UPDATED 2017 PORCH >> CLICK HERE for recent changes and sources! AS SEEN IN: Ever since we first finished the porch last year, we hemmed and hawed over whether or not to screen it in. That was the original intent, after all, but we loved how open it was without the screens so much that… Read More
SPRING 2017: FOR UPDATED EXTERIOR INFORMATION AND PHOTOS, LOOK HERE! As evidenced by this little blog, we’ve spent the last four years working room by room to update and decorate our forty-something year old house. On the inside. We tried (kind of) to keep the exterior looking as tidy as possible, but there was just… Read More
The porch has finally been decked out in red, white and blue for the impending holiday. The itty bitty hydrangeas and jasmine I planted last year have just exploded. So rewarding! It’s pretty much the same as last year, but you just might notice… we’ve got SCREENS! Much more on that later. A few flags… Read More
The pollen is gone and the porch has been fluffed and readied for summer! The itty bitty shrubs we planted last year have knocked my socks off. I’ve finally had planting success…take that, black thumb! Would you believe I nearly dug up the hostas because I forgot I planted them and thought they were weeds… Read More
Once I got my inside holiday decor figured out on our first Christmas in the house, it really hasn’t changed much and I have only purchased or made a couple of new things to add each year. Since this was our first year with the porch and since we use it every.single.day, I wanted to… Read More
I mentioned when I shared our Halloween decor that I made another DIY canvas for the porch. Here’s how: 1. Download my Nevermore image by saving the one below or emailing me for the full resolution file sized at 18”x24”. The background is Edgar Allen Poe’s Nevermore poem. 2. I had mine printed in black… Read More
Allrighty people, I have a pressing issue (and I use that term lightly) that I need y’all to weigh in on… Should we screen in the porch? Or leave it as a veranda? I see pros to both – primarily that screens would keep out some bugs, leaves and debris, but a veranda affords crystal… Read More