Peacock Tassel and a Storage Desperately Needed

Here's another meme that I would like to join regularly. It's Mosaic Monday and it is hosted by Mary at http://dearlittleredhouse.blogspot.com/. Please visit her and enjoy the other creative mosaics.

Well, it's the beginning of the week again and you all know what that means, right? It's time to join and visit Sally at http://smilingsally.blogspot.com/ and show off our blues. And it's also time to join and visit Susan at http://smilingsally.blogspot.com/ to share any makeover that we have done.

Please allow me to show you my peacock tassel. If you are a regular visitor on my blog, you would probably know that I like peacock accessories. I bought the tassel from Angela of http://www.etsy.com/shop/thetasselhouse. If you want one (many different styles), you can visit her Etsy shop at http://www.etsy.com/shop/thetasselhouse. She is very good and very creative.

Let me see if you can spot the difference. This is the "Before" (which is even before the 2 huge Sevres egg compotes were which have already been moved too). That French provincial cabinet holds many of my plates but I am still running out of storage area. Think about it, I can store 15 sets of dinnerware in there, except for real big ones with extra serving pieces when I might use 2 cubby holes.
This is now.

I bought the personal dresser sitting in the corner thinking it will look good in our guest room. I unpacked it in the kitchen and then moved it to the dining room with an intent of putting it away later.



Today, I was looking at it thinking, uhmmmm, this could serve as a storage for
my tablescaping accessories. I am in desperate need of more storage, especially for plates. But I already found room to store more. We have a walk in closet in the garage with built in shelves and I will move some of my rarely used dishes there.So I asked my husband to help me move the big cabinet for the little one to fit in the corner. I placed a Frenchy pedestal on the other side of the cabinet for balance. Now it is holding 2 of my tea sets. I told it is supposed to be a dresser that is why it has a mirror but instead of make up, I placed some of my salt and pepper shakers inside.


and you can see the flatware in the drawers.

a closer look of the s & p shakers.

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I think the inlaid wood is very pretty. Hope you enjoyed this mini makeover. Thanks again for coming and thanks to our gracious hosstesses, Sally and Susan!