hello hello! with the start of the holiday season well upon us our home is currently a mix of bountiful harvest with touches of winter magic. not wanting to bypass thanksgiving & all that we have to be thankful for...pumpkins mingle around our home with pinecones + evergreens. and with the exception of the frozen pumpks that remain outside...they "play" well together!
my dining table even has touches of seasons past with a lil chick feeder sprouting wheat grass. {below}. i never tire of a little green to brighten a gray winter day. but i am sure hubby would disagree...he has packed away the lawnmower and is ready to spring into snowblowing mode.
there's nothing quite as cheerful this time of the year than forcing paperwhites into bloom. and this is a process that takes some time...so my little vessels are lined with rocks & ready to do just that. a vintage ironstone compote below...
and on our mantle...some simple white mugs mingle among my matte white pottery collection. the green will add some contrast + texture providing some "BEAUTY FULL" holiday cheer!
i know the paperwhites look like onions now...but don't let 'em fool ya. in a few weeks time they should be clusters of fragrant glories something like these...
throw on your coat and follow me. on the carriage doors to my studio...an oversized evergreen wreath was brought to life with selected pieces of "junk". a rusty pulley with an always favorite star cutout was the perfect anchor to hold some skates. a saved sign letter in our namesake initial gives the whole thing some pop! and the rest is a mix of dried boxwood from last year and collected branches + berries. voila!
back inside again we go...where a glass implement houses some baby boos...i'm a huge fan of beakers, flasks & other lab vessels to accent our home with.
you may have picked up on this in the above photos...and if not here's a closer peek. our "tablerunner" is actually a vintage player piano music roll. it provides a quirky accent to my tone on tone white decorating.
so there you have some touches of my decorating for the season(s). i will be showing you some more of my transitions as they come about. i already am planning on hunting down the perfect blue spruce again this year. last year's search was like finding a unicorn...but i am determined! let's hope bill is up to the challenge of driving me to every corner of the upper midwest in that conquest!
thanks for stopping by today and i hope this finds you enjoying the start to the "most wonderful time of the year" as andy williams would say...
and i'd like to wish you a happy day!
