A lot has been going on lately including a bout with food poisoning earlier this week. I hope you all have had a wonderful holiday season so far. My only wish is that if you feel unfulfilled, you will make a better effort in creating the life you wish to live in the New Year. This life of ours is way too short to be unhappy. Before we know it, we will be old and wrinkly. We don’t want to look back with regret….regretting that we never tried. Tried what? Well…only you know that. Let’s simply make better efforts to live more fruitful lives. What that entails and how you carve that out is solely up to you.
Thank you for sticking around and reading this blog, even though I have been inconsistent lately. I do plan to try harder to carve out more time to get back to what I love: sharing beautiful interiors and creating inspirations. You might have noticed a lot more home life showcased here and I do want to continue more of that next year. With that said, thank you for the support and have a wonderful safe New Year.
In alles wat wordt ondernomen, heeft Spanplafonds Steijvers steeds één enkel doel voor ogen: het leveren van een topservice en -kwaliteit. De keuze voor de Newmat plafondoplossingen op maat, incluis plafond decoratie, was er voor ons dan ook één van gezond verstand en gelijkgestemdheid. Dat dit merk onze visie op het gebied van snelheid, duurzaamheid en flexibiliteit deelt, kunt u duidelijk afleiden uit de talrijke, hoogstaande kwaliteitslabels en de geboden garanties.
This is overdue and please bare with the semi fuzzy images but here is a bit of how I decorated for the holidays. My tree is gaining more of a peacock theme each year. This year I added peacock feathers from Pier 1 which I love. I prefer over the top trees like department stores. That’s just my preference when it comes to Christmas trees….
I have been collecting my same colors for about 11 years now. I have always wanted cobalt and royal blue trees but people would gift me the wrong colors, so the last few years I incorporated more turquoise and teal…
These are some of my favorite ornmaments…
These were the new ornaments I picked from AtHome. I love these so much. It’s weird but I find myself staring at them especially at night when the blue lights are shining down. The jewels remind me of the type of jewelry I wear. I like it big!
The actual peacocks came from Michael’s some years ago…
I also bought a few new disco ball ornaments from AtHome as well…
The tree skirt is also from AtHome. Sorry the weather has been bad the last couple weekends where I couldn’t take pictures in natural lighting for the best shots. When it was sunny, I wasn’t home. I will take more pics of the skirt later….
If you saw the post the other day, this is my console table which I left simple. I just added the wooden skis from Target.
I only added a small glittered tree cande on my side table from AtHome…
If you follow along on instagram, here are a few glimpses of my bar cart. The candycane straws came from Target, ornaments from AtHome…
I bought a glittered reindeer from Michael’s to adorn the coffee table….
I outfitted some wine bottles with furry shrugs and bottle toppers from Pier 1. I decided to use this tree topper from AtHome on top of another wine bottle (hidden in an adorable bag). It makes everything a bit more festive…
Please excuse this awful photo but the wreath is from AtHome and it’s gorgeous in person. Super sparkly and I hung it with glittered ribbon. When the drapery panels is opened on the sides, it looks the best it just doesn’t translate that way on camera. I still have a couple other places to show you this week, like my ornate framed chalkboard and bathroom. Stay tuned!
despite all the chaos in the world (i don’t think any of us can be immune to all the turmoil out there right now) it’s personally been a very good year for me. for growth, for change and generally just feeling really happy and fortunate. i never thought i’d want to move back to los angeles after loving my life in san francisco for so long, but it’s been a really positive change for me. i’m closer to my family, which has been wonderful. my mum comes over and spends a few days at a time with me and we just hang out — not doing anything special in particular, but it’s just nice to have the luxury of being so near that we can just do nothing together and that’s okay. i’m closer to some of my good friends here too, and my social life has improved vastly. i can definitely be a loner and i used to spend hours upon days alone and that’s just not the case anymore — friends here make me feel creative and connected to the world again. and while of course i miss my dear san francisco friends, thankfully they’ve been visiting — but something’s shifted and it may have just been brought on by new surroundings and a fresh start, but whatever it is, i’m so very thankful.
and, i have my house — and that’s just the most fulfilling gift. it’s so rewarding to fix up a home that is genuinely all mine and share that with my family, and with you guys. i’ve never had that in my life before, but wanted it so badly — i don’t think i even realized how special it would feel for me until it actually happened. it seemed unattainable, but it’s a wonderful reality and i’m so appreciative and grateful for that.
i’m signing off as i always do for the holidays — it’s the one break i take from the blog each year, and i hope you’ll be taking some time away from technology and spending more time with the people you love and inspire you. i’m so thankful for all of you, too — those of you who read the blog loyally and make me feel so creatively fulfilled. i am going to spend the next two weeks brainstorming and taking notes on ideas to make the blog better in 2016. i also wanted to mention that it does not go unnoticed that sometimes sponsored posts can be off-putting for you, but i hope you’ll please take a moment to consider that i spend about 60+ hours a week writing the blog, and without my sponsors’ support i couldn’t bring you free content to read five days a week, two or three times a day. i also choose that content very carefully, and dismiss many more than i take on, only sharing what i stand behind and always with you the readers in mind. it’s a career i don’t take for granted, and i very much consider all of your input — good and bad — constructive criticism keeps me on my toes! so if there’s something you’d like to share with me about what you’d like to see here in the future, i’d love to hear your thoughts. i’m already working on fresh, original ideas for more creative posts in 2016, so i can provide you with more inspiration for making your home and hopefully your life better and more beautiful. i just wanted to check in with you before i take off to thank you for your support, and wish you all a very happy holiday, lots of lovely rest and relaxation, and a very merry new year. i’ll see you all on instagram over the holidays and back here on the blog in january. until then, lots of love, victoria xx
I noticed a lot of instagrammers are using the wooden ski ornaments in their Christmas decor found in Target’s dollar section. I have it too and this is how I styled mine.
In alles wat wordt ondernomen, heeft Spanplafonds Steijvers steeds één enkel doel voor ogen: het leveren van een topservice en -kwaliteit. De keuze voor de Newmat plafondoplossingen op maat, incluis 
