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Remember that really fabulous ornate mirror I posted about here.... well I went ahead and ordered it, and just received it a week ago. I have it in my room, propped up on my shelf for now, but it probably won't stay there forever...I just really love it!

This weeks DIY is from paper n stitch where blog author Brittni re-invents the use of the doily. You can head over to her site for full instructions and details on how she took:

With the cold weather still looming I can't quite set up shop and spray paint to my hearts content...which to be quite honest sucks! I am going through spray painting withdrawal and my projects are all on the back burner. As a way to supress my craft cravings I resorted to painting with yup you guessed it acrylics!

I wanted a reading floor lamp in my room by my reading chair. I made several trips to HomeSense but hadn't quite found what I was looking for (altough I did pick up a great new mirror which you can see in the after pictures). I went online shopping, I did find a few things I liked but they were way out of my price range.

I was feeling hopeless when I remembered that I had this old Ikea floor lamp in off white that had been gifted to me. Off I went with my black acrylic paint and here is the result:

As you can tell from my previous post I've added a few things to the dining room...a new round beveled edge mirror to balance out the large rectangular sideboard. I thought that a darker colour for the mirror was a good idea since the sideboard is an ivory light colour;this helps create that great contrast that designer's always preach about.

I also added in these great Asian inspired rattan Chippendale arm chairs. They were a great find on Kijiji, and with a new coat of spray paint and some lovely new fabric...voila, instant shabby chic!