Front Room: Accessorizing the Credenza

When I last posted about our front room, it was looking like this: 

While my inspiration image is this:

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After a little accessorizing and couple 'new' lamps, my console is now looking like this:

The lamps were Goodwill finds for $3.50 each.  The lamp shades are from Target and were $3.74.  I have plans to do some sort of gold lining in the shades in the future.  The books and pictures/frames were all owned already, along with the blue jar.

 Even though the room is looking more grown up, the kids have really been enjoying the new space, as well:

 We went from disorganized baskets and bins of toys like this:

(Yup.  That's a Shera castle circa the mid-eighties.)

to more streamlined categories of books and toys.  The interior of the credenza now looks like this: 

Books and a Box of Blocks.

Puzzles

More Puzzles.

Games!

And there is one organized (for the moment) toy basket next to the couch as well.  

More progress to come later this week!

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