Good morning everyone and welcome to 21 Rosemary Lane. If you arrived here by way of Alicia's blog Thrifty & Chic, welcome. I am sure you enjoyed a wonderful tour of her beautiful home. If this is your first time visiting 21 Rosemary Lane, let me just say I am so happy your decided to stop by on this leg of the tour. And for those of you who have been here before, well I hope you find some of the changes I made to our home to your liking. So without further ado, on to my summer home tour of 2017.
Our home here in the suburbs of New Jersey is a mid century cape cod style home. I love the traditional layout of our home which sits on one acre of land, I would share with you the front exterior of our home this year however it is being prepped for a major face lift this summer. So here is a peek at what she looked like last summer.
Our plan is to remove the old landscaping in front of the brick portion of the house and put in a porch which will extend the length of the brick facing. We also plan to apply a mortar technique to the brick in a effort to give it a more aged look. We also want to put in a new walkway with new landscaping, and replace the front door. Our goal is to achieve a look something like the mock-up below.
So after sharing that little tidbit with you come on in and take a look around! This year for the summer I decided to switch out the cute Antibes green chair in entry and replaced it with a potted plant.
In the living room the large rectangular pane mirror was swapped out for this little more contemporary round mirror I found last week at Home Goods. Just the change needed for the summer.
I also purchased a few new Tommy Bahama throw pillows to add that tropical feel to the sofas.
The little Antibes green chair ended up replacing the original piano chair. Now that I am looking at this pic below, I think the chair would be stunning in front of a white painted piano!
The dining room met with a change last week in the way of color. Yup the blue gray is gone and it is now in with a green gray color called Nantucket Gray from Benjamin Moore's historical collection.
Just below the dining room window is Mr. Rosemary Lane's much cherished rose bush. When the window is open the sent wafts right into the house!
Our lilies on the side of the house are also in full bloom right now.
And while we are outside let me show you our backyard. Yes that is an above ground pool cleverly disguised with several rather large ornamental grasses. Later this month I will place Tiki torches around the pool for Grace and Micheal's evening swims!
Finally our back screened in porch is the hub of our summer living. Every piece of furniture on the porch was acquired from a thrift shop, a roadside find, or was just simply bequeathed to us. Some day I'd love to buy all new furniture for this space.
And so ends this year's tour. I want to thank Marty of the elegant blog A Stroll Thru Life for putting together this incredible series of blogger home tours. Next on the tour is Decorating Delirium with fellow blogger Jennifer. I am sure you will be wowed by her beautiful style.
And be sure not to miss any of this week's tours!
Here's the lineup!
2017
Summer Home Tour
Monday
– June 12
Tuesday
– June 13
Wednesday
– June 14
Thursday
– June 15
Fri
– June 16
Have a wonderful week!
XO
