Monday, April 27, 2009

One Thing Led To Another

My "to do" list today included working in the garden and cleaning the house. Everything started according to plan. The morning was lovely and fresh so I spent quite a bit of time in my garden. As I always do now that things are blooming, I picked some flowers to bring inside. Today I chose the verbena. The blossoms are huge and it's hard to get a vase that will hold them in. This large green bowl seemed to be the best fit for them and I decided to put them on the mantle in the living room. That's when one thing led to another.

I'm not sure if it was the green bowl, or these beautiful place mats and napkins that my friend Karen gave me, or all the luscious green outside. Whatever it was, it led me to remove all the red in the room and go on a search for other green items I had around the house.I put these little green gourds in a footed Delft bowl that my dad brought back from Holland when I was just a young girl. Put a green plate on a stand beside my blue and white.
Stacked up some blue and green gardening booksAnd the mantle is complete. When I saw how fresh looking the green was I looked around to see what else I had that was green and I remembered that I had a cloth from a few years ago which fits the round table. So I rummaged through the closets until I found it, pressed it and put in on the table. A couple more green books and some greens picked from outside, a pale blue vase and some pale blue books and it's looking very light and airy and springlike.Then the quilt hanging over the couch looked a little too dark, so I took down the blue and white one in the front hall and hung it over the couch. Now what am I going to do with the bare wall in the hall? The paintings my mom did are all the colors of spring, and they were just in the guest room, so I put them on the wall in the hall. Then the black hall table looked too dark, so I moved it to the bedroom hallway and put some fake ferns in an old planter that I had in the attic. So here is a view looking from the dining room. I think I've managed to bring spring inside! Another view from the dining room.Now when you come in our front door, this is how it looks. Hmm....that wall in the hallway at the back looks bare. I wonder what I can find to put there?So that's what happened today when one thing led to another. Meanwhile the housecleaning still needs to be done!


Rhondi xo

38 comments:

  1. I love to see what happens when you start playing in your house. The white flowers in the green vase look gorgeous. As a matter of fact, everything looks gorgeous. Love the colors together.

    Have a nice week.

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  2. Lol, well everything looks lovely Rhondi! You have a wonderful eye for color and form and I can see how spiffing up one area could lead to spiffing up the rest of the room:>) I've had a thing for green and cream lately.

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  3. I think I would like to come and live in your house Rhondi. It is beautiful, all the calm shades I love so well.

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  4. I just love what you did Rhondi~it looks gorgeous and you really managed to bring that Spring look indoors (the verbena is beautiful!). When you have fun like this the housework can wait!!

    xoxo
    Janie

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  5. Lovely! So cool and refreshing. Isn't that what home should feel like. Warm in the winter, cool in the spring. Thanks for the tour. Stop by my blog and take a look at my daughters decorating :-)

    Jocelyn

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  6. But it was a very productive day and politically correct.......... you went green...... looks lovely.... one thing goes tend to lead us away....lol I do that all the time..
    HUgs
    Linda

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  7. I love the blue and green combination. I've done that with my china hutch and always love the it. Your room looks lovely!

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  8. Hi, Rhondi -
    I absolutely love, love, love the way you redid your home to bring Spring inside. It's just right. Every little thing you placed in new spots delights my eyes - and my heart. Do you want to come help me get mine done?

    I really like your new header. Gorgeous quilt!
    ~Adrienne~

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  9. Your home is lovely! I love the blue & yellow colors, so calming . . .

    Blessings,
    Carol

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  10. I could just about hear your house sigh with pleasure at all that freshness and light!

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  11. It looks so beautiful, the blue and white is so serene.

    Katherine

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  12. You have such a beautiful home Rhondi. I am like you when I start a task, I end up just going all the way and before I know it, I've spent hours on something that should have only taken a few minutes. My boss has those same layplates, green with the acorns.

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  13. Rhondi,
    Your home is so magnificent. These are my favorite colors, and everything looks perfect. You are brilliant at staging. I love how you used the red geranium painting against the blue and white china and the yellow walls. It's gorgeous.
    Karen

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  14. Wow, all because you brought some pretty flowers in from the yard. LOL. It all looks beautiful. I have a delph shoe just like yours. I love everything you did. Blue is one of my favorite colors. Great decor you have.
    Nancy
    PS: I miss your music

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  15. Well this all makes perfect sense to me! I see nothing unusual in what happened after you brought in the flowers. What does that say about me? One thing is that you and I would get along famously. :-) It is fun to reflect the season in our homes. I tend to keep my dark colors around too though as I just love autumn tones. And now your mother is with you creating more spring feelings.

    I love that mirror that looks like a church window. I would love that in my garden.

    Hugs ~
    Heidi

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  16. Hi again:
    I forgot to say, I love your Mom's beautiful paintings. What a good thing to have and treasure.
    Nancy

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  17. I have to chime in with everyone else: your home is the most serene, calming, lovely home I've seen on any blog. I feel I could be completely comfortable there, and I know you would be a delightful person to spend time with. :-)

    Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful photos with us.

    Hugs,
    Loretta in GA

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  18. Rhondi!

    I love the green combined with the blue!
    Very artistic combo. Some very nice vignette shots here as well.

    Hydrangeas are the best! You must, then, be a Hydrangea!

    Thanks for your affirmation--too--at my place.

    love, kelee

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  19. I love green with blue. It all looks fresh and lovely.

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  20. What a productive day you had! I don't have much green at all in my house, but you inspire me to start looking for green things to add to my stash treasures.

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  21. You really do have an eye for design, the room is beautiful and feels fresh - just like Spring. What beautiful things you have.

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  22. delightful! i call what you did puttering. i love to putter around and move things and showcase little tiems. how fun! your house is lovely.

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  23. I was smiling when I read your post, Rhondi. This happens to me all the time. Your room looks so pretty and just like spring!

    Enjoy your day!
    Hugs,
    Donna

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  24. My life is also a 'one thing leads to another' kind of life. But what I see here is an extremely talented decorator. You've been blessed with a gift. Use it in good health!!

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  25. Hi Rhondi,

    Wow always so pretty! I just love your home. The pictures are great.
    Enjoy your day,
    Elizabeth

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  26. Hi Rhondi,
    I just wanted to make sure you got my new link.... I up dated my Iweb and my address changed.... holy moly....

    http://web.me.com/lindasbluegate/web.me.com_lindasbluegate/Bluegate_Blog/Bluegate_Blog.html

    HUgs
    Linda

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  27. oh dear I put the old url in my name......
    Linda
    There....

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  28. Beautiful, charming and wonderful! Just a few of the words that come to mind looking at this post! Much better results than house cleaning would have produced. laurie

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  29. Beautiful, charming and wonderful! Just a few of the words that come to mind looking at this post! Much better results than house cleaning would have produced. laurie

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  30. Beautiful, charming and wonderful! Just a few of the words that come to mind looking at this post! Much better results than house cleaning would have produced. laurie

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  31. Hi Rhondi
    Your blooms on that verbena plant is HUGE, I have never seen them that big before, they look like white hydrangeas blooms!
    ~Ann

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  32. Love your green combined with blue Rhondi (why didn't I think of that?) I'm off to try it. Your house looks woinderful as always. Eli

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  33. Rhondi, I love your beautiful home! It actually made my heart swell...like breathing in fresh air! Just heavenly!

    Hugs,
    Maryjane

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  34. I know this is a late comment and you already have lots of comments so you probably can do without another one but...(which means you're getting one anyway!)....I love the things you do in your house.

    Such lovely things you have, specially the quilts. One of these days, when I'm rich enough to get across the Pond (!), the object of my visit to America shall be to buy the most beautiful quilt I can find. Someone burst my balloon a bit when they said I better get busy saving because quilts are very expensive! One day, one day.

    love, Angie, xx

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  35. Girl, you did great. Everything looks just absolutely gorgeous. The colors are refreshing and soothing at the same time.

    I love it all!!!

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  36. Thanks for letting me look. I clicked on your site from a friend of mine. Her shop is in Farmington, Just a bed of Roses, Brenda Klomp.

    I love the way you clean, I have always done it that way too.

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  37. Your room looks beautiful! I remember parts of it from earlier posts, but seeing it like this is a treat for the eyes.
    Now I think it is time to do something similar over here.
    No wonder you took that Sunday
    (May 4th) to sit on that comfy looking porch of yours to relax!

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Hi
Thanks so very much for taking the time to leave a comment. I always read every one. I am glad you stopped by for a visit. Hope you'll come again!
Rhondi