Decor Mid-Life Crisis

My tastes are changing. I don't know if it's a mid-life crisis thing or just a new chapter of my life, but I am liking certain things for the first time or not liking things I've liked forever.

 

It started around Christmas decorating time. A few years ago I started collecting nutcrackers. Each year, we put them all out on the fireplace hearth. All 80 + of them. That's a lot of nutcrackers. This year, I had no interest in putting ANY nutcrackers out. I wanted to go minimal. So no nutcrackers adorned our hearth. Very few decorations came out anywhere in the house. Less felt like more.

 

Decorating-wise, I have always been a modern furniture kind of girl. I have a red sofa with black accents in my living room. Now I'm all about cottage style. Easy, pastel-y muted color combinations. The more white decor I can find, the better. I'm not sure how I'm going to manage that in my red and black living room.

 

I want to paint everything white and put teapots and flowers everywhere. There's nothing wrong with that, right?

 

 

 

 

 

Valentine Wreath

I was obsessed with white everything this past Christmas. I wanted a white tree, white garland, a white wreath. So I got them, and I used them in my family room. The room looked lovely, not exactly perfect in my mind, but lovely. At least that gives me something to work on for next year.

 

Here's the wreath that I purchased in Michael's for about $8. I added a string of white lights to it for Christmas. It did look lovely up on the wall when it was lit.

 

I decided to extend the life of the white wreath over my mantle for Valentine's Day. I found some cute heart picks in Michael's and thought just a couple on the wreath would do the trick. They cost less than $1 each.

 

 Here's what it looks like now. Simple and sweet . . . and inexpensive.

 

SAG Awards Fashion Wrap Up

I was struggling to come up with top looks at last night's SAG Awards. There was only one dress that wowed me right off the bat. I'm posting the others because they were interesting to me for one reason or another. All in all, it was a disappointing night of fashion.

 

1. Amanda Seyfriend in a navy Zac Posen gown and Lorraine Schwartz necklace was the one no-brainer for me. I enjoyed everything about this look.

 
2. Claire Danes in a black Givenchy dress gave me pause. I love the white detail along the leg, but I'm still not sure about the toga-esque top. It was definitely interesting.

 
3. Nina Dobrev in a bright pink Elie Saab caught my attention not just because of the color but those lace cut-outs in front and back added a bit of interest to an otherwise bland dress.


 
 

6WS

Call Me Cate at Show My Face hosts Six Word Saturday. Want to play along? All that's necessary to participate is to describe your life (or something) in a phrase using just six words.

 

Warming trend, where are you? Brrrrr!

Friday Finds

MizB at Should Be Reading hosts Friday Finds. What great books did you find online, in the library or at the bookstore? What did you add to your TBR list? Share with us your FRIDAY FINDS!




"The Good House" by Ann Leary
"The Lost Art of Mixing" by Erica Bauermeister
"Saturday Night Widows" by Becky Aikman
"Sugar Rush" by Donna Kauffman
"Me and Mr. Booker" by Cory Taylor
"The Tell" by Hester Kaplan