Showing posts with label winter decorating. Show all posts
Showing posts with label winter decorating. Show all posts

Sunday, January 05, 2014

Winter Blues...

So those of you that have followed here for a while now, already know that I really don't like winter.

It's an unavoidable fact of life though where we live - here in Ontario.

If you follow us on Facebook - you already have seen the snow we received on New Year's Day... a lovely 8 inches!  This has been the scene outside my front windows this week.



And here's a look out into the backyard.




I've kept the bird feeders full so the birds won't starve now that it's cold and snowy, but the only really regular visitors have been the squirrels.
Those pesky squirrels have even chewed through some of my strings of lights!



We packed away all the Christmas decorations this week as well.

However, I did create a winter vignette on top of the china cabinet - keeping out some of the faux pine branches and my cardinal plate.




I also left out the pine branches and pine cones in the tool box on the dining room table.




Here's a quick look at the living room now that the decorations are packed away.




It's hard to get a good picture with the glare from the snow coming in the front windows!!

We are in the midst of another big storm today - another 6-8 inches of snow!



Here's hoping the weather is better where you are!

Are you finding your home just a little bare now that the Christmas decorations are packed away? 
 If so, I'd love to know what you are doing to decorate for winter!!

Cheryl

Sunday, January 06, 2013

A Winter Tablescape

This morning while waiting for McG to wake up, I decided to put together a post about my new tablescape in the dining room.   It's nothing fancy...but now that all the Christmas decorations are put away, the house was feeling a little blah - or maybe that was me...


I am really loving birds in my home decorating lately...and I found this one at Home Sense last week in the clearance area.  I teamed it up with a placemat that matches my dining room curtains, two small gold mercury glass candle holders, a teal vase full of sticks and another bigger container filled with giant pine cones and wicker balls.



While I was taking the pictures, this guy showed up...


and he wanted to play peek-a-boo through the chair...


So play we did...


We had a lip-smacking good time!

Cheryl

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