Hello my loves and welcome back.
Yes I am a lazy blogger. I left y'all high and dry for almost two strait weeks.
Yes I ate a lot of high calorie food and spent a week in the Great White North.
Yes I missed y'all.
Back to blogging. And a sound resolution to be even more epic this year.
Holler.
So you pulled down all the Christmas decor. Your house looks naked. Naked. Or if you're a southerner, you say "Necked". Like neck-ed. That's how you say it.
So this little photo shoot is to show y'all how I'm coping with the post-Christmas Neck-ed blues. And it's the blues.
Now don't get me wrong, I was ready to rip down everything. My live greens had long died.
We got off the plane from visiting family, walked in the house, and upon eyeing my spruce, knew it was over. The poor thing was strait-up brown.
Oh Lawd.
More needles on the floor then on the tree. Probably from Drew beating it to death on the night of installation (we found a snake skin in the tree).
Well we got the bright idea to take the tree down, start a bonfire, get baby J and the s'mores supplies, and make it a family event. Burning the tree. Quite sadistic I know.
Drew puts the tree on the stack of damp wood, lights one match, and KABOOOOOOOOM. Without any gasoline, our poor spruce was nothing but ash in about 19 seconds. Talk about eating on the run. I barely had my marshmallow on the stick and I was running for my life.
All that to say. It's back to decorating. But with what?
No elves, no greens. NECK-ED HOUSE?!
Below my loves, you will see. It's all my excuses to make the house look cute. Even though it's January.
I hope this inspires even the dreariest of homes.
So I set the table. It made me feel better. Why not act like you're about to have a gorgeous brunch party?
So let's face it. Color is the issue. We all need color. Our houses aren't red and green anymore. Lemons did the trick here. Citrus was traditionally given as a Christmas gift. So I figured it wasn't too weird to use it as a pop of color in the winter time. And a spray of tiny yellow flowers had to be added. I had to y'all. It's just too brown outside.
My formal dining room stayed ridiculously neutral. I left the pheasant feathers in the cream pitcher on the lady's writing desk.
A cluster of crocks got a greenery sprig as well.
Succulents seemed legal this time of year. I was given a whole pot of them for Christmas by a dear friend. Green color for the win!
The desk got a greenery, a weird little bust, and books.
My gigantic scale got low on the floor and a basket on top holds my Christmas gift: a Hudson Bay blanket. Thank you to my sweet mother-in-law for a wonderful surprise!
Drew built my barn wood doors as an early Christmas gift. I love them. I left plaid on the couch because I'm still kickin' it with my plaid everything! Cozy!
I changed it up and got frisky with my 3 tiered kitchen tray. It took a non-traditional spin in the living room. I filled it with reading material, a succulent, pine cones, and exra throw-blankets.
Thank you Tara! Your Christmas succulent gift inspired this whole search for color!
I scored these Turkish-towel-look-alikes at Ross for $3. Use this time of year to freshen up with extremely in-expensive touches.
Put a tray on your bed. Go ahead and do it. As a girl, I thought bed trays were absolutely dreamy. Who can't love feeling like they live in a B&B? Pears add color, teacups for fun, and the morning paper.
Back in the kitchen, a basket of herbs and my cute horse from Lancaster.
I even spruced it up in J's room. She got my old living room lamps since I got new living room lamps as a Christmas gift.
Love y'all!