My Now and Before Corridor

This stairway successfully led me to a smart 

and savvy solution this weekend, after repeatedly

 'hitting my head against a brick wall'.

 Yes, this brick wall.

Upon returning to the island, having spent 2 ½ months

in Canada, some vignettes, I felt, needed some revamping,

like this little quintet above. Of course, I had

 visions of marble topped consoles, with curvy,

 wrought iron legs, all accessorized in French accents,

 but my budget is not fluent in such decor dialect!

So, I searched the house, my very own 'mall-on-call',

and climbed the stairs to the master bedroom, 

where, a potential 'purchase' was plucked from its 

original place, nestled in a corner of my bedroom, 

to its new location, in the front entry hall, where 

it can keep company with it's fellow dweller,  

a sweet and petite antique desk, that was

 snatched from right behind those French doors.

Do you remember it?

Here's a hint of how it's been 'restocked'. 

More on this 'floor model' in a future post!

Now, let's see what what we've 'walked out' with:

(ain't that an abundance of alliteration!)

 Before                                                         After 

Before                                                   After

  I believe the '(ex)changes' are more suited to the season,

 

for a lighter, brighter, simpler look.

So, let's see what this 'new', 'now' corridor cost me -

let the number crunching begin:

Pretty petals, gathered from my garden.

 energy source #1, 

(from running  hiking up and down those stairs),

 +

  calories, 

(always a good thing to spend!),

+   

energy source #2,

that the little light bulb in my brain burned...(out!),

=

$0.00

(before and after taxes)!!!

 

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