back from lunch with pictures

UMwife

i'm REALLY sorry if these pics are huge!!

kitchen before

kitchen after

Please excuse the mess!! This is the display shelf I'm having issues with. None of the things inside it are permanent, I only put them in there to get an idea of what it would look like once I found something to go in there. Any suggestions are welcome

Living Room

Thanks for your suggestions/help!!

Wife2DJ

I love your place! Love the colors it is awesome. For me I would probably use the display racks as an open spice rack since mosgt spices have gorgeous colors. You can use pretty glass bottles and sketch the of the spice on the glass using etch glass thing.

Mari0221

Great remodel!! Your place looks great!

doris03

Really nice!  I love how your kitchen looks now - great color combo!

cocojack10

I def would have positioned the TV over the fireplace. As for the kitchen, we have a couple of shelves for displaying items, and I've put items I've colleced on trips.

Wife2DJ

I agree with Jackie. I would have put the tv over the fireplace.

UMwife

cocojack10:

I def would have positioned the TV over the fireplace. As for the kitchen, we have a couple of shelves for displaying items, and I've put items I've colleced on trips.

We initially wanted to put the tv over the fireplace, but the installers said it wasn't a good idea since it's a gas fireplace and the exhaust runs behind that wall. They said something about something happening to the screen, so that idea was quickly nixed.

Wife2DJ

UMwife:

cocojack10:

I def would have positioned the TV over the fireplace. As for the kitchen, we have a couple of shelves for displaying items, and I've put items I've colleced on trips.

We initially wanted to put the tv over the fireplace, but the installers said it wasn't a good idea since it's a gas fireplace and the exhaust runs behind that wall. They said something about something happening to the screen, so that idea was quickly nixed.

That makes sense. Ok so what about squares picture frames positioned at different heights 

JennyLo26

First of all, LOVE your place!

I agree with pp about maybe a three frame collage on the wall above the mantle. I also think a big mirror would go nicely on the wall above the mantle.

I found this on thisyounghouse http://www.thisyounghouse.com/2008/11/one-mante-eight-ways/

Hth!

losocute

i would do a large, awesome painting, or a great mirror with some different sized pillars with candles on the side. 

for the shelves in the kitche, just display something you like.  either from travels or some cool cooking utinsils. 

p1nkred1ble

i love it

Ceventa

For the kitchen, do you have a little collection of something like milk glass, cute vases, cake stands, antique glass bottles? Perhaps you can use that space to display some things you love and collect.

Maybe for the fireplace you can put a really cool round mirror over it. And then accent it with candles, pictures, flowers, etc.

UMwife

ok so this is the "after" of my fireplace thanks to all of your (and the ladies on the D&R board's) suggestions. Plus I didn't spend a dime since I just repurposed a few things I had round th house and dug up that mirror from the garage where it was collecting dust. So be honest, what do you think?? Anything you would do different??

Ceventa

It looks great! That's so wonderful that you were able to repurpose things from the house. Check out this link, it talks about how to create different looks on side tables, but I think you can use the same principles for a mantle.

How about bringing those 2 framed pieces (mirror and 2 pics) together sort of on one side and layering them like in the first pic on the link?