Spring?
We finally have a few nice days coming up before a return to chilly weather – but the calendar tells me spring is upon us, so I have been slowly refreshing things inside.
When the spring season comes around I usually like to introduce little pops of green and softer colors and textures around the house. I’ve never been big into pastels, but anything in the family of white, ivory, beige or even a light gray, feels light and fresh to me.
I think it’s safe to say that winter is pretty much in full force and effect just about everywhere right now. I happen to be one of those odd people who enjoys the season, but I will admit it doesn’t do a whole lot for my productivity. The short days and cold air have me craving couch time with a cozy blanket and a fire like no other.
Which could be why I love it so much.
Or maybe it’s because no other season is more perfect for being home.
I will admit that I may have indulged in an eye roll or two when I woke up November 1st to see my Instagram feed full of Christmas trees.
But what about the rest of fall? What about Thanksgiving? What’s the big rush?
We always seem so eager to move on to the next big thing.
It’s not that I don’t love Christmas, or that I don’t love seeing all the beautifully decked out rooms, or even that I haven’t started gathering my own ideas for the upcoming season. I absolutely love having my home decorated with twinkle lights, and red and green, and all the festive cozy touches. It truly is the most wonderful time of the year and I always look forward to it.
But for me, part of what makes the Christmas season so special, is that it’s so brief. I kind of like it that way.
I really love my jute rugs.
Love the texture, love the color, love the simplicity – what’s not to love about a jute rug? They’re very loveable.
Buuut….
I’ve been feeling the pull for something with more pattern lately.
I know, right? Who would have thought.
The dining room seemed like a good place to start, so I decided to give a wool rug I had in the basement a test drive to see how I like it. That way – even though this particular rug isn’t exactly what I had in mind – I can see if something with more color and/or pattern is something I may want to keep around for the long term.
How many Pumpkin Spice Lattes have you indulged in already this September? I’ll admit that I have had a few.
When exactly did pumpkin spice become an obsession? Did we all of sudden discover the deliciousness of pumpkin flavored everything in the past few years? I swear, before then the only time you heard about pumpkin was in a pie.
Or maybe I just never paid attention. Either way, I’m not mad. I love all the pumpkin flavored things. All of them.
Pretty much if it involves pumpkins, or boots, or falling leaves, or cinnamon, or apples, or really anything that would even slightly evoke the feeling of the fall season, I am all over that.
“So in other words, it looks like winter.”
This was the response I once received after I got done saying that I don’t like to decorate with a lot of color in my home. I tried to explain that I like neutral colors, wood accents, lots and lots of texture, and that my walls are all shades of white, gray or beige…
White. Gray. Beige.
Wood accents.
I suppose that does sound a bit like winter, doesn’t it? 😀
I love snow in December.
Right now – as I type this – it’s snowing and snowing and snowing.
Everything is covered in a beautiful blanket of white outside, and inside it feels so cozy with the twinkle lights, and candlelight, and Christmas plaid.
It really is like the most perfect day.
Ask me how I feel when we have a day like this in March and I may sing a different tune.
But today?
Today I wouldn’t change a thing.
I don’t normally post on Sundays, but since I’m feeling so festive and Christmas-y watching that snow come down, I thought I’d go ahead get my tour up a little early.
