I almost forgot that I had bought these paper garlands , I have had them for years and they still look great, they are very whimsical , I normally put them up in our bedrooms but I thought they would look fun downstairs this Christmas season . I use this shelf in my living room a lot like I would use a fireplace mantel , I love to pile it up with lots of fun accessories .
I have finally installed the marble edging , I have simply used flooring transition pieces, they have a little bevel on the edge and they come in great depths not to mention how inexpensive they are, I did not buy this from a big box home improvement store as there mark up is over inflated on this item , I went to a great local tile shop . I cut them to length and cut an angle on the edges and installed the stone with silicone. All I have to do now is touch up some screw holes and do my finish coats of white and this project will be complete , so what did this cost well the grand total is $39.00 not to shabby is it . wonder what a contractor would charge for such an upgrade involving custom wood work and polished marble , I would think a great deal more .
Tomorrow night is another fun Christmas concert night , we will have to get there early to get a seat , there are so many students at my children's school they have 3 different nights of concerts . We have attended my older daughter's concert last week which was torture , why torture ?, well we are fortunate to have a full range of instruments for our school , but there is clearly not enough time for learning how to play these instruments, it was never ending ear insulting sound , the beautiful singing was such a relief from the band. Don't get me wrong I am so glad that our school is very much pushing the arts but next year I will bring ear plugs, I'm not joking!
Tomorrow night is another fun Christmas concert night , we will have to get there early to get a seat , there are so many students at my children's school they have 3 different nights of concerts . We have attended my older daughter's concert last week which was torture , why torture ?, well we are fortunate to have a full range of instruments for our school , but there is clearly not enough time for learning how to play these instruments, it was never ending ear insulting sound , the beautiful singing was such a relief from the band. Don't get me wrong I am so glad that our school is very much pushing the arts but next year I will bring ear plugs, I'm not joking!
Luckily tomorrow's concert will not include this such torture , as it is the 1st-4th grade students so it will be cute and funny I am sure .