lamps with the same blue and white. One small lamp is sitting on the top of the red books on the green chest. The other lamp is much taller and I added it to the fabric covered round table. You can’t see the table in these photos but you have seen it plenty of times before. Then I added two blue and white jars to the mantel. I just acquired these babies and was up very late playing with them. It was getting close to early morning so I decided I would just stay up because the morning light is so good. Well…you know what happened. I fell asleep but then I woke up and the living room was lit up like a stage for a play! I had all the curtains open and the lights on from before I fell asleep. So it was all good!
I am not going to tell you that this is a collection of blue and white I have been acquiring carefully over the years and am continuing to slowly build. Heck no! I am in my fifties and don’t have forever!
Jan
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I have just started to follow your blog and I am looking forward to seeing your beautiful ideas for a smaller home. I love all of the wallpaper used. They look very southern. Will be checking in often. Ccs
Thank you so much Connie! I am so glad you found me and took the time to comment. I am so glad to hear from another lover of wallpaper, it can just do such magic to a room. And yes ma’am I am in the South!
Are those lovely roses real? And if so, they look like Belle Epoque. Yes?
Thank you! Yes, they are real. I go crazy over these when I am fortunate enough to come across them. I feel like this may be a nod toward Lynn Von Kersting. It seems like I am drawn to those colors a lot lately but not sure why.
I first saw B. E. at the Chelsea back in the late 90s and went bonkers over it. I had a heckuva time tracking down a U. S. supplier.. I only have one bush and when I saw your post, I went out to cut the one blossom I thought was ready. Turns out it had “blowsed” out already. Maybe tomorrow or the next day.
Oh I hope so! I am not a rose aficionado and have had very little luck with attempting to grow them. Well actually my mister is the attempted grower and I am the beneficiary! We had a couple of blooms from a Joseph Coat rose earlier in the year that looks very much like this in color but not texture. Maybe today will be your day to receive a beautiful bloom! Good luck!
Your mantel is beautiful. I just love the roses with your blue collection!
Thank you so much Eilis! It’s so good to hear from you. I am so ready for fall, how about you?
Love the mantle! It looks beautiful ♥
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Thank you so much!
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your mantel looks really pretty with your lovely blue and white pieces..
Thank you so much BJ!
Your mirror and blue plates are all just fabulous. I love how you have the mantel arranged with the pretty roses
Thank you Janice!
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