holidays & seasons

Winter Porch Decorating

Winter Porch Decorating

So we’re at that “in between” time of year for decorating. All the beautiful Christmas decorations are taken down and put away. Although for full disclosure, I did take down the Christmas chalkboard and the small tree in the entryway just last week! But now everything is looking a little drab. The mantel has a…

Chalkboard Porch Box

I’m stepping away from my 31 Days of French-Inspired Style series for a moment to post a picture of my chalkboard porch box. Whaaaat?….2 posts in 1 day! For me, that’s a record! Anyways, here’s the box dressed for fall…. I found this old metal box at a local store. It was pretty beat up,…

Asymmetrical Fall Wreath

It’s been a very hot September around here and it’s felt more like summer than fall. But I decided to go ahead and start decorating for fall anyways and just try to will fall to begin. I started my decorating at the front door with a new wreath. I started with a basic grapevine wreath that…

My House Was Egged

My house was egged…. Easter egged, that is!   We found this sign in the front yard. I don’t know how well the writing on the sign will show up when I publish this, so if you can’t see it, it says: You have been egged!! There are 21 eggs hidden in your yard. Have…

A Touch of Easter

We’ve been in the middle of a little home renovation for the past few months. It’s made decorating a little tricky and I almost let Easter pass by without getting anything out. Almost. I truly love this time of year and Easter is my very favorite holiday, so I had to get a few things…