FRENCH COUNTRY VIGNETTE

Decorate with what you love.

Because of its casual elegance, 

French Country features sunny splashes of color, and 

an emphasis on natural and rustic accessories.

Traditional French country products and motifs include roosters, rabbits. olives, 

sunflowers, grapes, and lavender.

The designs are often arranged in regular intervals.

Are you now wishing for Spring and sunny days of mild temperatures? 

I can safely say my thoughts are springing forward to when the 

nurseries are chocked full of colorful petunias and snapdragons! 

In keeping with my french country theme for the kitchen,

 I realized I do not have a lot of blue, which I am now obsessed with.

 I like to look around my house at those decor items I do have and 

see what I can pull together without buying anything new.

Sunny yellow and soft gold, fiery red and burnt rust, bright grass green and dark hunter green, cobalt blues and soft ocean tones -- all these are found in this wonderful decorating style.

Those bloggers who feature a different china pattern every week amaze me! 

I tend to think they have a "buying problem"and I keep wondering where in the world 

they put all of that dinnerware? 

Do they actually "use" all those plates? Do they buy it just for their blog? 

Well I prefer to pull in heirloom pieces that have meaning to me. 

In this little vignette, the inspiration piece was my

 Grandmother Estelle's Blue Danube Bavarian china plate. 

It is one of my all time favorite pieces!

The planter was a housewarming gift from four years ago! 

The yellow sunflower candleholder featured on the right,

 was from my Southern Living Hostess days.

I decided to add the tiny faux pear at the last minute! 

It's a happy vignette!

It sets the mood in the kitchen when there are those times

 of family gathering to eat and share their activities of the day.