This afternoon I was standing in my living room and I remembered a post I wrote three years ago about how much I spent on my living room…floor to ceiling.  The total was $758 and that included paint, refinishing the floors, the curtains, rods, lighting, furniture and accessories.  I was always pretty proud of that.  Now that I’ve been moving old things out and new things in, I wondered if the room was starting to move away from the budget-friendly space it once was.  I looked at each piece and realized that most of it was still free, from Craig’s List, a yard sale or antique store. I’m not going to do a full cost breakdown of all of the accessories, which gets a little tedious, but I thought I would share what I spent on the furniture and big pieces.  The paint, lighting, curtains and floors are the same

I’m still “playing” in the living room…trying different things until I feel I’ve hit the nail on the head.  I liked the door with the painting on it, but it didn’t feel 100% right, so I thought I would try something else. I pulled the mirror out of my bedroom… …to try it between the windows. There was a time when I had a mirror between the windows before and I liked the way it reflected the dining room and additional light.  It did extend the room visually a bit as well. It looked a little naked on its own, so I hung a boxwood wreath from a ribbon over it and that finished it off nicely. The mirror was a freebie from my uncle, so you can hardly beat that! When I’m working on accessories, I like to put something in a place and live with it for a