Sunflowers in the Late Summer Hearth Room

August is all about Sunflowers around here...

 Late Summer into Fall is their time to show their happy faces,

mingle with some hydrangeas, and wait for some fall leaves to show up.

Sunflower Botanical on the Mantel

When August rolls around I'm starting to think about Fall decor, and sunflowers always signal that it's about time to make that transition. The flowers are changing color and growth, a few dry leaves are starting to fall off the trees, and the light is showing that soon the days will start to get shorter.

All About Home #104

Hello friends and Welcome to the All About Home Link Party. WOW, it's August, and Fall is just around the corner! Thank you for taking the time to come by and share what you're up to this week. We always look forward to seeing all the great DIYs, decor, crafts, gardening, and recipes that you are all creating.

Late Summer Seasonal Flowers: Home and Garden

Hello Everyone, welcome to the 

Flower Power Late Summer Mini Blog Hop 

hosted by our sweet friend, 

Cecilia from My Thrift Store Addiction!

Late Summer Baker's Rack

Hello friends! Has the "Late Summer/Early Fall" bug bitten you yet? It comes after me each year starting in the last week in July. August is the time that I start getting that itch to bring out a few seasonal colors, that look to the "harvesty" hues of golds, dark greens, oranges, deep reds, and browns.

Hello August at All About Home #103

Hello friends and Welcome to the All About Home Link Party. It's so hard to believe that August is here and soon we'll be feeling Summer winding down, transitioning to Fall. Thank you for taking the time to come by and share what you're up to this week. We always look forward to seeing all the great DIYs, decor, crafts, gardening, and recipes that you are all creating.

Quilts and Pillows for Late Summer Color

Hi Friends, Hope you're having a great week, this last week of July. Wow, it's been a long summer for me and even though I enjoy these long days of warm weather, it's not like it was when the kids were young and at home. We went to the pool most days, they had friends over, we grilled dinner outside, and thoroughly rang out every drop of fun we could. Even a few years ago my hubby and I were camping in the RV and planning fun with family...

Mid-Summer Inspiration at All About Home #102

Welcome to the All About Home Link Party, friends! Thank you for taking the time to come by and share what you're up to this week. I hope you're enjoying your summer and having time to relax and enjoy a getaway or vacation. Can you believe we're in the last week of July? (August will be here soon!) But late July is still  Mid Summer... so still time to have a lot of fun!

Flea Market Finds in the Dining Room

I've not been out to the fleas or antique malls for quite a while. Between the back problems and Covid and my autoimmune issues, I've had to put a lot of shopping on hold. I've really missed having the chance to get out and enjoy the fun of vintage and antique shopping. Let's just say it's always been a highlight of my week/month/year to get out and browse around. The added perk is that I always came home with not only fun finds, but also filled up with new creative ideas.

All About Home #101

Welcome to the All About Home Link Party, friends! Thank you for taking the time to come by and share what you're up to this week. I hope you're enjoying your summer and having time to relax and enjoy a getaway or vacation. Late July signals  Mid Summer. Still time to have a lot of fun!

Summertime Snippets from the Cookbook Cupboard

Hello my friends, now that we're past the July 4th holiday I think we can safely say we're in to mid-summer. That's when I bring out a few tried and true vintage pieces that I just associate with "summer". One of my fun spots to decorate with seasonal vintage pieces is on top of the "Cookbook Cupboard" that's here in the hearth room. It's easy to reach and even though my large scroll-y blackboard and monogram is a fixture here, it gives a fun background to show off some larger vintage elements.

I've had this little twiggy summertime wreath for quite a few years, and usually end up tweaking it each year. It's loaded with summertime florals in bright color. Lillies, roses, raniculus, and zinnias all work together with some faux Creeping Charlie to make it a summertime favorite. It's a little fragile, so it's not something I want to use outdoors. Plus, the birds love to break off the twigs and fly off with nest fodder.

Midsummer Inspiration at All About Home #100

Welcome to the Big #100 All About Home Link Party, friends! I'm so glad to be feeling better after my Lumbar fusion surgery last month and able to join in on the Party! Thank you for taking the time to come by and share what you're up to this week. Hard to believe July 4th is in the rear view mirror and that we're heading into Mid Summer!

How I've Used Architectural Pieces in Vintage Decor

Hello Friends, I'm so glad you're here today because I know you'll have a great time visiting through the Lifestyle of Love Hop as we all share our ideas for using Vintage and Antique Architectural Pieces in our decor. Our good friend, Cindy from County Road 407 is hosting and we have a fun group that's sharing our ideas today. If you're coming from the Hop and Michelle's at The Painted Hinge... Happy Saturday, I'm so glad you're here!

Summer Lovin' Inspiration at All About Home #99

Welcome to the All About Home Link Party, friends. I'm so glad to be feeling better and able to join in on the Party! Thankyou for taking the time to come by and share what you're up to this week. I hope you are having a great July 4th long weekend. I'm still in recovery mode after having lumbar spine fusion a month ago, (hard to believe it's been a month) but I can see small improvement each day. It will just take a while. Thankyou again and again for your patience, thoughts and prayers. 

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Patriotic Greetings from the Garden Room

Hello dear friends, I hope you're having a great July 4th weekend.

I wanted to share a few snaps from the Garden Room with my antique rocking horse and the goat cart dressed up with a vintage patriotic vibe. I try to deck out my horsey for each season, but often I don't take time to share what he's up to. 

Patriotic Farmtable Garden Bucket with Flags

Hi dear friends, Hope you're doing well and enjoying this first week of July. Hard to believe this is now July. To be honest this summer is sliding by, although I know that things will slow down as we get to mid July. I haven't done much decorating at all for July 4th, but I wanted to share a few pics of the farmtable decor tableau that usually gets a changeup every month out here in the Garden Room.

Patriotic and Summer Inspiration at All About Home #98

Hi Friends, WOW, it's almost July!!! Welcome to the All About Home Link Party. Thankyou for taking the time to come by and share what you're up to this week. I'm still in recovery mode after having lumbar spine fusion a couple of weeks ago, but I can see small improvement each day. It will just take a while. Thankyou again and again for your thoughts and prayers. 

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Flags and Teapots in the Patriotic Holiday Cupboard

Hi Friends, wow, it's so hard to believe that the July 4th holiday is just around the corner! Are you getting into the Summer groove? A few weeks ago I brought out my traditionally summer French Faience and exchanged the Green Transferware in the Holiday Cupboard here in the Garden Room.  

Summer Inspiration at All About Home #97

Hi Friends, Welcome to the All About Home Link Party. Thankyou for taking the time to come by and share what you're up to this week. I'm still in recovery mode after having lumbar spine fusion a couple of weeks ago and I really wasn't prepared for what that would be like. I'm using a walker and I basically have to rely on my husband for all the little things. Any little "off move" can cause pain and put things at a standstill. But I can see small improvement each day. It will just take a while. Thankyou again and again for your thoughts and prayers. 

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Lovely Lemony Daisy Arrangement on the Sideboard

Hi Friends. A few weeks ago I wanted to update and give a summer refresh to the sideboard here in the Hearth Room. I'd had a tabletop wooden wheelbarrow filled with my Garden Pot/Seed Packet Wreath and some vintage garden-y things, but it was a little too spring-y for mid-June. It was time for some early summer flowers to make an appearance.

All About Home #96

Hi Friends, Welcome to the All About Home Link Party. Thankyou for taking the time to come by and share what you're up to this week. I took a week off because of back surgery at the beginning of June. Last year I had cervical spine fusion... this year it has been my lower back. Thanks so much for your good thoughts and prayers. I really appreciate them! Thankyou Amber for hosting the party last week and for sharing a patriotic post of mine from last year!!

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Summer Containers on the Porch and in the Garden

Hi Friends, I thought I'd share a quick post with some pics of my containers out back and on the front porch. These were taken a couple of weeks ago, so they are just barely blooming, not really filled out at all. This is my first time posting since I had the back surgery a week ago today. I had to have my husband help with all the "heavy lifting" to get these containers put together. He's not a gardening fan; I can barely wring enough sympathy out of him to water them while I've been "indisposed". He enjoys seeing how much color they add to the porch and the pretty blooms, he's just been trapped in an office for years, so his mind doesn't gravitate to extra stuff outdoors that might be considered work.

Hello to Summer at All About Home # 94

Hi Friends, Welcome to the All About Home Link Party. Thankyou for taking the time to come by and share what you're up to this week. I'll be taking a week or so off from the party because of back surgery this week. Last year I had cervical spine fusion... this year it's my lower back. Next week Amber will be on her lonesome, so be sure and link up with her at Follow the Yellow Brick Home. Thanks so much for your good thoughts and prayers. One more thing... Feedburner will be shutting down soon, so please sign up for email alerts on new posts if you haven't already. Sign up box is on the right sidebar. Thanks friends! Hope you all had a great Memorial Day weekend!

Vintage Botanical Print in the Early Summer Entry

It had been since before Easter that I gave the Entry a seasonal freshen up. I wanted to make a few changes that would carry this area easily into Summer. I had my husband pull out the floral tubs last week, but then I decided to just keep the paperwhites here a bit longer. They're one of my favorite go-to faux flower looks. I had plenty of other arrangements to freshen up to move into Summer.

Spring to Summer Inspiration at All About Home #93

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

There's so much fun inspiration going on as we

head from Spring to Summer.

Thankyou for taking the time to come by 

and share what you're up to this week.

What's happening here...

Hello Friends, I thought I'd better get busy and share what's going on health-wise and to explain what I had to say at the end of my last post. I'll try to do this without being too tedious. I always hesitate to talk about health problems that I'm dealing with, but I feel like it's important to share things that might help someone else. 

Maison Douce

Country Cottage Garden Display

I've said many times how much I love a good tabletop or flat surface to be able to dress up with a little vintage vignette. I've had this smallish white antique desk for years, and it's the perfect size to tuck in an odd space or use as an end table. For the last several years (and houses) it's been in my office holding a lamp. At this house it's sort of moved around without purpose, but has ended up in the Garden Room doing miscellaneous plant duty. But lately it's been bare, and that's hard for me to see a bare tabletop. 

Spring DIY's at All About Home #92

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

There's so much fun inspiration going on as we

head from Spring to Summer.

Thankyou for taking the time to come by 

and share what you're up to this week.

The Holiday Cupboard is for the Birds

Hello there, Friends! I hope you're having a wonderful week and that you're enjoying warm pleasant late spring weather. We all seem to have some outdoor projects we're trying to get to, but golly, it's been chilly and rainy around here... again. I'm not sure why this surprises me because it's often cool and rainy in early to mid May, but I'm sorta over it.  You can remind me of this when I'm complaining in September that it's too hot and dry. I've been wanting to get my outside containers put together and it's been too cool to get out and do much. I did finally get to the nursery over Mother's Day weekend to pick out some flowers so maybe I can get those finished up by this weekend.

All About Home #91

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

There's so much fun inspiration going on as we

head from Spring to Summer.

Thankyou for taking the time to come by 

and share what you're up to this week.

Cupboards and Cabinets in Decor

Hello Friends,

I'm so glad you're here, because today I'm joining a great group of bloggers as we share our love for all things vintage with the Lifestyle of Love Blog Hop, hosted by our wonderful friend Cindy from County Road 407. We were given the topic of "How we use Cabinets and Hutches in our decor". Well, let me tell you I was jumping for joy when I saw that I would get to share one of my favorite pieces of furniture. 

Yes, you guessed it.

The Holiday Cupboard!

Garden Room Farm Table in May

This time of year in late Spring, we just don't know what each day's weather will bring. Even the weather forecasters aren't sure. One day it's sunny and 80, the next day it pours rain all day and is in the 60's. I took these pics in April and wanted to get a few more of the Garden Room this last week, but I decided to just go ahead and share them before tulip-time was over. 

Spring DIYs At All About Home #90

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

There are so many fun ideas and inspiration 

out there for Spring! 

Thankyou for taking the time to come by 

and share what you're up to this week.

Seed Packet Garden Wreath on the Sideboard

Back in 2013 after seeing a few versions of flower pot garden wreaths, I put together my own take using a grapevine wreath as the base with small whitewashed flower pots and French seed labels attached to paper tags. Since I'm such a fan of vintage garden goods and ephemera, I've loved using this each year during the Spring and Summer seasons. I just needed to figure out a place to put it here at this house.

Spring Color at All About Home #89

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

There are so many fun ideas and inspiration 

out there for Spring! 

Thankyou for taking the time to come by 

and share what you're up to this week.

Buffalo Check Pillows in the Garden Room

Hi Friends, Hope you're having a good week!

I love to change up the wicker settee here in the Garden Room because seasonal color with vintage quilts and pillows can instantly change the feel of any space. After Christmas I put out a new quilt I bought last year on sale from Pottery Barn because I was looking for a lighter, brighter vibe. I didn't realize back in January when I put this out that this quilt would carry me thru winter and spring.

Spring DIY Decor at All About Home #88

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

There are so many fun ideas and inspiration 

out there for Spring! 

Thankyou for taking the time to come by 

and share what you're up to this week.

Nature's Wild Victorian Wreath

After all the vibrant color of Easter decor, right now I needed to see something that speaks of nature for springtime. Bunnies and eggs and whimsical pieces that filled my cupboard earlier in the month have given way to some neutral elements and the idea of letting "nature" take her wild and beautiful approach.

Spring Inspiration at All About Home #87

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

Looking for some Spring Inspiration?

You're at the right place.

Thankyou for taking the time to come by 

and share your week with us.

The After-Easter French Country Mantel

Hi Friends, I hope you had a wonderful Easter. 

Were you able to be with family and friends?

We were on our own still, 

but we did have a lovely day.

A Spring Potpourri at All About Home Link Party #86

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

Thankyou for taking the time to come by 

and share your week with us.

Another month has passed and April is here. I hope you had a wonderful Easter week. We had so many wonderful links with beautiful Easter Inspiration this spring. I wish we would have had more time to celebrate Easter. I really love having it later in April. We may put the bunnies away, but hey, there's a lot more spring inspiration out here! So glad you're here with us.

Celebrating Easter in the Garden Room

Hi Friends, so glad you're here for the Celebrating Easter Mini Hop! Today I'm joining in with five other blogging friends to share a bit of our fun Easter Decor. My sweet friend Amber from Follow the Yellow Brick Home is hosting our small group today that's big on Easter Joy! If you're coming from Amber's then WELCOME, and I'm happy you're following along with our Hop.

There's a Bunny in That Basket!

Hi Friends, I thought I'd share a few last minute Easter snaps with you all.

In my decor book, the only thing better than "a bunny", 

is a bunny in a basket...

or on a tray, or drawer, or in a crate.

You know, some kind of cute vintage container

to keep it corralled and surrounded by flowers, eggs, moss, or veggies.

(It's a little hard to make out, but that's a brass rabbit mold on the shelf)