One Room Challenge, Week 3 – A Style Story

One of my favorite things to do, besides change my rooms around monthly, is restyle my shelves. It’s like a twofer at happy hour. You clean, and get to refresh your space. If you’ve missed week 1 or week 2, you can head over there to catch up. This week is dedicated to the styling of the shelves. I knew that I wanted more storage in my dining room. I’m constantly changing out what I’m using in my kitchen or in other areas of the house. These will help house those items while not being in use.

The first cabinet I purchased was this cabinet from Walmart from the Drew Barrymore line. Now let me tell you — this cabinet is BEAUTIFUL. No pun intended (that’s the name of her line). I was so impressed with not only the price, but the quality. This this is solid. The doors slide like a dream. I would buy this over and over. I like to have extra plates and bowls on hand as well as serving platters. I use them all of the time. Plants, pictures and art is the way to go for the rest of the fillers. And cake stands! You can never have enough. Although, I’ve never used them for cake. Not once.

The other cabinet is a different story. This one is also from Walmart, but a different line. First, I had to pay $100 to ship the thing. Second, it arrived damaged. Third, Walmart wanted to make this incredibly hard to send back and get a new one. It was going to take about a month. No discounts for the inconvenience. I wasn’t sure if I was dealing with a bot or a person. They said it was a human. If I had a dime for the amount of times they said my name, I would be rich. “Megan, I know you’re upset, Megan and I understand, Megan.” I felt like a child being reprimanded.

It’s pretty though, I’ll give it that. I did take the broken pieces to my stepdad and he fixed it. But I still wouldn’t recommend it. In this cabinet, I like to keep games that we can play. Dominos are an example. You’ll see these pretty ones in a bowl on the shelf.

The last cabinet we have is the built in that we use to house alcohol. Although I’m 611 days sober (yay!), my husband still enjoys his Old Fashioned drinks every now and again. But I still love this cabinet so much. I need to repaint the inside of it blue. It will match the rest of the room. This task is on the agenda. What do you think so far? How do you like to style your shelves?

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