The Clean Table Club

Happy Friday! I'm so glad it's the weekend! It's going to be a fun one full of birthday parties and family time!

I hear people talk all the time about how much good it does them to make their bed every day. They say it makes their entire house feel neat and clean and helps them feel accomplished. Are you in the made bed club, too?

I was in the made bed club at our old house, because our bedroom was right off the living room and garage entrance, so I passed it a million times a day. However, in our current home, our room is tucked away and never seen, so I've totally slacked on the bed making. #confessions

BUT, there is one thing that I always do that gives me that freshly made bed feeling--I pretty up the dining room table. I try super hard to keep it cleared off and decorated. I keep the decor really simple because we eat at this table three times a day and I don't like having to take decorations off and on. But, keeping it neat and pretty helps me feel like at least one room in the house is clean!

I'm always playing with different centerpieces and am slightly obsessed with table runners. I love that I can leave a table runner on all the time without us getting food all over it and I can spray/wipe the table down without moving the decor.

I've used a variety of things for centerpieces from pretty sea glass jugs, a woven fruit basket, a pitcher of flowers, etc. I recently found this woven tray at Target and absolutely LOVE how it looks on the table combined with a pitcher of flowers! Bonus points for being able to toss in the salt and pepper shakers and extra napkins!

I may not be able to make it into the made bed club, but that's ok. I'll just start my own clean table club and our membership cards will be way cooler. ;)

Do you have any household tasks that you must do to keep your house feeling clean? Ya know... besides actually cleaning? Ha! What are your favorite table centerpieces?

To see more centerpieces, check out my project gallery! This fall one and this Christmas one are some of my favorite super simple ones! I can't wait to get to put them out in the coming months!

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Spring Peony Centerpiece

Happy Friday! Hope you all have had a great week! After I shared our traveling tips, we took off for a quick trip to DC to tag along with my husband on business. It was exhausting, but fun and I'm so glad we got to be with him! I had planned to come home and tackle another playroom project, but instead I'm tackling laundry and unpacking. I have a couple new projects coming your way soon, though!

While I didn't finish any projects this week, I did stop by and pick up this adorable milk bottle and holder set from World Market yesterday. I saw it on World Market's Instagram feed while we were in DC and it was love at first sight. I'm over the moon about it! I love the mix of materials between the distressed metal, wood handles, and shiny white bottles.

To top it all off, I found peonies at the grocery store!!!!!! I wanted to break out in song and dance when I spotted them! Thankfully for everyone in the store, I restrained myself. ;) I've been wanting to get my hands of peonies for years now. Chelsea at Two Twenty One blogs about her home grown peonies every year and they are always drop dead gorgeous. I've had a major case of flower envy... I really just need to plant some in my yard already!

I popped the peonies into the bottles and haven't stopped staring at them since! I can't believe how much they opened up over night! Look at the difference!

This may be my favorite centerpiece to date. Nope, scratch that, it's definitely my favorite!

Now, back to the laundry. :) Happy Weekend, Everyone!


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