Let There Be Light!

I hope every single one of you had a wonderful Christmas.

This year, we focused more on what Christmas truly is.

We still shared gifts and Santa finally made it to our home

but we talked about Jesus and the reason we celebrate his birthday.

With short attention spans, I'm hoping a few words stuck with our

simplistic explanation.

Every year, the day after Christmas, a sense of newness comes over me.

I'm ready to see what the New Year brings and to see 

where my life path leads. 

I had written another post about my disappointment

in myself and what I set out to accomplish and failed,

but I threw it out. I didn't think anyone would care to hear that. 

New Year is a chance to start anew, with clear {realistic} eyes and 

set small goals instead of The Big Picture.

Unfortunately, I was not gifted with patience. 

As promised in my last post, I am sharing my 

birthday present with you. 

My new bedroom windows.

The Before:

Much better, don't you agree?

We haven't done a thing in there except those windows!

I will be painting the logs, white {loving that look so much!}

and my master drywall guy will be applying extra drywall screws and mud

to the sheetrock before we paint.

I soo badly want a chandelier in our room but being in the South...

{ I don't need to finish that sentence}

The amazing mirror hanging over our bed with given to us 

by a friend that was cleaning out their barn.

It was so dirty, very wobbly and a few pieces were broken off.

In just a few hours with some elbow grease, this piece

just looks amazing. I think our friend will be very happy

to see this Antique piece hanging. 

We love it!

I'm thinking we need to add something to either side of it

 but until I find the right thing, it will stay as is. 

Maybe it will just stay as is, period.

Two of the throw pillows I have on our bed are actually

Antique, hand embroidered/crochet, pillow cases.

Our neighbor gifted the two sets to me a few months ago

and I was so excited. They are king sized {perfect} but 

I didn't not want to use them on a daily basis.

I still have a healthy stash of pillow forms so I stuffed them

and just folded the top over.

So simple yet so pretty.

I love knowing where they came from

and having so much history living in our home.

I really cannot tell you how much

I love the light coming in. 

I plan on planting camellia's along the fence in front of 

those two windows just to add some interest and color.

One last photo for the road...

my wedding dress basking in the sun.

See you soon...