Part 4 of creating a new look by changing colors and delcuttering.

Happy August

Sweet Friends,

Can hardly believe it.......
and you, are you reeling from
the shock too......course, most
of you are probably getting ready
 to send your precious ones back
 to school or maybe already have.
My friend in Tenn. said her gran-
daughter started school yesterday, 
and I was like wow...that is so early.

I remember when we were young
we didn't start back until after
labor day.......I used to really not
like sending my kiddles back so
soon.........and always wished
they had as long as we did.

Well, on with part 4.........of
a new look for the office............

Last time I left off with how the
 futon came out with the new 
covers and

 pillows.....

 so this week I will start with

 the new look on my work table.......

If you recall from post #2, that I 

wasn't quite happy with it, and
told you that would change....lol

This is the before pic.....



Decided that I really needed a
lamp on the table as there is only 
an overhead light and when I am
 working there I sort of block the light,
so went on line looking for an 
inexpensive candlestick lamp like 
the one I have on the other table,

but wasn't finding any, well, did find

one but the price was outrageous....

So thought well, maybe I should

borrow a lamp from another room

just to see if I actually like how it

looks first.......so decided on one of 

the matching lamps I have in the 

livingroom....so tried it and liked

it, and thought it looked fine and it

did what I was hoping for, giving 

me the right amount of needed 

lighting, so got to thinking the

lamp was rarely used in there, so 

decided to just keep it here and

replace it with a larger item on

the livingroom side table. So 
solution found and no $$ spent....
boosted the lamp up some with books
 so it gave me the proper amount of 
lighting, but it just still needed a
 little something around it as the
 walls looked too bare, so as I told
you before I happened on these
 great wall word stickers at the
Dollar tree, and you guessed it 
for just $1.....
 It was all one piece but I

 Cut it into 3 pcs. to put it where

 I wanted.....

The After Pictures..

Remember you can click on any pic and

it enlarges them all for better viewing

pleasure.

 Unfortunately they don't show up that

well in the pics,  but they look just 

fine in person.

Here is a close up of the
wall words........
This is at the end of the table

These are on each side of the
lamp.

After I finished the table and putting
 up the wall words,  I went to working
on the artwork for over the futon.

This was the before pic...........and I love
 these prints so wanted to keep them as
 they are perfect with my french theme
but did want to change it up a bit.

Some of you will probably remember
that I had bought and tried several
different art pieces I liked for in between

the pictures, but wound up not liking
them, as they were just to dark, and I 
was going for a lighter neutral look.

So believe the Lord brought to mind
 a plaque I had over my living room
windows.........so decided to give it
a try and we liked it....

The after pic............not a huge
change but enough to make me
happy.............

Here is a close up of the prints
just so you can see them better.

Believe it or not....I found these prints 
13 years ago at Walmart for $2 each,
and they were destined for my porch
wall........but before I could put them
up we had 3 hurricanes in a row,
starting with Hurricane charlie, after
having to prepare and put stuff away
3 times, I decided forget the porch.....
just more stuff to have to deal with
when a storm comes.

So eventually they found there way
into the office area, and have been
here every since cause I just love
them.............recently I saw them
online and they were like much
more expensive,  around $35 or
so a piece. Different stores fronts
but done the same way........so I
was tickled to see them still for
sale and that I got such a great
deal............lol


Well, gonna stop here for today,
If you missed part 3 and would
like to see it just click here


So... there will be one more post.
Come back next Tuesday for Part
5, the total room reveal....with
all the tweaks......

Have a delightfully pleasant
rest of the week.....

Love, Hugs and First of
August Blessings,

Nellie



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