Staffordshire and Green Polka Dots

Welcome Thanksgiving week! We here at the Pearl house has started it off with strep throat, sinus infections and asthma - oh my! Not a good start to a most anticipated holiday week, but the anti-biotics are starting to kick-in and we will all be up and running soon!

Tradition around here is to decorate the casa for Christmas the weekend after turkey day. I won't let a little sickness mess with our tradition and we are all looking forward to finding the perfect spot in the new digs for our tree. There is an on-going debate about where it should go. We will find out next weekend!

In the meantime, I will be cooking for Thursday and ready to head over the river and through the woods to my parents' home for turkey with our family. Yahoo! I found this wonderfully festive green table here. I love it! What is not to love about those wonderful Staffordshire dogs, nestled among those festive and fun green polka dots. I love the mix of traditional and fun!

Happy Monday! Gobble! Gobble!

Krissy

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Seeing Green

The kitchen from the Change-Up reminded me of another one of my all-time favorite kitchens. Both have a green tile backsplash and a warm, cozy, cottagey kitchen feel. My other fave? Kirstie Alley's kitchen that Nate Berkus designed. It has been a few years but I feel that it is timeless and I love it! I even have a sample of the Ann Sacks tile in my sample stash. I never think of myself as a "green girl" but perhaps I need to rethink that. Green just seems to be seeking me out.

Happy Friday dear ones!

Krissy

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Going Green

What's not to love about this kitchen? The green ceiling, the totally fabu drum shade, the plate wall - love it!

Green trim, LOVE the stripe fabric and the pops of blue and black - this is so fun.

More green greatness.

Hello strangers! Sorry for the break in posts. I have been wearing my "mom" hat lately, as Sport Cort had a bout with a nasty case of strep and then we took a quick vacay to Great Wolf Lodge. "Vacay" isn't the right word for what we had. A beating? A sharp stick on the eye? Yes, those might be closer to the truth. The mini-pearls had a ball though and that made the ordeal worth it.

Green is a color that I have only recently come to love. I used to have an aversion to the color. Why? Don't laugh, but it stems from growing-up in a city where football is king and one is fiercely loyal to their team. Your team is determined by the high school you attend. My high school colors were navy blue and gold and were a huge part of my wardrobe and decor. The rival high school? The one that no self-respecting cheerleader and loyal fan of my high school would be caught dead near, much less sporting their colors? They were green and white. Laugh all you want, but it has taken me a long time to get over this!

All this being said. I love green. I really do! It makes me happy. I love green and all of it's wonderful shades and tones. I love that green can be a neutral or it can be a bold stand-out. Green is a chameleon. Green can be traditional. Green can be retro. Green can be fresh and modern. What do you think? What is your favorite shade? I have found that when I can't get a room to feel right and complete, all it needs is a touch of green. A green pillow, lamp, a plate or bowl - try it. It just works. I can't help but feel that our Creator loves green and all of it's variations, too. He uses it a lot. See, you can't go wrong. You can't go wrong, unless it involves high school football and then, well, green sucks. Some things you can't change.

Toodles!

Krissy

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