Looking for inspiration to spruce up your summer front porch? Check out these amazing summer front porch decor ideas! From colorful summer wreaths to cute summer signs, there's something for everyone. Make your home stand out with these simple but stunning summer porch decor ideas. From summer beach decor to farmhouse summer decor, you'll find every style. Get inspired and make your summer front porch decorations the envy of the neighborhood!
Best 25 front porch decorating ideas to elevate your home's curb appeal with creative tips, seasonal decor and inviting styles for a warm, welcoming entrance.
Summer is the perfect time to spruce up your front porch and create a welcoming entrance to your home. Whether you have a small stoop or a spacious veranda,
I have put together 22 different porches for you (both front of the house and back) to get Summer Front Porch Decorating Ideas from.
Best 25 front porch decorating ideas to elevate your home's curb appeal with creative tips, seasonal decor and inviting styles for a warm, welcoming entrance.
I teased you guys with this DIY project last week, and these stocky guys were not only easy to make, but they were a huge hit with all t...
Summer is finally here and I’ve been totally obsessed with making my front porch the ultimate summer welcome spot. With my backyard all decked out with my pizza oven and fun times baked in, I want my front porch to welcome my guests to stay long. But, how do you I decorate my front porch […]
Summer is the perfect time to spruce up your front porch and create a welcoming entrance to your home. Whether you have a small stoop or a spacious veranda,
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o help you get inspired, I have compiled a collection of 19 stunning front porch ideas to make your home's entryway look stylish and welcoming.
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Hello Friends!! I am so excited that porch weather is here! One of our most favorite things to do once the warmer weather hits is start and end our day on our farmers porch! So today I'm sharing how I spruced up our porch for summer, along with some blogging friends who are also sharing some of their outdoor spaces - ready for summer!
If you're anything like me, you know that a front porch is the smile of your home and the perfect spot to add a touch of charm. I've gathered 23 swoon-worthy front porch ideas that
Porches and patios extend our living spaces with more ways to add style to our home. Here, get inspired by our favorite design and decor ideas for your outdoor oasis.
Porches and patios extend our living spaces with more ways to add style to our home. Here, get inspired by our favorite design and decor ideas for your outdoor oasis.
Looking for inspiration to spruce up your summer front porch? Check out these amazing summer front porch decor ideas! From colorful summer wreaths to cute summer signs, there's something for everyone. Make your home stand out with these simple but stunning summer porch decor ideas. From summer beach decor to farmhouse summer decor, you'll find every style. Get inspired and make your summer front porch decorations the envy of the neighborhood!
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It’s a few days after Easter and I decided that it was time to finally get some spring decor on my front porch. I raided the shop and brought home a few things. I couldn’t decide on the look I wanted…super spring or more neutral??? Simple & Neutral Design I started with neutral because that
Best 25 front porch decorating ideas to elevate your home's curb appeal with creative tips, seasonal decor and inviting styles for a warm, welcoming entrance.
Hello Friends!! I am so excited that porch weather is here! One of our most favorite things to do once the warmer weather hits is start and end our day on our farmers porch! So today I'm sharing how I spruced up our porch for summer, along with some blogging friends who are also sharing some of their outdoor spaces - ready for summer!
Hello friends! Y’all know I’m all about the porches when the weather gets warm enough to get outside. However, I have to wait until at least later in May to pressure wash everything and style…
o help you get inspired, I have compiled a collection of 19 stunning front porch ideas to make your home's entryway look stylish and welcoming.
The front porch of any home is the first impression for your home, especially here in the South. Is it well kept and perfectly put together, or is it a bit shabby with empty planters and your leftover
Best 25 front porch decorating ideas to elevate your home's curb appeal with creative tips, seasonal decor and inviting styles for a warm, welcoming entrance.
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I teased you guys with this DIY project last week, and these stocky guys were not only easy to make, but they were a huge hit with all the wedding guests. So much so that we had several guests putting dibs on wanting to take them home after all was said and done. What you'll need: 12 solid wood stumps big enough to hold one person (we used oak that was roughly 14" in diameter) Drill with a 1/4" wood drill bit Plywood to create the base of the cushion (my friend Aaron had a bunch of plywood laying around that was leftover from other house projects, in all different shapes and thickness, which he then cut into 12" circles; but you can go to Home Depot and buy sheets of plywood in your desired thickness) Wood saw 12 2" X 1/4" lag bolts, 1/4" nuts and 12 washers 3/8" Staple gun Cotton batting (we had a five pound box of cotton batting on hand that we used at our discretion) 12 cuts of fabric in 14" X 14"squares (weather proof fabric is ideal) Protective eye-ware Pencil Drafting compass Pliers or monkey wrench (for tightening nuts and washers) Directions: Always wear your protective eye-ware when doing any sawing or cutting projects! Take plywood and using your compass, trace a 12" circle, then cut with a wood saw. You'll need 12 of these. Using a drill with a 1/4" drill bit, drill center of each piece of wood then insert lag bolt into what will be the top of seat. On the bottom, place washer on lag bolt and tighten nut securely in each wood base. Lay out a piece of fabric face down on work bench or table. Take one of the 12" wood bases and lay so that the lag bolt is facing up. Using the staple gun, pull fabric toward you and staple to the bottom of the wood base, leaving one small section open / un-stapled. Take cotton batting and begin stuffing the batting into the open hole, making a cushioned seat. Once you get it to your desired thickness, lay the cushion face down and pull the open ends of fabric toward you and staple to the bottom of the base. Repeat with all remaining cushion bases. Once they have all been assembled into cushions, take your drill and 1/4" drill bit and drill holes into the top of each wood stump. Brush off wood shards and then take each cushion and affix lag bolt-side down on top of each stump. Voila! And if you want, you can paint or stain each stool (before affixing the cushion, of course) with weatherized paint or stain so that you can leave these guys outside year-round. A HUGE thanks to my best friend, Aaron Martin, for all his help and creative vision with these stools.
+ I'm still busy and behind! The V.P.I Historical Home tour was April 10 and 11. My sweety and I went on Sunday. I helped as a docent on Saturday morning. Our first visit was this charming Victorian Cottage. The detail is amazing! Next we visited this Craftsman Bungalow. I really like the colors on the exterior. Old windows have so much character! The screened porch is new, but fits beautifully with the style of the home! I want this screened porch! I don't think there were more than 2 windows of the same size or pane pattern in this house! Beautiful to look at, but probably not fun to clean or paint! You can see the waviness of the old glass! Our fourth home to visit was this Federal Style beauty. Oops! The tree was hiding the front entryway which is the most beautiful part of the exterior of the house. The free use of color attracted my attention. This home was not on the tour, but it was worth a photo. I neglected to take photos of the last home on the tour. We had toured it previously (in July of 2008) as members of V.P.I.. The last on the tour was a building. I just plain forgot to take a photo. I think I was too busy finishing my Butterfinger Blizzard from Dairy Queen. Y'all Come Back, Lorilee
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I'm at the point where the sentimental nostalgia of the old-time Christmas's that I regularly write about here have become a reality, for I believe I spend more time celebrating Christmas past than I do Christmas present (see links at the bottom of the page). I am being serious here. Every weekend from Thanksgiving through the first weekend in January I am in period clothing and presenting Christmas's of long, long ago by way of living history inside historical structures, teaching the public about the social historical holiday norms no longer a part of our society, and singing the old carols from an era when Christmas was more about feasting and Christ than about toys and snow. With that being said, I am hoping you will enjoy this week's post consisting of mostly photos (with my own snappy commentary) and a couple video clips showing some of my more recent 2014 Christmas past excursions. These are but three of the five or six Christmas time travel journeys I've taken so far this year, with more to come. I hope you enjoy them: Let's begin with Christmas on the farm...historic Waterloo Farm built in the mid-19th century way out in rural Munith, Michigan. I fell in love with this place nearly a decade ago and have been celebrating Christmas Past here for more than half that time. As you can see, throughout the 19th century additions were added onto the original structure. Many historical museums tend to align themselves with the gaudy or the "country living" style of holiday decore', but the fine folks at Waterloo decorate very tasteful with a strong dose of history, which I appreciate. Since the sitting room was filled with spinners (women and their spinning wheels), fellow 21st Michigan member, Jackie, and I spent our time enjoying Christmas in the formal parlor. Usually our group is in the sitting room so this was a little different, but we enjoyed ourselves and spoke of the use of the formal parlor during special occasions such as Christmas, weddings, funerals, or for special guests or events. Here are a couple of videos I took of a woman playing the pump organ and of the parlor itself. Hearing the sounds emanating from a 130 year old organ in this old parlor is a time-travel experience in itself. Okay, I realize the woman playing the organ is not dressed 100% accurate - mind you, she's not a living historian - but the musical pleasure she gave us far out-weighed any fashion inaccuracies you might catch, don't you think? Plus, she was so very nice to speak with! Off to the pioneer log cabin we go... Just outside the house is a log cabin used to show the pioneering life of the settler family before the farm house was built. Again, the decorations were done very tasteful and, as far as I could tell, historically accurate. I loved the dried fruit ornaments hanging from the cabin Christmas tree. Christmas dinner preparation. Yeah...I'm thinking of Ma Ingalls here. How can I not? I imagine Christmas with the Ingalls family wasn't too far off from what you see here. Over at historic Greenfield Village, I was asked to help with a Soldiers Aid Society presentation which took place at the Smiths Creek Depot (built in the late 1850s). This is the infamous depot where, in 1863, an angry conductor threw a young Thomas Edison off the train when the boy accidentally set the baggage car on fire while conducting a chemical experiment using phosphorus. For the wonderful Holiday Nights Christmas celebration, folks are taken back to roughly the same time of the Edison incident - the period of the American Civil War - and the good folks of town, mostly ladies, have gathered many items to send to our Yankee boys off fighting in the south, things such as canned goods, newspapers and magazines, crochet items, blankets, clothing, and even games. On the table are many items being prepared to be sent off as Christmas cheer to our northern boys fighting the southern rebellion. Underneath is one of the boxes being packed for shipping. As you can tell by viewing the left side of this photograph, there were many boxes to be shipped. Our boys, all far from home, would have a very happy Christmas this year! Mrs. Lynch was the head of our local Soldiers Aid Society, and she and her husband invited me to help with the preparation of items. Besides revising my role as the local postmaster, where I explained to the visitors the importance of the mail to the men so far away, I also found myself in charge of the cook stove, which (of course) doubles as a heating stove! The room was toasty! I also cooked the salted ham (a "gift" from the pigs of Firestone Farm) on top of the stove. It was pretty darn good! The station master and his family lived here in the depot back in its hey day, and the folks at Greenfield Village decorated what was once the parlor in the same probable manner as may have been done in the 19th century. Here is a silhouette of Mrs. Lynch. I took this photo from the outside window - it turned out exactly as I had hoped! Here is the Soldiers Aid Society group of Friday December 5th: That's me on the left with Village historical presenter Stephanie next to me, followed by Mr. & Mrs. Lynch. We had a wonderful time that evening! I enjoyed myself immensely. As many of you know, I head up a period vocal group known as Simply Dickens. Our specialty is Old World Christmas carols, and we enjoy performing the music that radio does not play. In fact, we've found that most of our audience are usually not too familiar with most of our music at all. But by the end of our show, we - and the music we perform - have gained a slew of new fans. Ladies & Gentlemen, meet Simply Dickens, purveyors of old-world Christmas carols such as (among many others) The Boars Head Carol, Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day, The Goucestershire Wassail, All You That Are Good Fellows, Riu Riu Chiu, The Wexford Carol, and Masters in This Hall. This is Beckie. Say "Hi" to Beckie. ("Hi Beckie!!"). Beckie is a seamstress beyond compare. She made everything you see here but the muff. That new hood is simply awesome! Great job Beckie! Since Simply Dickens sings about wassailing all over the town, a couple of us saw it fit to pose for a photograph with some wassailers (otherwise known as mummers). In this photograph you see Kim and I with our new friends. Here is one of the old carols we do, Masters In This Hall: Christmas has always been a special time for me; my love for the holiday comes directly from my mother, for she would begin the preparations, including decorations, and start to play Christmas music even before Thanksgiving which, in the 1960s and 1970s, was almost unheard of (unlike today when radio stations become full-fledged Christmas stations sometimes even before Hallowe'en!). And to be able to enjoy and celebrate in the manner that I do has been a life-long dream. It really has. I suppose I could say Ebenezer Scrooge's nephew Fred speaks for me in Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" novel: I am sure I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round -- apart from the veneration due to its sacred name and origin, if anything belonging to it can be apart from that -- as a good time: a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time: the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow-passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys. And therefore, uncle, though it has never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, I believe that it has done me good, and will do me good; and I say, God bless it!" .......................................... The links below will take you to some of my previous Christmas past experiences, including loads of photographs. Enjoy: Waterloo: Ghosts of Christmas Past 2011 Spirits of Christmas Past 2013 Fort Wayne 2013: An Immersion Experience: Christmas at the Fort A Christmas Eve Pictorial Through Christmas Past (Revisited) 2013 All You Have To Do Is Ask: Having An 1860s Christmas Celebration Of course, I'm sure I'll have at least another post or three about Christmas before the season ends. Stay tuned. .
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Every year I look forward to decorating my home for the holidays. I use it as a chance to get creative, so I try to switch things up year to year. For this year’s Christmas decor, I decided to go with a cozy winter theme. I stuck to a neutral color palette, with the hope...Read the Post
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Best 25 front porch decorating ideas to elevate your home's curb appeal with creative tips, seasonal decor and inviting styles for a warm, welcoming entrance.
Best 25 front porch decorating ideas to elevate your home's curb appeal with creative tips, seasonal decor and inviting styles for a warm, welcoming entrance.
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