I found this spectacular shell mirror at Heights Antiques on Yale for $240. If you know shell mirrors, you know that's a STEAL. Donna isn't wild about the antlers that I glued on top, and sometimes she just lets me have my way.

Donna is a founding member of ShellLoversAnonymous. I probably doubled the amount of shells on this mirror with my hot glue gun(see previous post). That's a pile of bleached antlers on the grey chest of drawers.

When we learned she could stay for many years,we went wild and painted the whole place. We chose this muted blue over the grey, but before we could put it up, we had to strip off all of the old wallpaper underneath. Donna wisely left town, and came home two days later to this. Everyone HATED the purple square insets. I knew they would perfectly tie in the purple drapes, which no one knew were coming. Heh heh...

Before this project, I was a "hot glue gun" virgin. Oh, I'd heard about what it was like, but I just wasn't ready to commit. I had so many questions. What would the gun feel like in my hand? Should I use protection? Would I smoke a cigarette afterwards? Would I hate myself in the morning?
It was so much more that I ever imagined it could be! And I 'm going to keep on doing it.

.For me, less is NEVER more. As you can see, I didn't stop with shells. I used chunks of coral and turquoise,too.