{a new week, a new year, and spring cleaning in the wintertime}

 

. . . but of course, spring cleaning takes place in the spring, but around here, it also takes place in the height of wintertime, for, along with the plans and dreams, and the need to re-order and re-organise, comes the overwhelming desire to clean and sort and stack and fold; files, virtual and otherwise, suddenly seem unruly, inboxes a mess, and one wonders about the contents of drawers and closets and cupboards — and so, for this new week of this new year, it’s clean [monogrammed] linens, fresh flowers and fresh starts . . .

[and as always, so much more below] x

[image sources : one /// two /// three /// four /// five /// six /// seven /// eight /// nine /// ten /// eleven /// twelve /// thirteen /// fourteen /// fifteen /// sixteen /// seventeen /// eighteen /// nineteen /// twenty /// twenty-one /// twenty-two /// twenty-three /// twenty-four /// twenty-five // french linens, photography by laura mcquire via french vintage home]