My Home for Christmas

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2_1Mxa3gkD4e_YYfy_3nqAh8WNuNHnZ_IM9WsCBLz-7nZV7UwVGfPfJqzk2Qe-nMjm2Wu4ftCNxhMK-G27ubZd0Ur8hwdHG4HHR_ehipgzV7nsd2JtcQ9Ln1NfzYK5WsmlnGH2THTrHg/s1600/bellevivir+christmas.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="640" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554076388621033394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2_1Mxa3gkD4e_YYfy_3nqAh8WNuNHnZ_IM9WsCBLz-7nZV7UwVGfPfJqzk2Qe-nMjm2Wu4ftCNxhMK-G27ubZd0Ur8hwdHG4HHR_ehipgzV7nsd2JtcQ9Ln1NfzYK5WsmlnGH2THTrHg/s400/bellevivir+christmas.jpg" width="476" /></a></div><br />Christmas is almost here and I can't think of a more appropriate time to thank all of you who support and visit Belle Vivir, even when you stop by quietly without letting me know who you are. Without you dear readers I wouldn't be here so, for that thank you. I wish you the best Christmas and I hope that wherever you are, you feel the peace and love of this special time of year. Please find below a few images of our home. This year we kept things simpler than usual. We did not put a Christmas tree, instead I created small vignettes around the house.</div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj562ieK5Jl5FT7kb3zEqic1IE5op-oHyMq13uaK-ljZ0W0F7dwx4zGASB0VisPcMQ4oa0GxkfVsW-pLxonHcZXhubpbRsQM0Gx7jjwm_rsmBIa7m74vmmMsQjndxJfQkBFXlMEA529SHk/s1600/christmas+2010.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="640" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554076267262526018" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj562ieK5Jl5FT7kb3zEqic1IE5op-oHyMq13uaK-ljZ0W0F7dwx4zGASB0VisPcMQ4oa0GxkfVsW-pLxonHcZXhubpbRsQM0Gx7jjwm_rsmBIa7m74vmmMsQjndxJfQkBFXlMEA529SHk/s400/christmas+2010.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhZta3LmodqJoif65HfoqI4IkOZIe4z3_KQRMVb-nDFQSpDrGZBwxxO1rwYpQhlEaMcPbkRFUoOUQUiRoDsB-6q9D7TJT-RhwB6pIlHcCH794BY6V_Y1so48vi3ud8sBXbSGyh5CIzTKs/s1600/christmas+bellevivir.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="640" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554076127909350866" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhZta3LmodqJoif65HfoqI4IkOZIe4z3_KQRMVb-nDFQSpDrGZBwxxO1rwYpQhlEaMcPbkRFUoOUQUiRoDsB-6q9D7TJT-RhwB6pIlHcCH794BY6V_Y1so48vi3ud8sBXbSGyh5CIzTKs/s400/christmas+bellevivir.jpg" width="480" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I decided to decorate this sculpture by putting poinsettia between the wings but, as Murphy's law would dictate, just when I was going to take a close up of my wingy sculpture one of the flowers decided to fall down.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ0UakvT3pTf5f5qd7bHbjA1Vs2Jj2drt8d0gBe2_HMU7TFQz0lMeY4up-wInDeji5ao_wv4avLr-BFpUu33RAA_2ySiK6v5HjReW9Z9McOM6ZbrNY85iLkWzs0SxQSQ1rzzkexJY4sFE/s1600/christmas+bellevivir+blog+2010.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="640" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554075786637318002" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ0UakvT3pTf5f5qd7bHbjA1Vs2Jj2drt8d0gBe2_HMU7TFQz0lMeY4up-wInDeji5ao_wv4avLr-BFpUu33RAA_2ySiK6v5HjReW9Z9McOM6ZbrNY85iLkWzs0SxQSQ1rzzkexJY4sFE/s400/christmas+bellevivir+blog+2010.jpg" width="489" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br />Inside our Art Deco bar. You can see my lovely nephew's head through the mirror. <br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">All images for/by Bellevivir.</div></div></div>

My Home for Christmas

  Christmas is almost here and I can't think of a more appropriate time to thank all of you who support and visit Belle Vivir, even when...

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My Inspirational Board

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi37SYKn-9wlwVsyFY98AkDHF09xHhmxPxclUo-YftUHeeTG4m8JMLZWmTVf-frgYy6xe0w6h5yr3Q07HnriOBJzblCNWBbY-NhOLWtX6mPf0knfGuzK7kMy5fsqfrTp7v_DkrwC_WCoow/s1600/DSC00168.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="620" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478517722843096146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi37SYKn-9wlwVsyFY98AkDHF09xHhmxPxclUo-YftUHeeTG4m8JMLZWmTVf-frgYy6xe0w6h5yr3Q07HnriOBJzblCNWBbY-NhOLWtX6mPf0knfGuzK7kMy5fsqfrTp7v_DkrwC_WCoow/s400/DSC00168.JPG" width="460" /></a></div>In this house, we drink wine and Champagne occasionally. So after a few years accumulating hundreds of corks I decided to recycle them. I got a frame, attached a plywood piece to the back and glued all the corks to turn it into an inspirational board in the Kitchen.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk6Q1ZNm7nUlNHH_GnRcTY0SLTz_r4iRgYrdC5qaVby3B1VhjEVawdpTrWIIgJ6xGnnJXl4sc08NtQk6WMjHpQFzd38OGcG0fDoaTwbIFdRvJHoDZYl7iHPvLQEh_rf8cCFRX2-3mJxlQ/s1600/DSC00239.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478517736908975922" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk6Q1ZNm7nUlNHH_GnRcTY0SLTz_r4iRgYrdC5qaVby3B1VhjEVawdpTrWIIgJ6xGnnJXl4sc08NtQk6WMjHpQFzd38OGcG0fDoaTwbIFdRvJHoDZYl7iHPvLQEh_rf8cCFRX2-3mJxlQ/s400/DSC00239.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; height: 360px; width: 460px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;">click on image above to enlarge.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPXfdMTA_9EUL9IF_1A_ivp6r27OFOcbN-9N8ATfxTrxcWxHjoEJrRnYrq4X77oyPZIlSQCHazPVYhrOgBS0A-5TLjEcAy-iGdTL1FQ4vxoBCkgHfTJQTZ6jmsa1dyoFIngSIRVSwoHZM/s1600/inspirational+board.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478517879122848594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPXfdMTA_9EUL9IF_1A_ivp6r27OFOcbN-9N8ATfxTrxcWxHjoEJrRnYrq4X77oyPZIlSQCHazPVYhrOgBS0A-5TLjEcAy-iGdTL1FQ4vxoBCkgHfTJQTZ6jmsa1dyoFIngSIRVSwoHZM/s400/inspirational+board.jpg" style="height: 404px; width: 460px;" /></a><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk6Q1ZNm7nUlNHH_GnRcTY0SLTz_r4iRgYrdC5qaVby3B1VhjEVawdpTrWIIgJ6xGnnJXl4sc08NtQk6WMjHpQFzd38OGcG0fDoaTwbIFdRvJHoDZYl7iHPvLQEh_rf8cCFRX2-3mJxlQ/s1600/DSC00239.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478517736908975922" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk6Q1ZNm7nUlNHH_GnRcTY0SLTz_r4iRgYrdC5qaVby3B1VhjEVawdpTrWIIgJ6xGnnJXl4sc08NtQk6WMjHpQFzd38OGcG0fDoaTwbIFdRvJHoDZYl7iHPvLQEh_rf8cCFRX2-3mJxlQ/s400/DSC00239.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; height: 360px; width: 460px;" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 85%;">Images by <a href="http://bellevivir.blogspot.com/">Belle Vivir</a>.</span></div>

My Inspirational Board

In this house, we drink wine and Champagne occasionally. So after a few years accumulating hundreds of corks I decided to recycle them. I ...

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Things I love and why

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPoJI-KyCb1n6IhdnonEMdZsBS5qcQ4CHP6SfNoXlFNZa9HXox0WX6roMjz-S8TjEb9oJ4lF3jOrZw62Mfk2TGLBdubST7Suf6i7k1go0D0L2HY_yWfO2sEj8JDtP4XhMvdrCl9J1_P0I/s1600-h/flowers+i+a+vintage+vase.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323994864289275746" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPoJI-KyCb1n6IhdnonEMdZsBS5qcQ4CHP6SfNoXlFNZa9HXox0WX6roMjz-S8TjEb9oJ4lF3jOrZw62Mfk2TGLBdubST7Suf6i7k1go0D0L2HY_yWfO2sEj8JDtP4XhMvdrCl9J1_P0I/s400/flowers+i+a+vintage+vase.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 246px; width: 467px;" /></a></div>The way a vintage vase holds fresh flowers is, to me, a small representation of what it is in home decor mixing antiques/vintage pieces with new ones. This beautiful Austrian vase with gorgeous and very affordable <a href="http://images.google.com/images?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&q=ranunculus&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=waLiSdfZFI3NlQevkNngDg&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&resnum=4&ct=title" target="blank">Ranunculus</a> flowers has been in my family for more than 20 years and I never get tired of it. Even in my difficult <a href="http://bellevivir.blogspot.com/2007/01/i-ask-for-your-prayers.html" target="blank">moments</a> back in 2007 was I able to find some time to place some flowers in a vintage vase and relax and feel hopeful just by looking at them.<br /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden" /><!--Session data--><input id="jsProxy" onclick="jsCall();" type="hidden" /><br /><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden" /><!--Session data--><input id="jsProxy" onclick="jsCall();" type="hidden" /><br /><div id="refHTML"></div></div>

Things I love and why

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My baby's future nursery room

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbw4BAB4H6Ylct_fvYj11naPcviE40lMSFJ_Cd-q87c61S-eCHI3l9OGYZ13R4fTfhX4ZOjdK51jmmgiXYhMUHCQk6I8-nypRRWrvG_FYGA3sSTgtWvymVf3Pf-LFmOpTTixdXavnTxOQ/s1600-h/IMG_0264.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215208895448282962" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbw4BAB4H6Ylct_fvYj11naPcviE40lMSFJ_Cd-q87c61S-eCHI3l9OGYZ13R4fTfhX4ZOjdK51jmmgiXYhMUHCQk6I8-nypRRWrvG_FYGA3sSTgtWvymVf3Pf-LFmOpTTixdXavnTxOQ/s400/IMG_0264.JPG" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a></div>Recently I went to <a href="http://www.fschumacher.com/index.html">Schumacher</a> and fell in love with this adorable, whimsical fabric. Immediately I thought it would be perfect for my baby's nursery room. This one featured here is in Natural color I would be using this gorgeous <a href="http://www.fschumacher.com/search/ProductDetail.aspx?sku=174000" target="blank">Aqua</a>. Below the perfect crib <a href="http://www.brattdecor.com/products/casablanca_premiere_venetian_gold.cfm" target="blank">here</a>.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb8rzEdh3xq8wGRfM3BFcZePajUc_lWGWoqWJzaJQNOpfkEUShCB6zDJro_SJ_Fvljl75vgYCAIpbPyjJN7TZkRcR0RkZZvfTgf_P-Avx3vXPqKodKv1f2eL98wPuBYwAczhwfRdGRaQY/s1600-h/255-L1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215210570980795890" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb8rzEdh3xq8wGRfM3BFcZePajUc_lWGWoqWJzaJQNOpfkEUShCB6zDJro_SJ_Fvljl75vgYCAIpbPyjJN7TZkRcR0RkZZvfTgf_P-Avx3vXPqKodKv1f2eL98wPuBYwAczhwfRdGRaQY/s400/255-L1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden" /><!--Session data--><input id="jsProxy" onclick="jsCall();" type="hidden" /><br /><div id="refHTML"></div></div>

My baby's future nursery room

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