After a long winter it seems particularly thrilling to bring some colour into the house by way of greenery, flowers and Easter pastels.
I found the giant blue hydrangea at the warehouse store and I could barely carry it in the house it's so heavy. Everything else came from Sweet Violets, my favourite flower store in Guelph.
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| Foyer Flowers |
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| Kitchen |
It's safe to say that I'm obsessed with adding a very pale blue colour to my house right now. It sets off the wood tones and dark neutrals that we've layered the rooms with. Contrast is everything.
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| Good Friday Dinner |
For dinner last evening I made a very simple potato salad with a shallot vinaigrette (with lots of lemon), chopped fennel and radish. I topped it all with dill and some optional smoked salmon. We started with a leek and cauliflower soup topped with sautéed shallots.
It was exactly the sort of dinner I like to throw together these days, composed of dishes I can prepare ahead of time.
We have a large collection of these cute wool creatures that I collected over many years for the Rascals. I guess it's me that plays with them now... I like to set them up for holidays on the kitchen shelf.
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| Dark turquoise candles in the dining room. |
I was never one to think of lighting candles during daylight hours, how does that make any sense at all? MrBP finds it enchanting however and I've realized he's right, there's something so festive about it.
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| Pale blue tapers, tall ones! |
I love these pale blue taper candles, they are very tall at eighteen inches. Again that pale blue colour, here juxtaposed to red in the painting, a favourite colour combination of mine.
I hope you have a really wonderful Easter weekend. We'll be celebrating on Sunday with The Rascals and Poppa. It's meant to rain all weekend so I'll definitely be lighting lots of candles.
May the sun (or candlelight) shine on you!
xoxDani
