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Sunday, December 18, 2011
The Year of Aqua & Orange
Christmas comes to our Midcentury home....
With a Midcentury home, I could have gone a couple directions, but I always knew I wanted to go with aqua and tangerine.
Unfortunately, the retail world did not agree with me, and I wasn't able to find but one set of tangerine ornaments (thank you CB2).
The tree is actually aluminum. Real aluminum. We found it more than a year ago at a consignment store in Palm Springs. Knowing we'd be gone the entire 2010 holiday in Australia, I still could not pass it by.
It stayed in that box waiting for this year.
Love it.
But it didn't look complete til we wrapped boxes and put underneath. Of course, I couldn't find tangerine wrapping either. So, my vision remains temporarily unrealized.
The house is very simply decorated. Honestly, I wanted more silver. But, with a new spaz kitten, it wasn't realistic.
But it's festive and the aqua color makes me smile.
(zoom in)
A good friend told me these beveled ornaments were all the rage in the 60's. So it's quite appropriate for the tree and our 1955 home.
I love the new Mercury Glass this year... 1/3 the weight!
(did I mention you should zoom in on some of these? No really... the colors and sparkles have to be appreciated upclose)
Shameless plug for Crate & Barrel (they own CB2, of course)... we found a set of silver cocktail themed ornaments... shakers, wine bottles, marg glasses, wine glasses, etc.
Orange flocked ornament from CB2. Hopefully next year, I'll find beaded tangerines or shiny glossy orange ornaments to complete the look.
Tree skirt with oversize aqua sequins (thank you Target).
So far, Chloe is being pretty good. Nothing damaged or broken (yet). She loved the tree skirt (before we covered in presents).
Of course that doesn't stop Oboe. He's such a good boy. No interest in the tree. Just the warm lights and a cozy place to sleep.
Every year I give the tree a spin for these pretty action shots.
(Okay, it's actually the camera that spins)
(zoom!)
Another spin... I like how you can see the tree trunk at the center.
Vintage shot.
Mercuty Glass.
Reflective shot from outside the glass slider, looking into the house. :)
See the little blue canister in the center? That's the only present under the tree that's really a present. lol The rest are cosmetic cat perches. :)
We count our blessings from a year full of rollercoaster major ups and major downs.
And we're still breathing and still here, so we win.
So much to be grateful for.
I hope every one of you reading this has a warm, restful, yummy and peaceful holiday surrounded by the ones you love. That's what matters.
Merry Christmas,
~Shephard :)
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