I have been holding my family extra close the last couple of days. I am so saddened by what happened in Boston and my thoughts have been with the families affected. I didn’t post yesterday and still feel kind of ridiculous posting today.
We are making progress upstairs but I thought I would take a break from showing you half finished walls and show you the latest decorations for the piano.
Maisie and I did a little shopping last Friday. She even picked out her first decorations. She is in love with the elephant and rhino (after all who isn’t) although she doesn’t understand why I would buy something like that and then not let her play with them. But the thing she actually picked out were the seashells. We were at Homegoods and she gravitated to the bag of pretty seashells and asked if we could bring them home. She then very carefully put them in the bowl. I guess it is time to start having her help more often. She also insists on having a bouquet of felt flowers next to her bed.
I also finally picked out a side table for my chair. I originally ordered a metallic ceramic wood stump stool, but after the disaster decided I should get something that didn’t require shipping. I bought this metallic garden stool at Homegoods. It didn’t have a price on it, so they decided that it should be $49.99. I said sold, considering most of the metallic ones I have seen are over $100! Mr. S. said he still preferred the tree stump, but I am excited to have a place to put my coffee cup and wine glass.
So for my spring decorating I started with the brass elements and paired them with some nice bright blues. It was feeling a bit boring so I tried mixing a few of my more colorful kitschy items.
Who doesn’t want to be welcomed home by a picture of vintage apple computer and some wacky creatures?
I too felt silly posting yesterday… if it had been a fairly straightforward topic, I think I would have felt less weird. But to do something frivolous just seemed ridiculous…
I guess I accepted that, since I went ahead… but then later in the day, listening to NPR talk about it, I rethought whether I’d done the right thing…
p.s.- I endorse that garden stool. It’s very shiny.
I’m glad I’m not alone on this. It is always a struggle to know whether you are being appropriate.
I am enjoying the shiny garden stool. Although the kids keep trying to climb it, so I’m not sure how long it will be in one piece.