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Happy Friday Dear Readers!
It’s a great Friday as it is the third Friday of the month which means it is Floral Friday!
I am so happy to be joining Lidy, Mary and Pam, my beautiful Floral Friday friends
to bring you some amazing red, white and blue floral inspiration.
Today, my theme is not only red, white and blue,
it is a Ralph Lauren inspired floral arrangement,
using my Ralph Lauren Mandarin Blue pieces.
We decided that we should think about reducing the items on the wall in the dining room
to make it look less cluttered. So as much as I hated to, the shutters on each side
of the the bay window area came down along with the vintage brackets/corbels
and the Paris paintings that were hung next to the hutch.
I must say, that it opened up the room . . . which also led to me doing some
tweaking of the dining room hutch.
So here we go with the:
DINING ROOM REFRESH AND CHANGES
Happy Friday everyone!
It is a happy day because it is Floral Friday,
when I join three of my wonderfully talented blogger friends
to give you some great floral inspiration.
Today, for your enjoyment and ideas for using flowers for Easter, is my
Floral Friday Easter Basket Centerpiece
It’s that time of the year when we are thinking cute bunnies!
Last week I found some very adorable bunnies at HomeGoods.
They were holding the Golden Egg.
The wheels started turning in my head . . . you could actually hear the squeaking!
I thought that there were so many things that I could do with them and I have.
Today, I present you with the first of the series of The Bunnies with the Golden Egg.
Two Bunny Themed Centerpieces.
Welcome to Floral Friday!
Today it is all about A Spring Dish Garden.
It all started with a new bowl by Pottery Barn.
The large double handle bowl from the Sonoma Vase Collection.
It reminded me a little bit of the French Tian bowl (without the handles).
The Tian was mainly used to make Cassoulets, Ratatouille, and
storing fruits and vegetables to name a few of its purposes.
I placed this bowl on the dining room table knowing that I wanted to place some
pretty Spring flowers in it.
For many years, I have had a Christmas tree in my dining room.
It is usually a small slim tree that can be easily placed in a corner.
This year I wanted to do something different, without breaking the bank.
A bit of a different look. I then had an epiphany!
I remembered something that I have used in the past
to embellish my plain miniature Christmas trees.
So today I shall show you how to easily and inexpensively flock a Christmas tree.
But first, let me show you last year’s dining room christmas tree.
They say it is always good to have a second pair of eyes.
Eyes that see differently ….. from a different perspective.
This is exactly what happened the day of the photo shoot
by ShowSpaces Photography.
I noticed the photographer kept opening doors. Hmmm, I thought, for more light?
The photographer stated that you need to see what is beyond the doors.
The other day I was strolling through my favorite consignment store, Always Home,
with some friends and I spotted something.
It caught my eye right away and I scurried over to it
as it sat so beautifully on a table.
I then thought to myself . . . Can you have too much blue and white?
As I looked the item over, I thought, now really Shirley . . . do you really need this?
I walked around a little more, and realized, there is no such thing
as too much blue and white!
I guess you can say that every room in this house is going through a change
in that there is a room with less. Less items to create a more spacious feel
and then there is the more . . . taking things away means more to pack away.
Speaking of less, I will be keeping the centerpiece on the dining room table simple.
However, simple does not mean you cannot have a bit of elegance too.
Today I present my dining room changes, starting with the simple, yet elegant centerpiece.
Do your vignettes tell a story?
Mine always seem like they do.
Whenever I gather things to place on a table or a surface/area I am styling,
I think of each piece and the story behind it.
Whether it be a memory of a friend, a place that I traveled to, or a shopping experience
with friends or family. There is always a story. Stories of fun times and
sometimes bittersweet, because that particular memory is that of a person who is longer with us.
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