Summer is here, and so is the season of perpetual outdoor entertaining! This is something we have personally strived to do this more and more over the past couple of years, and I can honestly say it has definitely gotten easier. From scrambling around before guests arrive, to running back and forth to the house to grab something we need for our outdoor entertaining, I have done it all, and compiled a guide so you don’t have to sweat the small stuff, to make all your outdoor entertaining easier!
Hello Friends! I shared our outdoor patio space the other day all ready for summer! It truly is one of our favorite spaces that we enjoy all summer long, and I shared how even though it’s surrounded by trees, I still love to bring potted plants, because it makes the entire space feel so cozy. Today I’m sharing a new planter I made using one of my vintage crates, and I love how it turned out.
Ohh Summer, you sure have been missed! This past weekend we hung the string lights up around our outdoor patio area, and it finally felt like summer had arrived. We try to use our outdoor space as much as possible, because it always feels like just as soon as summer has arrived, it’s saying goodbye around here. It doesn’t matter…
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One of the questions I get asked quite a bit, whenever I share photos of our porch, is what type of finish we have on it. I’ve shared the process here on the blog before, and the original makeover was one of the first ever projects I posted about way back in 2011! We aren’t going that far back today, but since I gave our farmer porch a fresh coat of paint earlier this month, I wanted to share the process with you!
Hello friends and happy Monday! We had the most beautiful weekend, full of sunshine and the most perfect 75 degree weather. It sure made it feel like summer was finally here, which totally has me ready for lazy days to soak in all that summer has to offer. So we are kicking things off with a summer home tour, part of the Seasonal Simplicity summer series, hosted by Krista from The Happy Housie.
Hello Friends!! Summer is so close I can hardly stand it! With just a week and a half left of school, I am ready to abandon our schedules and morning routines for the slower pace of summer 🙂 Everything is bright and green outside, with all the leaves back on the trees, just in time to usher in those warm summer breezes. To celebrate the arrival of summer, I’m sharing my summer vignette today! Come and see….
Hello Friends!! I am so excited that porch weather is here! One of our most favorite things to do once the warmer weather hits is start and end our day on our farmers porch! So today I’m sharing how I spruced up our porch for summer, along with some blogging friends who are also sharing some of their outdoor spaces – ready for summer!
Hello Friends!! I hope you have been blessed with some weather recently that feels like summer. Even though this week has been more overcast and cloudy, we could not have asked for better weather over Memorial Day weekend. We spent just about every second outdoors soaking it up, and it totally got me in the mood for summer! So today I’m sharing some of my favorite home decor pieces just in time for summer!
Hello Friends! I’m so excited to be sharing my outdoor lilac tablescape with you today along with 13 of my blogging friends just in time for summer get-togethers! If you’re a long time friend of the blog, then you know just how much I love creating tablescapes! I also shared some exciting news about a BIG ‘ol dream of mine coming true in book form HERE not to long ago about tablescapes. Our lilacs are finally in bloom here in New England, and even though they only last what feels like a fleeting moment, I couldn’t resist creating this casual – elegant lilac tablescape outdoors. Come and see!