Winter Decor

I love the winter, sometimes I complain about the temperature.

This morning when I left the house it was 4 degrees!

Woah, that is seriously cold.  But none the less I still love my home,

and where I live.  Here is my happy place.

I recently grey washed the rock on my fireplace.

It has made all the difference in the world for me.

There were lots of hours working on my husband to let me lighten the

fireplace, even now as I work with it, add the winter whites

to the mantle, I realize, it was really the perfect update for

my living room.  It is so cozy, and feels so much bigger.

Love the new look for sure.

The white against the light grey, Yes! 

Just what I wanted!

I decorate the house in winter whites during the winter.

It is refreshing especially after all the bold reds and greens

of Christmas.  I love the change.

Aren't these polar bears the cutest!

When I owned my store years ago I fell in love with them.

They came just before we sold the store and closed.

These were one of my fun saves.  I wanted to

have them for Christmas, but over the years I have changed

how I decorate the house for Christmas.

Now they are packed in my January box.

They are perfect for the winter, I love bringing in these

cute polar bears and white snowmen.

and white snowflake dishes during the winter cold season.

The cool thing about winter whites is you can use just about

any white item to decorate with making the home feel so bright.

I love the bright feel especially in the middle of winter.

You don't get the dol drums of the winter when the house

feels so light and white.

The white trees are also packed away for January.

This year our January is quite white.

The last few years we haven't had very much snow,

so with white on the ground, I wanted to give the house

a white feel as well.  Bright and cheery!

Here are just simple items in my house that I have brought to

the mantle and living area for the January winter feel.

White old windows, white bowl full of old books with

the covers torn off.

My angels that represent my 2 angels in heaven, and books covered in 

brown paper, with the backs to the rock.

The twists of thread that look like white trees are thread that is used

in Ethiopia to make dresses and gabi's.  We lived in Ethiopia for 2 years

on a humanitarian mission.  Behind the thread is my piece of redwood

that we purchased in California this year on our Coastal

vacation.  It is made into a bowl.  

Tell me what you think of this winter white mantle.

Books, platters, greenery, that is all it takes to create this fun

mantle.  You can do this too.

Celebrate the winter with decorating with white!

Robin