We had yet another Open House this past Sunday. That makes, like, seven total now. Whew. I counted the other day and we’ve had about 20 showings in the last 2.5 months. Fingers crossed that one of them leads to something.
For this last Open House, I picked up a $5 bouquet on my way home from work beforehand to add pops of cheery color. It was also an excuse for me to let out some withheld creativity frustration…albeit a little. I still have a lot left in me. I loosely arranged the single bouquet into 4 different vases for a casual effect. I placed a large glass vase {which hails from Goodwill} on our dining console. Some of the buds haven’t opened yet, so I think we’ll have blooms for a while.
I lined a trio of West Elm vases {found at a Pottery Barn Outlet for cheap-o} along the dining table. I love the way the white vases and magenta blooms stand out in contrast to the black tabletop. It’s almost like they’re floating.
Of course, someone isn’t going to buy our house just because there are pretty flowers in vases. But they sure felt welcoming and happy…feelings that we’d hope potential buyers would have when touring our home.
What did you do this weekend? Were you a weekend warrior and finally tackle that home improvement project that’s been on your to-do list forever? Did you keep cool and enjoy a long weekend with your family? Did you make a trip to the cemetery to visit lost loved ones? I worked all weekend {blah} including the holiday while Handy Hubby was on kid duty. He was also in charge of the Open House after we spent all of Saturday night cleaning like crazy people. We did enjoy some time with my grandparents who are visiting from Florida and celebrated my grandpa’s 76th birthday with grilled kabobs and cake. Yum! Our neighborhood pool opened this past weekend, too. Although I didn’t get a chance to enjoy it {no time!}, I’m looking forward to getting some use out of it this week. I’m going with the ‘glass half full’ point of view on this one and thinking that maybe it wouldn’t be so bad if our house didn’t sell until fall so we could splash around in the pool all summer.
images: Dana Miller for House*Tweaking
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