I finally not only got all the holiday decorations down, but got them all put away! As part of that process, I decided to move things around in the house – I didn’t go as far as to move furniture (which has happened in the past), but I rearranged all my shelves and am very happy about it.
I wanted to share some of that with you, so here goes…more to follow:
I have Lenox in the living room already (note the cross above the fireplace, and I have a wall vase on the other side), but all my small Lenox pieces were in the dining room. I decided to move some of them in and move some of the crystal off the fireplace, especially since I generally decorate the fireplace for every season, and the crystal gets moved anyway.
Then I re-did the shelves on either side of the TV unit – I took some things from the dining room shelves, and some things from the fireplace and came up with this.
Then I turned to the basket of #stylingthebasket fame. It’s been on our coffee table since I got it, which is nice, but it has to get moved when I take pictures of it, and it actually interferes with changing channels on the TV because it’s in front of the cable box (the joy of small home living!) I moved it to the table next to the couch and moved some things off of that table, and now the basket has a home of its own.
I replaced the basket with a piece of Depression glass my cousin gave me recently – the table looks twice as big!
I also moved things around on all the dining room shelves – I put a basket I’ve had in the living room in there, as well as the relocating the red candles formerly on the mantel to a room where they’ll show up better, and generally putting things in different places.
Hope you’re feeling inspired to make small changes that make a big difference!