"Wintery" Sitting Room ...

<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Happy New Year!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ahhhhh, Christmas is now officially packed away, BUT, that always leaves me stumped as to "what's next?"  New vignettes … colors … and arrangements invade my brain at full speed … can you relate?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In our little sitting room, instead of going "coastal" for the warmer months (that I WISH would hurry up and get here), I decided to keep the greens and browns and stay a tad "wintery" for now.  </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwNP5azUvFStsehUhAfcS9YkMyGi5NQHdINyRgD7MTer3Vqlzf0uBU3Cg9YmR9k91cD-C3vR86UaOk_7hcY0ZmEby7F_exBZPH2No_KS5eCzs8cRTxqC9VzFBYeikorMS-4TkHHL7W4iM/s1600/sittingwinteroverall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwNP5azUvFStsehUhAfcS9YkMyGi5NQHdINyRgD7MTer3Vqlzf0uBU3Cg9YmR9k91cD-C3vR86UaOk_7hcY0ZmEby7F_exBZPH2No_KS5eCzs8cRTxqC9VzFBYeikorMS-4TkHHL7W4iM/s1600/sittingwinteroverall.jpg" width="544" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After the tree came down, I moved one of our garden seats in here to hold a few decorating magazines that always seem to distract me!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin3PdZkzPnAm-wmEf2pHp07MmE1MxzLzVt2q2smHAsnH7Asge3TPPzu1m7ZBdO1J3ui8192e2sFtbTYjvdqIJn1ourEnweglxwqfWFYdInGAFNNAP4cEYoEkabb2Go8_hU_Lguw_GuZW8/s1600/sittingwintergarden.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin3PdZkzPnAm-wmEf2pHp07MmE1MxzLzVt2q2smHAsnH7Asge3TPPzu1m7ZBdO1J3ui8192e2sFtbTYjvdqIJn1ourEnweglxwqfWFYdInGAFNNAP4cEYoEkabb2Go8_hU_Lguw_GuZW8/s1600/sittingwintergarden.jpg" width="362" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Before coastal birds fly over to our accent chest, a simple vignette sits there for now:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ4bmBqPhisr4Cp-hH2etiOjxuzYxjGhOn_NB8SK9K_jm-iASz5KQfNXH76m1RlrMu92QxrjRMjlXJOsqqZYcuclV5NvSPrYi9CKOnpqp8wpGIfHSunca_42pwkR5JGOkNqLYVrFzj-XQ/s1600/sittingwinterchest.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ4bmBqPhisr4Cp-hH2etiOjxuzYxjGhOn_NB8SK9K_jm-iASz5KQfNXH76m1RlrMu92QxrjRMjlXJOsqqZYcuclV5NvSPrYi9CKOnpqp8wpGIfHSunca_42pwkR5JGOkNqLYVrFzj-XQ/s1600/sittingwinterchest.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I took down the Christmas branches and added shed antlers and wintery churches to our bookcase:</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXDn4IB3F9D4BVRGiG60Eb2MACsSlqPirjHm6V9eptU-xWrWBxOGW2kqVE9Fuft92VIq08NTuTbFjgwMaqK7Pxrm6XZI9keBehqj1VT5NSykAQTJVAcXkz6TuFbaaKUyMgKVHLl2rHf9A/s1600/sittingwinterbookcase1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXDn4IB3F9D4BVRGiG60Eb2MACsSlqPirjHm6V9eptU-xWrWBxOGW2kqVE9Fuft92VIq08NTuTbFjgwMaqK7Pxrm6XZI9keBehqj1VT5NSykAQTJVAcXkz6TuFbaaKUyMgKVHLl2rHf9A/s1600/sittingwinterbookcase1.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Apparently, SOMEbody emptied the "cocktail" decanter … oops!</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijO9bb8A-IJZlcm4sedVTPoI-ROCv4zKfuHi7eB58shHPtC1U-PFonwIL4OQBYNtxYpcNKinbR9I-MWm-GkQML0jsX20C3pT5bW9u3DjjOe7Nb6P5l5BeyaVBV_l3VrILe3WWS2cvacyo/s1600/sittingwintertable.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijO9bb8A-IJZlcm4sedVTPoI-ROCv4zKfuHi7eB58shHPtC1U-PFonwIL4OQBYNtxYpcNKinbR9I-MWm-GkQML0jsX20C3pT5bW9u3DjjOe7Nb6P5l5BeyaVBV_l3VrILe3WWS2cvacyo/s1600/sittingwintertable.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I couldn't resist adding one little piece of coral here … maybe it will chase this frigid weather away!</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeDMshz1ayrVVJekARXCv_J8NfYu_sc31ZJNrrsOvgkhggx5TiWzqLSci-32RKJuvGVrL3EomKsL8hiWaqQLoHcrUalC9c7Dhc3NKYloS9t96Zbe5yKmQKMujTrmYmmXufcTG0kySEWDI/s1600/sittingwinterlamp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeDMshz1ayrVVJekARXCv_J8NfYu_sc31ZJNrrsOvgkhggx5TiWzqLSci-32RKJuvGVrL3EomKsL8hiWaqQLoHcrUalC9c7Dhc3NKYloS9t96Zbe5yKmQKMujTrmYmmXufcTG0kySEWDI/s1600/sittingwinterlamp.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If "that" doesn't work, maybe these little teases of Valentine's decor going on elsewhere in our home WILL!</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTC7wVB9LVzXK8SJg1v-LCm47yZna22-f8QGkdNNpVwtP5qkYYDVRT4wlpWpAKi5lTJLv-s6OAYTIyBitiXLXiE3TwCLvVIr_s59sVYvyT4coC758ObbR1hjhHDFK1bqTm71eOdg3F1Fw/s1600/vdaymanteltease.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTC7wVB9LVzXK8SJg1v-LCm47yZna22-f8QGkdNNpVwtP5qkYYDVRT4wlpWpAKi5lTJLv-s6OAYTIyBitiXLXiE3TwCLvVIr_s59sVYvyT4coC758ObbR1hjhHDFK1bqTm71eOdg3F1Fw/s1600/vdaymanteltease.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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