After five years of enjoying our porch, I’ve been working on a few updates this spring and summer! To refresh your memory, or if you’ve just recently joined us, we originally had a deck in this space. We used most of the original footings, moved the stairs, and ended up with this space – our… Read More
Every month some of my favorite bloggers, Jennifer of Dimples & Tangles, Kris of Driven by Decor, Lisa of Shine Your Light, and Pam of Simple Details, host a “My Five Favorites” series. They always include a guest host and I was excited and flattered to receive the invite to for this month’s topic – favorite porch and patio decorating ideas. … Read More
Mother and Daddy-O have been updating their house over the last year and when we arrived for Christmas last week we were just swooning over their new front and back porches! Here is the before… for years they have had trouble with the front door because it bears the brunt of the afternoon sun. They… Read More
UPDATE: This post has been updated HERE! After five years of enjoying our porch, I’ve been working on a few updates this spring and summer! To refresh your memory, or if you’ve just recently joined us, we originally had a deck in this space. We used most of the original footings, moved the stairs, and… Read More
May 2020: THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED It has been quite a few years since I shared the work that we did on the exterior of our 1964 home and answered what is hands down the most frequent question I get on the blog, on social media and in real life… what are your paint… Read More
The month of October is one of the loveliest months to be out on porch and we go all out with the Halloween! For the last stop on my Halloween home tour, I invite you to the porch… You’ll find Skelly and his pup Anna (you know, Elsa’s sister) out here “chilling” from the morning… Read More
While I love the muted blues and whites we keep on the porch eleven month of the year, bringing out the bold reds, blues, stars and stripes really makes me happy each July! I purchased the large Pottery Barn wooden flag eons ago and we swap it out for the fish painting each July. Honey simply… Read More