~ Summer Mantel in White & Silver ~ The Decorated House

I think our homes change as we grow, explore, learn and become re-freshed day by day. It is not a bad sign to me if you like to change things. Maybe you are a little different today than you were a year ago, a week ago, or even yesterday. If it gets to be a daily thing, it might be too much for those who live with you though. We all have had spouses tripping over chairs in the middle of the night simply because they were in a different place today than they were yesterday.

For Spring I wanted some pretty color and old silver.

I adore the way old silver ages. The crooked pitcher has been out in the garage for a while. It was fabulous to rediscover it and find a place to admire its age. Age is a good thing.

Sometimes people appear to be so uncluttered, then you find out they have storage units or a large basement. They have stuff, they just hide it. I'm guilty as well of too much stuff, and it's good that I don't have a basement. My saving grace is that this is a small house, with hardly any closets. So it is very hard to hide things. We do have a couple of sheds outside, and a ton of shelves in the garage which of course are filled.

There have been times, more than one or two, when this mantel was stuffed with goodies. Usually during holidays. Otherwise, it is pretty sparse. Today I wanted to bring some flowers inside, the crepe myrtles have been in full bloom. Even the white is beautiful with only a complement of lime green of the Cuban Gold shrub, and light purple of the Angelonia flowers. I must remember to plant more cutting flowers.

One thing I seldom decorate with is shells. When you grow up near the beach you see shells used in decorating way too much. Maybe not so much as when I was a kid. It was sure overload then. Today, I again respect their beauty in design and color and even bring them out to play sometimes. Today was a good day to think of the beach, and admire a pretty shell.

See Y'all Soon~

Donna

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