Autumn Charm At The Front Door

Elevate your curb appeal by adding autumn charm at the front door with punches of purple, heirloom pumpkins, terra cotta pots, fall plants, and festive ferns.

Elevate your curb appeal by adding autumn charm at the front door with punches of purple, heirloom pumpkins, terra cotta pots, fall plants, and festive ferns. Happy Fall Y’all!!! It’s that time of year again…the time for pumpkins, autumn leaves, crisp, cool air, bonfires, family gatherings, cider, and plaid everything!!! Can you tell how excited…

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Styling Your Home with Sentimental Decor

Display your keepsakes, layer your travel mementos, and give family heirlooms pride of place: learn how to style your home with sentimental decor. As Southerners we are undeniably partial to sentimental decor whether it’s childhood keepsakes, travel mementos, or antique heirlooms passed down for generations. These treasures tell our stories. They make up the fabric…

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A Cozy Chic Family Room

Natural textures, chinoiserie accents, and a blue and white palette create a cozy yet chic family room! I am dreaming of new furniture in our family room. Our current sofa is about 9 years old, and while I loved the sofa when I purchased it, now it is starting to show some age, and I’m…

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For Love of Dogwoods: A Simple Spring Mantle

Bring spring inside with fresh dogwood blooms for a stunningly simple spring mantle.

Bring spring inside with fresh dogwood blooms for a stunningly simple spring mantle. *This post contains affiliate links.* Dogwoods are truly one of the most beautiful flowering trees in my opinion. Their simple white or pink blooms are elegant, and I could not be more thrilled to have these lovely trees gracing my yard. They…

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Floral Garland DIY

Create a floral table runner with this easy floral garland DIY

Set a pretty and elegant table with this faux floral garland DIY! If you’ve been cruising Pinterest lately (maybe a little too often, I admit), then you’ve probably seen the beautiful tablescapes with floral garland laid as a runner down the center of the table. I’m in love with this look, but I haven’t wanted…

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DIY Reversible Door Tags: Valentine’s to St. Patty’s

Make decorating your front door for Valentine's Day and St. Patrick's Day easy with these DIY reversible door tags.

Today, I’m sharing easy DIY reversible door tags that will take your front entry from Valentine’s Day to St. Patrick’s Day with one little flip and a change in ribbon. Make decorating your front door for Valentine’s Day and St. Patrick’s Day easier with these simple signs. Three cheers for multi-purpose decor! Yay! Y’all know…

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A Gracious Traditional Dining Room

Decorating a gracious traditional dining room with aqua blue walls, wainscoting, french provincial details, and luxury fabrics

We have been in our new house almost 10 months! Wow! I can hardly believe it. We have accomplished so much least of which is new wiring, new kitchen appliances (the old ones all quit within about a week-ha), and about 40% of the wallpaper is gone! I’ve been slowly working on decorating plans for…

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A Traditional Christmas Front Door

A traditional Christmas Front Door with plaid ribbon, garland, holly wreaths, and lanterns

But the prettiest sight to see is the holly that will be On your own front door… I really took this song to heart this Christmas and decked my front entry with holly, holly, holly! There are two fresh holly wreaths, holly branches in the planters, and holly sprigs on the lanterns. My three holly…

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Preserved Boxwood Wreath Tutorial

Christmas boxwood wreath in my Southern Christmas home tour

Is there any greenery more elegant than boxwood? Nope, not in my book, although magnolia comes in pretty close! I love preserved boxwood decorations whether its wreaths, garland, or topiaries, but I have not been willing to pay the hefty price tag for these items. As I was planning my Christmas decor this year, I…

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My Southern Christmas Home

My Southern Christmas home and mantle with pine and boxwood garland and boxwood wreath

I’m teaming up with Caroline from Organize Nashville and 27 other bloggers to share our Christmas decorating ideas in the Simply Seasonal: Holiday Edition blog hop! We are opening our doors to give you a glimpse at how we decorate for Christmas and make the season merry and bright. I’ve listed links to the other…

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