I give up. I call defeat. I am uninspired. My 2017 Spring Table is, um, not very exciting. I have no new ideas and even my old ideas bore me. I’ve fallen into the dreaded blogger’s block. So you’ve been waiting patiently to be wowed. I got nuthin. Here’s where we’ve been:

What’s happened since then:

I tried this one for about 5 minutes. Underwhelming. Why? I was using a variety of things I had that shouted Spring! Milk glass, bottles, my favorite pitcher and some McCoy pottery pots.  Eh.  Nothing made me smile. I asked myself what was really bothering me. And the answer came swiftly. I was trying too hard. I wanted something cute, different, and really wonderful so that you would look at the photos and say; “why didn’t I think of that!?” But the truth is, I want simple, I want what would have been on the table of my Grandmother.

She didn’t have an abundance of bunnies on the table, the table was functional. It was for meals. Maybe games after dinner. She didn’t have time to rearrange multiple decorative things when it was time to eat.  She was busy. Our table had a vase of flowers from her garden or a pitcher and a bowl of fruit, or the morning’s eggs. That was it.  And that’s what I wanted. So I went back to basics and put my pitcher filled with cuttings from the yard, and a bowl of eggs back on the table. Similar to what I started with. And immediately felt peace.

So here’s what it looks like now. I may add a bunny for Easter……probably not. I used to go all out for holidays and I may do so again. But not this year.

Moral of this story: Don’t decorate  for others.

You won’t be comfortable in your own home. It won’t be authentic and won’t feel like a sanctuary.  It’s your home, make it the way YOU want it. If you love Easter rabbits, pastel eggs, chicks or pots of flowers…..use them. Your home should reflect you. The minute you start decorating to impress other people, your home loses something vital. It loses YOU, your heart and your vision. So be true to yourself and create a home that reflects your heart.

Happy Spring everyone.  Create the home you see in your heart. Be authentic. Create a sanctuary no matter where you live.

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