This is a crazy idea for me at this stage in my life. I'm always staging for blog photos, magazine photos, HGTV.com photos and in between the staging, my house is totally un-staged. I'm really working on balance this year and a part of that is doing things for me, my house and my family, so my home doesn't feel like one big workshop, set and prop closet. I enjoy a beautiful space. I enjoy creating it, living in it and the process is very therapeutic for me.
Yesterday morning, a part of creating that balance meant that I sat down on the couch in my jammies and watched a movie while my kids were at school. I didn't work or clean or run errands. I just sat and ate a late breakfast and watched a movie I hadn't seen before. I had plenty I needed to work on, but wasting time is a rare and wonderful thing that I can allow myself every once in a while.
This morning I cleaned my house, did the laundry, and then I "played." Playing for me is staging my house. Not for any reason or photo shoot or project, but just because I wanted to. We've had a couple of warm and sunny days, so I was feeling particularly springy today. I collected birds, nests, moss, mercury glass, pedestals and old books.
I came up with a pretty, subtle spring-themed arrangement on my dining room table.
I filled out a craft store bird's nest with some dried grass and tucked it into a china soup bowl and saucer.
The second cloche covered a dried grass nest, ceramic eggs, feathers and two bird sketches I purchased from Etsy.
The final pedestal was filled with dark green reindeer moss a silver bird (which I was going to sell, but one of my kids dropped it and broke the crown), and a couple of guinea fowl feathers from a friend's farm.
A broken crown made the bird unsellable, but it's still good enough for me!
I placed the smallest pedestal on an open antique book.
...and a few more guinea fowl feathers are scattered around the base.
The mercury glass candle holders and glass pedestals with cloches were purchased at TJ Maxx.
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