Drench me in Whites!

Did you have a wonderful Christmas?

Did you make many more unforgettable memories?  

Are you like me, and want to cleanup all things Christmas the very next day? I always struggle with what to do...this year, everything is already packed away, everything except for our tree and wreaths on doors & windows. They are going to stay up till New Years...we removed all our ornaments from our trees and left only the lights! 

I'm struggling more than ever to simplify...I'm craving whites!! Crisp, clean...WHITES!!!  I want to drench my home from top to bottom in white...WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME???? I love color, I really do!!!

hahaha...oh Whites, what are you doing to me?  

Today I want to share with you our Master bedroom in it's drenching in whites which is still in progress.

My hubby bought me a sweet little chandelier for our bedroom!! I adore him...we were Christmas shopping together, and I saw this little chandelier and told him that one day it would hang in our bedroom. Little did I know that he would buy it on the spot...spoiling me once again!

It's Oh So Pretty!!

Our bedroom is one of the rooms that have been in whites for some time...I just love white bedding!

I think whites are ROMANTIC!

Lighting makes the biggest difference...from ceiling fan to a bit of sparkle! Our master is not finished...is there ever a time that a room is completely done? 

Part of me wants to carve a big old heart with our initials into our headboard!! Then dry brush it in my favorite shade of white!! Yes..drench from top to bottom in white...Remember?! ahhhhh

All while trying to create a relaxing ROMANTIC space for us, we also share this space...

...with PAPERWORK!! Completely took the romance out of it..right?! I do adore our little desk, it was a GW find many years ago. One day I may refinish it, but for now it's sweet with countless scribbles on top.  I'm trying to find the perfect way to organize, and most of all HIDE all our office stuff. Any tips?

One of my girlfriends gave me a pair of these stools a few weeks ago. I added new tops, which I stained and then stenciled. This one fits perfectly under this desk. I LOVE THEM! 

So there is my little start to drenching my home in Whites & to organize everything in sight!!

A New Year is almost upon us...filled with it's newness! What are your goals for this next year?  Any big goals? Are you like me and are craving crisp, clean, fresh...a change in decor...a new way to organize our home...to simplify everything...to love more...listen more...and most of all to enjoy every moment of everyday!!!  

Thanks for stopping in!! Happy New year!

Love, 
Naomi

Joy of the Holidays!

The Holidays are here...I LOVE Christmas!!

it's magical...with lights, giving hearts..all coming together to celebrating JESUS! 

Decorations came out on Thanksgiving day...every year each of us get a new ornament, they are marked who's is who's, the year they were received and each year the tree gets fuller!!

Kids gather as we carefully unwrap each ornament, recalling sweet memories of the past! With 15 years of marriage and 4 children later, we have a sweet collection already. I adopted my sisters tradition on adding a special ornament each year. I remember sitting at my sister's house and seeing her tree filled with pretty ornaments, and thinking that it would take forever by the time our tree ever filled up...hahahaa we were only married for a year or 2! Oh how time flies...

This year as I was thinking that our tree was filled like my sister's years ago..she sent me a picture yesterday of her Beautiful tree this year!!! Yes, she gets me to dreaming once more on the next years to come with a fuller tree!!! I LOVE HER!! 

You want to see her tree don't you???

Well of course you do!!

It's dreamy isn't it?!! It's overflowing with pure goodness...OH SO PRETTY!! I'm sure once mine looks like this, she will have yet another thing I want...That's what us little sisters do!!! Hahaahaa

This year I went to Lowe's Christmas tree cutting area and picked up tons of fresh cut greens...

...they trim the bottoms off the tree when they re-cut them. They gladly let you take to your hearts content. I cut and soaked them good before I adding them in our home. I made a sweet garland for over my kitchen window with pine cones hanging down!  The rest I placed around the house and we get to enjoy the smell of fresh pine. 

It's feeling more like Christmas  around here!!

I love everything about this time of year...the wish lists came out before Thanksgiving was even over!!! I finished most of my shopping early this year,  for the first time!! I'm usually the one running to the stores and everything on everyone's wish lists are disappearing before my eyes...but not this year!!!

Oh the joy of the Holidays...what are your traditions? Do you collect a new ornament each year?

Enjoy this special time, as we once again gather with our LOVED ones to celebrate the true meaning ofChristmas!! Merry Christmas Everyone...

Love,
 Naomi