Death by Accessories

<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKuFMTrlkia_T7Gr-CwDoSE1Wvh77K4JCclrPNhNQnaHhOHZkLr9kyroSS45g5cK5aO6smUP9dPm_JOXdD66mk7FOhpAsl7HqEy3EBUq1N8dh4cCRliIqxJFL9C8ztwOBo9-G0SuaZb15A/s1600/DSCN0212.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKuFMTrlkia_T7Gr-CwDoSE1Wvh77K4JCclrPNhNQnaHhOHZkLr9kyroSS45g5cK5aO6smUP9dPm_JOXdD66mk7FOhpAsl7HqEy3EBUq1N8dh4cCRliIqxJFL9C8ztwOBo9-G0SuaZb15A/s640/DSCN0212.JPG" width="569" /></a></div>Death by <strike>Chocolate</strike> Accessories -  Too much of a good thing can be bad sometimes.  All summer I've been noticing all my accessories and not in a good way.  Don't get me wrong - I hate homes where you walk in and there's nothing personal anywhere in sight.  However, scattered personal trivia everywhere isn't good either.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCYTqAH1A80LCdVUx1hLXOVvJEj0WGXHK-xtGjmhjQTOcOHDXKsH9ZgWn4nPDrhpDfoOdHd8qM9P0Tq4cwhnqqljZhwyhSBr6HUrcJEF8-AH0UUAOMqvTFPa2agncq4ZsgUdBMbEcg8tTG/s1600/DSCN0213.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCYTqAH1A80LCdVUx1hLXOVvJEj0WGXHK-xtGjmhjQTOcOHDXKsH9ZgWn4nPDrhpDfoOdHd8qM9P0Tq4cwhnqqljZhwyhSBr6HUrcJEF8-AH0UUAOMqvTFPa2agncq4ZsgUdBMbEcg8tTG/s640/DSCN0213.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br />Advice I've gathered over the years about dealing with accessories gone wild:<br /><ol><li>Gather all your accessories and put them all in one place.</li><li>Remove the ones that no longer appeal to you - you don't like them or they aren't special anymore.  (Give them away or box them up if you really can't part with them yet.)</li><li>Sort and group similar items.</li><li>If you found you've kept a lot, see if you can rotate them through in a more seasonal way.  For example, accessories you'll have out in fall and winter to be replaced by those designated for spring and summer.</li><li>Wait a few days and live with your space without the accessories.</li><li>Now, decide what parts of your home would benefit from these personal touches - displaying items in groups for more impact and keeping in mind the need for furniture to be functional.  Who wants to have move six things from a side table before being able to set down a drink.</li><li>Re-accessorize and critique.  </li><li>Don't let things get stale.  Consider rearranging more often to keep things fresh.</li><li><strike>Buy a cottage to display all the other stuff you didn't get rid of</strike></li></ol>Now, here's a review of what I've accumulated - along with some commentary from my husband after he saw me working on this post.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMV_pbvTJutF7Wlv1u4tr6lxoXVNdX-lnhl_PeTHn4oLIGPYY4GEBf0aa_aEKk9OugA9LixPKn2XbRvWxkyqN4YCATruYGQiQCyXji52kPFAEbKk1F7J3PAv6ACE9poPqKHZkmlEMaG3De/s1600/DSCN0214.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMV_pbvTJutF7Wlv1u4tr6lxoXVNdX-lnhl_PeTHn4oLIGPYY4GEBf0aa_aEKk9OugA9LixPKn2XbRvWxkyqN4YCATruYGQiQCyXji52kPFAEbKk1F7J3PAv6ACE9poPqKHZkmlEMaG3De/s640/DSCN0214.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><b>Look 4 crabs </b>- a brass one, a red one, a matchbox one and even one preserved in plastic!   Concrete books, a clam, a scallop, a pineapple and a Santa gnome glued on an old Jif peanut butter lid. Oh, and an empty bottle of bay rum cologne...I liked the wicker packaging.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDvlGFGt8VZIwOER6tIAvDciRv0jlR6QRd0RI3jX154NI1FDgQPWl0KrDSZ9VWPiWMj325FYKLWKLCwbaC6CxvZOAMN-tK4U1ZX1LzGMB0OxDFhpqCRL8v9mgBQuWbIu4sg08xuQn4pxdz/s1600/DSCN0215.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDvlGFGt8VZIwOER6tIAvDciRv0jlR6QRd0RI3jX154NI1FDgQPWl0KrDSZ9VWPiWMj325FYKLWKLCwbaC6CxvZOAMN-tK4U1ZX1LzGMB0OxDFhpqCRL8v9mgBQuWbIu4sg08xuQn4pxdz/s640/DSCN0215.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />3 brass clams , 3 moss balls and a faux boxwood atop fluted zinc.  Pottery, books, old telephone insulators and a clam filled with 2011's harvest of lavender from the garden.  What made me think that was a good idea?<br /><br />My husband - Hey, what about all those styrofoam balls you bought to make into moss balls?<br />Me - They don't qualify as an accessory yet...they aren't finished.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPjoJSvUj0tg-P59y2QVu_0nkt1Boq7fEG0QB3XVnHo6LvOVOxuXgRRSt_T3ki_VXqHNGAXKcSGVaftlxMFzxm3J9j-Yn8e2Z927MIcmmtJnHT2uZdixEYLEMJ9ZTdOZoK_yY1GqclxENq/s1600/DSCN0216.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPjoJSvUj0tg-P59y2QVu_0nkt1Boq7fEG0QB3XVnHo6LvOVOxuXgRRSt_T3ki_VXqHNGAXKcSGVaftlxMFzxm3J9j-Yn8e2Z927MIcmmtJnHT2uZdixEYLEMJ9ZTdOZoK_yY1GqclxENq/s640/DSCN0216.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />What didn't I put on the table?  Mostly things that were on shelves - lots of coral, a chipped Waterford bud vase and lucite book ends.  These will still be part of the process but I basically ran out of room on the table.  (p.s. - Anything made by my kids, like the plaster handprints, will of course stay but I'm going to think of a better way to display them. Also, I now only buy faux coral since buying harvested coral isn't good for the oceans.)<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY_vYmzRsRuDHG31H7U3ruJaOSXk1U0vL3gysRI22K-IzzsercVWiK3egPIWzyG8EvROn2zjrOZMVkVzhGvMO32rOOzkSuZLHJQrGkmprCuBy-X2B3BHDAKmT5Nh5umG5g0Ogyv89QNAdr/s1600/DSCN0217.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY_vYmzRsRuDHG31H7U3ruJaOSXk1U0vL3gysRI22K-IzzsercVWiK3egPIWzyG8EvROn2zjrOZMVkVzhGvMO32rOOzkSuZLHJQrGkmprCuBy-X2B3BHDAKmT5Nh5umG5g0Ogyv89QNAdr/s640/DSCN0217.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Husband - "Hey world, FYI, this is only a partial portion of the trinkets she owns."  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Me -            No, really, I think it's mostly all out there.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Husband -  What about the vintage slide rule, the horseshoe crab shells, the iron owls, the cigar boxes?    Do I need to go on?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Anyway, I hope to update in the next few weeks the results of my purge and re-distribution.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">By the way, how's the home accessories situation at your house?</div><br />

Death by Accessories

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L'OBJET's Cabinet of Curiosities

<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCQCTY4OlN9sfkOqnrXzfFxw_ekMID1fyz5koTaGLj845rrLgq6lZKz-GB325UvPtXNN64z0cp04mGYDRES0bgjeIOkB16f3zzeL_HHrsOSf6PT5JGBHJnv19Ae6dcVhcRh_nKaZbWDuTb/s1600/Screen+Shot+2013-09-03+at+6.56.30+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="439" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCQCTY4OlN9sfkOqnrXzfFxw_ekMID1fyz5koTaGLj845rrLgq6lZKz-GB325UvPtXNN64z0cp04mGYDRES0bgjeIOkB16f3zzeL_HHrsOSf6PT5JGBHJnv19Ae6dcVhcRh_nKaZbWDuTb/s640/Screen+Shot+2013-09-03+at+6.56.30+AM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://www.l-objet.com/">L’OBJET </a>has recently launched their</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Cabinet of Curiosités collection, including beautiful pieces based on malachite and coral.  These images are a visual feast - I want to recreate the one above in my own home, feather too!  </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGglTEClY7-dLKBjYDYwYuPNYm9VGDIatUACwcoa4x9pe6jy0AKFaf0IMfZbmcPTEiw7E_EY1DKfBprBp8NpaCiOKnZ7ftSX5FK9WcL3j4hkjbjeZ8uJ5Tl9WEF12KK8vOEdJIJQqBXwgl/s1600/Screen+Shot+2013-09-03+at+7.00.56+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGglTEClY7-dLKBjYDYwYuPNYm9VGDIatUACwcoa4x9pe6jy0AKFaf0IMfZbmcPTEiw7E_EY1DKfBprBp8NpaCiOKnZ7ftSX5FK9WcL3j4hkjbjeZ8uJ5Tl9WEF12KK8vOEdJIJQqBXwgl/s640/Screen+Shot+2013-09-03+at+7.00.56+AM.png" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQZeysVbcZyK4iyd8dFyejKEja2qtMBhjdB4SGY5rS8OwmL-1smrkqmx4v6J9Y9fTssEXKnHqxO_PQNfyD5jtNLxKB73Veuurfl7IQePKy6qNNH6dkctDTBnfpSiCz_zPgic-dApStnwTl/s1600/Screen+Shot+2013-09-03+at+6.57.39+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQZeysVbcZyK4iyd8dFyejKEja2qtMBhjdB4SGY5rS8OwmL-1smrkqmx4v6J9Y9fTssEXKnHqxO_PQNfyD5jtNLxKB73Veuurfl7IQePKy6qNNH6dkctDTBnfpSiCz_zPgic-dApStnwTl/s640/Screen+Shot+2013-09-03+at+6.57.39+AM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCBOwvvEmEWk45BD36v6M1a12dotLHCVMC8gBw3MbZp62-t52b5NLFdMOAberySDIQLL7kHLIxYrzwApEO5S4LPpXxfObYzbwyBVa1W1yrkbRAtj2RkoxdTOy8I2GfrDaSNhveYr2W_4HM/s1600/Screen+Shot+2013-09-03+at+7.33.30+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCBOwvvEmEWk45BD36v6M1a12dotLHCVMC8gBw3MbZp62-t52b5NLFdMOAberySDIQLL7kHLIxYrzwApEO5S4LPpXxfObYzbwyBVa1W1yrkbRAtj2RkoxdTOy8I2GfrDaSNhveYr2W_4HM/s640/Screen+Shot+2013-09-03+at+7.33.30+AM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br />To see more of the collection, head <a href="http://www.l-objet.com/shop/new-home-decor-and-dinnerware-online/new-1/fall-2013/1/viewall">here</a>. </div>

L'OBJET's Cabinet of Curiosities

L’OBJET  has recently launched their  Cabinet of Curiosités collection, including beautiful pieces based on malachite and coral.  These imag...

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Lucky Girl!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXiWIrSqS3ar7I-_cDL9RdX49T4bqxy3LLmRCVaqxEqnJMPRvIpqnznclL0q__TiMoppWF9Oj9nw5pYR-_3yNpP5aJnT6_4pLDhoLDqu2xoXML52W8E28TGEeqRbpQdCfIFaNrtii2xKn0/s1600/DSCN0192.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXiWIrSqS3ar7I-_cDL9RdX49T4bqxy3LLmRCVaqxEqnJMPRvIpqnznclL0q__TiMoppWF9Oj9nw5pYR-_3yNpP5aJnT6_4pLDhoLDqu2xoXML52W8E28TGEeqRbpQdCfIFaNrtii2xKn0/s640/DSCN0192.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />Last night at the Nationals Game the first basemen Tyler Moore tossed my daughter the ball from the double-play out when they headed into the dugout.  Smiles all around - for the ball and for these amazing second row seats!  It's great to have friends in high places, thanks M & A :)<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-PDlp0BPRA3OXj10gOxrzzCoR9FiBbc22KCLDDcEqAICfpj7rVKD7jUA0D40T_QYYMapqmmdYeqdBhNlKD5vYWai7KgR0KeSIhZtm2rFZKO-ITmzBj7tXSXELWolBQo_6CKKlRpx1obKU/s1600/DSCN0190.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-PDlp0BPRA3OXj10gOxrzzCoR9FiBbc22KCLDDcEqAICfpj7rVKD7jUA0D40T_QYYMapqmmdYeqdBhNlKD5vYWai7KgR0KeSIhZtm2rFZKO-ITmzBj7tXSXELWolBQo_6CKKlRpx1obKU/s640/DSCN0190.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> The Nationals rallied in the 8th for a 6-5 win over the Mets and...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIXtK6BBr227maJ4LfMEIAuP5Z2BmKkskzMjY1w4q_SD1je8jhYVeb4SfJO1aDV1Q5bBLVSDQNOa9cgTvuVPEF8-5uJayRlqKvj84pJWB66HKy3YG1mVHKF9x-AqY4Lff-w0wL5omrPfXo/s1600/DSCN0195.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIXtK6BBr227maJ4LfMEIAuP5Z2BmKkskzMjY1w4q_SD1je8jhYVeb4SfJO1aDV1Q5bBLVSDQNOa9cgTvuVPEF8-5uJayRlqKvj84pJWB66HKy3YG1mVHKF9x-AqY4Lff-w0wL5omrPfXo/s640/DSCN0195.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />our favorite Teddy won the race! <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMKRm0fAeAnSyNHVOvgLhbilt6ePS4n3_I3bH4lsKQeZrz3oPc5mb-ov16AN1jfQ4a0XrN1Sg9HQc9CyQRcrZ49OpervFAsN_uMCQ2Fc6rWA4W8TlszTTf0GeTrrPwHvHIiIYyJVIAn-TI/s1600/DSCN0187.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMKRm0fAeAnSyNHVOvgLhbilt6ePS4n3_I3bH4lsKQeZrz3oPc5mb-ov16AN1jfQ4a0XrN1Sg9HQc9CyQRcrZ49OpervFAsN_uMCQ2Fc6rWA4W8TlszTTf0GeTrrPwHvHIiIYyJVIAn-TI/s640/DSCN0187.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />Hope you're having a Happy Labor Day full of fun and play. Michele

Lucky Girl!

Last night at the Nationals Game the first basemen Tyler Moore tossed my daughter the ball from the double-play out when they headed into th...

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