Front Entry With A Vintage Mirror

I want to thank everyone who braved the awful heat and came to see me at the flea market this weekend! You made me feel like a celebrity! One reader even told me I look much younger in person than in my picture….so you are my new favorite person. :)I don’t have an official front entry, but I do have a 36 inch wall next to the door that has helped carve a little space for  a place to put keys and mittens.I’ve swapped out various pieces of furniture,but I really liked this antique dresser because it holds  a lot of stuff. We even have shoes in the bottom drawer. I decided it would look so much better in the Front Entry With A Vintage Mirror.

The dresser  started out as dark, which I liked the wood, but it was a  bit of a light-sucker and it felt like a dark hole next to the door.

I gave it a painted makeover, which I liked, and it brightened it up a ton! I loved the mirror shape, but , unfortunately, it just wasn’t big enough and didn’t have enough presence.

I ended up giving it another coat of paint and moved the mirror from over the other table. It’s smaller in scale and a much better fit.

I love the cottagey feel the Front Entry With A Vintage Mirror has, and it really brings the eyes up . I might lower it a bit still, but I am trying to decided against being lazy and leaving it, or going to the trouble of hanging a new wire because the old one isn’t  long enough.  It isn’t bothering me much yet, so laziness might win over design right now. 🙂 it looks great with the curtains too. I love the color they bring.

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