We took down our Christmas tree and decorations on Saturday, January 9th. Instead of packing everything away, I kept out a few of my favorite RED items and moved those into the dining room for Valentine's Day. I'm planning on having a dinner party for our neighbors in February, so I figured I may as well take advantage of the RED things I already had out. The RED sconces cast a beautiful glow the the room when they are lit in the evening. Recently I moved my painting called "urban garden" into this room. I love how it pops off the RED walls. You can read the story behind that painting at http://www.mariescottstudios.com/paintings/whats_new/99

My favorite Christmas-for-Valentine's Day inspiration was these sparkling RED ornaments. I put all six of them into this sentimentally loaded RED glass bowl (that Tim gave me as "payment" on the day I delivered our son, Nathan into the world six years ago.) 🙂 Then on Sunday as I was passing through the room, I noticed the sun hitting the ornaments, casting disco-ball RED reflections onto the RED walls. This was an added bonus of beauty added to my day that was not expecting!