Changes around the house..

This is what our dining room looked like this summer.. I love this room because it is cozy and my fav seagrass chairs. This summer  I updated it with a latern on the bar cart and new latern on the table. But it was missing a mirror.. I always wanted a large oversized mirror to reflect the light that comes in from the front door. But the budget at casa de Embley has been zip..and I can't afford the price  tag of those large beautiful mirrors. So I shopped the house like Nester suggests and used what I had.

I had purchased a large mirror last year for the third bedroom. But it was too large to go over the dresser in that room and was missing hardware to hang it .. so I decided to lean the mirror on the bar cart like Inspired Room does! Boy that Mirror is heavy but sure do love it leaned! I like that the it accents the moldings above the french door well.

I love  love the brightness the mirror brings from all the light in the middle of the day! I felt like the cork wreath fit nicely over the large mirror but needed something else. So I stole the lamp from the entryway and added it over on the bar cart! Perfection! I think the lamp compliments the chandelier also. Here are some more pics taken at different times.. notice in one the linen runner on table is missing. We had a mishap and it needed to be washed.. We do live here!!

I also think I might have a lamp obession. I have a lamp in the dining room, a floor lamp & table lamp in living room and a lamp in the entryway. But I love the light lamps give off verses overhead lighting.

Little Blurry Sorry!

Because I stole the entryway lamp, we needed one in there. So I shopped the house again..

I came up with the Home Goods Pottery Barn Lamp.. I love this lamp because it is full of Hawaii wedding sand, seashells, sea glass and coral from our anniversary trip to Belize! The lamp was originally bought for our third bedroom (eventually a nursery).  It will be in the third bedroom eventually.. but as of now no one is staying in that room and we needed it down stairs. I want to replace it with a fun turqouise lamp later. But that isn't in the budget now!! Here's a shot of the whole view.. at night and during early morning.. I love all the light that comes in our house thru the front frosted door and the back with the french doors.
 

So those are the changes made.. small but I am very pleased. If you noticed I removed coral and a tray from the entry way also.. simplize the look. 

 Nate really likes the mirror in the dining room. I have caught him checking himself out before he leaves the house..lol.

But let's look one more time at the dining room..

It's still missing something.. I think it's curtains.. So with my magic couponing skills I got these awesome Ikat Curtains in my fav color Turqouise and Nate's fav color red. Can't wait to put them up and show yall.. I'm gonna hang them high above the door and they will never be closed to allow all that light in and let us still have a view of the pool (who's brick is red and water/tile is blue).. curtains are going to look fabulous with the pool behind the doors and my PB rug!

Here is a thumbnail of it from the website. Ikat is all the rave right now and I am so excited to find some in colors that match our home's personality and budget (20 bucks a panel). I have found ikat curtains every where but selling for over 100 a panel!!

As soon as I finish DIYing the third bedrooms panels and hang these I'll be posting pics.

Have a great Labor Day Weekend.

PS the curtains aren't 20 bucks a panel.. it's just I am pulling a Young House Love Trick and splitting one panel to make skinner panels.. which will lower the cost of panels and allow light to still come in the french doors.