Knowing that the INSPIRED HOME editor and photographer were arriving to shoot the whole house for a feature article, I viewed each room with a new set of eyes in anticipation of the event. I knew that I had some visual holes in several rooms - so I set out to 'fill the blank spots' with a few additions. I hung four framed photos in the guest room and added a large pottery vase with greenery to our bedside table.
But I had the most fun in the girls' room. The white chest of drawers sat with nothing on it... a simple statement, but how could we add some sparkle? I remembered that one Christmas Emily sent the younger girls a wonderful collection of classic literature - to mature their reading palettes. The book collection with some Pottery Barn Kids bookends turned out to be a bright touch in the room that the INSPIRED HOME photographer loved. (He had no idea that the book collection had not been in place even 24 hours - and I did not tell.)
During the photo shoot of this room, the photographer asked for 'something pink'. I ran to my closet where I had thrown everything that resembled chaos and found the darling art jars that daughter Abby made for Niece Eleanor at Christmas. Again, a stack of books with the playful jars added a bit of merriment. Note: Abby glued a plastic farm animal to a jar lid, painted it a bright color, and filled it with crayons & mini pencils. Voila. Darling gift - or decoration!
The girls' room looked a bit brighter and a bit sweeter with some wonderful books and touchs of color.
Was the photo shoot fun?
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