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Wayne and I spent some time in Germany this past December, and I found myself delighted with the half-timbered buildings.
More about that below, but I need to change the subject for just a moment...
After the Christmas decor has been put away and the house feels a bit forlorn,
I enjoy getting out my winter decorations.
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| Little thrift store skiers look like my husband and me, after I painted them with the appropriate beard/hair colors. |
Here we are, skiing through the woods!
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| The piano top gets some sweater-covered candleholders (buy a thrift-store sweater and cut off the sleeves) and the Hobby Lobby lamp gets a cashmere "slipcover" on the shade (you guessed it, a thrift-store sweater cut down). |
A closer look...
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| A sweater pillow on the chair and a vintage green wicker laundry basket of pinecones atop the armoire I painted. |
Now, back to those lovely houses in Germany.
This year, I decided to make my own little village of half-timbered buildings and put them on a large grapevine wreath I found at (where else?) the thrift store.
The wreath has little twinkling lights on it, which you can barely see in the picture below.
I'll probably add a few more trees, and maybe another building or two, but it's finished for now, and I have my own little European village, hanging in my winter-cozy living room.
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