Where to put it???

There is a space above my TV in the armour that has been in need of a refreshed look... the very top of this has not had anything on it, I prefer things a little more simple, but I have this old sewing machine that has been at my mom's forever, that I forgot about... she called me the other day and asked if I still was wanting it... of course I did, I LOVE antiques, and sewing (two in one...) so I brought it home and really didn't have many choices as to where to put it... so I thought I could put it up on the armour, so I took down everything that was up there and gave it a good dusting, cause lets be honest this space does not get dusted every week, I went and grabbed a few other things from other rooms that could be moved and added to this space... I snapped this picture mid-project, it looked a little better than that...these are the random things that have been up there since ... yes ... Christmas... time to come down... and I suppose give these presents to who they belong...
this is what was up there...
this is what I had to add to it... the sewing machine (from mom's) a vase with some floral things that I had in the nursery that I never loved... another vase from the cedar chest, a candle holder also from the nursery... and the wicker balls also from the cedar chest...
I put everything up there and moved it around a few times...


I ended up with this... it certainly looks better than Christmas presents and dust... I typically group things in odd numbers... like the vases on the top... although I have 4 phonograph records grouped together on the shelf but it seems to work for this space.... and I of course had to add some old photo's to the sewing machine... the empty space seemed like it needed to be filled. If your looking to refresh something, grab other items from different places, and always hold onto decor you think your sick of, you never know when you could use it down the road for other things... I keep a lot of the stuff I'm "sick" of in my cedar chest or in a storage room... and always stay true to what YOU like... typically this is too much stuff in one small area for me, but I LOVE this old sewing machine so I LOVE how the space looks... do what YOU like!!!