Easter and Shopping my Shop for a bit of Rococo Glam

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 Its not that often that I buy things at auction or at market

 with my own house in mind. However the past month

 I have had some luck picking up a few things that I just fell in love with. 

 I found a set of beautiful vintage crystal wine glasses 

with gilt embossed rims in almost perfect condition.

I also am a sucker for old beautiful mirrors and

 this one first went to our shop for a couple of weeks.....

and then after I got the gilt wine glasses one thing

 led to another and yesterday I asked Justin to

 put it in the back of my car so I could try it out.

So off the shop wall it came~sometimes I have things in my shop

 that I wonder why they don't sell the second I hang them up! 

And this mirror was one of them.  Isn't it fabulous? 

 I guess I am glad no one bought it, because I think it is going

 to stay on my dining room wall.  Every once in a while 

its nice to replace something in your home for a lift or

 a bit of a style update.  Last week had me hanging artwork 

from our shop for a customer's living room.  

 Anna's home is monochromatic and bit transitional in style.

  These historical artworks from Uttermost at our shop

 have antique silver leaf frames

 and are incredibly sophisticated and beautiful, 

changing with the natural light as the day progresses.  

 I paired her artwork with some accents from HomeGoods, 

like these frames that are reminiscent of vintage Florentine pieces.

 A big mercury glass lamp repeats the

 subtle shimmer and shine in this vignette.  

 Anna's living room has warm and cool tones mixed 

together with transitional style patterns in pillows and carpeting.

The day after I was at Anna's home, I prepared a private workshop for a very

special blog friend who was making a trip to visit our Reading shop!

She has been so supportive and is one of the most kind and generous bloggers

and ladies out there.  Tina, from The Enchanted Home blog was my VIP guest, and 

we had a ball creating some beautiful finishes using Chalk Paint® by Annie Sloan.

 It was the first time Tina used Chalk Paint® and as we painted 

we chatted about our blogs and our businesses and 

being moms and all that good stuff.  

Our samples were simply beautiful, 

much akin to the Habersham cabinetry rustic luxe look. 

Then Tina was off~and another day in Maison Decor land had passed.

With Easter headed my way, I drifted back in thoughts to my own home decor.

 The mirror was one change I wanted to try,

 and after hanging it up I loved it!!

It brings out the gold metal in the antique blue opaline fixtures. 

I have other things I am working on too...

but those will have to wait to be shared.

 Do you find it hard to see something in a store and 

visualize it in your home?  I know

a lot of people do, and to be honest, I had kind of stopped decorating 

my own house for the past two years since I opened my shop. 

 But now I am bit by the bug again and have all these ideas for 

my own home decorating, which I will be sharing right here of course.

Ever since I got the gilt wine glasses I have been treating myself.  

There is something very luxurious about sipping wine

 from these thin crystal glasses. 

 Enjoying the little things in life is kind of nice. 

 Hope you all have a nice Easter or had a nice Passover.  

Justin and Madison are making an Easter Brunch for our family~

so we are looking forward to that! 

Big news is on the horizon, 

and I will be back next week with that and more!

Note: Parts of this blog is sponsored by HomeGoods as part of our Pinterest Happy by Design board, however all opinions are my own. Have you checked out the board? Incredible tips and decorating ideas using items from HomeGoods by 14 national designers, including me!