as the mantel turns

Like sands through the hourglass, so is the mantel in my living room. The sucker is a revolving door of indecision. As my dear friend <a href="http://www.callingithome.com/" target="_blank">Linda</a> says, I'm mantelly challenged. In fact, I've even got a <a href="http://pinterest.com/ladybaum/mantels/" target="_blank">board on Pinterest</a> just for mantels - it is an obsession.<br /><br />The bug hit again not too long ago and I changed it up after seeing what <a href="http://brynalexandra.blogspot.com/2013/02/honored.html" target="_blank">Bryn did with a client's mantel</a>. I've got a collection of milk glass, why not put it to use.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqK5whx4Y9GMA9e3tGRsf9_UwYS-8GN8uJ12FTHDhBcfiGa9DcO4heIz66Gm3oEZcstRVXohsMTwuQCKrP_JhqvXz0Me7w3amjoOAGJN0Oiozt9SwDMDB9ocUhyphenhyphenenBBVywqxn9NNZizMNA/s1600/littleblackdoormantle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqK5whx4Y9GMA9e3tGRsf9_UwYS-8GN8uJ12FTHDhBcfiGa9DcO4heIz66Gm3oEZcstRVXohsMTwuQCKrP_JhqvXz0Me7w3amjoOAGJN0Oiozt9SwDMDB9ocUhyphenhyphenenBBVywqxn9NNZizMNA/s640/littleblackdoormantle.jpg" width="587" /></a></div><br />This is probably the happiest I've been with the mantel in a while. Says the girl that will probably change the whole thing around next month.<br /><br />I cannot begin to even count how many times I've changed this mantel around. This is the fourth mirror in 6 1/2 years, if that tells you anything. Psycho much?<br /><br />I even found a few pictures of the evolution.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho91LEyS3EnUq9r7QJOKvn-fS7ZPUMvKlYx9PUBOzcGvty8KIqAbignp7GZRkb8Er3pASxlPHOSc29N8zRjfeOvuBgK-dPHoIdrYtr6ODZqJJtAIB76NwSOFJ-yLg1bWJF9TZybPREfmcA/s1600/mantelupdate.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho91LEyS3EnUq9r7QJOKvn-fS7ZPUMvKlYx9PUBOzcGvty8KIqAbignp7GZRkb8Er3pASxlPHOSc29N8zRjfeOvuBgK-dPHoIdrYtr6ODZqJJtAIB76NwSOFJ-yLg1bWJF9TZybPREfmcA/s400/mantelupdate.jpg" width="391" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGQBUc7D0ERGF2rknrasgeBKdlfSp90ehCJyRl1HlmgCSGVLT400rx_hW61b2yFQG2chpy9WwNekmyYkt6RXDVKM_VZM0ND6HkB8_idgh7hQ6epNfnIahPrpLhXHOh12zAjbdzDrW7sGBo/s1600/P2184126.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Check it out <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/09/living/open-house-mantels/index.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br /><br />Is there a spot in your house that you change even more frequently than others? Do you have a mantel that you feel is never quite right? Want to place bets on how long before I change it all around again?

as the mantel turns

Like sands through the hourglass, so is the mantel in my living room. The sucker is a revolving door of indecision. As my dear friend Linda ...

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