New Kitchen Decorating 2015

My Favorite Statement Chairs

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I was recently contacted by a representative </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">at <a href="https://www.onekingslane.com/" target="_blank">One Kings Lane </a>to help introduce </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">their new <a href="https://www.onekingslane.com/info/#.UsHQAbSiDdg" target="_blank">Home Decor Resource Guide</a>.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I Adore OKL and have shopped there for everything </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">from dishes to furniture, </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">so of course I was thrilled to help!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">They wanted me to do a write up on </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">my favorite Statement Chair in my home.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hmmmm, that was harder than I thought. </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So what the heck, I've included <b>many</b> of my favorite chairs </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">for you all to look at.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0e-gDgpc-m_-JIh1eIvC45h7DOTyj6l60WqDzHPppzXYvHIs26RUZySGYzTPp6Ji0blbO6MTHRFfovXdP40dV-vPudrAqSeK92TW-TEKyq8_515jriz2g4ONZwfUXsuWt0YXxj8EGZ49j/s1600/IMG_7547.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0e-gDgpc-m_-JIh1eIvC45h7DOTyj6l60WqDzHPppzXYvHIs26RUZySGYzTPp6Ji0blbO6MTHRFfovXdP40dV-vPudrAqSeK92TW-TEKyq8_515jriz2g4ONZwfUXsuWt0YXxj8EGZ49j/s640/IMG_7547.jpg" width="450" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">What exactly <b>IS</b> a Statement Chair?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Well, that's where the <a href="https://www.onekingslane.com/info/#.UsHSEbSiDdg" target="_blank">Resource Guide</a> </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">at <a href="https://www.onekingslane.com/" target="_blank">One Kings Lane</a> comes into play.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">You can go there and read some really great articles on </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">design, styles and periods of furniture.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> They have a great article on <a href="https://www.onekingslane.com/info/home/how-to-incorporate-statement-furniture-into-any-room/#.UsHQW7SiDdg" target="_blank">Statement Chairs </a> </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and explain that they are just that: </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Chairs that make a statement!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">You remember <a href="http://beauxrevesamore.blogspot.com/2012/07/hey-there-delilah.html" target="_blank">Delilah</a> pictured above?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I found her at an Estate Sale for $55.00.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Why does Delilah fit the bill as a Statement Chair?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">She adds just the right pop of pattern in an otherwise patternless muted bedroom.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge6IbEZGsOOK8UBRsj5VRDaaczOUWXKDIEn_DirNaxeY8fa-gOyKEgERQeRmO8hElvC0QB-sRkuoD6nnR9btzDmFhFHhseDGheXWipNqaCtWGT56DI6rEVZP1ArnoqeudvJFcKZoX6tnch/s1600/IMG_7530.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge6IbEZGsOOK8UBRsj5VRDaaczOUWXKDIEn_DirNaxeY8fa-gOyKEgERQeRmO8hElvC0QB-sRkuoD6nnR9btzDmFhFHhseDGheXWipNqaCtWGT56DI6rEVZP1ArnoqeudvJFcKZoX6tnch/s640/IMG_7530.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Delilah pulls everything together </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">to make just the statement I was after.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">If you looked this chair up in the <a href="https://www.onekingslane.com/info/#.UsHSEbSiDdg" target="_blank">Resource Center</a> </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">you would find that it is a classic example of a </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Queen Anne Style Wing Chair.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh12Q-fIe8C2cK4z0pIIlbtsUjxItO5n82HrbGBkFVNEZn7c6XFaUCR8c-jk927Mi5fh8hrDAXCwQ9bfklcy_kFdMMl1F9ZGumwoihyAV2WyGis8ed_2AR_YitGE1thm3AA5rORhShqjWaD/s1600/HR1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh12Q-fIe8C2cK4z0pIIlbtsUjxItO5n82HrbGBkFVNEZn7c6XFaUCR8c-jk927Mi5fh8hrDAXCwQ9bfklcy_kFdMMl1F9ZGumwoihyAV2WyGis8ed_2AR_YitGE1thm3AA5rORhShqjWaD/s640/HR1.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Here is another of my favorite Statement Chairs. </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I had so much fun choosing all of the fabrics to go in my </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hearth Room and this chair was my pride and joy.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiofXjwjWDvtkZs69pq-V1gtTf6sw9fGaKwf1q5omE6JxSYx0g2TACypOMrmJC4N_-BY35IvRxpr6Ey0CS-GiemaCBaoT_GgmvWZxesDAdRrdnHsAYjNbjoCmM3Cd8Gg9EJzCGIIjkJd_Fk/s1600/chair.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiofXjwjWDvtkZs69pq-V1gtTf6sw9fGaKwf1q5omE6JxSYx0g2TACypOMrmJC4N_-BY35IvRxpr6Ey0CS-GiemaCBaoT_GgmvWZxesDAdRrdnHsAYjNbjoCmM3Cd8Gg9EJzCGIIjkJd_Fk/s640/chair.jpg" width="548" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">What I love about this chair is that it makes </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">a statement coming AND going.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I absolutely love French Country style!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The rush seat in this chair makes it a little less </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">formal and more country.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHJ7M-VoowrupGY-kUH0cZpo1gnu4PV8W3A1xd9xHST9eqyK_413MnQLZsKSI8HtjyH3zVOhp81OefMhKojUIShDN8Brs6HkLKS2K-0-WXiL6sglN8li6PFDZG4tPnrZV8RRs93TnWR_Z-/s1600/IMG_7732.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHJ7M-VoowrupGY-kUH0cZpo1gnu4PV8W3A1xd9xHST9eqyK_413MnQLZsKSI8HtjyH3zVOhp81OefMhKojUIShDN8Brs6HkLKS2K-0-WXiL6sglN8li6PFDZG4tPnrZV8RRs93TnWR_Z-/s640/IMG_7732.jpg" width="494" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The last statement chair that I am sharing </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">is one that got a makeover last year.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDvoaEiRen-K-VzeESYRgRwoM8kG9EJ5HHzKmt3ZoxaB9ooQA4z_JbYeeyVvZFPDTWAHlKGFV6Z23qiQGtJvCwshsbPRoJbekAEsaI0FPDNKgZveRh4vWo1dKZ-mo8WdGGh_utWsuxIig/s1600/IMG_5351.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDvoaEiRen-K-VzeESYRgRwoM8kG9EJ5HHzKmt3ZoxaB9ooQA4z_JbYeeyVvZFPDTWAHlKGFV6Z23qiQGtJvCwshsbPRoJbekAEsaI0FPDNKgZveRh4vWo1dKZ-mo8WdGGh_utWsuxIig/s640/IMG_5351.jpg" width="440" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Here is what it looked like "before" the makeover.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Before I painted this chair it had more of a </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">formal Empire Style to it.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">If you look in the Resource Guide under <a href="https://www.onekingslane.com/info/home/regency-style-chairs/#.UsHRn7SiDdg" target="_blank">Empire Style in </a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">England: Regency Stye you will see almost this exact chair.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">After it's makeover it blends more into my Frenchy style.   </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Head on over to <a href="https://www.onekingslane.com/" target="_blank">One King's Lane </a> </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> and check out their <a href="https://www.onekingslane.com/info/#.UsHSEbSiDdg" target="_blank">Resource Guide</a>.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Just don't blame me if you get lost in the site for a couple of </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">hours like I did.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Until Next Time,</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Beaux R'eves</span></span></i></span></div>

My Favorite Statement Chairs

I was recently contacted by a representative at One Kings Lane to help introduce their new Home Decor Resource Guide. I Adore OKL and have shopped there for everything from dishes to furniture, so of course I was thrilled to help! They wanted me to do a write up on my favorite Statement Chair in m…

30Dec2013

More Christmas Decorating!

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I thought I would share some pictures </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">that I snapped of the Living Room before </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">our Company Christmas party began.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We decided to hold the party at our home this year </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">in order to save money for the company.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I liked the idea for two reasons; </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">one~ it would get me motivated to get the house ready for </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Christmas, and two~ I thought it would be cozier than </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">having the party at a restaurant or another venue.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2uniD5ZPck6qwK0spP1780Dt9rceHAcLc05kVuiFM4jCvSj-qOHbejBcuykD3L-ux4kUBu11MUfpInwFc0I5GVwSro4-dh86mz6MIZESjPocR_Pw5W1GJN8IAJSshdcHbn_IFZLoymPCR/s1600/IMG_8905.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2uniD5ZPck6qwK0spP1780Dt9rceHAcLc05kVuiFM4jCvSj-qOHbejBcuykD3L-ux4kUBu11MUfpInwFc0I5GVwSro4-dh86mz6MIZESjPocR_Pw5W1GJN8IAJSshdcHbn_IFZLoymPCR/s640/IMG_8905.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I did a big tree this year instead of the tabletop tree </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">that I had last year.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-PR1wg4L0WXXrT8DGXlVpSySa2cs4j40qI4gW9khGT3Oax2ccEOpa2wweYiMjdI9dHiN-bOpt23mEoYSm6kQ9C9KKCuAF44wh-_UCETlzS7xfS84csG223cVXqh_J7bHq91VEbmuHJbXm/s1600/IMG_8790a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-PR1wg4L0WXXrT8DGXlVpSySa2cs4j40qI4gW9khGT3Oax2ccEOpa2wweYiMjdI9dHiN-bOpt23mEoYSm6kQ9C9KKCuAF44wh-_UCETlzS7xfS84csG223cVXqh_J7bHq91VEbmuHJbXm/s640/IMG_8790a.jpg" width="370" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The color scheme this year is gold, white </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and a touch of aqua blue.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCpIaRUE01UIBwW8Ym5_kiNoUSXz3fEtSGU8GuXWhYJ9YD3C4BvrNOr7PalH_xecAWtVZqboP5deEHkronDsDPWPI_p-Fo4SZyggT3SmMwENnfrDoh-JUMC1eiCCulD1CxIM8RJPMvg7lo/s1600/IMG_8790ab.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="596" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCpIaRUE01UIBwW8Ym5_kiNoUSXz3fEtSGU8GuXWhYJ9YD3C4BvrNOr7PalH_xecAWtVZqboP5deEHkronDsDPWPI_p-Fo4SZyggT3SmMwENnfrDoh-JUMC1eiCCulD1CxIM8RJPMvg7lo/s640/IMG_8790ab.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Even though my tree has over 750 lights on it I added 6 </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">more strands so that it really shines at night!</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh86GH60HHs0Wmmba_5AwbBT6uk8wwe3G744lpXKT3XiN2Kc1u4iVDyJCgcmIclWeRup2XqEMBF36gixbdrxjiX8U00wIKW3jCsyCGYgpZx5A0Wo8KqaycsocoBu0F6VHle4flJ9_Iwuig9/s1600/IMG_8788a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh86GH60HHs0Wmmba_5AwbBT6uk8wwe3G744lpXKT3XiN2Kc1u4iVDyJCgcmIclWeRup2XqEMBF36gixbdrxjiX8U00wIKW3jCsyCGYgpZx5A0Wo8KqaycsocoBu0F6VHle4flJ9_Iwuig9/s640/IMG_8788a.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The mantle this year is also very simple.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Just layers and layers of greenery </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">with a few sparkly touches added.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo-jwp0QiRWzcx8yNdopaS9tx5WO6Ty17KCTEhdUG22KQlkJOeC31XHUAhSE4vaqGx73bYmEcL-whXEAGj6rtULwLK3fOk9yY-oIVIshmtkET3SXgYtSADVaO12o73I9c07ILqQvs1cdo/s1600/IMG_6403.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo-jwp0QiRWzcx8yNdopaS9tx5WO6Ty17KCTEhdUG22KQlkJOeC31XHUAhSE4vaqGx73bYmEcL-whXEAGj6rtULwLK3fOk9yY-oIVIshmtkET3SXgYtSADVaO12o73I9c07ILqQvs1cdo/s640/IMG_6403.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Do you remember my<a href="http://beauxrevesamore.blogspot.com/2012/11/christmas-decoratinglets-start-with.html" target="_blank"> mantle </a>from last year?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My Decor Steals Angel Wings!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I love them but they didn't make it out this year.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMgwx25zMq6r4DYDw4MRwJADOLc-IxDQPB6lxFWZF-dNhuRvGQEzpT_2DxS4VdNzcJESBoKW3RHzdVGvgI4nUltP055wcezvVHBQNauxh63G0moAb_swmwxVplIi7VtIbgTWItNUU4xkCH/s1600/IMG_8794.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMgwx25zMq6r4DYDw4MRwJADOLc-IxDQPB6lxFWZF-dNhuRvGQEzpT_2DxS4VdNzcJESBoKW3RHzdVGvgI4nUltP055wcezvVHBQNauxh63G0moAb_swmwxVplIi7VtIbgTWItNUU4xkCH/s640/IMG_8794.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I reused the mantle piece that Mr. Beaux made for me last </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">year to extend the depth of the mantle.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> I layered garland that I already had along with new wispy </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">garland that I bought at Nell Hill's </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-rGXx8WmxQAbBp_cQJOxjisfVzgg9sKvcEWtMI7bSFM8yqWm6qoT-B24rx8stimirC33O0TdUJf3XbgFTAEUNzhpGvBpp_vmeF9oSUBDCpU3VqE7-UpKatekfoyWSVtI5ORwRtkjyrU5L/s1600/IMG_8796.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-rGXx8WmxQAbBp_cQJOxjisfVzgg9sKvcEWtMI7bSFM8yqWm6qoT-B24rx8stimirC33O0TdUJf3XbgFTAEUNzhpGvBpp_vmeF9oSUBDCpU3VqE7-UpKatekfoyWSVtI5ORwRtkjyrU5L/s640/IMG_8796.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I hung a pre-lit wreath in the center of the fireplace </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and tucked in a few birds and pinecones.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCSA3_nxYIjfekGEaIeTJ2i_QsJVUSZpPPRcCYl3PLUAFzCBoldK8Rlhin2ElG1_ZDlvvSeUcxD04uwzu7gnypxiAZmytsrpEj_4uV5CG04xLcbvQ33Req01SVtDYK4t1xZb8gnvgN6aLz/s1600/IMG_8797.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCSA3_nxYIjfekGEaIeTJ2i_QsJVUSZpPPRcCYl3PLUAFzCBoldK8Rlhin2ElG1_ZDlvvSeUcxD04uwzu7gnypxiAZmytsrpEj_4uV5CG04xLcbvQ33Req01SVtDYK4t1xZb8gnvgN6aLz/s640/IMG_8797.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I love the movement of the pine branches from Nell Hills.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAJ-RtMRVXnFYxLgs7ho2fRBQvZ3K_lndyNc3H_-YgEFXsUtpQDmKArlnSoLnIQuoN8c6QIOwsijaOFgXQc_fm729NFmroXHe5UQ6TZGzHE9Yq_q-KVmFBD3y_YvHArIN7Fm0xP7QuUCuI/s1600/IMG_8795.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAJ-RtMRVXnFYxLgs7ho2fRBQvZ3K_lndyNc3H_-YgEFXsUtpQDmKArlnSoLnIQuoN8c6QIOwsijaOFgXQc_fm729NFmroXHe5UQ6TZGzHE9Yq_q-KVmFBD3y_YvHArIN7Fm0xP7QuUCuI/s640/IMG_8795.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sparkly icicle garland and snowflakes </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">make the mantle very wintery.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHMxs40wlB2XqPteTjz7riSjI2qiXRROnhB4NKNtyXSQ5Wr_IgmBCvunNkmMx6YUjY22i0-vD6zjcW6R052stAaEKC2QF3YhL5OYyASvfUXklW3QM6-ID8H6ntjlEeFsOG8bN5vKgtApF4/s1600/IMG_8897.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHMxs40wlB2XqPteTjz7riSjI2qiXRROnhB4NKNtyXSQ5Wr_IgmBCvunNkmMx6YUjY22i0-vD6zjcW6R052stAaEKC2QF3YhL5OYyASvfUXklW3QM6-ID8H6ntjlEeFsOG8bN5vKgtApF4/s640/IMG_8897.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">To add to my wintery Living Room, I reused my Dollar Store glitter house under a cloche.  </span></span></i></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpptOOBLOGnxRsJHtMxI9UsT2mTuP1rGxl3z6my0BqyzeOzCGdNch03q213LKpbI0Q_K1rohMKkPbf9_ixsmssxnSL8SBZdhUG8H9nJDc0jlDF3ldcdCnfdIxff6CdzbU9RMkawHoWRdPv/s1600/IMG_8899.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="608" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpptOOBLOGnxRsJHtMxI9UsT2mTuP1rGxl3z6my0BqyzeOzCGdNch03q213LKpbI0Q_K1rohMKkPbf9_ixsmssxnSL8SBZdhUG8H9nJDc0jlDF3ldcdCnfdIxff6CdzbU9RMkawHoWRdPv/s640/IMG_8899.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">You can see the original post <a href="http://beauxrevesamore.blogspot.com/2013/01/virgo-perfectionism-and-silly-things.html" target="_blank">Here</a>.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwlGjREXYIzJ7KpNFLPlVnXv_q2aVZN9qdhMzIcBiVQhgCRWyU_h2zMoNYunjEIMLM1sv9I-HXnebCygtWCh2kbHiDX0k2S4JNWuPZhLvy98PMP7AySKHv1fkEfr1pK0ODeOy6t8To2OKS/s1600/IMG_8896.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwlGjREXYIzJ7KpNFLPlVnXv_q2aVZN9qdhMzIcBiVQhgCRWyU_h2zMoNYunjEIMLM1sv9I-HXnebCygtWCh2kbHiDX0k2S4JNWuPZhLvy98PMP7AySKHv1fkEfr1pK0ODeOy6t8To2OKS/s640/IMG_8896.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Next to the fireplace I set this urn with greens </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and glittery ribbon and a silver gazing ball </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">in the middle.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The beautiful thing about decorations like this </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">is that I can keep them out through January.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIrnzeTea7GMnntRuqR5W4i7a_t2Rp9JwPCow_SFunzSHlSHsLqQw505CYpyiN4t1g7M9nDkPr_7QyX5OtyGdF-VasqJUis693uRdiXKSlmA1BGywebLxm2nhF3iB0tojHwZAvKefiBLOZ/s1600/IMG_8793.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIrnzeTea7GMnntRuqR5W4i7a_t2Rp9JwPCow_SFunzSHlSHsLqQw505CYpyiN4t1g7M9nDkPr_7QyX5OtyGdF-VasqJUis693uRdiXKSlmA1BGywebLxm2nhF3iB0tojHwZAvKefiBLOZ/s640/IMG_8793.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">On the other side of the room the Wine Cabinet </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">is set with a Wintery scene as well.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Fresh flowers for the party sit inside a </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">silver champagne holder.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjebke4cb5B5xh03qxydhwL02Whd6E6Xhc-0OzCg7qLvRBUnKePm3mkYcGqRS0MKjMOfOLkgcyOhNluVd0V6w646saO31_Dthd4lQU7m62iX74tP0WbludAxRJK7LqmIxfeG4C6J6nwtZZh/s1600/IMG_8907.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjebke4cb5B5xh03qxydhwL02Whd6E6Xhc-0OzCg7qLvRBUnKePm3mkYcGqRS0MKjMOfOLkgcyOhNluVd0V6w646saO31_Dthd4lQU7m62iX74tP0WbludAxRJK7LqmIxfeG4C6J6nwtZZh/s640/IMG_8907.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Some of the elements from last years mantle now grace the top of the Wine Cabinet.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP6BNh4DzRlY2TrUep0D-jYf2Pv2Q6b1hk70FK3007JyMBOnlFl4BnneVZ4M0f9gdMqGX8QtHNonGvByjVCGPA_iqnKaGlljp0YwGWTb21BpWtDcHg9zpJNLDbGxZUpPG_AezBQCFfhUaX/s1600/Operation+Breakthrouh.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP6BNh4DzRlY2TrUep0D-jYf2Pv2Q6b1hk70FK3007JyMBOnlFl4BnneVZ4M0f9gdMqGX8QtHNonGvByjVCGPA_iqnKaGlljp0YwGWTb21BpWtDcHg9zpJNLDbGxZUpPG_AezBQCFfhUaX/s640/Operation+Breakthrouh.jpg" width="512" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">For our Company Charity this year I organized </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">to "Adopt-A-Family" </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">through a great organization </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Operation Breakthrough.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">They help families in need in Kansas City all year long.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The office had fun buying gifts for our "adopted" family </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and brought them to the Christmas Party.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Giving back is what Christmas is all about.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWwIwjK6UgHUPuVlrrx-UWNtW7abnj_psPG8JqX5waMnKu7BeXgUSAxkAoHfP7o8_DCfNRXDX2tXykwt3c9tfjOFsHW6SOy8jJWfE5ex1alUFG3uaA7TB588A0cIrmgW5tzttaWYs0Rjgd/s1600/IMG_8901.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWwIwjK6UgHUPuVlrrx-UWNtW7abnj_psPG8JqX5waMnKu7BeXgUSAxkAoHfP7o8_DCfNRXDX2tXykwt3c9tfjOFsHW6SOy8jJWfE5ex1alUFG3uaA7TB588A0cIrmgW5tzttaWYs0Rjgd/s400/IMG_8901.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I hope you all have a Very Merry Christmas!</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Until Next Time,</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Beaux R'eves</span></span></i></span><br /><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sharing with, </span></span></i></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span></i></span><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.net/" target="_blank">Between Naps On The Porch </a></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.astrollthrulife.net/" target="_blank">A Stroll Thru Life</a> </span></span></i></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></span></div>

More Christmas Decorating!

I thought I would share some pictures that I snapped of the Living Room before our Company Christmas party began. We decided to hold the party at our home this year in order to save money for the company. I liked the idea for two reasons; one~ it would get me motivated to get the house ready for C…

23Dec2013

More of our Christmas Tour ...

<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And, now, we're down to only FOUR days away!  Time to start wrapping presents and making my grocery list for our Christmas morning feast!</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I thought I'd share just a few more pics of our holiday home before the big day! </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I always try to give our mudroom a little splash of Christmas!</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4BluucwnXRLm1jUS1unrJc2TIY_i1bR8yryYbbpJilva25Qqtt9JsyIivQKQAZul8sWHWquhcADv2FjX9vn4P4Qb1GET8MZfqpRxyc6MG7tOnYEzztyHWexBulRsIsOdpXuyVvUeNoTY/s1600/xmasmudoverall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4BluucwnXRLm1jUS1unrJc2TIY_i1bR8yryYbbpJilva25Qqtt9JsyIivQKQAZul8sWHWquhcADv2FjX9vn4P4Qb1GET8MZfqpRxyc6MG7tOnYEzztyHWexBulRsIsOdpXuyVvUeNoTY/s640/xmasmudoverall.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_tjdrP2AAigDKZVZ8lhFS6TwmF_caLXq3HiNsdha5gUlPhd-liU9JeRSxiVQbLdKsaRaOvQVpUBTiAuaSGrTGCFzs8tB5kEUlZq4U_-m9KvCV3L9FVJ19gjF2bmqavTlFEIf9Bu_6n5c/s1600/xmasmudcounter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_tjdrP2AAigDKZVZ8lhFS6TwmF_caLXq3HiNsdha5gUlPhd-liU9JeRSxiVQbLdKsaRaOvQVpUBTiAuaSGrTGCFzs8tB5kEUlZq4U_-m9KvCV3L9FVJ19gjF2bmqavTlFEIf9Bu_6n5c/s640/xmasmudcounter.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Inexpensive canisters from Wal-Mart become the perfect place to showcase ornaments, Christmas cards and candy ...</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghjvE2p8y0Bfu2ZZeGBi2zZU4AP-kj25oK6RineP3TqKUltriOIXgp6HoelzKLAxcDqDKlh6JpYbqwPI4v_DgpQbh2IdrR_hWDSqMaLgDcpIRdrSaXpxsVv5JZK_E6u9lL2lOYVyRAOcs/s1600/xmascountertree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghjvE2p8y0Bfu2ZZeGBi2zZU4AP-kj25oK6RineP3TqKUltriOIXgp6HoelzKLAxcDqDKlh6JpYbqwPI4v_DgpQbh2IdrR_hWDSqMaLgDcpIRdrSaXpxsVv5JZK_E6u9lL2lOYVyRAOcs/s640/xmascountertree.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This year, I decided to "hang" the Christmas cards from white clothesline and mini clothespins … thought that would be kinda fun since it's our laundry room!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYJMwDmUdbYAH21_9wuVOqYg2kLyo2cvU4yq6DmcLAODwellaE0Ic1AfcmOgqKk0f5f3fAaovuhEN5cG2rFxX8jbCtFm4O13UfpvxCBWcQaW9VwMjwO2fommL6zcKVHiPpTXjFsFfocJw/s1600/xmasmudcard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYJMwDmUdbYAH21_9wuVOqYg2kLyo2cvU4yq6DmcLAODwellaE0Ic1AfcmOgqKk0f5f3fAaovuhEN5cG2rFxX8jbCtFm4O13UfpvxCBWcQaW9VwMjwO2fommL6zcKVHiPpTXjFsFfocJw/s640/xmasmudcard.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9uTvfA8o5LmreDcDZu35z3AqxrxTI2za18a0hP87PyMiIwpZTnFkFyIfT29TxJknompdm6CqfkospmVZO0vSwAdmXV4R0aHkiH1vX_-Ro7UKmpV6P4I31roUdOkx_TXGKYIlwd6UUv1Y/s1600/xmasmudgarage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9uTvfA8o5LmreDcDZu35z3AqxrxTI2za18a0hP87PyMiIwpZTnFkFyIfT29TxJknompdm6CqfkospmVZO0vSwAdmXV4R0aHkiH1vX_-Ro7UKmpV6P4I31roUdOkx_TXGKYIlwd6UUv1Y/s640/xmasmudgarage.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My son's "little" bedroom got a matching "little" tree, filled with all things sports!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgg3-j_dd02Wkq4h0l_1n1jkMnLXhyphenhyphenoytDjLoN25E4K_3XoSAXoBb1TNP79XLQof3NnyWuAIMW8zDH5-sHDf2Gmn1Pi4WFjgaGTfXKbSIzy6lck7c3v0AGTp05Ac740DhDeE0ybGE8qKo/s1600/xmasjaxtree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgg3-j_dd02Wkq4h0l_1n1jkMnLXhyphenhyphenoytDjLoN25E4K_3XoSAXoBb1TNP79XLQof3NnyWuAIMW8zDH5-sHDf2Gmn1Pi4WFjgaGTfXKbSIzy6lck7c3v0AGTp05Ac740DhDeE0ybGE8qKo/s640/xmasjaxtree.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love the tree in my son's playroom … he pretty much did it all by himself, with just a little bit of help from me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhai1U7zNMMb6aDXC3OlZ5DStGrmXLs8cSU8JMmAaQrx8GpTiSNmFlac21DGu03gtlEo0dU1ESp9XpOjEIRrbFE_RseYIu8paRwbONYQXjeAIUCQoaJ_e9lN__mh78rfn1sFmJoP1Zwlps/s1600/xmasjaxplay.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhai1U7zNMMb6aDXC3OlZ5DStGrmXLs8cSU8JMmAaQrx8GpTiSNmFlac21DGu03gtlEo0dU1ESp9XpOjEIRrbFE_RseYIu8paRwbONYQXjeAIUCQoaJ_e9lN__mh78rfn1sFmJoP1Zwlps/s640/xmasjaxplay.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And, while my husband hangs out with his NY Yankees Christmas tree in his "man cave ..."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRxAmKDosyNH0uCcyss8eInhhAy48D8C4oCl4CWuLxNyqEj8lYbegGmZpLY1N6TgZQaWZdfiiTrKDyJe-h82D5T7yII-q8qq6gcnYSNjHZkDoCSyemmLfm5uD9lPfjRDZp3EcHaOkl4EQ/s1600/xmasgaragetree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRxAmKDosyNH0uCcyss8eInhhAy48D8C4oCl4CWuLxNyqEj8lYbegGmZpLY1N6TgZQaWZdfiiTrKDyJe-h82D5T7yII-q8qq6gcnYSNjHZkDoCSyemmLfm5uD9lPfjRDZp3EcHaOkl4EQ/s640/xmasgaragetree.jpg" width="468" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"I" might just hang out on our back porch, especially since it's in the 70s right now!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0i-adQwozHVLT1wM9IYbYjenrDfQot_GfXE8UoEqfbNWbEFq1Qp9Cz4IwrrExBtXt6H3qhmEgf0oUrlaZzuWQ9-yB3QFN7_xxcP0jsuaOUBLW_B1jJXo1M-f4rkOY4kfki-Wqxl2Rc_Q/s1600/xmasporch1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0i-adQwozHVLT1wM9IYbYjenrDfQot_GfXE8UoEqfbNWbEFq1Qp9Cz4IwrrExBtXt6H3qhmEgf0oUrlaZzuWQ9-yB3QFN7_xxcP0jsuaOUBLW_B1jJXo1M-f4rkOY4kfki-Wqxl2Rc_Q/s640/xmasporch1.jpg" width="442" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Enjoy your weekend and thanks for stopping by,</span><br /><br /><img alt="post signature" class="centered" src="http://i470.photobucket.com/albums/rr68/jbbecca/blogsig_zps4ebbd032.png" style="width: NaN%;" />

More of our Christmas Tour ...

And, now, we're down to only FOUR days away! Time to start wrapping presents and making my grocery list for our Christmas morning feast!I thought I'd share just a few more pics of our holiday home before the big day! I always try to give our mudroom a little splash of Christmas!Inexpensive canister…

21Dec2013

Beaux R'eves Christmas Home Tour

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Happy Holidays!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Merry Christmas!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Are you all ready and set for the big day?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Or, are you like me and in kind of a spinning flurry of activity trying to get the last minute details all finished?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In my last post I promised you two things</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">~ A home tour of my home decorated for Christmas </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and a little more info on what </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I have been up to for the past months...</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Let's start with the home tour </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and chat as we look at the pics.</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">BTW, I am watching </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"It's A Wonderful Life" </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">as I am writing this... Such a classic!!!</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY1e24j2-oLmP5IgNEe2UOpoTtTOwG3BoNYNlpmuVOp-98tijx4YhxFFCp1HpApgtZJ-hqQwvmnUpKSdxa5gH8kK3DZX63mXX7FYGU8sZoVdmcciDCCcG0vkRzgeaKhPar4citz9BH9AcR/s1600/IMG_8786.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY1e24j2-oLmP5IgNEe2UOpoTtTOwG3BoNYNlpmuVOp-98tijx4YhxFFCp1HpApgtZJ-hqQwvmnUpKSdxa5gH8kK3DZX63mXX7FYGU8sZoVdmcciDCCcG0vkRzgeaKhPar4citz9BH9AcR/s640/IMG_8786.jpg" width="396" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I decided to go in more of a "classic" direction this year </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> for Christmas.  I found a beautiful Plaid ribbon that </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">matched my Carolers that I have had forever.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I used the plaid ribbon on the stair garland and kept it very </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">simple and added some extra sparkle with a very cool </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">ribbon from Nell Hills.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> My BFF and I made a trip out after Thanksgiving </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> and found some fun things for holiday decorating.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOhOSudfD_1E-HddUKm0hW-UJWk5RCZ2QyXy_0O99Snyyt5TrvN6TbmjcfREfZGxFVKeEyfBMS3Ot62R5XH_vJqcXFNicSePy7lDtFz10CxdZiMrA5wp-bthc8RxlZ_FJRsowo4nakTABl/s1600/IMG_8785.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOhOSudfD_1E-HddUKm0hW-UJWk5RCZ2QyXy_0O99Snyyt5TrvN6TbmjcfREfZGxFVKeEyfBMS3Ot62R5XH_vJqcXFNicSePy7lDtFz10CxdZiMrA5wp-bthc8RxlZ_FJRsowo4nakTABl/s640/IMG_8785.jpg" width="432" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So, maybe you are wondering how the </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"house up for sale" all went?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Well, we put the house up in April </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and had a lot of showings.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Gee, isn't that a LOT of work!!!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Clean, clean, clean, get out of the house, </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">take the dogs with you...  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We did that for about three months </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and got a few bites but nothing serious </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">so we took it off the market.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We just didn't want to interrupt Miss Beaux's Senior year of High School with moving etc...</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB-UCnNBmY5e0uvR5iKjYgc0Ccb8skqC3T7S5lYMyfr-_SYJM_JikydUalUd8CyPttycg47m9ReiqWLethfPeJkkDwVG7JfiAk8Rfm3uR-M_QtaAq3MJgE5qoVlLf_-KHslK5awCa9wr0N/s1600/IMG_8781.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB-UCnNBmY5e0uvR5iKjYgc0Ccb8skqC3T7S5lYMyfr-_SYJM_JikydUalUd8CyPttycg47m9ReiqWLethfPeJkkDwVG7JfiAk8Rfm3uR-M_QtaAq3MJgE5qoVlLf_-KHslK5awCa9wr0N/s640/IMG_8781.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Aren't they the cutest little carolers?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I love red plaid!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I am looking for a new red plaid shirt right now </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">to replace the one I shrunk in the wash!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I found these guys when we lived in California.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I won a silent auction bid for a little boutique near where we lived and they are what I picked out with my winnings.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzuTvG5D9DCNaYnG66cer_1vAmVmYNipacgEL0vUo5wmX6Rsq11A1UllCmbOeNWHjcyXlJeaYQQH4Zm0i42ZwQJVEpnae2Gs5Qf_IYIieNJ59E4XN31ytx0kbSk8j8vhr1jbD4jiEqDvTV/s1600/IMG_8783.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzuTvG5D9DCNaYnG66cer_1vAmVmYNipacgEL0vUo5wmX6Rsq11A1UllCmbOeNWHjcyXlJeaYQQH4Zm0i42ZwQJVEpnae2Gs5Qf_IYIieNJ59E4XN31ytx0kbSk8j8vhr1jbD4jiEqDvTV/s640/IMG_8783.jpg" width="560" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirUQTyIUhirLNJsroY5enLIlVvQuxIOzMYdlJe5p0VfPc5HiMBkc6Oh404hUfI8sCrAHjf5EudqZFjG0crvdRBxHdve9WIzBAV21KfINhzwlDvq6RwKE8vzOpBE3I3R669bFY-8p5qspjh/s1600/IMG_8782.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirUQTyIUhirLNJsroY5enLIlVvQuxIOzMYdlJe5p0VfPc5HiMBkc6Oh404hUfI8sCrAHjf5EudqZFjG0crvdRBxHdve9WIzBAV21KfINhzwlDvq6RwKE8vzOpBE3I3R669bFY-8p5qspjh/s320/IMG_8782.jpg" width="320" /> </a> </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I put some greens and white flowers </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">in this silver reindeer bowl </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">that I picked up at an Estate sale,</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdKXDlveUFasDm2jPhv4wMboymDtx1t60bEP0siWdjvpButh9eFhQjfYStXbLntckatPKD0JLcPIPT99mq3grqz2Kh3mnXXiZS4riiWcqO_xXLU8u8STB6mDzAXfR1hSZDuOarwBMSCHBE/s1600/IMG_8780.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdKXDlveUFasDm2jPhv4wMboymDtx1t60bEP0siWdjvpButh9eFhQjfYStXbLntckatPKD0JLcPIPT99mq3grqz2Kh3mnXXiZS4riiWcqO_xXLU8u8STB6mDzAXfR1hSZDuOarwBMSCHBE/s640/IMG_8780.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I carried the Plaid into the dining room </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">by adding the same ribbon </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">to the the dining room table centerpiece.   </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We held our Company Holiday Party here at the house so I had a lot of floral arrangements.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjthlsjUmgs7CnjgfwZq35rp6kFWRI1IXaG92pvPjlO7AFJQFVFLBAkhwLsJa3GZQL9WL5JEaGeojENg_qiC_UIbhsTp7bxGiyYJjsz76lXk0hIlCOKqkw-CMWQy4YrXJXdRZbLxMgQhmGJ/s1600/IMG_8787.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjthlsjUmgs7CnjgfwZq35rp6kFWRI1IXaG92pvPjlO7AFJQFVFLBAkhwLsJa3GZQL9WL5JEaGeojENg_qiC_UIbhsTp7bxGiyYJjsz76lXk0hIlCOKqkw-CMWQy4YrXJXdRZbLxMgQhmGJ/s640/IMG_8787.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />Thanks for stopping by to see the Entry and the Dining Room come back over for the Living Room, and Kitchen Hearth Room next...</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Until Next Time,</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Beaux R'eves</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> joining:</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Beaux R'eves Christmas Home Tour

Happy Holidays! Merry Christmas! Are you all ready and set for the big day? Or, are you like me and in kind of a spinning flurry of activity trying to get the last minute details all finished? In my last post I promised you two things~ A home tour of my home decorated for Christmas and a little …

20Dec2013

Our Christmas Dining Room and Breakfast Area

<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Six days and counting … can you believe it ?!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While I *should* be out shopping, I've been here, snapping and editing pics to share more of our holiday home before it's too late!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'll keep my *yacking* to a minimum, l</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ike I did the other day when sharing our <a href="http://www.adventuresindecorating1.blogspot.com/2013/12/our-christmas-great-room-and-kitchen.html">great room and kitchen</a> … just pretend Bing is serenading you while you first take a peek at our dining room, where red, black, white and silver have taken over for the season!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4bm4MVfiyssGRXTc5bEA5mkncG5U_hfwlQFjMCMbUK4ZrC3ndNB47u7-gBCxfwox2QOoPqpwrT5DZA6_7hyphenhyphennHJNf9YLvdZDXBexu9LKjqcCQpWb15oWNgxwTQqONL8NZ8LweS4isLd5U/s1600/xmasdiningoverall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4bm4MVfiyssGRXTc5bEA5mkncG5U_hfwlQFjMCMbUK4ZrC3ndNB47u7-gBCxfwox2QOoPqpwrT5DZA6_7hyphenhyphennHJNf9YLvdZDXBexu9LKjqcCQpWb15oWNgxwTQqONL8NZ8LweS4isLd5U/s640/xmasdiningoverall.jpg" width="562" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These wintry plates (from HomeGoods) were the inspiration for the colors in here.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivckghWW_fgz9fS1q7X3iklRCgtTV6UuWUFQyp1M_CoW8kycUr8qdmUXhsUw9cTmQfoGkBBv5S9wbb538j7f57RMTa8CRRHsHAoZrpKypEAHmvsTSNjmoX-5ty048ln_4cTK1bWp62Cws/s1600/xmasdiningplate.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivckghWW_fgz9fS1q7X3iklRCgtTV6UuWUFQyp1M_CoW8kycUr8qdmUXhsUw9cTmQfoGkBBv5S9wbb538j7f57RMTa8CRRHsHAoZrpKypEAHmvsTSNjmoX-5ty048ln_4cTK1bWp62Cws/s640/xmasdiningplate.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our glittery reindeer, mercury trees and red finials sure were happy that our neighbor was able to fix our broken table leg so that they were able to come out and "be seen!"</span></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheawlnYaC30fRvw81MjkWmBVzbPjQC_g50gMX4jpZI2Kn6Lm0ajYzeTSCu2LbSlQCUyqrWOL-JL8zS58K3W9c_p4RwW85hgwySfQ-C2aZt9oT2EH74rt_ernlHwH4FHZ_USb8P0X8yvr4/s1600/xmasdiningcenter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheawlnYaC30fRvw81MjkWmBVzbPjQC_g50gMX4jpZI2Kn6Lm0ajYzeTSCu2LbSlQCUyqrWOL-JL8zS58K3W9c_p4RwW85hgwySfQ-C2aZt9oT2EH74rt_ernlHwH4FHZ_USb8P0X8yvr4/s640/xmasdiningcenter.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mini lights, tucked into the garland placed on our buffet, help make our room glow at nighttime. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiXdQcCBHQOMYyoNfBTC02vQNTQQhpd4K1nF_NXld_5y3UNIlS4Nvm4YOcbbxvm7m_oFVwCyFjCEhC9iju1HWS9Wl9ZU5tAWPolKA7sB21UcsyLLpbNOTpxhMAYb4036BIo2K4O01nUUo/s1600/xmasdiningbuffet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiXdQcCBHQOMYyoNfBTC02vQNTQQhpd4K1nF_NXld_5y3UNIlS4Nvm4YOcbbxvm7m_oFVwCyFjCEhC9iju1HWS9Wl9ZU5tAWPolKA7sB21UcsyLLpbNOTpxhMAYb4036BIo2K4O01nUUo/s640/xmasdiningbuffet.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3e67Dg4_wfHjflbm87oNL5Pfu5Q_sBXM6UqyVmbyGzrgVvNYjH-t3OA6tsybXRDATXsq8o-eEC6Ef6QmnJrcORL2rXVGmQcxDCNHB_XAqKGVAFkSoazFUuNxCkBto4y0E6YcGxcegqQY/s1600/xmasdiningbuffetclose.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A Christmas first for me … the addition of black!  And, I gotta say that I'm really liking it mixed in with the red, white and silver!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWskfI8tOxf4T6Jrw_pqmGH0o66KG0LzlgshQ6oHCYAY5GwnOnUvfm9EuF754G4O1W_ItpqCVVv7E6I8HZhCtwbH1EXNpfqNYBa_g7Wf6Bs3BafzbDS_wpfxKvqcCiWxIRJbaAg9lKGUk/s1600/xmasdiningtreeoverall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWskfI8tOxf4T6Jrw_pqmGH0o66KG0LzlgshQ6oHCYAY5GwnOnUvfm9EuF754G4O1W_ItpqCVVv7E6I8HZhCtwbH1EXNpfqNYBa_g7Wf6Bs3BafzbDS_wpfxKvqcCiWxIRJbaAg9lKGUk/s640/xmasdiningtreeoverall.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I spotted these wild sparkly poinsettias at a local Christmas shop and just *knew* that they had to come home with me!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSQuyCmayB3ZAJ1WItD5iPhMc4jb6Jug18SFl6YEAHO1Tzcj5s8vKtl_wTS-FHfMrSkKgdBJ2Ptpn6KE1KD9jbNQaBpa0LRpJ14fr9fsG-rXJ3wiqbGRU5S73nhpY1BBr_DcEK6wFEJns/s1600/xmasdiningornament.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSQuyCmayB3ZAJ1WItD5iPhMc4jb6Jug18SFl6YEAHO1Tzcj5s8vKtl_wTS-FHfMrSkKgdBJ2Ptpn6KE1KD9jbNQaBpa0LRpJ14fr9fsG-rXJ3wiqbGRU5S73nhpY1BBr_DcEK6wFEJns/s640/xmasdiningornament.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlRUFpECjLM-8A9XrMkZ_Jez1KrrGaIon3kJgUYzf-Jt7R-iqm9odi31-KzXQen6ETU1dt3llgRQm4gl7hALZ1IXMdK-dV1AInC-4Li9vGDTbB-MeeGEd-h_8W0GSWkG8MrI_ejyN-HTQ/s1600/xmasdiningtreeorn1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlRUFpECjLM-8A9XrMkZ_Jez1KrrGaIon3kJgUYzf-Jt7R-iqm9odi31-KzXQen6ETU1dt3llgRQm4gl7hALZ1IXMdK-dV1AInC-4Li9vGDTbB-MeeGEd-h_8W0GSWkG8MrI_ejyN-HTQ/s640/xmasdiningtreeorn1.jpg" width="470" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While we never eat in here, I sometimes enjoy just hanging in the doorway and "visiting" this time of year.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMN5AjqJQpvmTcHgGRMi1attSUJXG-kMYnhDK0ULNe4bc10NbHlZmMbem8jzWIhQVpxNxAJMxjYVt7jM3tffrBOmDdz3ik9s9lYPziqtIRuGmPOvmqMu2g-OPuxuVNsdZxCZwrSdhOzy0/s1600/xmasdiningkitchen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMN5AjqJQpvmTcHgGRMi1attSUJXG-kMYnhDK0ULNe4bc10NbHlZmMbem8jzWIhQVpxNxAJMxjYVt7jM3tffrBOmDdz3ik9s9lYPziqtIRuGmPOvmqMu2g-OPuxuVNsdZxCZwrSdhOzy0/s640/xmasdiningkitchen.jpg" width="490" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And, now come on over to our breakfast room, where traditional Christmas colors have met up with tiny pops of deep purple!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYkd0TbqyaoSSaY4legzmelGYqMr-LS3J2nQVLuu5QBilOMoJW9sx6Nqp9z35N5DqPqZCw-RwXRH42z752x1SSGkbzMR02XsQnzV9HujVgge4n68gUMzWMY_Z2cifFKx0csXEX3LuJgR8/s1600/xmasbfastoverall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYkd0TbqyaoSSaY4legzmelGYqMr-LS3J2nQVLuu5QBilOMoJW9sx6Nqp9z35N5DqPqZCw-RwXRH42z752x1SSGkbzMR02XsQnzV9HujVgge4n68gUMzWMY_Z2cifFKx0csXEX3LuJgR8/s640/xmasbfastoverall.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQvRY83ueX_FPA6HbhEafVTzSz4QGwlZiicQMFu0tKZwtoR9HCvKzqyTTZpDdxhyphenhyphen1jpr-TrpYL1sd6B8WumYlIBVi7JfaTT9qGA6lpvTZBQNqgrmr_hAxCwroPdWsriJW8FYljXKKs318/s1600/xmasbfastdrybar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQvRY83ueX_FPA6HbhEafVTzSz4QGwlZiicQMFu0tKZwtoR9HCvKzqyTTZpDdxhyphenhyphen1jpr-TrpYL1sd6B8WumYlIBVi7JfaTT9qGA6lpvTZBQNqgrmr_hAxCwroPdWsriJW8FYljXKKs318/s640/xmasbfastdrybar.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm a big fan of the box "Y" tree from Wal-Mart (which is a 7 ft, pre-lit Berkley Pine faux tree for only $68)!  We have a few of them around the house ...  they're the perfect tree for little corners and/or small spaces!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAk8CmwDemWvxAIQexf-RIyyvfc8-Nv5jsPpDBa9h4UshrjlvPT3AMne97L_r1dJpfbNqTJHbCWbDAZWUDoaFHf09qaHjlCNrHQUsVdCPFOL9N-hg28WFhFIR0c2GQjuEA-yz6dzVmJRI/s640/xmasbfasttreeorn.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's fun for us to be surrounded by lights and trees when "breaking bread" in here!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizLJefTGquKMl4oqZZgvGlDqZAE8g7tzXWXwqMWkwCYc1hJM0kQzfnM9MQ8G_ngCJ4si3IryGLc2vXTmyixX5fI8dm2rLvdmZMfBRqNkoUPkiVdBFHuojfTHcZxdai93-mGMiEB9SjBqY/s1600/xmasbfasttreeboth.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizLJefTGquKMl4oqZZgvGlDqZAE8g7tzXWXwqMWkwCYc1hJM0kQzfnM9MQ8G_ngCJ4si3IryGLc2vXTmyixX5fI8dm2rLvdmZMfBRqNkoUPkiVdBFHuojfTHcZxdai93-mGMiEB9SjBqY/s640/xmasbfasttreeboth.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks so much for taking the time to visit our holiday dining room and breakfast area!  I'll be back to share just a "tad" bit more!</span></div><br /><img alt="post signature" class="centered" src="http://i470.photobucket.com/albums/rr68/jbbecca/blogsig_zps4ebbd032.png" style="width: NaN%;" />

Our Christmas Dining Room and Breakfast Area

Six days and counting … can you believe it ?!While I *should* be out shopping, I've been here, snapping and editing pics to share more of our holiday home before it's too late!I'll keep my *yacking* to a minimum, like I did the other day when sharing our great room and kitchen … just pretend Bing is…

19Dec2013