This seems to happen every year. I take down all of my Christmas stuff and I cannot remember what I had where. It seems like all of the accessories have disappeared over the holidays and I’m left with bare tables. I know things have wandered to other parts of the house, so I’m left looking at my living and dining rooms and I’m at a loss. Does anyone else have this problem?
So, I just grabbed a few things and put them out until I can really work on it.
Yawn. I’m definitely not a minimalist, so this doesn’t work for me.
…and I have a big hole where the Christmas tree was in my living room.
Nice cords. I moved the desk that was there previously into my family room and I love it there, so I need to find something new for the living room. I almost feel like I want to rearrange everything.
Am I alone in this?
One last thing. Lorene Halfmann is the winner of the Wuslu tray and Mary (merryhenke) is the winner of the Wuslu candle holder. Congratulations, ladies!
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I am totally with ya!! Everything that I try just looks cold and lifeless…I am so ready for spring! I have a million ideas for spring, wierd not Christmas not spring season…not so much. I am working on it.
Yes, I know what you mean.. when the christmas decor is gone. January is my time to do spring cleaning and start off the year fresh… so January in my home is a little plan, but its alittle refreshing. A bowl of fruit and fresh flowers are about it. Enjoy being creative.
You are not alone…happens to me every year!!! Since I have been blogging and have some before pics of my home, I just look back at these pics and problem solved:) Hope this helps you. Congrats to the winners.
Blessings,
Linda
LOL!! I just posted about this very subject Sunday!!! I am in the process of re-arranging/decorating my entire {well almost} entire house
Have fun…start the new year off…fresh! Eh?
I have been an rearranging maniac! I thought it was just me. I lOVE the dome you have in the first photo… is that from and old clock? I never see glass domes like that!
I LOVE the after Christmas restaging and even wrote a blog about it! It’s such a nice time to rethink accessories and return the house to a calmer atmosphere after so much happy joy all holiday season. I am a bit of a minimalist so I am a bit calmer with fewer distractions. I only wish my vignettes looked as good as yours “just put together quickly”!!
My blog is at http://www.beachcountry.blogspot.com if you are interested in after-holiday decorating, BTW!!
I can totally relate! Every year I have this problem! But the good thing is that new ideas tend to follow, thanks to great bloggers like you! A great big thanks to you for all your encouragement and inspiration! Because of your part in the “Growing your blog” series, a computer illiterate has managed to launch a new website! THANKS!!! Kristie
Waving my hand, you are definitely not alone. I feel the same way & for that very reason my matnel is still bare & in transition from Christmas to what used to be. Especially daunting is the fact that in just a few weeks I am having a party for my husband & my house is tsill in limbo. I feel the need to start visiting my favorite junque shops to look for some new items.
You are not alone! Last year, I finally got the idea to take pictures before I decorated for Christmas and then took more pictures once all the decorations are up – thinking this would save me time. I think it would have worked had I not rearrnged so many rooms during the year
Oh well….
Marian,
Totally off subject, but I have to ask you about your baseboard heaters and your drapes. Do you worry about the heat and the fabric? We have baseboard heaters in our bedrooms and I have always been worried about the drapes burning! Am I being paranoid? Of course, ours are old and have wire filaments in them that heat up. I don’t know how the newer ones work!
P.S. Your home always looks beautiful because you have such beautiful things!
Jenny
Jenny,
It sounds like your heaters are electric and in that case, I would be concerned about fabric drapes resting on them. Mine are hot water cast iron heaters, so they don’t pose a fire hazzard.
I feel the same way, currently. However, I’m rethinking everything with an eye on my son’s first birthday rapidly approaching. He’s going to be way more mobile soon and I need to get a few kid-friendly spaces in the works – in a 900 sq. ft. Baltimore row house. If you every need a case study for such a challenge, I’m raising my hand. I am confident of my style. Less confident the kid and my style can co-exist! Ha!
You are not alone. I started taking a picture with my digital camera and download it to my computer of what I had where, then after the holidays are over, I just look at the picture and put everything back the way it was. Then I can change it afterwards if I want.
You are not alone! Where did I hide all that stuff?? It would be lovely to have a “staging closet” as Martha does. My husband is the one who gets comfortable with the furniture I moved to accomodate the tree and wants it to stay that way! Still reading your old blogs and so enjoying them. God is so good and I am so proud of you (and HIM). Linda