Now that the wrapping paper has been tossed, the ribbon carefully salvaged and a breath taken it is time for one last look.  I’ve never put any Christmas in the bathroom but I have to say from this view this little 9 s/f pass thru has turned into one of my favorites.  One day while brushing my teeth I looked in the mirror and this is what I saw.

Below is the actual image.  I just added a small wreath made from scraps of greens that had fallen off other stuff with a plaid taffeta bow and a wooden bucket with mixed faux greens and it was done.  Sure makes brushing the teeth more eventful though!

The buffet table for Christmas Day trimmed down from the night before

A bit of Christmas in the Kitchen

Loved this little topiaried Christmas Tree in the small Audun soup bowl.

Simple mix of garlands adorn the chandelier

Another Vintage Duncan Royal figurine offering up Wassail with vintage Spode Christmas Tree and of course the Mackenzie Childs Chargers

And Christmas can be full of sweet surprises.  You may remember in a previous post I talked about a painting I had seen in Florida in an Antique Shop.  It looked like Nebraska and was a snow scene.  I liked it a lot and was considering it for our lower level room.  When I went back to get it on the last day of our time in Florida the shop was closed.  I was disappointed but new it wasn’t meant to be.

While face timing with our Florida daughter thru the opening of all the packages the husband disappeared.  All packages opened we’re chatting and the husband comes back with a black garbage bag sporting a plaid ribbon that has been stapled in the shape of a bow.  He says this is for you.  From your oldest daughter and me.  I took the package from him and immediately knew what it was.  I was shocked and so surprised it was the painting that looked like Nebraska that we found in Florida.

This is what I call a glue piece.  In other words the glue that makes everything else stick.  I will need to do some work with a wall arrangement of some kind I think because, as I said in the previous post, it isn’t quite big enough to hold the wall on it’s own, but I absolutely love it and am so thrilled with the thoughtfulness of my family and the shenanigans that ensued in making the purchase getting it shipped and hiding it in plain sight makes a really great story.  I researched the artist today and he is Leopold Swider from Poland and the painting is oil on masonite early 20th Century.  So fun.

And I will leave you with a front porch view taken just before the arrival of my daughter and her family with the Cresset burning and welcoming them home.

As you can see no snow for us and the grass is still green!!!

Thanks for stopping 

Shelley