Re: RAMBLING EAST TEXAS HOUSE

author · ‎03-09-2010

I find so much that I love and that is so inspiring in your posts!

This house is right up there with so many others, and it's fun whilst carefully packing away Christmas today to move things around, get out some more blue/white china to fill in the gaps, put out a huge old basket filled with white and cream berry branches, and just have fun with my house. I leaver a bit of sparkle up for New Year's, but the red and green goes away now.

Usually I shop sales this time of year to find interesting "new" additions for my collections, but this year due to very high covid numbers here I am shopping my storage areas, looking through the huge antique china cabinet, and enjoying what I have in a new way. Things look nice in a new spot in the house!

And I always, always get ideas from your photos.

I took one vase off the top of the fridge and oops, the 4 remaining pieces needed a fifth so put something different there and it all looks better. I think the rule of "uneven" numbers is a keeper.

Oznell · ‎11-08-2014

Hey, thanks for kind words, @Spacrazy and @author -- so much appreciated around here. @Spacrazy , I admire your loyalty and obvious affection for your home-- you're a great proponent for the region! Sniff those yummy home-grown roses of yours for me.

@author, sounds like you are having fun with your post-Christmas decorating strategies. Boy, I love conversations like this. I do the same thing, subtract the reds, etc. Doing it gradually this year, but have already put away my little retro choir boys with red robes and removed a few other obvious Christmas references. Still have my cherished Nativity scene out, of course.

Your blue and white, (I'm a fan too, of course!) and your bountiful basket sound like a lovely transition to the New Year. I also love rooting in bins and cupboards and "shopping" my own house. Agreed, there's nothing like a new location to help you sit up, take notice and appreciate an old bibelot!