Small Changes in the Family Room

It's been too hot to work in the yard the past few days....so,  I have been working inside.    It's supposed to be cooler the next few days,   I sure hope so!

About mid May.  I freshened the family room for summer so it was time for a small change.  

 I had a couple of new pieces that I purchased over the weekend at yard sales,  so I decided to make the small changes in the family room with my "new to me" pieces.    I had a yard long rose picture on the mantel,  so when I removed it,   it was like having a blank canvass to work with since that  and the rose garland was all that was left on the mantel.

    Before I show you the transformations of my yard sale finds,    I wanted to share some "moving things around" changes that were made.   In the photo on the left you can see the big bicycle that I had in front of the fireplace.    It was moved out to the front yard.    I put two smaller bikes on the hearth along with a couple of rose bouquets.

I changed the bouquet on the coffee table by just switching around  ones from different rooms in the house.   I also added a large pink and white crocheted piece to the existing Battenburg lace tablecloth.

Here is a close up of the new design on the hearth.

I left the existing garland of roses across the mantel  and  then added one of my new yard sale transformation to the center of the mantel.

In the center of the mantel  is my $1.50 yard sale piece...... a magnetic board with a pretty ....ornate frame.    The frame received a coat of white paint.     I can put a pretty unframed piece of paper art on my board with decorative magnets.    I think this new board will be very versatile......I can use it as an inspiration board for decorating ideas......I can use it on the kitchen counter to hold recipes.....I think you will see it again and again in future posts.

The paper art that I used today came from one of my Daphne Diary magazines.   I placed my magnets on the bicycle wheels to hold the paper to the board.

I can change the look  on the mantel just by changing my art piece.

To each side of the magnetic board,  I placed a floral design  in one of my milk glass pieces.

Just a simple floral design.....

In the center photo,  you can see a justice scale that I purchased at a yard sale over the weekend for $4.    It was a similar to one I already had......lots of brass and very little crystal.      I have several scales that I have picked up cheap at yard sales,   so I thought maybe I would like these two painted white.     

Each scale got a coat of white paint......

I put a simple milk glass tea cup in the crystal plate on each scale.

So,  to sum it up......$5.50 spent on new pieces,  white paint that I had on hand,   and by moving around things I already had.... I was able to create a fresh look in the family room.


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