Tidy Tuesday is a weekly post series on the subject of home. I’ll talk about any remodeling / decorating of my house to tips to help you get your house organized to decorating tips.
When we bought our house several years ago, the built-in bookshelf in our living room was a ‘very pretty’ color. I wasn’t a big fan of the sea green on the shelf. What do you think? We took the picture below during a walk through of the house before we officially bought it. So the decor isn’t mine.
We finally painted the built-in bookshelf last year in September a dark gray color. What a big difference! We love the gray way better than the sea green. The decor looks great against the dark gray. Below is a close up of the before and after of the bookshelf.
Since the built-in bookshelf had a face lift, I wanted to find more decor to fill the many shelves. For awhile, there was mostly picture frames and books decorating the bookshelf. Finding the perfect decor can take awhile. One of the colors for the decor that I looked for is white. White will look great against the dark gray.
Recently, I completed the new look for my built-in bookshelf. I found couple decor items at TJ Maxx. I bought a white vase with glass stones about a month ago. Last week, I was walking by the display in the front of the store and I saw this white sphere. I loved it right away and I knew it would be perfect for my bookshelf.
As you can see by the view of the whole built-in bookshelf, the bottom two shelves are empty. Since I have a toddler running around the house (Sophia loves to get into things), the shelves are empty on purpose.
Among my decor, I love to display pictures of my girls and my husband and I. Katie‘s, Sophia‘s, and our wedding albums are also displayed. Since I was able to add more decor to my bookshelf, I added the right amount of books to put on display. I didn’t want my bookshelf filled with lots of books.
What do you think of the new look of the built-in bookshelf? Do you love the new paint color? Doesn’t the white decor look great against the dark gray of the bookshelf?
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So much better than the green color you inherited! It looks much more updated! I’ve got the same bottom empty shelf thing going on in my house too…
I’m so glad the sea green color is gone. I don’t miss it at all. I’ll eventually be able to put decor on the bottom two shelves.
I love the shape of this built in. The new paint color is perfect too. Thank you for joining the fun at the Thursday Favorite Things Blog Hop.
I love the shape of the built-in bookshelf too. Plus I love that the shelf doesn’t take up floor space.
Love the face lift! I think gray and white are so sophisticated together.
White really stands out great against the dark gray.
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Thanks for featuring my post!