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yaelsf

Please help me with this console table decor

12 years ago
The mirror and table have to stay. Everything else can move.
Thank you!

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  • 12 years ago
    last modified: 12 years ago
    You need something DARK on the top to balance the darkness and weight of the mirror with this table. Dark wooden bread bowl? Basket tray? Maybe a dark pot with an orchid for the corner edge of it?

    Guessing the bottom needs to stay open due to the registers there?
  • PRO
    12 years ago
    Paint the electrical receptical and baseboard the same color as the wall -then as abbyjean suggested an orchid live or silk and remove everything else from the console.
    yaelsf thanked Pyramid Design Group Architects
  • 12 years ago
    Could the base of the table be painted to match the mirror....or vice versa?
  • 12 years ago
    I would also take down the pics on the other wall that you said did not have to stay since they are so much the same size as the mirror.
    yaelsf thanked abbyjean
  • 12 years ago
    Do you suggest I replace it with something else or leave the wall empty? Also, I thought of getting one x stool to go under. Maybe it will balance the mirror a little. Thank you for the comments.
  • 12 years ago
    Put something black under the table to give weight to the bottom,basket maybe
    yaelsf thanked Brandi Nash Hicks
  • 12 years ago
    I ordered an x bench that might do it, I'll post a picture when I get it, Thank you for the suggestion.
  • 12 years ago
    I would NOT put anything on the wall by the mirror where the pics are now. Too much to look at in the small space then.
  • 12 years ago
    Yes, I would love to see your new x bench. Thanks!
  • 12 years ago
    Too much?
  • 12 years ago
    last modified: 12 years ago
    Might sound soooo silly, but would you try turning the bench the other direction and repost? The x gets lost this way and the leg matches the table too much.
  • 12 years ago
    Remove the candle and slide the pile of books down that way a big instead.
  • 12 years ago
    My eye tells my mind to wait for it... wait for it.... That big, heavy mirror is going to fall and break that skinny little table! Second thought; is there something more interesting than the staircase to be doubled by the mirror? Maybe that chandelier in the dining room needs to be reflected more than the stairwell! Then you could turn the table to the other wall and put that funky postcard and photo stuff above it for a fun intro to you, your style and your family - that's what foyers are supposed to do.
  • 12 years ago
    The bench is too long to fit the other wall. I removed the candle and can always move the x bench to another room if its too much.
  • 12 years ago
    last modified: 12 years ago
    I find the mirror is too large and heavy for the table and the size of the wall. Too bad about the bench being too large for the other wall as I could see it working well with the mirror. Can you try the table on other wall and perhaps purchase a smaller/lighter mirror and find a place for this mirror elsewhere? Thought a silver framed mirror may be nice.
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  • 12 years ago
    Sometimes the stuff we have is just ready to move along and be replaced by something that really works for us. This might be the case with the table.
  • 12 years ago
    Thank you everyone. I think I need to sit with this a little while until I find the right mirror- table combination. I appreciate the help.
  • PRO
    12 years ago
    Maureen, I love the examples you provided :-)
  • 12 years ago
    Would love to see you try the mirror in the dining room while you wait and ponder.
  • 12 years ago
    On the wall where a piece of art is kind of showing? Same direction or turned?
  • PRO
    12 years ago
    mirror and table do not match.
    if u want to keep the table - mirror needs to have silver frame or no frame
    if u want to keep mirror- table needs to have wooden legs
  • 12 years ago
    I'd hang the mirror so all of the chandy is reflected. Might be horizontal, but for height's sake I usually prefer vertical. Might also depend on whether there is a buffet, sideboard or shelf beneath it.