I’m getting very close to revealing 2 of my 4 Christmas trees but until then, I’m sharing my cozy glam hot cocoa bar cart area in my living room.  This will give you an idea, just like my diy ornament post the other day, of the colors I’m using in this space and on this tree.

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Before I show you this year’s hot cocoa bar cart, let’s take….

A Look Back At Christmas Bar Carts Past

Christmas 2015 Hot Cocoa Bar Cart

Christmas 2016 Hot Cocoa Bar Cart

Christmas 2017 Hot Cocoa Bar Cart
(No blog post on this one)

So funny….our company had us moving around before we built this house and settled down so those Christmases were in Las Vegas, Dallas, and here in Vancouver Washington.  Christmas decorating and entertaining has never looked the same haha!  But boy, am I grateful to finally be settled and to spend our 2nd Christmas in our new home!!

Cozy Glam Bar Cart in Pastels

I wanted to create a cozy little bar cart area for people to sit and drink their hot cocoa so I brought over a faux fur rug and a couple extra dining chairs.

The “crowning piece” (no pun intended) to this bar cart was this darling white sequin deer head.  I bought it years ago at a fun antique show.  It was a large ornament but also made with hooks on the back to hang on the wall, as I always have.

I recently purchased this darling brass wreath and hung it on the wall with the deer head coming through.  I added this little rhinestone crown from my stash of craft stuff in my office and also added this double-sided satin blush ribbon and bow to dress her up.

I still wanted a flocked wreath around her head though so I added it and it looks even prettier than before, based with that brass wreath.  I always love layering pieces when it comes to decor.

I made my own hot cocoa banner a couple of years ago.  I love using apothecary jars for the cocoa mix and marshmallows.  A tray with extra mugs and bowls for snacks is essential and on the bottom you only need some decor.  I made sure to add a few spoons for stirring and something to grab the marshmallows so that no little hands were reaching inside and spreading Christmas-season germ.  Ick! I also made sure to coordinate my throw pillows and blankets with the rest of the room (stay tuned as I’m revealing the living room tree and mantel this week).

I wish you could all come over for a hot cup of cocoa and extra marshmallows!

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I’m so excited to share an update to our living room with all of you today!  When I first revealed our bright white living room after moving in last fall, I had rushed to find temporary lighting, a rug and some art for the walls.  It looked lovely but not exactly what I wanted or envisioned for that room.  Although I recently shared some fun touched to this room in my summer tour, we finally found the perfect chandelier and rug that I’d been wanting for this living room and also a fabulous new piece of art that has really brought it all together perfectly!

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NEW LIVING ROOM CHANDELIER

BEFORE…..

I had most of our lighting chosen for the new house last fall as we were finishing the build of our home but I was panicking, as I really didn’t know yet what I wanted for this living room. I mean, I knew what I was envisioning but not finding it exactly.

I found this flush-mount lighting and since it had brass and some clear beaded strands for a reasonable price, I bought it to hold me over.  Our superintendent was needing our living room lighting ASAP.

AFTER…..

Do you hear angels singing?  Because I sure do!

This Crystorama Calypso 136-VG 6-Light Chandelier has the most beautiful crystal drops with a vibrant gold finish and it’s the perfect size for this living room!

I have always said that your chandelier is like the jewelry to your room and I wasn’t happy with my lighting before, but NOW….it finishes this room perfectly!  I’m so thrilled!

I love how breathtaking it is, as you walk into the living room from the entry of our home.  It definitely makes a statement and a great first impression!  My friends at Crystorama were gracious enough to partner up with me on this update to my living room and I was so thrilled because they had also collaborated with me on my Master Bathroom lighting and y’all KNOW how obsessed I’ve been with that lighting!  So many of you have gone crazy over it too!

Crystorama has the prettiest lighting solutions!  I’m so in-love with this one I chose!

NEW LIVING ROOM RUG

BEFORE….

The rug I previously had in our living room was beautiful.  There was nothing wrong with it at all.  It was actually good to get us through the winter months and wet feet.  But I felt it was too dark for this room.  You might disagree but last year I was in a store and found the perfect rug.  I even shared it on my Instagram stories and you all went NUTS over it and hoped I’d bought it.  But sadly….after I shared it with you, a man moved me aside to grab the rug for a customer who had asked for it.  Sad!  But I was able to find the rug I’d been dreaming of since that day.

AFTER…

I partnered up with RugSavings.com and they had this rug I loved so much, the Dynamic Rugs Quartz 27030 Area Rug in Ivory/Beige.

It has the prettiest mix of cool ivory, beige and gray and goes so much better with this room.  It really brightens it up.  I also took the baskets out that were underneath the table.  It trapped the light from passing through and I felt like it made this entire coffee table look too dark and heavy.  But with a new rug and removing the baskets….the change was huge and now I love this space so much more!

Even Giorgio loves it!  It’s just so pretty and I’m thrilled with the difference it’s made in this room.
And guess what?
If you place an order with RugSavings.com on this same rug of mine or even a different rug, they’ll give you 5% off using the code: “SADAMS5OFF“.

NEW LIVING ROOM ART

BEFORE…

When I first styled the room last fall, I couldn’t find a piece of art I was really loving specifically for this space.  I just used what I had from our last home that hadn’t been hung yet.  It was fine.

But then I met Craig Wellbrock, an artist here in the Pacific Northwest, and he sent me this piece.

I wanted one of his minimal abstract art pieces and then he went a step further to make it even more “me” and added this blush pink stripe.

You can see more of Craig’s art HERE and contact him for interest in his pieces or to have him create a commissioned piece for your home.

Updated Living Room

I’m so pleased with how just a few small changes made such a HUGE impact on this room and gave it a whole new look!

The new chandelier and rug, along with removing those baskets under the coffee table and allowing light to pass through more freely, have all helped brighten this room and reflects more of my style and the feeling I wanted here in our living room.

In a place like here, in the Pacific Northwest that has lots of cloudy and rainy days, keeping my home bright and happy is so important.  I survived our first winter last year just fine!

Every time I’m home, no matter what the weather outside, it is bright inside and such a happy and beautiful place to be.  That’s really important to me.  I love being at home and having people over and entertaining.
Art above from HomeGoods.  Bar Cart found HERE.

You can see more of my Living Room details and sources for furniture and decor in the original reveal post AND in my Summer Tour post when I brought in some pink and blue.

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Hello, friends!  I’m so excited to have you here today!  We are gathered again, as a group of interior and lifestyle bloggers, to bring all of you some fabulous spring inspiration.  Thanks to our friend Krista from The Happy Housie for hosting our “Seasonal Simplicity Tours” this spring.  If you are visiting from her blog or from Sincerely Marie Designs, there’s no doubt you have already been pinning inspiration! I have a round-up of all the spring fun I’ve had lately and there’ still more to come.  If you’re new here, you’ll see that for my spring home tour I’ve used accents of blush and blue and it’s been so fun sharing spring decorating tips, spring fashion, spring recipes, and spring printables with you!

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I started off this spring by sharing with you my Rain Gear Round-Up.  Spring showers bring those beautiful flowers and we get more than most of you, being in the Pacific Northwest.  I don’t mind the rain and it’s so gorgeous here but I definitely find importance in staying dry while being fashionable as well.

My mantel before spring was bright and simple with mixed metals.  I added a hint of blush and blue to my mantel for spring and even shared another variation for Easter by adding a few things.

I found the cutest blue striped tablecloth with tassels and knew I wanted to use it for my Easter table with blush pink and a vintage milk glass place setting.

This was one of my favorite tables ever, for a few reasons.  Read HERE to find out why and to see the tassels on the tablecloth and the entire finished table.

Also in that same blog post, I share how I added pink and blue to my bright white kitchen for the spring and the new rug runner I found.

No matter what your spring color palette is, I used things I already had to style my kitchen using those colors. See more and read all about it HERE.

One of my favorite things about spring time is that we get outside more…even in the rain!  It warms up just a little bit and the sun comes out and we start playing out in the neighborhood again.  Being in a brand new subdivision and one of the first ones to build in our cul-de-sac, we now have a bunch of homes being finished and all these new neighbors are moving in.  We were soooo excited!  I made these darling printable gift tags for baked goods and shared them with all of you.  Brooklyn (my 12 year-old) made delicious Snickerdoodles and we brought these to all our new neighbors (they all seem to be moving in at once) and introduced ourselves and welcomed them to the neighborhood.  You can print and use these tags from this post.

After winter is over and we put away our hot cocoa bar, I transform the bar cart into a Spring Bar Cart with fun drinks on hand for all ages. I also share this beautiful and comfortable ruffled skirt for spring.

And if company is coming, I put out some baked goods as well.  I also like to change up my candles and freshen my home up with fruity and flowery scents and put away all the pine and cinnamon.

In my most recent Current Crushes post, I share home accents I love for the spring as well as fashion and gift ideas.  It’s a must-read!  I just love when my girlfriends tell me about a fun find or a good sale….don’t you?!

My daughter and I just LOVE to bake and we do it year-round.  In the spring, you will usually find cakes and baked goods with lemon or coconut or other fruity flavors.  Last weekend we made this Pink Lemonade Chiffon Naked Cake and it was HEAVENLY!!  The recipe is easy and sooooo delicious.  Find this recipe HERE.

I recently received new pillow covers for the spring from Willa Skye Home.  These blush linen pillow covers, paired with the spa blue antelope pillow covers just brought such an elegance to this bright living room for the season.

The quality is superb and her variety of fabrics is phenomenal.  I absolutely loved working with WSH to create this stylish spring look!  You can visit my Living Room post to get all of the sources on this space and also shopping links.

Do you see who else got a new bed for spring?

It’s the cutest lucite and brass dog bed I found at HomeGoods a couple of weeks ago and I’m so glad he finally warmed up to it because it looks perfect in the living room!

I told you all that I’ve been freshening up my foyer for spring.  I love to “shop my home” and move things around when I get sick of spaces.  I pull out all of my faux flowers and decided to use blush, obviously.  And 4 months later, I have to say that this gorgeous chandelier from my friends at Bellacor still takes my breath away every time I go downstairs.  Read all about it and the rest of the items in this space HERE and see a closeup of the chandelier.

I also stocked up on more faux pink peonies and cherry blossoms from Michael’s.  I posted this pic on Instagram (but a more zoomed out shot) and everyone thought they were real.  Now, I buy fresh flowers for the house every week but when it’s spring and I really want to bring out a lot of cherry blossoms and peonies and roses and more, it’s wise to invest in some fabulous faux floral stems to save money AND not have to constantly change the water and cut your flowers every day or two.

Back to my entry…
I made some really fun straw totes with Brooklyn a couple of months ago (tutorial coming next week) and put it on our foyer bench with some faux pink peonies.

Instead of a faux fur throw and pillows on our bench, as we did in the winter, I used a light scarf that I could easily take with me and even use as a wrap if it’s a chilly spring day.  I also used linen pillows on our bench after putting the winter pillows away.  And yes….I bought myself a new pair of sandals since it’s warming up and my toes are dying to see the sun.

While “shopping my home” I used brought in both of my large and small temple jars and filled them with faux cherry blossom stems.

I kept the lamp but also put out a home interiors book I love and my newest GORGEOUS jar from my friend Alyssa.  Her shop Amped Decor is so fabulous and I love so many of her pieces.  After breaking my last jar that was identical to this, she heard about it and sent me this one.  You MUST visit her online shop and see all of the fun things she sells as well as her lovely home.  Get ready to swoon!

(If the jar above is sold out, you can find a similar one here.)

I wanted some framed art on this middle mirrored tray.  I couldn’t find anything that I truly loved so I decided to print out and frame one of my favorite pictures of a door in Portugal (where I lived years ago as a missionary) draped in blossoming branches during spring.  It has the prettiest blue door and I just look at it and smile, reflecting on some of the best memories.

In a smaller frame, I added a print of blush and blue butterflies that I designed.  If you’re interested, let me know.  I might just add another blog post and offer it as a free printable next week.  Butterflies come and you just know it’s spring time….right?!

I also added one of my favorite Agape Candles and I think it’s the perfect spring entry table now.

On the other side of our entry, I removed the gray pillows from my faux fur settee bench and added this blush ruffle throw blanket from my online shoppe.

(Yes, that is our thermostat in the most awkward place on that wall.  There was nowhere else they could put it in the house.  We went over and over this and it killed me to put it there…eye sore!  I usually photoshop it out for photos…ha!)

It’s the perfect soft and elegant touch for spring.

I found this darling and affordable blush and blue geometric dress (here or here) and these shoes (similar here) and loved that they went with my spring interior color palette.  You can’t see the earrings very well but they are these ones and are sooooo cute!

I’m so glad you could stop by today and THANK YOU for being here!  Next, my dear friend Heather from Setting For Four is sharing her Spring Tour and you don’t want to miss it!  She’s also sharing her love for blush and blue and everything she does is just gorgeous!

This week I’ve joined up with a talented group of bloggers to share part of our home decorated for spring as part of the Seasonal Simplicity Series. There is so much stunning inspiration for you to enjoy, all week long!

Monday

The Happy Housie // Sunny Side Up // Rooms FOR Rent

So Much Better With Age // Maison de Pax // TIDBITS

Zevy Joy // The House of Wood // The Turquoise Home

Tuesday

Confessions of a Serial DIYer // Designthusiasm // House by Hoff // Nina Hendrick Design Co.

Stacy Risenmay // Southern State of Mind // Sincerely, Sara D. // Town and Country Living

Wednesday

Willow Street Interiors // On Sutton Place // Duke Manor Farm

Place of My Taste // Rambling Renovators // Deeply Southern Home

Thursday

Decor Gold Designs // Amber Tysl // Sincerely Marie Designs

Summer Adams // Setting for Four

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Hello friends!  I’m so excited to have you here today, whether you’re one of my regular readers or a first time-visitor! I’ve invited 7 other bloggers friends to share spring fashion and spring decor with all of you  today as part of our “Loveliest Looks Of Spring Tour“.  I’ll be showing you how to throw together a simple spring bar cart that the entire family can enjoy and also my new favorite ruffled skirt that’s perfect for spring.

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If you’ve been following me on Instagram OR if you’ve visited my spring mantel, table & kitchen, and spring fashion posts here last week, you are fully aware that I have a crush on the color combo of “blush and blue” lately.  So, I’ll be continuing with that today!

I love setting up my bar carts and tea carts and changing them up for each season.  We don’t drink alcohol so whatever I set up is for the entire family and you can too. Whether you’re having family or friends over for Easter or just for any occasion, all ages can enjoy this bar cart.

I found this darling bar cart and loved it because it has marble and because it’s a pretty champagne gold, just like my kitchen lighting.  If you have fresh flowers or faux flowers, grab them and put them on your cart.

I have lots of fresh flowers in my home but I decided to use my favorite temple jar and some cherry blossom stems (from Michaels).  Nothing says “spring” like cherry blossoms, right?!

You can always bake something sweet to serve BUT as much as I love to bake, I wanted to keep this simple.  I went to Trader Joe’s and picked up some of my favorite Cranberry Orange & Almond Scones.  If you haven’t tried them, you are missing out!  They’re divine!

You’ll also need some dessert napkins, glasses, and a bottle opener.

Fill your cart up with assorted drinks and flavors, if you wish.  I love getting mine at World Market because they have such fun and exotic beverages.  I also love these strawberry rhubarb soda’s from Trader Joe’s.  In keeping with my blush and blue color palette that I’ve been sharing this spring, I chose coordinating drinks and chocolates.

My new favorite skirt, this week, is this adorable blue and white striped ruffled chambray skirt that ties on the side with a bow.  It’s lightweight and so comfortable!  As the weather has been warming up, I can wear it out with a short-sleeve shirt or even a light cardigan if it gets chilly.  I originally paired it with a fun long gold and white necklace but I thought it looked so much cuter with this peachy-pink statement necklace I’ve had for a few years.  It’s such a nice long length that it was perfect to wear with my nude wedges.

I brought down my blush bench and added a couple of pillows for a little sitting area next to the bar cart.  Now I’m ready for company!  Who’s coming over?

Please make sure to visit all 8 women sharing today for our “Loveliest Looks Of Spring Tour”!

HalfwayWholeistic | A DarlingDaydream | Chandeliers&Champagne | HouseFullOfSummer

Summer Adams | CGHomeInteriors | BlueGrayGal | A Thoughtful Place

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Hello friends!  Welcome to my regular readers and also new friends that are here for the first time today!  I’m so thrilled to participate in a blog hop with some talented friends as we are sharing some free  Spring Printables!  Thanks so much to Krista from The Happy Housie for hosting and organizing.  Today I’m sharing a printable gift tag that you can use when giving baked goods or something delicious from your kitchen.

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If you’ve been following me on Instagram OR if you’ve visited my spring mantel, table & kitchen, and spring fashion posts here last week, you are fully aware that I have a crush on the color combo of “blush and blue” lately.  I’ve always loved it but now that we’re in our new home and this is my first spring here, it seemed like a lovely idea to just add blue after all of the blush during Valentine’s Day and enjoy them together.

When spring comes, we tend to get out of our homes more and play outside and visit with our neighbors.  Are you like that too?  We are in a brand new subdivision and were one of the first houses in our cul-de-sac.  This month, we have homes being finished and more families and new neighbors moving in and it’s so exciting.  We love meeting our new neighbors and bringing cookies to welcome them to the neighborhood so Brooklyn made a fresh batch of snickerdoodles (one of my faves).

I decided to make printable gift tags, which I have so many of and in all different designs that I’ve created over the years, but wanted a new design that reflected my love of blush and blue.

I loved the idea of using a pink KitchenAid mixer and designed them having a bouquet of blush and blue floral coming out of it since it’s spring!

I created them in 2 sizes with one being a rectangle shape and one in a square shape.

Instructions for printable gift tags for baked goods:

•For PDF of square tags, click on THIS LINK and then on the picture of tags.  Print from browser.

•For PDF of rectangle tags, click on THIS LINK and then on the picture of tags.  Print from browser.

Please remember, this is FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY! These are made by me and have © copyright protection.  Thank you!

I grabbed some blush double-sided ribbon (this ribbon or that ribbon) to tie around the little boxes and some good scissors.

As for the boxes, you might remember that they are the same ones I use every year for my Galentine’s Day Treat Boxes.  I had plenty of these boxes leftover, since I buy so many at a time and love to use them for different occasions.  They are just the perfect size to hold cookies!

I grabbed some light blue tissue paper to stuff on the bottom, stacked the cookies on top of them, closed the lid, and then tied the blush ribbon and tag on top.  It really shows your friends that you’re putting thought into this and delivering them with love, versus throwing them on a paper plate or in a bag. Don’t get me wrong, they’re just as tasty, but this is just the cutest way to say “Welcome to the neighborhood!” or “I was just thinking of you and wanted to bring you some cookies!”

People love that!

Today some of my friends are sharing their beautiful and inspiring free spring printables as well! Hop over to see what they are sharing…

6 free printable Watercolour Floral Designs at The Happy Housie

Happy Easter Spring Printable at So Much Better with Age

Spring Favourites Free Printables at The Turquoise Home

Modern Free Spring Printable at Love Create Celebrate

Happy Easter Printable Greeting Cards at On Sutton Place

Vintage Butterflies Spring Printables at Paint Me Pink

Put on Your Positive Pants at Unskinny Boppy

Printable Watercolour Easter Place Cards at Nina Hendrick

Simple Spring Printable at Taryn Whiteaker

8 Chalkboard Free Spring Printables at Home Made Lovely

Spring is in the Air Watercolour Printable at Lemon Thistle

DIY Lemon Kitchen Towel Tutorial with printable at Cherished Bliss

Free Laundry Cheat Sheet Printables for Spring Cleaning at Just a Girl & Her Blog

Printable Gift Tags for Baked Goods at Summer Adams

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Welcome, dear friends and also 1st-time visitors! Some of you may have come from Joan’s blog at 2 Ladies & A Chair and I’m sure you’re still swooning over her blue and yellow Easter table like I am!  I’m so glad that you’ve joined us for our 2-day Easter Tour with a group of fabulous interior bloggers.  Yesterday I shared my spring/Easter mantel and today I’m thrilled to share my blush and blue Easter table and also the Easter decor in my kitchen.

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The blush and blue has been a favorite color combo of mine this spring and such a fun color palette to bring into my bright white home.

I was so happy to find these blush stock at my grocery store to go in this new vase I found at HomeGoods.  I also found this adorable blue and white bunny jar there and it may or may not have some of my favorite Cadbury Eggs.  Is anyone else obsessed with those like we are?

I traded out my white cherry blossom stems for these pretty blush-colored stems.  I tried bringing the jar over here but it’s going to stay on the island…where we can all easily reach our favorite candy…ha!

On the other side of the kitchen, I grabbed blush and blue cookbooks from my cabinet and stacked them with one of my favorite candles and placed behind it the cutest floral plate I found at an antique store.  There was only 1 plate, sadly, but I knew I could find a way to use it to decorate some vignette.  It’ll also be perfect to put our pink sugar cookies on that Brooklyn just made.

Tip:  Don’t be afraid to try something unconventional and use what you have in your kitchen to style it.  get creative and think outside the box!

I was so excited to find this blue rug runner and bring it into my kitchen.  It’s a darker dusty blue but perfect over a lighter blue, as to not show as much wear and crumbs.

And since my floor had just been swept and mopped, I sat and admired it for a while.  Yep, it’s a keeper!

Let’s head over to my table!  When I lived in Portugal years ago, so many cafes and restaurants had blue striped table linens.  In fact, so did Italy and several other European countries I’ve visited, so it makes me smile to have found this one that I love.

It’s adorable AND it has the cutest tassel trim!

A few weeks ago on Instagram, I posted about this gorgeous set of vintage gold-rimmed milk glass place settings and teacups that I found on my local Facebook Marketplace.  I am so in-love with them.

They were well-loved by this lady and her family before moving in with her daughter and have served many meals and been a part of many memories.  I will treasure them always and couldn’t wait to use them on my Easter table.

I already had this lovely gold flatware, or “goldie-ware” as I like to call it, and the gold-rimmed goblets.  But I found the most perfect and affordable blush cloth (no-iron) dinner napkins.  Score!  I was really wanting blush plates but the ones I wanted from Pottery Barn HERE don’t ship for a few months.

So in the mean time, I found these adorable disposable vintage-style blush plates that come in several sizes. I bought the salad plates and layered it with my dinner plate and then a small bowl for dessert.  It was a perfect fit!  I’m crazy about them and will use them for cookies to friends and neighbors too.  Wouldn’t that be the cutest plate to gift them on?!

In my Spring Mantel post yesterday, I talked all about how I gave these german glass glitter bunnies that I had (I have a lot of them) a little makeover with some gold spray paint since they’d aged and changed color.  It’s charming and a lot of people love that but it didn’t go with my more transitional style.

The gold was perfect!  And to think, I almost tossed them out….gasp!

Ok now for the vase……

So…I’m in this thrift store a couple of weeks ago looking for snow boots for homeless people at the shelter I volunteer at.  I found boots and I was glad.  And then, like a “High 5” for doing a good deed, there it was….a lovely blush pink vintage vase.  Aaaaaaaaah!  (cue angels singing)

Three dollars later it was mine and I knew it was going on this table.  I had this grandiose flower arrangement in mind for this table but then when it came down to it….I wanted simple.  Pink on pink.  Pink roses in the pink vase. This is also very European.

I wanted it to compliment the simple striped tablecloth and compliment the gold-rimmed and layered plates. I didn’t want the enormous floral arrangement to take away from all the dainty and elegant little details.  Very often in Portugal you’d see the same thing.  Roses or carnations were found often in the vases and on tables of clean, pressed linens.

Also common in Europe, since I’m reminiscing and getting all sappy and missing it there, are drinks in pretty glass bottles and carafes.  This pink lemonade from World Market is not only delicious but color-coordinates with my table so I had to pull it out of my pantry and set it on the table.

THEN…

….I wanted to keep it simple but it needed more floral.

So I added snips of carnations to all the tea cups and around my gold glitter bunnies.

Much better right?!

Carnations are so under-appreciated.  Wouldn’t you agree?!

They’re such pretty, little ruffly flowers.  Love them!

So as the sun starts to set and I watch it from this side of the house…

…I sit and reminisce of my time living overseas and dream of being back in Portugal.  I’ll just linger here a little longer and imagine I’m outside at a cafe….with gold bunnies..ha!

I swear I’m getting more sentimental with age but I have so many good memories and I love that they reflect my design and style.  I love that this Easter table and kitchen remind me of a special time in my life, a time that changed my life.  I’ve loved my travels overseas.  I’m loving my adventures here right in this home.  And I’m so glad you’re here joining me for ALL of it!

So, thank you!!!

I’m linking items from my post today, or suggested items, for your shopping convenience.

Please make sure to visit Judy at Life Is Better At Home and see her gorgeous Easter decor!  Don’t forget to visit all my fabulous friends and pin all the ideas you love!

WEDNESDAY’S TOUR

Joan | 2 Ladies & A Chair

Summer | Summer Adams

Judy | Life Is Better At Home

Gloribell | Know How She Does It

Jackie | Finding Lovely

Ashley | Modern Glam

THURSDAY’S TOUR

Yuni | Love Your Abode

Rhonda | Hallstrom Home

Amie | Meme Hill Studio

Kim & Lacey | Styled With Lace

Sheila | Maison de Cinq

Janine | Happy Happy Nester

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Welcome, dear friends and 1st-time visitors, to my first spring tour of the season!  Today I’m sharing with you my blush and blue spring mantel and I’m so excited to be joining such a talented group of friends and bloggers to bring you a ton of fabulous inspiration for the season.

But first…

If you follow me on Instagram or if you saw my blog post yesterday of my Rain Gear Round-Up for Spring, you probably already know what a crush I’m having on blush and blue together.  So it’s probably no surprise that I’m using it throughout my downstairs and have chosen it as my color palette for the spring season.

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My basic white mantel with mixed metals can be seen here.

I switched out some vases and pieces to reflect my color palette. I found this darling blue vase at HomeGoods and added some faux blush cherry blossoms from Michaels but you can find similar vases here.

On the opposite end, I switched out my fresh flowers for a lovely faux blush hydrangea floral arrangement.  I also added some blue color to the stacked books and grabbed my vintage copy of Little Women.

The gold glitter bunny was a fun repurposed project.  I have a bunch of German glass glitter bunnies from Pottery Barn that have darkened in color, as they do over time.  I find it charming BUT my home is much more transitional in style these days and less shabby chic so they had no purpose unless I changed them. I was going to re-glitter them with gold glitter, originally, because I wanted gold bunnies and couldn’t find them anywhere.

But I grabbed my favorite gold spray paint and tried spraying it and it turned out exactly how I wanted it. It was nice and gold and shiny.

I sprayed some others as well and added one to my built-ins for some contemporary hints of spring.  I also added touches of pink, like the glass pink bottle.

I didn’t want a ton of bunnies and eggs everywhere but I took another sweet bunny from my collection and added it to the other side of my built-ins.

I switched out the picture of the Salt Lake LDS Temple (a special place for my husband and I) to a spring picture that included cherry blossoms.  I also placed a cute glitter “spring dream” bird box that my best friend sent me from one of our favorite boutiques.

Since Giorgio, our almost 14 year-old Yiorkie, got a new bow tie and was color-coordinating with my spring mantel, I let him get in the picture and model it for you…ha!

We just love him.  Especially right after a bath when he’s so fluffy!
This pretty ruffle throw blanket is sold in my online shoppe but we will be discontinuing them soon so head over and get one now.  They come in 4 colors.

This pretty vase normally sits here on my coffee table.  I also bought it at HomeGoods but will be linking some other gorgeous blue vases below at the end of the post.

Variation:

Okay, so this would be enough of a change to me and I’m pleased with my mantel at this point.  I’ve added blush and blue and small hints of spring AND I have new blush and blue pillows coming next week and I can’t wait to show them to you.  They’ll compliment this room beautifully.

However, if I want to add a few more Easter touches the week of Easter (and I plan to) I will just add 3 more things.

1 – I love to bring out this darling glitter “Happy Easter” banner that I purchased years ago from Pottery Barn Kids and I just love the fun that the extra sparkle brings.  My kids immediately get excited and know that we are close to the Easter Bunny visiting.

2 – My mom bought all the grandkids these adorable vintage-inspired soft little bunnies years ago and the kids are obsessed with them.  Because they’re so nice and so special, we wrap them and put them away after Easter.  They have plenty of other stuffed animals and blankets from Nana and Papa to snuggle with the rest of the year.  I hope these sweet bunnies are something that they save and put out at Easter one day, when they have families of their own.

3- Lastly, I bring out the kids’ Easter baskets and put them below the mantel.  This one is mine (found at HomeGoods a few years ago with glitter eggs from PBKids years ago also).  I’ll be sharing my kids’ baskets soon but they are getting new ones and are still in transit.

Those 3 extra things take our mantel from “Spring” to “Easter” in such a simple but almost magical way.

For your shopping convenience, I’m sharing items from this space below or similar items.

For all furniture and other room sources, please visit our Living Room post and also our Paint & Flooring post.

Today some of my friends are sharing their beautiful and inspiring Spring mantel decor or a Spring vignette. Hop over to see what they are sharing…

Zevy Joy / Willow Street Interiors / Summer Adams / A Burst of Beautiful

Sincerely, Marie Designs / Rambling Renovators / The Turquoise Home / Paint Me Pink

Duke Manor Farms / Nina Hendrick Design Co. / Town and Country Living / Deeply Southern Home

Amber Tysl / In My Own Style / Place of My Taste / Jamie Costiglio

Setting for Four / Shabbyfufu / Decor Gold Designs / Sincerely Sara D.

The Happy Housie / Craftberrry Bush / On Sutton Place / Kelly Elko / Rooms FOR Rent

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