Serendipity

From dictionary.com
Serendipity – n.

1.an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident.

2. good fortune; luck:

A happy accident - what a wonderful thing. 

Well, the china cabinet from the dining room has found a new home - by accident.Yes, it has.
And it is still in our home.

And it I never painted it.

I moved it out of the dining room (because there was just tooooo much furniture in there) and since there was already a built-in china cabinet in the dining room - well, this one had to go.
I moved it into the living room just to get it OUT of the dining room. I needed to start getting that room finished and as long as the china cabinet was in there I wasn't going to be able to finish it. 

So I moved that bad boy (and this thing weighs like a bizilion pounds - seriously) into the living room - just to get it out of the dining room.

It looked like this.

Way toooo crowded. Like I said - it was temporary. 

Or so I thought.

I had to live with it for a few days while I was figuring out what to do with it.

That was when I kept getting the feeling that I kinda, sorta didn't hate it in my living room.

In fact, I was starting to feel it. 

I knew I needed to edit some items out if I was going to keep it - and that was OK because I was really starting to like it.

Finally the room didn't feel HEAVY over on the other side of the room by the fireplace and the built-ins. 

Frankly, it felt balanced. Even. Right.

So I did this.

I moved it down further and took out the console table.

I added a small round table to the right, added the lamp from the console table, and a mirror from the basement. 

I filled the cabinet with pieces of silver, small pewter mirrors, and pieces of white pottery.

Granted, it was hard to get a good shot of it.

But it looks really pretty.

The husband even approves. 

:)

I'm happy.

I'm linkin up with Kendall at Finesse Your Nest