Sunday, January 26, 2014

A Brighter Hallway



Hi, everyone!  With our dark floors and some dark furniture, our first floor sometimes seems kinda...well, dark.

I've been craving a lighter look.  I started with our mantel, which I showed you here.  Then I created a new lighter vignette beside the fireplace, which I showed you in my last post.

Next I changed some things around in our big front hallway.
This little area is right outside of our office and it looked like this at Christmastime...




...and like this before that...




First I replaced the dark shelves with this small chippy white table.  I got it for a steal in the fall at an antique shop while visiting Amish country.  I wasn't sure where I was going to use it, but it was too cute to pass up!




For the top of the table I 'stole' a huge antique metal dough bowl from my shop and filled it with dried hydrangeas. (I have to credit my mom-she displayed it like this at the shop and I was smitten and had to bring it home!)
This bowl has the best rusty patina!




On the bottom shelf I placed a heavy wire basket that I got in the summer at the flea market.  The dealer who sold it to me said it's very old.  I just love that crimped wire!
I'll be adding more magazines to it.





I brought my dress form over from the corner it had been in, and placed it beside the table.  I attached the feather wings to it that I had on my Christmas tree, which you can see here.




I also moved my huge clock from where it was to this wall.




There was already a nail higher on the wall from before so I took advantage and added another clock face to echo the large one.  This is just a little different configuration of how it was before in the living room, here.




So what do you think of my new lighter area?







Here is a view toward the living room.




I feel that this does brighten up the hall a bit.




So, mission accomplished!  I'll be showing you some more changes soon.




Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great day :)

52 comments:

  1. awesome dress form! loving the new look!

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  2. I've been lightening up everything too. It must be the time of the year. It looks great.

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  3. Oh so pretty!! Loving that dress form. And that clock is perfect!! I may have to copy that idea. Di@Cottage-Wishes

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  4. Still looking for hall/foyer ideas for our Beltway Apartment in The Netherlands. Thanks for sharing. Linda @Wetcreek Blog

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  5. what a welcoming sight! so lovely....definitely "brightened" MY day! blessings...;)

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  6. I love light and bright! All your changes have been gorgeous! Can't wait to see more!

    Angela @ Number Fifty-Three

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  7. I think it looks great! I love the white chippy table... Excited to see more of your creative "brigtening" of your home.. Have a great Sunday! Blessings!

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  8. The table is just too cute. I love that basket too. It all looks wonderful!

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  9. Everything is so pretty - especially with the sunshine peeking in. :)

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  10. Awfully pretty, Susan. I am such a sucker for hydrangeas!

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  11. Very pretty! I'm all for light and bright during the winter months!

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  12. I love the new table you found and used there. It definitely gives you the lighter look you're after. I like that dress form and oversized clock too.

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  13. Hi Susan, I find before I read your post I quickly skim through the pictures. I love them and cant wait to see what you have done. A great way to get inspired this day. Blessings.

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  14. I love it all Susan!! Definitely a lighter and brighter look...so pretty!

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  15. It always feels so good to make changes and feel like you've freshened and lightened up! Love the little table too.
    Mary Alice

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  16. Susan,
    It looks so bright, fresh and gorgeous. Love the angel wings on your dress form. The space looks so pretty. Love it.
    Kris

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  17. Everything looks so pretty!! I have an old dress form that I want to put in my living room, but her fabric is not in good shape and I just haven't gotten my nerve up to recover it...thinking it will be hard to do.
    hugs,
    Cindy

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  18. Love the wire basket. I'm obsessed with them. The space looks really nice!

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  19. The hallway space is very pretty and welcoming! I'm really loving that big ole' bowl!
    Jane

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  20. Love the table there and I love how the colors in the dress form, clock and dried flowers coordinate so well...beautiful change Susan...

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  21. Love the new lighter look.
    *Smiles*

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  22. I love it!...I love switching things around and adding something new (or a new old item). It is amazing how you can get a totally different look. Great decorating touches you have!
    Judy

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  23. Lovely vignette. I can imagine a vintage dress on the dress form.

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  24. Love everything! And I still drool over that dress form - I want one like that so bad!

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  25. The clock looks great there. That spot really packs a pretty punch. XOXO

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  26. I love it when you can switch things around and get a whole new look! It looks really great and it looks "light" to me! xo Diana

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  27. Hi Susan, Your new shelf looks great on the beautiful dark floor. Wonderful contrast. I love everything about your decoration too. I wish I'd find such a dress form and such a bowl one day.
    Have a great week!
    Hugs,
    Julia

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  28. esp love the wings on your darling dressform, susan:) have a great week!

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  29. Loving the new look. Especially your angel look on the dressform.

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  30. What a pretty change! Light and bright - two things we need during this dark, cold winter! It looks lovely! Hugs, Leena

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  31. Your chippy white table is wonderful and so is your new lighter look.

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  32. White furniture really is key to lightening up, isn't it? I do love a little "real wood" mixed in for contrast, but if I had to choose, I would go with white for the simple, light, timeless look. Your style always gets me, Susan!

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  33. Design on a dime at its best! Love repurposing items from other rooms to create new vignettes and spaces. Looks great - thanks for sharing.

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  34. Love this vignette. The hydrangeas and the bowl are gorgeous. I love seeing that dress form.

    Cynthia

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  35. Everything looks so pretty, Susan! LOVE that bowl!

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  36. Ok girl.....I love every single piece that is shown in this post! Lovely and just my style!!

    Blessings,
    Shug

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  37. I love the white table and the lighter look.

    I sure hope my hydrangeas bloom this summer so I can have a basket full of them like yours.

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  38. I just love that antique metal dough bowl and oh my, you've created such a lovely vignette, it's perfect!

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  39. The lighting is different at different times of the year so it's nice to change things around from season to season. You have such a beautiful home! Hugs!

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  40. I want that metal dough bowl, you torture me with your great finds/pieces!!!! Do more torture please! Just kidding I like the lighter table too. I love the dried hydrangeas and am looking at mine right now!

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  41. So bright, cheery...and perfectly "placed" :)

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  42. Well, you can't go wrong! But I love your new arrangement. I'm always amazed at the difference white makes. Perfect little chippy table!

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  43. I love it, Susan...really does lighten up the space! Lovely! I am really feeling the need to brighten things up, too!

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  44. Susan, it looks great! Love the table and the large bowl is fabulous! My little (almost 4) year old grandson looked at my dried Hydrangeas the other day and said, "Grammy these flowers are rere, rere old". That's how he says really. He made me laugh!
    hugs,
    Jann

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  45. Gorgeous! You are always changing things and coming up with the most amazing vignettes.
    I love the new lighter look.
    Hugs,
    Patti

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  46. Very pretty Susan! I love wire baskets too! And hydrangeas are my absolute favorite. I transplanted 6 bushes this past year, I hoping they live. I changed my blog URL, I hope you'll come and join me at my new place. Thanks Susan,
    Sherry

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  47. Goodness - you do have such an eye for putting things together. This new display is absolutely stunning! Happy weekend, J9 x

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  48. Love that you used the rusty tool and how you used the frame and that the flowers were dead!
    Fabulous job bringing it all together!

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