BOOKSHELVES BEFORE AND AFTER

Here we go again....more bookshelves. If you follow me on Instagram then you saw a preview of my flea market finds.

That is MY favorite thing to do because finding small items are pretty easy. Old books....small tchotchke's. Had to look up the spelling of that word....wouldn't you hate to get it in a spelling bee.

Here is the before

Since I am doing the whole room I wanted to get this part of the accessorizing done before the furniture comes next week. That way I can see where I need to add.

My inspiration was clean, minimal......a bit of "Nantucket, coastal with some vintage thrown in". Duh. My favorite style.

Some of my finds....

So let's start with the left side.

Before

I asked her to take everything down before I got there. Then I did my usual organizing of books and such into piles.

Before...

After

You might think it looks sparse but since there are so many shelves I wanted plenty of space for the eye to rest. Also...I would like to find a few vintage pieces of coastal art to add in. I used my favorite baskets from Ikea and it was very hard to part with those vintage cream jars on the top shelf!

Here is the other side....

The metal letter almost stumped me....I kept trying to find a place for it vertically and it was only when I placed it on it's side that I had my ah ha moment.

Moral...don't give up....

Again...room to add a few things after the final install.