It's all in the details

While waiting for hubby to finish painting one of "my" projects (I guess I could do it myself :),
I thought I'd write a little something about the little somethings, that make a house a home.

I'm talking about the details, the accessories that seem to be the hard part
of decorating for most people.

Every good color scheme needs an accent color.  An accent is the little splash of color
that you throw around the room, to catch your eye, such as in.....throw pillows
(Ha, I crack my self up :).
It will usually show up in small items placed on coffee tables, end tables or shelves.
You don't want to use too much of it, or it ceases to be an "accent",
and will overwhelm and ruin the look you are going for.

My living room/dining room color scheme is sage green and tan, with an ivory background.
My couches are made from a weave fabric that is all-over tan, but if you look closely,
you will see tiny red threads.  Since green and red are opposite on the color wheel,
red was the obvious choice for my accent color.
Don't worry, it looks nothing like a Christmas theme, because the sage green is used on
large areas and the red is used ever so little.

So, if you remember, it was the details that were missing from my home when my daughter
and her family moved out a couple months ago.  Around the same time, my other daughter
was moving out of her place and was getting rid of lots of good stuff, which she offered to
me! Yay!

She had some glassware that she was going to throw away.  Naturally I brought some home,
fancied them up, and now I pass by them everyday on my way to the kitchen.

You can probably find lots of things to put in glassware, like smooth glass pebbles,
but I have no money, so I ran to my studio and grabbed a few lengths of sheer red ribbon
and swirled it into each glass.
Ta da!  Accent color!

These looked kind of bare, sitting on the piano alone,
so I added some red glass candles that I've had in my bathroom forever.

Here is what it looks like now.

So, I got these champagne glasses from my daughter, but you can find tons of them
at the thrift stores.  I think I bought the glass candles at Walmart for a couple
bucks each.  The ribbon came from Michaels, a spool for about two bucks.