What would you do?

My sister is trying to update her foyer and the first thing that she would like to tackle is the armoire. It will have the biggest impact since it is the first thing that you see when you walk through her front door. She is leaning towards painting it a neutral color but I am desperately trying to convince her to really make a statement with a bold choice. The problem is that her husband will not even entertain the idea of changing the stair runner any time in the near future...bummer.

I have my ideas on how to pretty 'er up, what do you think?  

Feel free to leave a comment below. you could be the inspiration for this transformation! Stay tuned for the "after" reveal.

Sunburst Mirror

Yes, I realize that I am Jenny-come-lately to the sunburst mirror but haven't they been around since the 17th century? Would that not make it the epitome of a classic? And since I am all about the retro and classic, I just HAD to make one for myself.

Honestly though, I didn't think it all the way through when I decided to use these ultra thin tropical reeds (purchased from Hobby Lobby)... MAN OH MAN !!!!

So 200+ of these babies glue-gunned to the back of one of these mirrors (this picture is of a set from Walmart but I actually got mine at Christmas Tree Shop)

ended up looking like this:

I liked it, and may have even given up left it in its "natural" state but the 8 dowels that I had attached prior to adding the bamboo sticks really stuck out and my original vision had been a gold sunburst mirror after all... So I grabbed my spray paint and here she is:

Totally worth it! Even if I am four centuries behind the trend :)