Pink Loves Blue

There’s a sofa at Anthropologie that I keep calling the staff to pester about. I’m trying to catch it on sale once they’re ready to let go of the floor model so I can see if just maybe it can come live at our house. It’s big and comfortable and so pretty with its curves and single-button-tufting. And it’s blue. Kind of a teal/turquoise really, but to my surprise, I’m smitten with it. My iPhone pic isn’t doing it justice.

Winifred Blue Sofa at Anthropologie

It isn’t on the website, but it’s the same as the “zesty” Winifred with solid upholstery and an additional support in the center. Same price too, but if I could sell my sofa and get that one on clearance, it wouldn’t be so out of reach. (A leather sofa can always wait.)

OK, so we’re probably not getting it. There are a million other things we could (and should) spend our money on first, but yeah, I’m embracing my newfound love of the color blue. I pinned the image below recently, and I’ve been finding myself going back to look at it over and over again. I like the symmetry, the hive vases, and the metal finishes against the wood, but what I’m really drawn to is the contrast of pink and blue.

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So good! I blame the the upstairs bathroom with its turquoise blue fixtures. Six years of living with them, and the color has charmed me.

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On Hold

I’d planned on having my usual Friday Honor Roll up for you today, but I think I’m going to have to push it to Monday. I’ve been working on a backup computer that is slowing me down (read all about my frustration here), and two weeks in I’m having a hard time keeping productivity up. Yesterday’s photo of Eleanor was an all-day process just to import images from my camera, select one, and edit it! I have new photos of the library to share too, but I can’t process them on this machine. Here’s an Instagram pic as a little preview.

My Library

Instead of wrestling all day to get some links up, I’m going to get our house ready for Eleanor’s birthday party. We’re bucking what everyone else seems to be doing, and celebrating here, at home. We’re going to have a gaggle of four years olds over tomorrow, and we’re looking forward to it.

Four Years Old (Eleanor’s Yearly Photo)

I took a monthly photo of Eleanor in the same Eames rocker, in the same spot in my living room, every month for the first two years of her life. (I did the same thing for her little brother, August, but in a different room.) When I came to the end of my two-year project, I decided to keep the tradition going, but to switch to yearly photographs at that point.

At first, I kept her outfit simple so that the focus would be on her as she grew, not what she was wearing. As she gets older, she has more of an opinion about what she wears. I’m letting her personality show by photographing her in the outfit of her choice.

Eleanor is four years old now. Here is her yearly photo.

Four Years Old (Eleanor's Yearly Photo)

Eleanor Balch, Four Years Old

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