{"id":20268,"date":"2013-10-14T19:26:01","date_gmt":"2013-10-15T00:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=20268"},"modified":"2013-10-15T06:47:37","modified_gmt":"2013-10-15T11:47:37","slug":"from-bland-to-better-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=20268","title":{"rendered":"From Bland to Better"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Mom and I are taking a little road trip today to Sharon Springs, NY which we are excited about. It&#8217;s the home of the Fabulous Beekman Boys, and we are big fans of theirs.\u00a0 They won the Amazing Race a few seasons ago, and <a title=\"Amazing Race, Here We Come\" href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2013\/03\/31\/amazing-race-here-we-come\/\">you know we love that show<\/a>. You might like this \u00a0upgrade I made before she arrived on Friday.\u00a0 For about two years we lived with the \u00a0landing in our stairway looking like this. It is nice and bright, thanks to a perfectly placed window, but its mood was dark. All it had going on there was a lone mirror that once lived its life in a brassy color. I spray painted it black and and left it at that.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-20253\" alt=\"Stair landing before\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5486.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5486.jpg 534w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5486-215x323.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Then I was browsing at Home Goods one day, and the perfect side table jumped into my cart. I couldn&#8217;t help myself, and I took it home.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-20255\" alt=\"Landing after\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5642-682x1024.jpg\" width=\"409\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5642-682x1024.jpg 682w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5642-215x323.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 409px) 100vw, 409px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">This \u00a0table was available in three colors &#8211; black, green, and antiqued teal, which is what I selected. It immediately woke up the little landing and put it on the map.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-20256\" alt=\"Landing after\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5646-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5646-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5646-430x286.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">It looks great from every angle.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-20257\" alt=\"Landing after\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5647-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5647-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5647-430x286.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">I accessorized it with items we already had like the lantern which makes a soft glow at night, the books, and the bell I found at the Christmas Tree Shop for 50 cents.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-20255\" alt=\"Landing after\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5642-682x1024.jpg\" width=\"409\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5642-682x1024.jpg 682w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5642-215x323.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 409px) 100vw, 409px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Another small change that helped the space is that I rotated the mirror. It looks more balanced now.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-20263\" alt=\"Landing after\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5696-682x1024.jpg\" width=\"409\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5696-682x1024.jpg 682w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_5696-215x323.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 409px) 100vw, 409px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">So, now when we start walking up the stairs, we get to look at this instead of a boring, blank space. It&#8217;s much better.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Cheers!<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mom and I are taking a little road trip today to Sharon Springs, NY which we are excited about. It&#8217;s the home of the Fabulous Beekman Boys, and we are big fans of theirs.\u00a0 They won the Amazing Race a few seasons ago, and you know we love that show. You might like this \u00a0upgrade [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20268"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20268"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20308,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20268\/revisions\/20308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}