Screened porch season has arrived. Turn on the ceiling fan, grab a glass of iced tea, and let your worries melt away. For real. If you need me, I’m on our DIY screened porch. I’m happy to be joining The Happy Housie again for her Summer Simplicity Porch and Patio tours. There are so many […]
Our simple summer home tour
Summertime is here – and so is our summer home tour.
Now that school is out, we love having my son home during the day. He loved kindergarten, but there’s nothing like sweet summertime. And in between the zoo and museum and splash pad and camp, we are spending lots of time around the house.
An Americana Summer Mantel
Memorial Day has come and gone – and that means all the red, white and blue.
I’m not mad about it. Americana decor is my jam – and it just feels right in our farmhouse.
Easy patriotic burlap wreath
Memorial Day weekend is right around the corner – and if you are new around here, that means I’m currently throwing red, white and blue around the house like confetti.
Oooooo….. confetti. That’s an idea.
I just love all things Americana. There’s something about summer that feels so patriotic, and our farmhouse just begs me to cover it in stars and stripes. As part of 2018’s Red, White and Blue-ing, I’ve also been cleaning and sprucing up the back porch. I thought this large wooden star needed a dose of the grand ol’ flag.
A patriotic mantel (round 1)
I couldn’t wait to decorate our new mantel for summer. Decorating for summer patriotic holidays is one of my favorites – second only to the holidays. I love red all year long, and summertime gives me free reign for red. (So does fall, Christmas, and Valentines Day, by the way. So red is just a way of life […]