the cupboard and more

Still need to photograph my red corner cupboard. Truth be told, it isn't finished yet. Until then, here are some other vignettes to view...
My computer area...

My red cupboard (found in the neighbor's trash, read about it here) filled with my Santas. The newspaper border is the stock market pages...

Inspiration basket of back issues of various December issues of several different kinds of magazines. The red and white doilies in a pile on the floor were waiting for a new home after being taken out of the cupboard before the Santa's took over....

N. collects nutcrackers and has received them as gifts over the years. From the time he was a baby he had an attraction to nutcracker soldiers. It's funny, the specific things that "click" with kids...

Here is N. posing near his favorite nutcracker- This is not in our house!- it is in the lobby of the location where his Daddy's company Christmas dinner is held each year...