Winter Lambs in the Dining Room

Hello Everyone, 

Winter is showing up here with snow and cold temps for sure.

Not only cold temps but lots of wind that makes it chilly and shivery even indoors 

as you look out and see the little birds on the feeder trying to grab a tiny bite

before heading back to their evergreen shelters.

After Christmas I still like to have some evergreens around the house.

The landscape is brown and dark against the snow, and only the holly shrubs

 and evergreen trees and bushes that dot the yard are green.

I put away everything that was "Christmas" around the house 

but kept the hollyberries and pinecones and used a few of my lambs 

under the cloches here in the Dining Room.

I wanted to use a few of my old pieces of silver 

to hold the lambs here on the buffet.

I think these are candy and condiment dishes that are a bit tarnished.

My larger lamb is in the tabletop conservatory

bedded down on a grapevine wreath with moss.

My bare Christmas tree with white lights is still in the Hearth Room

and I'm still using little evergreen trees around the house. 

My antique wire plant stand holds my heavy ironstone tureen with pears,

my small lamb print with a faux evergreen tree and nest with holly ring.

(please excuse all the unattractive electrical outlets)

My favorite corner of the Dining Room

 with my Little French Girl and Lamb Tureen.

I love using the winter fruit garland from Christmas through early spring.

My heavy concrete alter candlesticks have traded places

with the metal Italian basket.

I love the traditional look of using fruit garlands during the Holidays.

The basket is back on the Dining Room table filled with 

faux hydrangeas and the other ironstone tureen is nestled 

in the dough bowl with another winter fruit garland.

My neutral winter table look is

a table runner in Waverly Country House Toile Linen 

layered on top of a linen grain sack fabric.

I often use 3 yard pieces of fabric and just fold them in half

for an easy tablerunner, but this one actually was sewn

by my mom this last year to make it look a little more "finished".

"thankyou Mom!"

Did you catch my last post of the January Cupboard?

Stay warm, friends!

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