Love/Hate With The Bookshelves

 Good morning !
The snow has finally stopped .. we have alot of digging out to do !
When we did our kitchen and family room remodel 9 years ago we had the mantel built and these bookshelves. My husband has a huge collection of mostly political books that have been on the shelves since they were built..

I hated the way it looked ..and didn;t know how to fix it .. Too many colors on the books and it just looked jumbled ..I would take photos of the mantel for my blog and always leave out the bookshelves ( except at Christmas when I would place Santas in front of the books.

 Last Sunday I decided to fix up the shelves .. I took all the dust covers off the books ( they are in a rubbermaid container not getting wreacked :) took out all the paperback books .. turned some of the books around so you see only the pages..

 and added some decorative things to pretty it up. You can see the winter mantel here ..

 I also took out all the photo frames that weren't kind of neutral in color.

 They look so much better .. and now when I walk into the family room I love them instead of just wanting to look away ! :)

This morning as the sun was rising ...

These two are not enjoying the snow :)

Another Prairie Schooler Santa underway

I made these fabulous easy appetizers last night .. A box of frozen puff pastry sheets ..each piece of puff pastry thawed and then  cut into 18 pieces. There are 2 in the boxes I buy. I stretched each piece a little and added a small chunk of mozzarella or colby jack and 3 circles of pepperoni.. I brought the ends together and placed them on parchment paper covered baking sheet .. 425 degrees for 16 minutes and they are amazing ! Dip them in pizza sauce or marinara ..

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