Copper Accents/Ten on the 10th

I'm all about seasonal design resets. I've been in the midst of one for the last few weeks. Cupboards have been cleaned out and vignettes have been tweaked for spring.

Welcome to Ten on the 10th where ten bloggers get together to share ideas under $10.00.
A big thank you to Benita from Chasing Quaintness for hosting.

I've been watching Parisienne Farmgirl every Sunday night on YouTube.

She's been a blogger for a long time but somehow I missed following her during my seven years of blogging. She's had her YouTube Channel for about four years but it only recently came up as recommended. My binge watching mode kicked in full force. I love this channel.

She has a stunning wall featuring copper molds. I've been eyeing these at the thrift store for a while but I've walked away many, many times. They just seemed a little old school for our 90's home.

The other day, I had to get two new tires put on the truck. The thrift store is conveniently right next to the tire store. As soon as the tires were finished, I headed on over and plopped some copper molds into my cart. Could I pull this look off? These weren't heavy duty French, copper molds. These are reproductions from the 60s or 70s. It might have been the new tire fumes but after weeks of looking at them, they were ours, much to Bill's chagrin. What's next? Tomato Aspic?

I polished them up and for 24 hours I enjoyed how they looked on the counter.

Bar Keeper's Friend is perfect for your tarnished metals. The tarnish literally disappears before your eyes. Don't worry the patina will come back.

Our kitchen doesn't have a ton of wall space.

I had one little area that could use a little fun.

There is a perfect sliver of wall in between the French doors and the stair well wall.

It's right next to the coat rack made from old molding salvage.

The market bag was a craft store purchase. They are $2.99 at Hobby Lobby.

I filled it with faux lavender and eucalyptus.

The lobster got a little push back when I shared this on Facebook.

It amuses me, though. My grandmother had a huge terrifying lobster dish. This reminds me of that. A rooster would have been preferred but this guy will do until I can hunt one down.

How much did I spend?

The big molds were $3.00 each. The two smaller fruit molds were $1.25 each. That would put me over the $10.00 for this challenge but all of the housewares were 45% off.

The copper in the display cost me only $6.33.

I adore how the copper pops off of the robin's egg blue wall.

I got a kick out of the view coming down the stairs yesterday.