Eclectic
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
The world has gone eclectic, and I am the first person to say WOO HOO!
Eclectic is a style even I can get on board with. In its simplest form, eclectic is anything that derives style or taste from a variety of sources. In essence, mismatched.
Now that mismatched socks are in fashion, my kids head to school with a lime green tie die sock on one foot and a pink and blue sock on the other foot. Who knows where their perfect match is and who cares. Folding laundry has been simplified as well now that I do not need to match the sock pairs up and can get quite creative in my sock-pair-folding.
This sock trend has made me consider going eclectic in my life as a whole. And so I did.
We needed new dishes. Don’t ask my husband, Mike, because he thinks we are perfectly fine with our 2 bland sets of dishes that are over twenty years old, chipped and faded. He does not quite understand the female desire for a fresh dinner table look. We were given the plain white set as a wedding gift, and purchased the apple plates a few years later. And frankly I was tired of the look and the blandness on our kitchen table.
I started my plate journey by looking at the traditional matched dinner plate sets at the stores, and discovered we might need to take out a second mortgage to afford new plates. So that went out the window (especially after the Financial Peace class we took with Dave Ramsay). And then it hit me. I could go eclectic.
I began my search for eclectic dishes at area Goodwill stores and started to see the big picture forming for my new set of plates. It began with an idea of color. I knew I wanted color. So I picked up some solid green plates, 2 by 2. Then I found some red plates, a few purple ones, orange ones, and to round out the look, a set of cream plates with a neat edgy design.
We now have a fantastic eclectic set of dinner dishes all for less than fifteen dollars total. Dave would be so proud. My next goal is to make my smaller plate sets go eclectic and maybe even my glassware.
And to think that it all started with mismatched socks.
The world has gone eclectic and I am totally on board with the new trend.
Who knows what might be next. You might soon see me at Buehler’s in mismatched Clarks, an orange turtleneck, purple scarf and yellow earrings. As eclectic as I may look on the outside, know that I will be smiling ear to ear on the inside because going eclectic has allowed me to stay calm in a chaotic world full of insanity and stress.
And to add a little color to my life.
Posted by Trish Berg 9:31 AM
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