Category Archives: Our 100 Yr Old House

Displaying an Outdoor Nativity

Last year we displayed the outdoor Nativity scene on the front porch, but it just looked a bit too cramped and didn’t do it justice. So this year we put it in the front yard. Here are a few details we had to change…

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Deer Theme Winter Wonderland

A pair of glitter deer are the center and central focal point of this year’s Christmas display on the built-in sideboard, but here are a few more details about this fun deer theme Winter wonderland vignette…

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Deer Antlers for Christmas

I’ve been loving decorating with deer themed things this Christmas, so I thought how perfect to actually use real deer antlers for a Christmas decoration too! Nope, hunters we are not, so we didn’t come by these antlers that way… But they are real, and here’s how I did get them and what I did to embellish them…

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Hanging Christmas Lanterns

This, in the final post in a 3 part mini-series of creating a Merry Christmas welcome on the front porch, features hanging Christmas lanterns.

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Rustic Deer Themed Christmas Tree for Front Porch

This is part 2 of 3 creating a Merry Christmas welcome on the front porch… Once the summer wicker furniture was moved off the porch to protect it from the winter snow, I decided to add this Christmas tree, albeit not your traditionally decorated Christmas tree, to the front porch. I opted for a rustic deer themed Christmas tree! Fun, right?! Here are a few tips and an unconventional Christmas tree stand.

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Create a Merry Christmas Welcome

I had a lot of fun this year when I went to create a Merry Christmas welcome on the front porch of our 100 year old home. In most of the rooms or areas I decorate, I tend to pick up on a detail of some sort and repeat it in a few ways throughout the design, and this front porch Christmas design was no different…

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Trophy Wall with DIY Chalkboard Paint

Last time I showed you the whimsical library we created on the attic stairway wall, with a promise to show you the rest of this fun spot. So in this post I’m going to show you the ‘trophy wall’ and give you tips on creating your own DIY chalkboard paint like I did for this one. Read the rest of this entry

Creating a Whimsical Library

Sometimes ‘design plans’ just evolve… that’s for sure this case in creating a whimsical library. Here’s what happened and how I did it…

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Thanksgiving Chalkboard Message

As Thanksgiving is this week, and my kitchen chalkboard still had the ‘Bloom where you are planted‘ message on it with lovely spring tulips… I decided it was for sure time to change the message over for the season. But since Christmas and it’s message will be right around the corner, I didn’t want to spend too much time working on detailed artwork just to erase it in a week. So, here’s my simple Thanksgiving chalkboard message…

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Retro Cart Re-Do

 

This retro cart re-do was a fun easy project, and I’m super happy with the results. I do have a couple little tricks to show you that help make this project a success. Wait til you see how different the ‘after’ looks… it really is a fun retro new life… and the perfect thing for Read the rest of this entry

Autumn Arranging

Fall is a season of nesting. A time to bring the focus back inside after a season of outdoor activities. By changing up some arrangements and accessories, the house is transformed to a new season. In the Autumn arranging around the house, I love using warm earth tone elements brimmed with textural character. Here’s what I did on the built in buffet…

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Built-In Buffet Details

 

We were so fortunate that when we bought our 100 year old home, a couple years ago now, (boy, it’s hard to believe it’s been that long already!) even though prior to our purchasing it, the property had gone through several owners in the past 15 years, and even back to the bank once or twice, but with all that, still, pretty much all of the original trim and details had been maintained very well. (except the kitchen and bathroom which had been ‘updated’ in the 70’s) The built-in in the dining room is original to the house, but needed some detailing, so here is what I did with the built-in buffet details…

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