Every season I like to switch things up around the house, just to keep it interesting. I've been looking for floor lamps FOREVER but had been unable to find anything I really liked.
Then my girlfriend posted she was moving out of state and selling most of her home decor and furniture. While I was super sad to see her go, I seized upon her good taste in decor and scooped up two floor lamps and two buffet lamps.
One floor lamp went in the formal living room - it was hard to capture the look of the light on.
But with it off you can see it tucked into the corner of the room by the bar area.
And the buffet lamps look perfect in the formal dining room.
I played around with the look of the table upstairs in the area between Ethan and Wyatt's room. I love the added softness of a table lamp to light up the hallway instead of just the overhead lights. I tried to get the hall clock to work but I think it's too old. However, I love the look of it and then added in a family photo and the globe. Perfect!
The second floor lamp is in the upstairs playroom. You can see the reflection in the window. This addition to the room makes it feel so much more cozy and warm.
I'm going through a decluttering phase and wanted to pair down the nick-knacks on the shelves in the formal living room. I want a more classic look. This is where it first landed but I wasn't happy with that first shelf (it was still too cluttered). But I had to live with it for a few days to figure out what I wanted (and what I already had lying around the house).
This is the final look and I'm so much happier. Three small vases with a few forever flowers that came from upstairs that I no longer wanted. I removed the plates from the bottom and moved over all our picture books. What do you think?
A view of the room.
This side of the shelves is still a bit too cluttered but I'm not sure where I want to go with it yet so I just live with it until inspiration hits.
Into the formal dining room we go. I have never been fully happy with this room. The layout is awkward due to the bay window and columns. I had a mirror and some pictures on this wall but it never felt right. So I decided to move some metal plaques from the master bedroom down. I bit better but still not quite right.
Maybe I need to switch up the furniture placement....
So we moved the buffet table to the other wall...
And switched the angle the table was facing.
I'm MUCH happier with this placement but after living with it for a few days we decided that the biggest issue was the table (which I haven't liked since almost the day we bought it!). At some point we will find a big round table to help fill in the bay window portion of the room. One day...
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