You never know around here where things will end up going.
I found an old bedroom cheval mirror at Goodwill last week that I THOUGHT would be perfect for our bedroom as we don't have a full length mirror in there. You know, in case we actually want to see if our tops do indeed match our bottoms! ;-)
Well, the mirror didn't fit in my car so I had to call you-know-who ... otherwise known as dear hubby to come to the rescue with his truck. "Where is this going to go?" he asked me as he patiently loaded it up. This is what he ALWAYS asks. I told him it was going in the bedroom. "Oh," he replies, somehow not convinced.
Now why doesn't he believe me?
Because after 30 years of marriage - and yes, it is true - I was only 10 when I married (*wink*) - he has learned that while I may have initially bought the mirror for the bedroom, that does not mean that the mirror will actually go there. And in all probability, it will not.
And it didn't.
Because you and I know that if we want to have a bedroom mirror in the living room, that is perfectly okay to do. Right? Right!
;-)
Kim
What a pretty mirror. I enjoy reading your blog so much. Thank you!
Posted by: AnnetteD | May 13, 2009 at 02:48 PM
I have a full length mirror in my living room and I love it - it reflects everything and brightens the whole room. But . . . .I LOVE LOVE LOVE the chandelier (in the reflection). Was that also a thrift store find? And, will the mirror be painted -
Love your home!
Sarah
Posted by: Sarah | May 13, 2009 at 02:57 PM
Great find Kim!
Your hubby sounds just like mine. Sweet and helpful and don't try and figure us girls out if you want to be married 30years! That is the recipe for a perfect marriage!
xoxo
Amy
www.amysvintagecottage.blogspot.com
Posted by: Amy | May 13, 2009 at 03:00 PM
My husband always asks the same thing! He even told me this week that he likes "open spaces without something in every spot." Beautiful mirror!
Posted by: Amy | May 13, 2009 at 03:00 PM
It sounds like we all have some long suffering and understanding husbands:>) Earl just sighs and loads things, but once I am finished painting them and putting them where they go he always likes what I did:>) I think the mirror is beautiful!
Posted by: Kathy | May 13, 2009 at 03:06 PM
Kim, And if you're like me it probably won't stay there forever either!! It may even end up in the bedroom!!! Don't we have fun though!!!!
Posted by: Diane | May 13, 2009 at 03:08 PM
SO much fun Diane!!
;-)
me
Posted by: Daisy Cottage | May 13, 2009 at 03:11 PM
Life would be pretty boring if we played by all the rules!!
Love the mirror!
xoxo
Jane
Posted by: Jane | May 13, 2009 at 03:16 PM
How pretty... I should go to Goodwill more often. And I also love that turquoise table!
...ginny
p.s... I KNEW you married at age 10!!
Posted by: Ginny | May 13, 2009 at 03:21 PM
Looks good to me. I don't know how you come across such treasures.
Posted by: Berte | May 13, 2009 at 03:23 PM
Layla sent me and I am so glad she did.
You are "as fresh as a daisy!"
What a sweet story -
pve
Posted by: pve | May 13, 2009 at 03:23 PM
Love the way the mirror reflects the chandalier!!! Lovely~~
Jackie
Posted by: Jackie | May 13, 2009 at 03:57 PM
Hi! I'm new to your blog. What a wonderful find, and I like that you used it in the living room. Isn't it funny....once you get something home.....
My hubby said the same thing several years ago when I brought a long wooden bench home, and after much thought, decided to use it as a coffee table in the family room. He was really confused, but now I think I will have problems replacing it!
Your blog is so nice and cherry.
Mary Lou
Posted by: Mary Lou | May 13, 2009 at 04:10 PM
I love it in the living room! Very cute :)
All the best,
Allison
Posted by: Allison | May 13, 2009 at 04:10 PM
The mirror looks fabulous in your living room! See, your husband knows you very well after 30 years :-)
xo
Penny
Posted by: Penny @ Lavender Hill Studio & The Comforts of Home | May 13, 2009 at 04:42 PM
Hi Kim!
So funny!!! I have two treasure pits full of hubby-assisted finds!!
They always find a home--eventually...its a life-lesson...trust the process...and your instincts --your high-self is intuiting a future event or need..... or yard sale:):):):):):):):)...................love the mirror!
love, Pollyanna-Kelee
Posted by: Kelee Katillac | May 13, 2009 at 04:54 PM
Suuuuuuuch a sweet blog. Love your beautiful photos and sweet music. ;) Keep up the good work!
All the best,
Denise
Posted by: Denise Vakili | May 13, 2009 at 04:55 PM
Well, I'm learning!
Posted by: Vee | May 13, 2009 at 04:56 PM
Oh dear you have given my a great idea. Why not put a full length mirror in the living room? It would open it up so much. We have a dark living room and it would be great to have more reflected light. And, just so you know, Mr. Hip always says the same thing to me.
Posted by: hip chick | May 13, 2009 at 05:01 PM
Well thank you Miss Kim!! I was just wondering what to do with a very similair mirror left here my one of our daughters (along with multiple prom dresses and cheerleading trophies). :) This has made me look at that mirror with new eyes. As always thanks for the inspiration. HTH Janet P.S. My husband asks that same question! Must come in the direction package for husbands married over thirty years!
Posted by: Janet K | May 13, 2009 at 05:14 PM
That's a mighty wonderful treasure, Kim! It deserves to be front and center, and you can still check your tops and bottoms, only in the LR! ;-)
XO,
Sheila :-)
Posted by: Sheila | May 13, 2009 at 05:41 PM
I just love your colorful blog! It always brightens my day and inspires me to seek the sunshine in life.
Best to You, Kim.
Diane
Posted by: Diane Stephenson | May 13, 2009 at 05:51 PM
What a cute idea. But then you always come up with the neatest stuff! I love the way you can see the chandalier in the mirror. What a great photo!
Blessings,
Patty
Posted by: Patty | May 13, 2009 at 05:55 PM
Great mirror. Why do husbands always ask that question?? They must learn to ask that as a young boy. lololol
Posted by: Sharon | May 13, 2009 at 06:02 PM
I have a mirror very like that in my living room!!! It was a gift to my Mother from my Father, many a year ago. I was NOT about to let it go to the goodwill when my Mom moved!!! Tis a beautiful addition to my living room!
I was on a private lake last week, boating about, taking loads of pictures, and came upon this one little cottage, with brilliant yellow adirondak chairs on the front with a darling red boat in the water. Now who do you suppose I thought of????
Cheers!
Posted by: Kris Grover | May 13, 2009 at 06:02 PM
Hi Kim,
Great find!
My husband just says "if your happy then I'm happy. My last trip to Goodwill hubby went with me. He found more than I did.
I think Goodwill should pick you as their spokesperson Kim.
Blessings,
Nancy
Posted by: Nancy | May 13, 2009 at 06:13 PM
I am so agreeing with you and shaking my head YES!! The mirror is perfect in your living room!!! Hey, it gives you the chance for a last chance look-over before heading out your front door! wink..nod..
love ya,
Becky
Posted by: sweet cottage dreams | May 13, 2009 at 06:23 PM
What a great find and of course it looks amazing in your living room! Your blog just makes me smile. So cheerful. :)
Posted by: Roeshel | May 13, 2009 at 06:25 PM
Ps. Love your feature at the Lettered Cottage too! :)
Posted by: Roeshel | May 13, 2009 at 06:26 PM
Hi Kim! Oh my gosh I was only 10 when I got married too! What a coincidence! Yesterday my hubby got into our car where I had bought 4 sets of shutters and I did get them to fit! He just groaned...I said honey just wait and see what I do with them...another groan! Oh well. I love your mirror..you will be very happy with it!
Blessings,
Debbie
Posted by: Debbie | May 13, 2009 at 06:46 PM
Hello Dear Kim~
Maybe they learn that question in husband school. Mine has a new sentence that now follows it. There's no more room in the garage. :)
Love visiting the lake for Mother's Day again this year. It always makes me smile.
Donna
Posted by: The Decorated House | May 13, 2009 at 06:53 PM
I don't blame you a bit! It's far too pretty to hide away in the bedroom.
Posted by: Elaine/MuddlingThrough | May 13, 2009 at 06:56 PM
Kim, I see that the legs are quite scratched... will you be leaving the wood on it alone or do you have plans to paint or refinish it in some way?
Di
The Blue Ridge Gal
Posted by: Di | May 13, 2009 at 07:02 PM
Love the mirror, and it looks great there, but I just have one question . . . . What color will you paint it??? ;O) Becky
Posted by: Becky G. | May 13, 2009 at 07:09 PM
That looks like a lovely place to sit and enjoy oneself! After 30 years, your hubby knows you well....of course it didn't end up in the bedroom! lol
Posted by: Jennifer Conway | May 13, 2009 at 07:17 PM
Oh, do I ever know all about "that look" from dear husband...and needing to use the truck! Hehehe! I'd say your find was just wonderful and I like where it lives! Now, you just have to find another one for your bedroom, right? *Ü*
XOXO
Joni
Posted by: Joni | May 13, 2009 at 07:34 PM
The colors of your home brighten my day.
Posted by: Stephanie | May 13, 2009 at 07:49 PM
I just love how you use color. Your home is beautiful!!! So glad to have found your blog, I will be back for a visit for sure.
Blessings
Posted by: Mary | May 13, 2009 at 07:57 PM
I love your mirror what a find. You have that right they always say "where is that going to go?" We sure have to be ready with an answer don't we?
Posted by: Florence Muma | May 13, 2009 at 08:05 PM
Hi Kim,
What a lovely mirror! It looks very nice there. What made you decide to put it in the living room instead of the bedroom? It would probably also look nice at the end of a hallway. Oh, the fun we can have moving things around. Change is always good.
Cheers
Fay Marie
Posted by: Fay Marie | May 13, 2009 at 08:09 PM
What a find!
Posted by: Julie (Knitsational) | May 13, 2009 at 08:28 PM
loving the mirror!
Posted by: christy in georgia | May 13, 2009 at 09:56 PM
The mirror is beautiful! What a lucky find. However, I love the little blue table in front of the mirror. Would love to know what color of paint you used. Beautiful blog. Thanks for sharing your creativity with the world.
Posted by: Embellish | May 13, 2009 at 10:20 PM
Poor Mr. Daisy Cottage, poor Artie... bedroom mirrors in living rooms, no doors to a bedroom... what is the square box world coming to????
Posted by: Esther Sunday (Artie's Square Box Breaker) | May 13, 2009 at 11:01 PM
You find the neatest things. I must ask, what town is your Goodwill located in? Ours never has the lovely items that yours has. The next time I am in that area of FL, I want to shop at your Goodwill. :D
Posted by: Melissa (Missy) | May 13, 2009 at 11:19 PM
I think all Hubbys are cut from the same mold! And I think your mirror looks perfect in the living room. Strangely enough, I was also married at age 10! AND I adopted my daughter who (also) strangely looks just like me, when she was age 10. I'm not sure but I think that makes my daughter and I the same age! I love that kinda math!
Posted by: DENISE | May 14, 2009 at 12:08 AM
The rule is that a full-length mirror must always go exactly wherever you want it to go at the time. I think it's Happiness Statute #100.87B: Do What Makes You Happy. LOL!
I have a portrait-sized mirror on a wall between my kitchen and living room and my granddaughters are always pestering me that I need a full-length mirror there so they don't have to stand on an ottoman to check themselves out. Oh, they crack me up! I'm going to start checking out Goodwill, though, thanks to you!
Posted by: Rose - The Center of My Self | May 14, 2009 at 02:41 AM
I agree with The Blue Ridge Gal, I think it may look wonderful if you paint it!! What do you say?
The Cottage Girl
Posted by: The Cottage Girl | May 14, 2009 at 06:05 AM
g'day kim
oh yeah I got married at 10 too! too funny
love the mirror in there, in fact you've inspired me to get one right on in my Beach Cottage
happy days, gotta love those thrifted finds, they are truly the best
Sarah
Posted by: sarah abeachcottage | May 14, 2009 at 06:47 AM
Your new/old mirror is fabulous and looks wonderful right there. Your hubby is the sweetest ever and reminds me of Frank. I still miss my Sweetie sooooo much, seven months today, but still seems like everything happened only yesterday. ♥
Posted by: Betty Jo | May 14, 2009 at 07:28 AM
I'm sorry Kim.....I thought you were married at a much younger age! Or so your photo shows :^)
I love the idea of mirrors everywhere. Not that I'm vain or anything but you never know when you have to make sure you are still a diva, right?
Patty in Erie, pa
Posted by: Patty | May 14, 2009 at 07:44 AM
Great find, Kim! I love what you've done with it--I'm all for breaking the rules! (Thirty years married?! Congrats!)
Posted by: Sharon~Serendipity | May 14, 2009 at 07:44 AM
Very pretty!!
Posted by: Vanessa | May 14, 2009 at 08:28 AM
What a great find! My husband always asks "what are you going to do with that?" Although what I really think is funny is that if we find something that's not quite what we're looking for he now says "well, you can always paint it"! LOL!
Manuela
Posted by: the pleasures of homemaking | May 14, 2009 at 08:49 AM
YOU are the one who inspired me to put a mirror on my porch, so of course it's ok! Your mirror looks great where it ended up. My hubby has also learned not to question me anymore, although he does think some of the ideas are hairbrained. He calls my junking buddy and I "Lucy & Ethel"!
Posted by: Carol | May 14, 2009 at 09:21 AM
You darling husband sounds like mine. He sighs, and realizes he knows that I will do what I will do. :)
Don't ya just love that in them?
Great mirror, btw!
Posted by: paintergal | May 14, 2009 at 09:23 AM
Oh Kim, That is so absoluuuutely darling right.there! My husband is so cute too. I get stuff and then I get rid of stuff. I tell him I'm recycling! He totally understands! xorachel
Posted by: A Romantic Porch | May 14, 2009 at 09:33 AM
Good morning Kim :)
Your hubby is not the only one that knows.... but you have to love their patience ;)
I love the new mirror and it's perfect for whatever room you'll be moving it to after the living room ;)
love,
rue
PS I mentioned you today and I "borrowed" a picture. I hope that's okay :)
Posted by: rue | May 14, 2009 at 09:46 AM
You can never have too many mirrors! They just brighten up a room.
Posted by: Stacey | May 14, 2009 at 09:55 AM
Hi Kim! I just found your blog and I love it!
Posted by: Sherri | May 14, 2009 at 09:59 AM
LOL!! Your hubby sounds like mine, patient and questioning (my sanity). Your mirror looks divine! Living rooms are wonderful places for large mirrors, I still want one. Hugs, ~cindy s~
Posted by: Cindy | May 14, 2009 at 10:01 AM
Hi Kim! My husband looks at me like I'm crazy at times, too. You just have that "eye" where you know something belongs in your home. The mirror is beautiful! - Ann
Posted by: Ann | May 14, 2009 at 11:00 AM
And it looks lovely in your living room...isn't it nice when the husbands just know us.
Posted by: Donna Warrington | May 14, 2009 at 11:13 AM
Kim, this made me smile. I guess that we're all the same.
And, I loved that book. I've read all of her books.
Posted by: Beverly | May 14, 2009 at 11:15 AM
Hi Kim, love reading your colourful blog....Maggie has stolen mine and my daughters heart. Hope the day ahead is as lovely as your blog. Julie/Kayleigh Oxford, England.
Posted by: Julie and Kayleigh | May 14, 2009 at 11:34 AM
The Cottage Master always asks, "Do we really need this?" And after I paint it and put it in its place he sees that we did.
Great find on that mirror.
rita
Posted by: Mrs.RGS | May 14, 2009 at 11:58 AM
Hi Kim
I like to move things around too and put pieces in unexpected places. Great mirror you found!
Hugs, Rhondi
Posted by: Rhondi | May 14, 2009 at 12:27 PM
The question is: Are you going to paint it?
Posted by: dotsie | May 14, 2009 at 12:58 PM
hmmmm, I don't know Dotsie!
Should I????
;-)
Me
Posted by: Daisy Cottage | May 14, 2009 at 01:11 PM
YOU ARE SO RIGHT! Are husbands sure love us:)
Blessings,
aimee
Posted by: aimee | May 14, 2009 at 02:00 PM
Beautiful mirror, Kim! I had to laugh at your conversation with Kevin. Been there, done that with Peter. They always ask, don't they?! Love your new mirror.
Posted by: Rhoda @ southern Hospitality | May 14, 2009 at 02:27 PM
Kim - Thanks for adding me to your blogroll! That was sweet of you!
Posted by: TheOldPostRoad | May 14, 2009 at 04:37 PM
Yes, it's perfectly ok, and it looks wonderful!
Hugs,
Donna
Posted by: Donna | May 14, 2009 at 07:59 PM
Hi Kim,
What an absolutely, beautiful blog you have.
Rue told me to come and visit and I am so glad I did.
I think my husband would have said the same thing ~ he is always saying we will need to buy a bigger house, if I keep buying too much more!
I love your new mirror and it will look great where ever you place it.
Have a great weekend
Hugs
Carolyn
Posted by: Carolyn Green | May 14, 2009 at 09:47 PM
Kim,
I adore your blog and find inspiration in it daily. Thank you for allowing us to hang out at Daisy Cottage. It's a delightful treat!
Blessings!
Cathy
Posted by: Cathy | May 14, 2009 at 10:15 PM
What a beautiful mirror! It looks perfect there. Using items in unexpected ways and places is the most fun. I hope you have a great weekend!
~Michelle
Posted by: Michelle | May 14, 2009 at 11:37 PM
I love the mirror and bet that it will show up somewhere else in your house and be painted, too!
Did you ever redo your guest room? It's the one that was in a travel theme.
~elaine~
Posted by: Elaine L. | May 15, 2009 at 12:49 AM
I just put a bedroom mirror in my Kitchen..if you can believe that!!!
I am off to Pismo... to mingle with some Vintage trailer lovers :)
Posted by: Sheri Ingrande | May 15, 2009 at 01:15 AM
I think Husbands are required to say that stuff,but deep down they love our quirky little decorating ideas!
Mirrors are "windows" giving us glorious light,lighting up a room like nothing else!
love it
Posted by: Vicki | May 15, 2009 at 04:38 AM
I just found your blog via My little happy place. What a beautiful find!
Your blog is beautiful!
Love all those pictures!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Greetings from Italy.
Federica
Posted by: Federica | May 15, 2009 at 05:58 AM
kim, I LOVE the mirror... are you going to paint it? yellow? red? blue? green? hummmm... i'll be waiting to see! Stop by and see me! Great week-end to you and family!
Posted by: [email protected] | May 15, 2009 at 11:21 PM
Dear Kim....I just lost one of my closest friends and am feeling sad, and I checked in to see your beautiful photos and sweet text, because I knew it would lift my spirits. Thank you for your gentle soul's gift to those of us who read your blog. Patty in Kansas.
Posted by: Patty in Kansas | May 17, 2009 at 03:04 PM
Your photo's are amazing! Your porch looks so pretty and inviting. I love the inspiration that just oozes whenever I come visit you. Thank you!!
Posted by: Joyce | May 19, 2009 at 03:27 PM
It's funny how things work out. I had an ole' college buddy from back home tell me about your site. Little did I know that you were right here in Lakeland! Yes, I live here too.
My son is in process of buying a new house and we sometimes drive thru your charming neighborhood just to get color ideas etc..
Since I discovered your site(about a week ago)...I have visited it each day. I turn up the volume and then sit back and take a leisure browse thru each room....wishing that I too could create a bit of magic in my home.
Thanks for the tour. It has been delightful.
Posted by: Cathy H | May 26, 2009 at 09:45 PM
I love this shade of blue on your table. Do you mind me asking the color? Thanks ;-)
Posted by: Lori | March 23, 2010 at 09:09 PM