Our 2014 Dining and Sitting Rooms ...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One week away from Christmas ... wow!  Where has this season gone?  Before the holiday is over, I wanted to share a little more of our seasonal home.</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;">I haven't shown you our new dining room yet since we moved in a few months ago.  </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's very similar in layout to our old dining room ... </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdjJ5RZ4iJ56k9IJTCOH8g3zZm8LfjkpjIHFxyRn8Q4lKKncf6d4ddC-hONDG7DC6AlLnO6R7Ma_lw-4It7PGTVnaiJKwlBLZ-02PleYlBWgm2CNEPztMRXbWZyjGHNRREPcCMKUZW9CM/s1600/newxmasdininglast.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdjJ5RZ4iJ56k9IJTCOH8g3zZm8LfjkpjIHFxyRn8Q4lKKncf6d4ddC-hONDG7DC6AlLnO6R7Ma_lw-4It7PGTVnaiJKwlBLZ-02PleYlBWgm2CNEPztMRXbWZyjGHNRREPcCMKUZW9CM/s1600/newxmasdininglast.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In "this" dining room, we decided to go a tad bit darker on the walls and had it painted Sherwin Williams' "Perfect Greige."  We love the color and how well the white shelves and pieces pop against it!  We plan on adding shadowbox molding in the New Year.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqZADTGwgKeeLLhJQAxHzNFZlctnLWtOcez7IR7TbLk9T5TqmqPC5hguAnR5-LaAj7Jv-ukDGqh6kinS2SW9zBvLFUgZrPbM3oMPB3raOEwFChKhpKZNL3usXPVVojoz53OjE4-VxQBH8/s1600/newxmasdiningshelves.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqZADTGwgKeeLLhJQAxHzNFZlctnLWtOcez7IR7TbLk9T5TqmqPC5hguAnR5-LaAj7Jv-ukDGqh6kinS2SW9zBvLFUgZrPbM3oMPB3raOEwFChKhpKZNL3usXPVVojoz53OjE4-VxQBH8/s1600/newxmasdiningshelves.jpg" width="426" /></a></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;">Thankfully our fragile antique sideboard didn't get "injured" in the move!  </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyYKHQ41c0-ZdntRScT3XlSUy_umEBUROq5eXIvrU-zpf7w4Xq1rkkOOlL7rVqRq1JhzGIK3XFhVPn8gswrTwk9GqQQoKwlo6UqmIqAMfLP47pIkTxt7vkfumVHGPWaGEAl_szCBrq7z0/s1600/newxmasdiningbuffet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyYKHQ41c0-ZdntRScT3XlSUy_umEBUROq5eXIvrU-zpf7w4Xq1rkkOOlL7rVqRq1JhzGIK3XFhVPn8gswrTwk9GqQQoKwlo6UqmIqAMfLP47pIkTxt7vkfumVHGPWaGEAl_szCBrq7z0/s1600/newxmasdiningbuffet.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I placed the big brother of the reindeer on our great room mantel in here ...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOXJgchmbkq3x327OwLAsjmJX1szCC3gfD4MfSj76RZ6e1dd3DKMsr-bU6bsMnhHqcD8JrrMLitZN2kaE-QqVTuKKr_ts8kfinerPWsSl3a-Og-IcJmPPDMQT8yMOIN_0eHxXeO_slwTU/s1600/xmanewdiningbuffetclose.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOXJgchmbkq3x327OwLAsjmJX1szCC3gfD4MfSj76RZ6e1dd3DKMsr-bU6bsMnhHqcD8JrrMLitZN2kaE-QqVTuKKr_ts8kfinerPWsSl3a-Og-IcJmPPDMQT8yMOIN_0eHxXeO_slwTU/s1600/xmanewdiningbuffetclose.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and kept it simple with just a few mercury pieces.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKS6h9jrMJpYeOXWH1Vgleg7TtNv2UomL2rbichMwL6hEtDGl2er0zmAhTd2rr6TlIcNrD72siYlU7IzWO8w3JOPxxFd2r7ilucFZ7M6g-3sFmqSKdcyjCalNVb5u4wtOUdKoHwSyfUEY/s1600/newxmasdiningtreem.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKS6h9jrMJpYeOXWH1Vgleg7TtNv2UomL2rbichMwL6hEtDGl2er0zmAhTd2rr6TlIcNrD72siYlU7IzWO8w3JOPxxFd2r7ilucFZ7M6g-3sFmqSKdcyjCalNVb5u4wtOUdKoHwSyfUEY/s1600/newxmasdiningtreem.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I brought our mirrored chest (that used to be in the bedroom in our old house) in here and, instead of decorating a full-sized tree, we went with a smaller 4ft instead ...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1WhgDYgsO3ZQUjD5Sk-TIn2iEEohAuXe4tXhCMmba4Fm2oKW-hJgCodFHeKKOqDCZXqt5-RM1DkrR0RUBDF4YVtxr7nUIbHQdJg9cmDyHWQPkJhzKMT63nCBZoUw065RNL69r3XBR6dY/s1600/newxmasdiningtree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1WhgDYgsO3ZQUjD5Sk-TIn2iEEohAuXe4tXhCMmba4Fm2oKW-hJgCodFHeKKOqDCZXqt5-RM1DkrR0RUBDF4YVtxr7nUIbHQdJg9cmDyHWQPkJhzKMT63nCBZoUw065RNL69r3XBR6dY/s1600/newxmasdiningtree.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and dressed it in ornaments mainly silver and gold:</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTE1oMOfEj8cNAn4El82Jlh3qvh_htPrZQj4NXbA4X067kIZfTZvngjyIOFXv5GmCZtCZV3zrttg47bx6DiM8LzzlkG_ubo9PoK-dhg2hz8G2WGlWrX39n37ZTSy1mIWjtRxJPFDvDehE/s1600/newxmasdiningorn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTE1oMOfEj8cNAn4El82Jlh3qvh_htPrZQj4NXbA4X067kIZfTZvngjyIOFXv5GmCZtCZV3zrttg47bx6DiM8LzzlkG_ubo9PoK-dhg2hz8G2WGlWrX39n37ZTSy1mIWjtRxJPFDvDehE/s1600/newxmasdiningorn.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our silver and white dinnerware is from Home Goods: </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCtMGEHyB-_jtmNR91tPcE6X4ca5xzTR4RfMnIC6h5JVjdMg5sQPtTS80TKYVFHDvvFSSPZolEYKYH8Upb_eK_VNhBJCXU4Upv_Y-4hBFHcxEOZy9lLvpRSXO-BU0JXnpukN0BT375cYk/s1600/newxmasdiningplate.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCtMGEHyB-_jtmNR91tPcE6X4ca5xzTR4RfMnIC6h5JVjdMg5sQPtTS80TKYVFHDvvFSSPZolEYKYH8Upb_eK_VNhBJCXU4Upv_Y-4hBFHcxEOZy9lLvpRSXO-BU0JXnpukN0BT375cYk/s1600/newxmasdiningplate.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I brought out our mirror again this year and used it as the base for our centerpiece.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiswXMsMVjl_VOVPLpLtzMp8sbzzhDpNFgrpc-3lJJBmS9i-i6rzz0oM9k6m6aXc3yv9g7_XLkzuNleFpe_gEalnOZ0YZUIa66kE2QLnpxCSUUFo_2AGShyh5UiatwTJqoZHZ-zeAqg6wY/s1600/newxmasdiningtabletree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiswXMsMVjl_VOVPLpLtzMp8sbzzhDpNFgrpc-3lJJBmS9i-i6rzz0oM9k6m6aXc3yv9g7_XLkzuNleFpe_gEalnOZ0YZUIa66kE2QLnpxCSUUFo_2AGShyh5UiatwTJqoZHZ-zeAqg6wY/s1600/newxmasdiningtabletree.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Love the afternoon sunlight streaming in ...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkNAcjnpBdw6XJ91jJK7lN-A1OM4Ng2I6D8ClFWHFNWfqfy-6dhbIGdnxm1UZRZUScbx-gKrYTmlr1eZgaQFJaVmet_9Nskpgx2IrgDqzrmNeP41Q32stBsNtGJkFesxIQ9jnMoIuvAAo/s1600/newxmasdiningoverallk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkNAcjnpBdw6XJ91jJK7lN-A1OM4Ng2I6D8ClFWHFNWfqfy-6dhbIGdnxm1UZRZUScbx-gKrYTmlr1eZgaQFJaVmet_9Nskpgx2IrgDqzrmNeP41Q32stBsNtGJkFesxIQ9jnMoIuvAAo/s1600/newxmasdiningoverallk.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now, let's walk on over to the sitting room:</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLvK93AmSfqokJVRnrOx1qarl2T58hhU8LkwyCSRxcDwuQulFIw7I1Hctn5iITCZuKQmreLj0SMb275v9i9pLwKdk9gI34o3SoZQCYKECT96KkkRguabI7PZpOjRXVWOAjuaLqcjbweRg/s1600/newxmassittingfromhall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLvK93AmSfqokJVRnrOx1qarl2T58hhU8LkwyCSRxcDwuQulFIw7I1Hctn5iITCZuKQmreLj0SMb275v9i9pLwKdk9gI34o3SoZQCYKECT96KkkRguabI7PZpOjRXVWOAjuaLqcjbweRg/s1600/newxmassittingfromhall.jpg" width="414" /></a></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;">Since this room was already done in a brown, blue and cream palette, I kept the tree in the same theme, but added pops of gold and silver, as well:</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/AVvXsEg0waw91BGnmtGYIiOlm9temf_uN8niq6vjLohw8LQwGkRzlvlJ4gMUggN8wSQudr1bjzNCvuGzVl31yAIDHFiCkOCmsEQpTBHXs2xdlLe1qEbFnpM3Jk32K9sc6-6_5Aa8yzaC8dpADiY/s1600/newxmassunclose.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0waw91BGnmtGYIiOlm9temf_uN8niq6vjLohw8LQwGkRzlvlJ4gMUggN8wSQudr1bjzNCvuGzVl31yAIDHFiCkOCmsEQpTBHXs2xdlLe1qEbFnpM3Jk32K9sc6-6_5Aa8yzaC8dpADiY/s1600/newxmassunclose.jpg" width="448" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I kept our bookcase pretty simple by adding just a hint of holiday greenery and embellishments:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNRwOqnnYjrpFecZa-1b6ant2bpTmQGTjDZoAZtmLgGrHIbJDbL5bSJgQ3RPEr6UE0FC48NWk0QGxOrqdutWNWdwB3XV_zaLYtwsWhz8EwLeS4HaCWBDa3yqSX2Sgufo2qxUsKKNfS3jM/s1600/newxmassittingbookcasesun.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNRwOqnnYjrpFecZa-1b6ant2bpTmQGTjDZoAZtmLgGrHIbJDbL5bSJgQ3RPEr6UE0FC48NWk0QGxOrqdutWNWdwB3XV_zaLYtwsWhz8EwLeS4HaCWBDa3yqSX2Sgufo2qxUsKKNfS3jM/s1600/newxmassittingbookcasesun.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A few more splashes of the season made their way to this side, as well:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Our 2014 Dining and Sitting Rooms ...

One week away from Christmas ... wow!  Where has this season gone?  Before the holiday is over, I wanted to share a little more of our seaso...

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Our 2014 Christmas Kitchen ...

<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Greetings, friends!</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;">You know those books that don't have any words ... where you make up your own story as you go along?</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;">Well, let's just pretend that this post is one of those books ... </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm going to inundate you with pictures (lots and LOTS) of our Christmas kitchen and sunroom and let you fill in the story as you take a peek!</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBIVeOQ_c0bK1y0XZl9HzuD5xZ68qFJN-ioRycIGTiqBv4kLVa-9y-UQMDz2v2hxi7p260JDTNSL4X701y1991deTfICU3M1__Fls8LqFWKYTVQ-VrzUkLR6LfvLa_rHthihAUlXxYChQ/s1600/xmasnewkitcheisland.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Our 2014 Christmas Kitchen ...

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