Thoughts on Christmas Doors

Have you started decking your halls yet?  We're only a few days into December and I already feel behind.  I think my neighbors starting putting up their Christmas decorations right after Halloween,  yet the Dollhouse exterior is completely void of holiday embellishment!

I normally don't do a lot of holiday decorations outside, but I do like to dress up my front doors.  Here are a few options that caught my eye.

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These church doors are so close in color to my own freshly painted coral front doors..  Even though the royal blue ribbon isn't a traditional holiday color, I think it still reads "Christmas".

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Isn't this what the Christmas in your head looks like?  I love the placement of everything here. A wreath on each door works for me and I love the pine cone accented swag above the doors.  The only thing I would add are some small potted trees on both sides of the doors.

From Martha Stewart.  

First can we just talk about that door?  It's everything.  And I do like the whole vertically stacked wreaths they have going on with monochrome ribbon.  Side note: I've also seen lanterns filled with white Christmas tree lights and it's very cute.

Another Martha Stewart styled door.  Green and white is always so fresh.  I love the little trees in the white urns.  This entire look is a winner.

. If I'm not mistaken I think this image comes from a Pottery Barn catalog.  Here's what I like:  the big silver ornaments and the bare branch swag above the entrance.  The rest of it feels overdone to me. 

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What I love most about this image is the color of that door.  It's the perfect shade of green! And the weathered black urns with rosemary trees?- yes!  But the red floral decorations? - not so much.  They feel a little uptight to me.

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Yeah, this will not be happening. 

So among other things, I have thoughts of Christmas doors on my mind today. Feel free to jump in with your suggestions.  How is your Christmas decor coming along?

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Weeds in a Vase

Here in the Southeastern United States we have a very prolific weedy shrub that grows everywhere known as Chinese Privet.  Because it invades and chokes out native vegetation, it's known as a nuisance plant.

Here is a healthy stand of Chinese privet in all of its glory in my back yard.  Right now, each plant is producing hundreds of black seeds that will turn into even more Chinese Privet.

After taking another look at the plant, I began to appreciate its arching stems and loads of black berries (even though they appear purplish blue in this image).  So I decided to make lemonade from lemons.  I snapped off a few big branches and brought them into my house to add some height and softness.

Before I brought them inside, I decided to strip away the black berries.  I was afraid as they started to drop they might stain my new carpet.  If I had hardwood or tile flooring in here , I would have left the black berries in place.  

Don't you love finding beauty in unexpected places?

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Tree of Life

Happy Tuesday, kids! 


Nature provides an endless supply of inspiration for me when designing a space, and trees are a favorite muse!  I blogged here and here about using trees in design, and today I want to share some images that feature the Tree of Life motif.  The Tree of Life design has been around for centuries, and it's meant to portray how all life on earth is connected. Beautiful!

Hope you're finding your inspiration this week!

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Christmas Natural

I can't believe we're a whole week into December and not a Christmas post from me yet!  The truth is I'm not a big seasonal or holiday decorator, even at Christmastime!  What I do love to use are simple greens, pine cones, candles and branches- then mix in a little sparkle!  Hope you enjoy these Christmas images that have a simple, nature-inspired theme.

How is your Christmas decor coming along?

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Tree Trends

Over the years my husband and I have built a few new homes from the ground up and the first thing I look at when we consider a possible building site is the trees that are growing on the property.  I love a site that has mature trees to create that beautiful dappled sunlight and to provide some much needed relief from summer's oppressive heat!  I have always been drawn to the sculptural beauty of trees, particularly in the wintertime when their leaves have been shed and they make such a beautiful silhouette against the sky.


I am so happy to see any well-designed space that pays homage to trees!

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I recently used this image of Cynthia Rowley's dining room as my entry in Ally's blog to " define my style in one picture!"  So clever (and lovely) how the branches in the vase mirror the trees on the wall.

This past winter we had an ice storm that damaged some of the mature trees in my neighborhood.  I collected some of bigger branches and made my own tree sculpture in my breakfast room.

And some smaller branches in my dining room

I am dying to do a project with this raised plaster stencil from Victoria Larsen.

Victoria Larsen

I would love to create something like this

in my tiny breakfast nook

when I move back downtown this fall.

Hope you get inspired this weekend!

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Inspired by ...

Nature!  Mother earth is a tireless provider of design inspiration.  Today I am sharing with you the inspiration for my living room. Normally what intrigues to me is color, and I am constantly amazed by how color is so influenced by the other colors that surround it.  Take pink, for instance.  Pair pink with with purple and well ...

But take a more subtle coloration of pink, and pair it soft grey or taupe and it becomes sophisticated and calming, like in these color palettes provided by nature -

The inside of a seashell, with muted creams, pinks and grays.

Mother of pearl has the same quiet color palette.

The inspiration for my living room came from these egg prints

and here is how I translated it in my own home

The majority of the room is done in taupe (that's Benjamin Moore's Grant Beige on the walls) and cream with accents of shell pink in the curtains, pillows and accessories. The end result is a room that is calming, fresh and inspired by nature!

This this this these and this

"Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature.  It will never fail you." - Frank Lloyd Wright

THIS all started so beautifully, with a soft fluffy white snow...

which changed over to freezing rain and did THIS

which lead to THIS

and lots of THESE

so thank goodness I thought of it before THIS happened

or I wouldn't have THIS

Have a happy weekend and keep your eyes open for inspiration - its everywhere!!