adding pops of color to neutral decor

 My living room is done in neutrals, but I like adding touches

of a bright color to keep the room interesting.

I am loving bright blue mingled with beige and brown lately.

I've noticed that bright blue and lime are are the new go-to color combo,

but I'm having a hard time finding lime green accessories.

And I'm just not "feeling" the lime right now. Maybe in the spring.

 I found this pretty blue vessel at HomeGoods.

I played around with my buffet decor again and came up with this new vignette

with several touches of blue.

Which led me to more rearranging of the ladder shelf.

After Christmas, I had posted this picture of the ladder shelf.

I wasn't crazy about the top shelf - I thought it looked too uniform

and boring. And there wasn't enough blue for my liking.

Soooo...

I moved one of the owls to the top shelf and added

a collection of blue vases to a tray on the second to last shelf.

 Loving the blue!

 Are you a neutral or whites type of decorator, or do you like pops of color?

new tabletop and wall vignettes

  I took down all my Christmas decor on the 26th!

I do that every year. While I enjoy the decorations when they're up, I sure get 

tired of them quickly. My famous saying the day after Christmas is,

"OK, Christmas is over! Down with the decor!"

It then takes me a few days to dust all the furniture, hunt in the tote boxes

in the basement for 'regular' decor, and play with vignettes until I get the look I want.

Here's the updated buffet area in the living room...

The shelving unit is still a work in progress. I'm not digging the top shelf.

Too much uniformity in height. Blah.

I got a new owl - the silver guy. Fifty percent off (Christmas clearance)

at Target. I don't think he looks too holiday-ish. Silver is pretty all winter-long.

 And...ta-dah...my kitchen wall collage of frames! 

This is also still a work in progress.

I'll be putting another small frame in the vertical frame on the right.

 Probably something with texture instead of the plain, flat squares I have going on.

Hobby Lobby had some neat stuff, but I'm waiting 'til I get a coupon or it goes on sale.

 Linking up to Cozy Little House Tweak it Tuesday.