Easter Celebrations at All About Home #85

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Thankyou for taking the time to come by 

and share your week with us.

March is a busy month for Spring,

April will be here on Thursday

and Easter is this coming Sunday!

We're having some wonderful Spring Inspiration

and great ideas for your Easter celebration.

Welcoming Easter Entry with Paperwhites

Sometimes when pieces just "work" for a spot or space I leave them alone. That's what has happened in the Entry here at this house. I changed things up more at the previous house, but this entry is so light and bright it calls for like-minded pieces. It seems that whatever I place here tends to be a neutral color or something that doesn't overpower the basic feel of the space.

It's Almost Easter in the Holiday Cupboard

It seems like just yesterday that I put away all the St. Patrick's Day goodies... oh yeh, that was only last week wasn't it? Ok, so it's a quick turnaround for Easter this year. I really like it when Easter is more toward the end of April instead of the beginning.  That gives us more time not only to decorate, but to enjoy the decor, color, and be able to putz around. My sheep and rabbits stick around for the rest of Spring, but Easter is the prime time for anything bunny related.

Spring is Here at All About Home #84

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Thankyou for taking the time to come by

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March is a busy month for Spring,

and Easter will be here before we know it.

We're having some wonderful Spring Inspiration

and great ideas for your Easter celebration.

A Touch of Easter in the Dining Room

I did a light touch of Easter decorating in the Dining Room this year. I wanted to bring in more "Spring" decor than all out Easter decor. My sheep and lambs were let loose to roam in here in late February after I put away all the winter elements. I've mentioned before that much of the time I don't really take it all in until after I've taken photos and I'm sitting down to edit them.

Pretty Pastels and Forcing Tulip Tree Branches

I'm enjoying decorating with a few pastel pieces this early spring, and Easter is the perfect excuse to gather up the pinks, yellows, and blues and have at it. I never plan to go all out for holidays, but often once I get things out and start putting vignettes together I just get carried away. I'm sharing a few soft sweet pastel bunnies here on the Baker's Rack, and my first attempt to force some branches from our Tulip Tree out front.

Spring Inspiration at All About Home #83

Hi Friends, 

 Welcome to the All About Home Link Party.

Thankyou for taking the time to come by

and share your week with us.

March is a busy month for Spring!!

With St. Patrick's Day this week

and Easter at the beginning of April,

there's a lot going on with Spring Inspiration.

I hope your weather has warmed and you're getting ready

 for some Spring inspiration wherever you might be!

Using Vintage Dishes in Seasonal Decorating Hop

Hello friends, I'm so happy you've come by today and I hope you'll be checking out the fun that we're having at this bi-monthly Hop, Lifestyle of Love. Cindy from County Road 407 is our hostess with these wonderful vintage themed Hops. If you hopped over from Amber's blog, Follow the Yellow Brick Home, I know you loved her wonderful collection of vintage ironstone, pottery and dishes.

This month our Hop theme is "dishes" if you haven't guessed already, and I can guarantee that you'll find tons of inspiration on using dishes in seasonal decor. Whether you're a die-hard tablescaper and dish collector, or someone like me who just loves using them in vignettes and vintage decor, I know you'll love all the ideas from our group. 

French Country Spring Dining Room

Hi Friends, how's your March coming along? 

It's my Birthday month and a transitional time for spring inspiration.

I'm slowly but surely getting some spring things out

and it's lifting my spirits after a long winter.

Early Spring Vibes at All About Home #82

Hi Friends, 

 Welcome to the All About Home Link Party.

Thankyou for taking the time to come by

and share your week.

March is a busy month for Spring!!

With St. Patrick's Day next week

and Easter at the beginning of April,

there's a lot going on with Spring Inspiration.

I hope your weather has warmed and you're getting ready

 for some Spring inspiration wherever you might be!

Springtime Holiday Cupboard with a Wee Bit O' Irish

St. Patrick's Day isn't a holiday that I go all out decorating for, but having said that I DO like to give a nod to my Irish, Scottish, and British ancestors. Since I've had the Holiday Cupboard back at this house, I've found that I can go a bit crazy with the holidays and seasons. Of course "dishes" and a few odds and ends are always the base for my decorating obsessions.

Welcoming March at All About Home #81

Hi Friends, 

 Welcome to the All About Home Link Party.

Thankyou for taking the time to come by

and share your week.

I hope your weather has warmed and you're getting ready

 for some Spring inspiration wherever you might be!

A Touch of Spring in the Garden Room

With all the frigid weather we've had this last few weeks, I've spent a lot of time wandering through Pinterest seeking a little inspiration for Spring. It was hard to get moving in that direction when it was still in the teens, but once the thermometer hit 50 I knew it was time to get off the sofa, put away a few of those electric blankets, and get busy bringing in some sunshine.

All About Home Link Party # 80

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Thankyou for taking the time to come by

and share your week.

So many of us were impacted by the country's

deep freeze this last week.

I think most of the country, even if you didn't lose power,

has suffered with a way below normal arctic cold spell.

I'm hoping you all have your power back

and will soon be on the road to "normal".

Not Quite Spring in the Hearth Room

Most times, I go from Valentine's Day directly into Early Spring decorating. But this year we've all had a strong blast of winter that just sidelined me (you guys too) With temps below 0 for about a week in a row and several good rounds of snow I just wasn't up to getting out the spring-y stuff. As I said, I'm sure next week when it hits 50 I'll be more in the mood, but for now it's still "February" and the tail end of winter.

Not Quite Spring Mantel and Hearth Room

I want to be transitioning to "all things Spring", but I'm finding it difficult when the temp outside is 5 degrees and there's 8 inches of snow. It's too cold to go into the garage and search thru the spring flower tubs, so I'm making do and sharing what I'm living with this last couple of weeks in February. 

All About Home Link Party #79

Hi Friends, 

 Welcome to the All About Home Link Party.

It's February, and before we know 

it Spring will be knocking on our door!

We so appreciate you taking the time to come by 

and join in on the fun and inspiration of

 Valentine's Day and the Winter Season! 

Valentine Botanical Farm Table Vignette

Hi Everyone, I hope you're having a sweet Valentine's Day weekend!

A few weeks ago I was part of a fun blog hop where we each shared our ideas for Winter Botanicals and Gardens. It gave me a real emotional lift to be thinking about Spring during this long and cold stretch of winter. I've had that farmtable vignette out in the Garden Room since the hop, and last week I decided to tweak it a bit and give it a Valentine's Day spin with a few vintage postcards.

Vintage Valentine Postcard Vignette

I've had a love for antique and vintage paper goods and ephemera for many years; old post cards are a favorite. Photos, cards and personal notes, botanical specimens, book illustrations and so many other bits of odds and ends have found their way into my possession. Often old books are literally falling apart or have suffered some sort of damage to the point they cannot be kept, but let me look through them first to remove any pages of art or illustration that I can hang onto.

All About Home #78

Hi Friends, welcome to the All About Home Link Party.

It's February, and before we know 

it Spring will be knocking on our door!

We so appreciate you taking the time to come by 

and join in on the fun and inspiration of

 Valentine's Day  fun and the Winter Season! 

Vintage Valentine's Day Entry

Hi Friends, are you having a cold weekend? Wow, we are and some of our coldest weather of the year is still ahead of us. This last week or so I've been using Valentine's Day decorating to bring in a little sense of Spring. I've put away most of the evergreen stems and have concentrated on a few late winter florals that give a feeling of the warmer weather that will eventually come.

Valentine's Day in the Holiday Cupboard

Hi Friends, I cannot believe it's actually February

and in a little over a week it will be Valentine's Day...

So I wanted to do my monthly/seasonal "restyle" of the Holiday Cupboard.

I have so many little odds and ends that it's always fun

to give them all someplace to go hang out.

Valentine's Day DIY at All About Home #77

Hi Friends, welcome to the All About Home Link Party.

We're stepping into February and before we know 

it Spring will be knocking on our door!

We so appreciate you taking the time to come by 

and join in on the fun and inspiration of

 Valentine's Day  fun and the Winter Season! 

Winter Botanical Tabletop Garden

Hello Friends and Welcome to a very fun 

and a bit different Blog Hop

that my friend Amber from Follow the Yellow Brick Home

has put together in this very cold and dreary month of January.

Yes, you read it right, it's a Hop where we're sharing 

our "Winter" Botanical and Garden ideas.

Thanks so much Amber, for putting this all together

to share some fun ideas and inspiration for winter into spring.

Romantic Valentine Review

Hi Friends, are you doing any Valentine's Day decor at your place? Well, I'm still decorating around here and putting away a few of the Christmas holdouts, so today I thought I'd share a few pics from previous posts. This first one is from last year on the Cookbook Nook with some Valentine fun. 

All About Home Link Party #76

Hi Friends, welcome to the All About Home Link Party.

We hope you're having a great January.

We so appreciate you taking the time to come by 

and join in on the fun and inspiration of the Winter Season! 

Deer on the Winter Baker's Rack

We may have put all the Christmas decor away, but we still want to enjoy the natural winter landscape. I've brought out some soft neutrals and pale floral pastels

to bring it all together in the January Garden Room. Deer have been a favorite theme this January and I'm sharing a few of mine out here on the Baker's Rack.

Sitting Area in the Winter Garden Room

Hello everyone, today I wanted to share the rest of my Garden Room sitting area. With windows on three sides, the sunroom always has good light, and with a separate heating and air system to itself, it stays warm and cozy in winter and cool in summer. This is such a wonderful home-y spot with my white wicker pieces, the Holiday Cupboard and Baker's Rack. 

Winter Fun at All About Home #75

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We hope you're having a great January.

We so appreciate you taking the time to come by 

and join in on the fun and inspiration of the new year! 

Winter Lambs in the Dining Room

Hello Everyone, 

Winter is showing up here with snow and cold temps for sure.

Not only cold temps but lots of wind that makes it chilly and shivery even indoors 

as you look out and see the little birds on the feeder trying to grab a tiny bite

before heading back to their evergreen shelters.

Cows in the January Cupboard

How do you feel about January?

Are you excited about a clean slate and look forward 

to putting together some fun fresh decor 

or does it take a while to get out of the post Holiday season blahs?

I guess I'm somewhere in the middle. 

I love the  excitement and cozy Christmas decor with lots of color and twinkle lights,

but I'm usually ready to put it all away and look forward to 

a more pared down and neutral look.

Winter Inspiration at All About Home #74

Hi Friends, welcome to the All About Home Link Party.

I hope you are off to a good start on the New Year.

We so appreciate you taking the time to come by 

and join in on the fun as we look forward in 2021!

 

How to Use a Vintage Metal Toolbox in Decor

Cozy Winter Decor

Hi Friends, are you finished putting away your Christmas decor? I worked most of last week getting things changed up and put away, but I took my time doing a little bit every day. Yesterday I spent all day working in the garage organizing tubs and straightening up. When it's cold it's easy to just take things in a tub and haphazardly throw it out in the garage. It was time to bite the bullet and get myself busy to put it all away properly. 

Welcoming the New Year at All About Home #73

Hi Friends, welcome to All About Home.

How wonderful to look at 2020 in the rear view mirror!

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and New Year's.

We so appreciate you taking the time to come by 

and join in on the fun as we look forward to 

this clean slate of the New Year!

 

Planners, Calendars and Journals: Starting a Daily Prayer Journal

Hi Friends, How's the first week of the New Year going? Could we say any week of year 2021 might be more hopeful than 2020? I've noticed that there aren't many "Word for the Year" posts in blogland like we've seen in past years. Not many posts on resolutions either or many posts on plans for this new year. I think we all feel like we've been kicked in the proverbial pants by 2020 and are a little apprehensive about making huge plans (or even small ones) for awhile.

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A Look at Life in 2020

At the end of the calendar year, I'm like most bloggers and I like to do a recap of the year through the lens of my camera and the posts which document what I've been up to these last 12 months. So here's a few popular posts, a few thoughts, and maybe even some optimism for the year 2021.

Christmas Memories and New Years at All About Home #72

Hi Friends, welcome to All About Home.

I hope you're having a wonderful Holiday Season!

I so appreciate you taking the time to come by 

and join in on the fun and festivities of this

 wonderful time of the year.

Christmas Home Tour 2020

Hello Everyone,

 Hope you had a Merry Christmas!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas; unwrapping gifts, indulging in all sorts of mouthwatering goodies, enjoying the company of our loved ones, taking a walk/nap... It was quiet here, just the two of us, be we had a very nice day and stayed in as it was in the 20's. I'm a little late with a Christmas Home Tour, but I like to keep a visual diary of our home during the Christmas Season for myself and the blog. I'll be short on words, but I wanted to record the decor and essence of the Christmas Holiday Season, 2020.

More Christmas Fun in the Garden Room

Yikes, I think it's Christmas Eve!!!

I just have a few more pics from the Garden Room

that I wanted to share of the Baker's Rack and a bit

of the church pew and my antique horsey.

Little Houses on the Sideboard and Cookbook Cupboard

So, now it's Christmas week and I still have a few spots around the house to share. I've decided I'm going to have to start a few Christmas posts before Thanksgiving, because the Christmas season is just not long enough! I'll just blame it on more fun spots to decorate.

Celebrating Advent in the Entry

It's easy to let the fun and busy-ness of the Holidays to take over, and before we know it the Santas and Snowmen and Elves have decorated our homes and heads at Christmas. I know I love to decorate every room, and sometimes I need a spot that I can focus on for the real meaning of Christmas. So when Amber from Follow the Yellow Brick Home invited us to a Hop that celebrates Advent I knew I would love to participate. Thankyou Amber! If you're coming from Marty at A Stroll Thru Life, Hello, I'm so glad you came by.

Christmas Inspiration at All About Home #71

Hi Friends, welcome to All About Home.

Can you believe Christmas is this week?

I hope you're having a wonderful Christmas Season!

I so appreciate you taking the time to come by 

and join in on the fun and festivities of this

 wonderful time of the year.