Fast forward a couple months...to yesterday and this is what our shelving looked like:
Yikes! The blue potted succulent died a month after I got it and as you can see from the photo above, the other two were on their way out. Why!? Grrrr. I needed a change anyway. I packed up the pots for use later and cleared off both shelves and started fresh.
With the plant pots packed up, I decided to do some other rejuvenating paring down. We don't need multiple sizes of glasses out. We're adults--and Greta uses her sippy cup for the most part, so having a dozen juice glasses taking up space didn't make sense anymore. Also, having two sets of bowls that don't match is dumb. For the record--I don't like either set much--and I would love new bowls someday soon, but having both out now isn't helping me like them more.
A few of Chris's cookbooks found their way to the shelf. He reads his cookbooks cover to cover like novels and I found myself putting them away everyday. But why? If he reads them everyday, they deserve a spot. After paring down what we don't need and adding what we do, this is where we ended up:
On the top shelf we have our fruit bowl (gotta love maximizing counter space) which is still very accessible and adds color, as well as smaller appetizer plates, sushi sets and serving dishes that we use often. Whether we are having company over, or it is just a daily dinner for the two of us, Chris really likes his meals to LOOK as good as they taste.
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Very nice! I love how a little rearranging makes things feel fresh and new. The fruit bowl really picks up on the colors in the cookbooks. Y'all are way more disciplined than me if you can stack dishes on the the books; I would inevitably slide a cookbook out of the middle out the stack without moving the dishes and send them crashing down! I tend to be really klutzy about stuff like that.
Succulents are like cacti, they like to dry out between waterings so perhaps you over-watered them? It's a common problem with succulents. They are actually really easy to take care of if you are the kind of person that often forgets to water your plants (like me) because they don't need a lot of care. If you go with succulents again perhaps try watering them less and see if you have better luck :)
I love the square plates with the blue design. Anything that resembles Dutch plates is a winner in my book. I am SO ready for a new dishware set. My dream-fiesta ware. They are seriously indestructible!!!! And I love all the fun colors they have.
It is amazing how much weight those shelves can hold. I am still obsessed with those lil pots. Love em!
looks great! i don't even mind your college years bowls. they look ok to me!