House updates

I've temporarily given up on finishing our bedroom because we (mostly I) can't decide what to do for a headboard or the wall we have our bed on. Instead I'm focusing on our main living area. We recently replaced our broken leather sofa and loveseat with a fabulous brown Karlstad sofa and ottoman from IKEA. We also picked up some cool chairs for a bargain through Craigslist and garage sale shopping.










Now I want to do a little changing up of our fireplace mantel.


We currently have this Buddha which I love sitting in the middle.  I want to paint him a fun color.  I'm thinking turquoise or purple.  Josh suggested white which could also be good.  We do need to paint the wall above the fireplace the gold accent color that we painted in the window next to the fireplace and in our hallway.




I also want to get a fern for the fireplace and change out our wall tapestry for this IKEA frame which I'll likely also paint. While I love all the black we have in our space, I think we need more pops of color.




Any thoughts or suggestions on colors?

Earlier this week I tackled a problem that was really bothering me in our master bedroom. I'm a little embarrassed to admit it, but I have a necklace addiction. Our dressers have these really handy knobs on the sides which are great for hanging necklaces but I ran out of space to hang them awhile ago. This was keeping me from finding things which was frustrating. Naturally my husband suggested I go through my collection and glean out some of the beads, but of course that wouldn't do because I love them all! (I actually did wind up parting with some as I was organizing but I was loathe to admit that to him!) So I found these awesome branch hooks on Amazon and got Josh to install them for me. Here's the before, and after. I would argue that my bead collection is also art. And it needs to continue growing (shhh, don't tell Josh I said that).