I am happy to be home-sweet-home after travelling most of Janaury and February. It has been a wonderful (did you see my posts from Hawaii?), but it also feels good to be back. I have read one too many decorating magazines while I was away and I can't wait to rearrange things in the house.
So today I am "getting out everything I own and putting it on the dining room table." That's what I told my husband I was going to do when we were on the plane last night. Picture frames, vases, tea sets, candles - I want to look at all of my accessories and find just the right spot for them.
Whole businesses have been founded on this concept -
"staging", "rearranging", "use what you have." A team will come into your home, move rugs, exchange lamp shades and breathe life into your home. All with what you already have on hand. I would love having that job! I think it is really fun to move objects around and highlight pieces in a new way.
Anyhoo, that is what I am doing to day. Rearranging my home-sweet-home. Join me?
Channel your inner florist and make your own private garden center! I have turned a little nook into a functioning flower arranging station.
I took a 2-piece baker's rack from my basement (I'm only using the base here) and organized it with rigid cream polyester and brown print paper boxes from IKEA. The top containers hold my vases (including my hand-painted jam jars, pop cans etc) and floral food. The center drawer is filled with clippers, plant ties, and flower arranging items like glass balls, frogs and floral floats. And on the bottom rack, I am keeping my sprays, hummingbird food, garden tonics and the like.
I love this system! I can carry the cut flowers in from the garden in a basket and then do all of my flower arranging right here. All I need to start is a big pitcher of water and soon I'll have a bouquet for every room in the house. I love Summer!
(Safety Tip: my garden center is in a locked area near the garage, so I am comfortable having the chemicals here. Do not leave chemicals in an outdoor garden center where children could discover them.)
