Welcome to our 2020 haunted Halloween tour! It’s up a little early this year, as I felt inspired this week to go on and decorate. (This also involved a lot of cajoling to get Honey on board.) The frights and delights start before you’ve even entered the house, with pumpkins and spiders and ghosts out… Read More
I don’t know about y’all but I think this is the first year ever where I’m thrilled to bid summer farewell and welcome fall. Change feels good! I swapped out the school bus and apple of August for the football and GT of September. The football is from Bronwyn Hanahan Art and the GT is… Read More
Well, this year’s front door decor is not just school inspired, but the actual door to our school. Ha! My kids will be learning at home indefinitely. I fully realize the school bus theme is not only outdated for 2020, but outgrown with a 6th grader and a freshman. No matter, I have put it… Read More
I absolutely love patriotic decor! I think there’s nothing better than a house flying the stars and stripes. I have used the same buntings and smaller flags for quite a few years. I store all of this in a closet in the garage and it really doesn’t take up a lot of room there. The sun… Read More
I’ve got my fun, fishy Bronwyn Hanahan door hanger back out front to welcome summer. After months of lovely, mild weather, this week is a scorcher. I love the colorful fish and have used it for quite a few summers in a row at this point. I added some annuals to either side of the entry sidewalk… Read More
My painters are still hard at work on the exterior! This week brought a lot of rain, and there was a ton of prep work involved in scraping, sanding and replacing wood rot. I wanted to check in with a quick progress picture! Our color choices: The boys will be working on refreshing the pine… Read More
We had planned for a few house projects this year long before coronavirus. While some of them have been tabled, painting the house was one we deemed “essential”. The house is made of cedar and requires more maintenance than maybe we should have signed up for. When we had it painted a few years ago,… Read More