Our great friends Stacy and Jason had their first baby this past Friday. Brandon Theodore Hill, 9 lbs, 8 ounces...he's so cute and big!!! Everyone is doing great and we can't wait to see this big bundle of love in person. Congrats guys!
...and reminded me of my great friend Christine. No not the 2 bit tramp part! Just the nuts part...remember the rehearsal dinner menu? Christine what was it? Like nut encrusted lobster or something? :)
Why I am always the first one up in the morning....
0 comments Posted by Dina @ Honey + Fitz at 9:02 PMCould not resist. Not long ago I had the unforgettable experience of waking up second, minutes after Dina had woken up. This was pretty much what I saw....no, not the monkey part, the eyes part....you guys are mean. (turn up the volume for the full effect).
--Neil
Assistant to the Regional Manager
While there is almost nothing I would change about our house, decorating it has been a far more daunting task then I ever could have imagined. It's wonderful to have high ceilings and large rooms and all that but making it feel homey and not so cavernous is like a part time job (maybe if it was a full time job, my empty living and dining rooms wouldn't constantly taunt me?) I am certainly not trying to fill every little corner with something...generally I like things to be cleaner looking and yes, sometimes a little "different".
...And hence today's post! Our mantle is the focal point of our family room where we spend 90% of our time. It is in every sense of the word the "center" of our home...it is also the bain of my existence when it comes to decorating! I've slowly been making decision about what to display on the mantle, choosing to keep it empty while I found the "right" stuff. We started with a rustic looking acanthus leaf mirror that I fell in love with as soon as I saw it. This past summer I added the tall lanterns on either end. I like that they balance out the 2 ends of the long mantle and their shiny chrome finish balances the heavy, distressed look of the mirror. Until this weekend it looked like this:
I always thought it looked a little blah...just a mile of white space between those 2 lanterns. So I kept my eye out for something that could work in the middle. Not a pair...I wanted 1 thing that could stand on it's own right in the middle and if possible that added some color. Randomly surfing the Z Gallerie site, this guy caught my eye:
OK...now I realize putting a big ceramic koi fish on your mantle is random to say the least...I get that. But I don't know...he's kinda cool I think. He's a nice size, quirky and, you can't deny, a conversation starter! And as of this past Sunday, he's mine! Here's how he looks up there:
But of course, now I'm second guessing myself. Neil thinks he looks like a ridiclous yard sale find and my brother has been anti-koi since I showed him the link on Z Gallerie's site. Damn him...now he's inside my head!
So I ask you...is the fish ridiculous? Did it look better without him? And PLEASE what would look better there? Picture frames don't work. They get completely lost on the big mantle. It's quite deep (almost 12") so I can put something pretty substantial up there. Leave your comment, I need all the help I can get!
