A group of friends recently gathered at my house for dinner to celebrate the birthday of a dear friend. I set the table with my best china and designed an easy spring centerpiece for the table that I think is quite pretty. Since this centerpiece doesn’t contain cut flowers, it will last for a long…
What wreath to use on the front door for winter isn’t always an easy decision. For the past several years, I used a sweater wreath until February when it was time for Valentine decor. This year our front door is adorned with a wood slice wreath crafted from what was once a science supply. Most…
Wow! Christmas is less than a week away and I’m finally sharing the last of my Christmas decorations. Earlier this month I shared outside and our porch, my kitchen, and my mantel. Come on in and let me show you a bit more of my home decorated for Christmas. A music stand inherited from…
Welcome to my Christmas kitchen! Last year we traveled for Christmas and I chose not to decorate, so it has been a real pleasure this year to make my home festive for the season. It’s been several years since I’ve shared kitchen pictures with you, so I’ll give a little bit of our…
Can you ever remember not hearing or singing The Twelve Days of Christmas? I know I can’t! This year I joined a group of bloggers to bring you a week’s worth of Christmas cheer inspired by this traditional Christmas song. My mantel’s theme for this Christmas season is Four Calling Birds. My mantel design started…
It’s finally here, the most wonderful time of the year, Christmas! I’m starting December by joining a group of blogging friends for a Welcome Home Christmas Tour. Each day this week we are sharing how we welcome others to our homes for Christmas. Our home is on a corner lot and can be seen on…
November means Thanksgiving. Today I’m sharing one of my Thanksgiving traditions: decorating my home with my turkey collection. I started collecting turkeys in college. (I’ll point out the first one that I purchased when I share its picture.) Thanksgiving decor isn’t easy to find. Stores seem to jump straight from Halloween decor to Christmas, bypassing…
This weekend I did a touch of Halloween decorating. Most of my Halloween decorations are ones that I use year after year but this year I have a few new things: two are vintage and one is new. My mom passed along two vintage Halloween cards to me since she decorates for fall but not…
Did you know that you don’t have to throw away your gourds after you have finished using them for decorating? I’ve been preserving mine for years and now have box upon box of preserved gourds to use for fall decorating? How do you preserved gourds? It’s easy! After Thanksgiving I put them on newspaper…
In my area of Virginia it is finally looking and feeling like fall. Some of the leaves are starting to change and we’ve had delightfully cold night time temperatures followed by cool days with a warm sun. It’s been just about perfect! My living room has been decorated for fall for a few weeks…
Happy April! I’m definitely glad to leave the March cold behind and welcome in April’s warm temperatures and beautiful blooming trees and flowers. Easter is less three weeks away and my house is decked out in Easter décor. Come on in for an Easter tour! The front door welcomes guests with a moss covered wreath…
Last weekend I had so much fun pulling out my Easter boxes and decorating my home for the season. My kitchen table was one spot that didn’t get a decoration over the weekend. While browsing the latest Southern Living on Sunday night, I spotted a centerpiece made for a children’s table that I loved. After…