Top of Piano {Before and After}

What was the point of my Top of Piano Post?

Ah....to show you how it was and how it is now.

I cannot believe I forgot to show you a before!

Silly Me!

 

The before is how it looked like for the past 2 years! :O 

Sorry about the poor quality pictures!

The before shot was taken with a point and shoot, and the after was taken by a Cannon SLR.

Yes, you got that right.

You can now see how "good" I am with a camera.

lol

Now that I look at it, there is not much of a difference.

Maybe I should repaint the piano?

lol

I dare not to ask my husband!

he he:)

Hope Ya'll had a fabulous weekend!

xoxo

Top of a Piano II

Hello Everyone!

Happy Spring!

I'm sorry I haven't been posting regularly lately!

I'm still getting used to my hubbies work schedule and juggling everything from kids to dinner.

Y'all mom's know what I'm talking about ;)

Well....aside from working on my spirituality and trying to organize my life a bit, I was working on my piano display.

Working....that sounds like so much work. lol

It wasn't.

It's a matter of the right accessories.

So here it is :)

If you remember from the inspirational post, this is the piano that I refinished.

I don't know what I was thinking.

Seriously.

It's totally out of tune now

After reading and researching AFTER i refinished it, I found out that pianos are suppose to be sanded down by hand ONLY.

By using the electric sander, I guess I messed up all the chords inside :(

No wonder musical pieces sound so much different now.

lol

At least it looks ok. 

It wasn't much lighter though.

I wanted it to match the floors.

WHAT??

Yea.....I was pretty "matchy-matchy" type of gal.

Here are the close ups :)

 

 

My Favorite :)

What do you think? 

Did I nail it? 

Missed it?

I was hoping to find a lamp, but didn't find anything that wowed me.

Maybe on my next thrifty outing :)

Hope you had a wonderful Women's Day ;)

Back in Ukraine, it's one of the most celebrated holidays!

xoxo

Top of a Piano

My parents bought me an old upright piano when I was 12 years old.

Now it's in my house.

Not in the same original condition though..

More on that later.

I have been struggling with accessorising it.

For years it's been the same....

Since Christmas of 2008 to be exact :o

For the past week I have been gathering some ideas. 

It's time for a change!!!

I have found this photo that I will use as an inspiration. :)

You like?

I LOVE how this beautiful lady from Echoes of Laughter used books!

Oh and Lamps!

Isn't is lovely?

I love the simplicity of it

You can never go wrong with books!

Ask Megan from Honey We're Home!

Although I LOVE books, I haven't been a very good collector.

I usually borrow from friends, family and the good ol' library :)

I will definitely use a mirror :)

You HAVE to have a mirror!

What do you think? Do you have a piano?

How do you accessorize it?

I will keep you posted on my progress!

Happy Tuesday!!!

xoxo