Bookshelf Styling~Staging Our Home For Sale

Good Afternoon!  

Well it has been a busy week 

so far and it is only Tuesday!  

Right about now a Caribbean Vacation 

sounds wonderful!  

Especially with these temps!  

Thanks for all of your kind comments 

about the changes to the house.  

We have already had one showing 

and we have two more booked!  

Cross your fingers for us!  

Many of you asked me why 

we have decided to sell our home.  

We have lived here twelve years 

and we love this house, 

but it is only the Mr. and me with 

Miss Beaux away at college.  

It is a wonderful family home 

that is great for kids and entertaining 

but now we only use about three rooms 

on the main floor.  

Time to let it go to a new family 

that can enjoy all of this wonderful space!  

 When the photographer came over last week 

to take pictures, I asked him to take the photo 

at this angle.  Why?  

Because I still haven't finished my cabinet!  

You won't tell anyone will you?  

Besides the unfinished cabinet,

I did make a few other small 

changes in the Living Room.  

I restyled the built in bookcases 

and the mantel over the fireplace.  

I had been collecting blue and white pieces 

at Estate Sales and was so happy 

to use them in this room.  

My goal was to create a balanced 

and uniform look to the bookcases 

without crowding them too much.  

A few Blue Willow plates 

were mixed in with white ceramic birds 

that my mother made for my Nana 

many, many years ago.  

(there used to be three but some toe headed child broke one) 

I found these books at an Estate Sale also.  

I need to collect more...

I just got lucky when I found two 

of these jars with silver lids 

and the little footed bowls that are on the mantel.  

I love the symmetry of the mantel.  

I picked up the boxwood 

topiary pieces at Stein Mart.  

They add just the right touch.

 Perfect Simplicity!

 More books on the other side to balance it out.  

I stole some of these from Miss Beaux.  

Whenever we go Estate Sale-ing 

I always find her in the book section 

leafing through old books.  

She loves reading as much as her Nana does!

The little squirrels are a nod to fall.  

I had better start thinking 

Christmas pretty soon!  

More blue and white on the cocktail table.  

Fresh pears make a great centerpiece, 

inexpensive and they last a long time.  

Besides, you can eat them 

when you are ready to switch them out! 

Thanks for stopping by 

and thank you again 

for all of your well wishes on the sale of the house.  

Keep your fingers crossed for us!  

Until Next Time,

Beaux R'eves,

Sweet Dreams,

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