I collect Starbucks Been There (formally You Are Here) mugs* and I’ve wanted to display them for a long time. They’re so colorful and seeing them reminds me of all the places I was able to travel to pre-pandemic.

I wanted a shelf with a lip so the mugs would be secure, and something with a modern look. Steven searched for a long time, and found these zinc Crate & Barrel shelves** and gave them to me for our anniversary, then he modified them by adding a piece of walnut underneath. He completed them this weekend and we hung them up Sunday night!

Crappy before picture & crappy after picture:

I know, I know, it’s amazing my title at work used to be Interior Designer! Ha, all joking aside, I love seeing the mugs on the wall, and we hung up Steven’s fun coffee poster from Popchart** too. Now, I am just hoping Starbuck doesn’t trying to jump up on the mugs – she spends a lot of time on that coffee cart.

I know, I already need another shelf! We have another metal shelf, we just need another piece of walnut.

*only to places I have been though!
**not sponsored