A "Witchy" Cafe ~ Halloween on the Front Porch

A Halloween cafe all ready for a passing Witch to "Come Sit a Spell".

A place where she can hang her pointed hat...

...rest her broom and maybe pet a bat!

She can grab a brew and thumb through a book of spells in this cozy spot...

A Witch's cafe...where else would a Witch be?

Are you all ready for the Bewitching night yet?

XO

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Summer Porch Decked Out in Red White & Blue

A couple weeks ago my dear friend Donna gave me a wicker set which included a love seat, two chairs and a coffee table. How could I possibly refuse anything that is free right? Well as it turned out I really liked the look of the natural wicker on my front porch. I tried the chairs but they were too large for the space, so out came the love seat and it was a perfect fit.

Now the next question I had to ponder was what color cushion and pillows should be added to the wicker piece to make it feel cozy and at the same time go well with my home's exterior.

So I thought and thought, and finally it hit me...whether I liked it or not I was going to have to accept the current colors of my home, that of a funky looking red brick and the old 1980's blue shutters. Oh how I long for black shutters and that awful red brick to be painted white. But for now making those changes is not in the budget so I need to embrace the outdated colors and work with what I have! 

I picked up a pretty denim blue color seat cushion plus the red and white stripe and the star pillows at Pier One. I found the other 4 pillows at Home Goods along with the wicker basket and the jute carpet.

To create a little table for a drink or some magazines, I simply placed a classic wooden Coca-Cola crate on top of a small plant stand.

So I am all ready for the summer with my patriotic front stoop. 
How about you...do you have a front porch you like to decorate for summer? I have seen a lot of gorgeous ones out there in bloggyland, could one be yours?

Have a great weekend!
XO

Autumn on the Front Porch

Well OK, our front porch is more like a front stoop, but it's mine all mine!!! This year I decided to pull out and dust off the old Halloween mirror my sister gave me a few years back, and use it as part of the front entry decor. The mirror's reflective property really seems to brighten up the porch and its size fills that long solid white wall (which I never know quite what to do with) pretty well. So here it goes...our 2014 front porch all ready for the fall!!

I really wanted 2 corn stalks, but in order to save a few dollars I purchased one stalk and then split it in half.

The mum is sitting inside an apple bucket I bought last year at HomeGoods. Then I placed the bucket inside a wreath, again from HomeGoods.

The fall florals are from Michael's craft store...I just plpped them into the hanging wall container I already had and then grabbed a few of the corn stalk leaves to poke into the "arrangement".

Oh how I do love the Autumn!

Wishing you all a perfect autumn weekend!!!

XO

A Front Porch to Welcome Spring!

Its done!!!

Yay!!

I finally got into the mood to decorate our front porch for spring after some really nice days last weekend and the early part of this week. Only mother nature decided to pull a fast one and she yanked the rug of warm weather out and then zapped us with some pretty cool temperatures over the last two days.

Geeeesh!

As for pulling the porch together the first item I added was a place to sit, so out came my new thrift store wicker chair. It's placed on an angle so I can see our neighbors pass by on their spring walks and jogs.

I then added a little white table my sister had given me a few years back and adorned it with a couple coordinating metal lanterns. It is contrasted with one rustic lantern which literally has been sitting on my front porch through the entire winter.

Now I had the wreath hanging on the plain white siding, but that was just it...it was too plain.

So today as I was driving to pick up my friend Peggy, we were heading out for a cappuccino and a little girl talk, I passed by a house which had a bunch of doors sitting next to the road with a sign on it FREE. Oh well that was the perrrrrfect price so I grabbed one of them and stuffed it into the back of the minivan. 

Then I lucked out again because after I pulled out the door from the van I realized one side was already painted a pale sage green. I placed the door, green side out, behind my little white table and then using a metal wreath hanger, I hung the spring wreath. It was just the thing to beak up that long boring wall.

My ASC Antibes green chair came out of the entry to join the spring party on the front porch! 
Two Terra Cotta pots I had painted for a project a couple years ago and then left outside since then, were placed on the seat of the chair. I love the chippy paint look.

A rustic bucket of hydrangea were placed on the small shelf of the table and a pretty green carpet from the Christmas Tree Shop was added to the floor.

And that is my spring porch for 2014!

I hope you are enjoying a little warmer weather than we are here in the northeast. It is barely getting out of the 40's today. But hey if it stays cold it won't bother me, because we are heading for sunny Florida on Saturday!

Woo hoo!!!

Wishing you all a wonderful holiday weekend!

XO

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Christmas on the Front Porch

 For some reason this year I am totally drawn to black and red, in particular the cabin plaid of a throw I found over at Walmart last week. So to decorate my front porch for Christmas I decided to move the white wicker love seat (a roadside find no less) which usually lives on the back porch, to the white sided wall on the front porch. Then I just added my new throw with a few other black and red items from around the house. 

The wool gloves were borrowed from my entry. I did this when I decided to use its matching scarf to wrap the skis together. Oh and the skis...solid wood with bamboo poles...vintage yard sale find from last spring for only $15. To read more about them just click here.

Vintage post card included!

 Around the front door is fresh garland purchased from a local farmer's market. 

The door received a bouquet of fresh greens mixed with faux berries and a big red bow.

The Coke box was a find last winter when visiting with some college friends. We went to a fabulous thrift store which was a actually a barn filled with all sorts of treasures!!! I loaded my box with pine cones and silver Christmas balls along with a little faux tree.

Another wicker piece works well as a stand for my little lighted tree.

Here's hoping for a little more snow!

Have a wonderful weekend!

XO

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