{"id":21297,"date":"2014-01-14T19:26:49","date_gmt":"2014-01-15T00:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=21297"},"modified":"2014-01-14T19:26:49","modified_gmt":"2014-01-15T00:26:49","slug":"the-winter-blues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=21297","title":{"rendered":"The Winter Blues"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Last year I decided to treat the dining table as if it were a <a title=\"Redoing Dining\" href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2013\/01\/01\/redoing-dining\/\">library table<\/a>.\u00a0 Since it is part of our great room, treating it like a library table most of the time makes more sense to me.\u00a0 We really only eat on it at holidays and special occasions.\u00a0 I have pinned some dream dining tables that would fit into the room so much better than the one we have, but when we purchased it years ago, it was truly an investment purchase.\u00a0 Our tastes just aren&#8217;t as formal as they once were.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-21300\" alt=\"Library table\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_6909-1024x681.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_6909-1024x681.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_6909-430x286.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">In my quest to detox from holiday reds and greens, I always turn to blues in January.\u00a0 I have a vintage <em>Hans Brinker and The Silver Skates<\/em> book, and I made it the star this year.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-21299\" alt=\"Library table\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_6908-1024x800.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_6908-1024x800.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_6908-412x323.jpg 412w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">To accompany Hans, it seemed only fitting to toss an old pair of wooden ice skates into the mix.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-21289\" alt=\"Budget Bouquet\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_6906-1024x681.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_6906-1024x681.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_6906-430x286.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">I also make it a point to have fresh flowers on the table.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-21303\" alt=\"Library table\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_6914-1024x681.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_6914-1024x681.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_6914-430x286.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Then everything else is a combination of books, candles, plants, and a plate that I pulled from my stash.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-21300\" alt=\"Library table\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_6909-1024x681.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_6909-1024x681.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_6909-430x286.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">It&#8217;s a way of making the winter blues bearable.<\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Take care.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year I decided to treat the dining table as if it were a library table.\u00a0 Since it is part of our great room, treating it like a library table most of the time makes more sense to me.\u00a0 We really only eat on it at holidays and special occasions.\u00a0 I have pinned some dream 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