Formal Living Room Part 1

I am excited that I have finally got one side of my formal living room done (except for a few touches like curtain panels, etc.).

I have been having a hard time finding yellow and red decor.  It seems like every store that I go to (Hobby Lobby, HomeGoods, Gordman's, Ross and Marshall's) only have farmhouse decor.  Now don't get me wrong, I am not knocking farmhouse decor but my house just does not support that type of decor with all the dark wood trim and doors.  My home has more of a Tuscan look to it inside.  So does a girl do?  She has to shop the other rooms in the house and resort to thrift store finds that can be painted.  I found two of these at the Salvation Army thrift store.  They are about 8 inches tall and they cost $4.24 for the pair.

So one went yellow and other went red.

 They both found a home on my hutch.

Can you see where they both are?  The yellow one is easy to see but the red one is more difficult in these pictures.  I have it on it's side on the top shelf in front of the silver candlestick holders.  I have definitely decided to paint this hutch a dark brown but leave the lighter brown the way it is.  I love the way the top of the hutch turned out.  I have always wanted to get a clock for this room and I think it fits perfectly above the hutch.

My newly made over table got some decor also.  I was lucky enough to find the plate and the metal red vase at the thrift store too.

I also got the other two cornice boards done on the other end of the room.  Now all I need to do is get that side decorated and of course I am still needing those curtain panels.

On another note is anyone else battling the Ghost of Christmas Glitter?  I love all the Christmas decor that is glittered but it seems that no matter how many times I vacuum and mop the floors it keeps showing up.   What I find strange is that the floors look free of glitter when I get done cleaning  them but the next week when I clean them the glitter mysteriously reappears.  It seems that it takes many months for my home to become glitter free.

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