The Year of Fun!!

New Year’s, to me, is always a time to cleanse the palette, wipe the slate clean, start anew. A few moments of reflection of years’ past is typically followed by a resolve (like millions of other repentants) to 1.eat better 2.exercise more, blah, blah, blah. Well, this year is different! I am personally declaring 2013 to be The Year of Fun!! If there is an opportunity to learn, create, travel, design, teach, cook, dine, soar,

entertain or be entertained, count me in! Time for a fresh start and a new perspective, time for some fun! (disclaimer: this does not include any activities where I am strapped to a harness and soaring above the clouds- I do like to keep my feet firmly planted on our planet. Oh, and also, not kayaking, not a huge fan, although a little water rafting in Alaska might fit the bill nicely : )   

And so it begins by clearing out the dining room cupboard. Out went all of the colorful Christmas holiday plates and decorations.

In their place? White. Loads of white.

Plates, stacks of bowls, crocks and tureens-all white-that I have collected over the years.

The color white makes everything clearer, cleaner and purer. White becomes the perfect backdrop for the millions of other beautiful colors in our spectrum and makes them pop. There are so many shades of white, so you can mix and match them to create a fabulously layered look.

White can be classically elegant:

or elegantly classic

Photo via My Shabby Streamside Studio

White can be whimsical

Photo via Better Homes and Gardens

fanciful

Photo via ComeUpToMyRoom.com

funky & fun

Photo via Biskops Garden Blogspot

tastefully simple

Photo via Citified.blogspot.com

or simply extraordinary

Photo via Fabrizia Frezza Architecture Interiors

So if you are looking for a way to start fresh and new for 2013, forget those resolutions that only last a day or two and get your exercise by grabbing a can of white paint and giving your space a whole new look!! Happy Fun Year everyone!!! Susan