Easy and Original
With the furniture makeovers complete, Diane and Jane added finishing touches to the family room. To devise a one-of-a-kind table lamp, they had an artist cover an inexpensive ceramic base with oyster shells and fragments of beach glass. Stacking some well-traveled suitcases yielded a stand for a vintage fan. To make the space even cozier, they placed an electric faux-wood stove (from a home-center store) in the space where a real fireplace once stood. And at the mantel, a wide landscape painting hangs over an arrangement of seashells and fan coral.
