Time for a "Spring Spruce-up"...

O.k. friends - Spring "officially" begins this week (never mind the sleet/snow that is falling right now)!

 

I'm ready for Baseball and Pansies and the smell of cut grass. 

 

I'm ready to open up the windows and let in the fresh air.

 

And I'm ready to change things up a bit in the house.

 

A little change always does me good!

 

So I'm gonna start with my entryway...seems like a good place to start!

 

 

 

I finally erased my "peace on earth" from my chalkboard...

 

 

I added my sweet egg wreath - kindly gifted to me by my dear friends at CFS.  I attached my lil' wooden polka dot bunny to the right side...

 

 

Time to get out the chalk...

 

 

I found this saying that reminded me of exactly what "spring" means.

 

 

I put my turquoise bunny in my glass greenhouse...

 

 

I added my grass and my burlap shaded lamp...

 

 

Kept my bargain rug and yard sale baskets as is and well...

there you have it...

 

 

 

My "welcome spring" entryway!

 

What are your "spring spruce-up" projects? - I'd love to know!

 

 

Sprucing up the Entryway...With a Wood Plank Wall

Hi friends - hope everyone had a fantastic Thanksgiving.  We sure did and I'm so very thankful.

 

Well, as I mentioned a couple of posts back - we are on the Christmas Home Tour - this coming Sunday - AAAAHHHHH!!!!!!  O.K.  I feel better now - letting off some stress!   So nothing like knowing a "few" people are coming to make you whip things up into shape.  Soooo....  I've always wanted a wood wall and the perfect place for one was in the entryway.  Of course, I wanted one of these when we were building the house - but I suppose we ran out of money (most likely) or I forgot (also a very likely possibility) ;-) 

 

But luckily - my buddy, Andy, of Judd's Painting and Trim came through for me just in the nick of time!

 

 

We just used thin quarter inch sheets of poplar - staggering the seams.  This is a project I could have done myself and in the future I will BUT this time, I was happy to leave it to the pros.

 

 

Yesterday, Shaun and I discussed colors and stains and I bought some stain and wasted 12.00.  Oh well, it won't be the first time I've picked the wrong color.  In the end, I simply went back to some paint that I had used in another room called "Dill" from Porter paints - I watered it down - A LOT - and simply rubbed it on giving it a weathered look.  I LOVE it!

 

 

I then added a chalkboard I had made out of an old door frame.  It is painted in MMS "Kitchen Scale" milk paint.  

 

 

Then I brought in a table from my dear friend, Lisa.  Sorry for the color on this one - it is NOT that yellow green.

 

 

 I added a lamp, three big baskets...

 

 

...A Christmas wreath, some Paper white Bulbs (which was actually my son's science experiment), my globe - because I want PEACE ON EARTH!

 

 

Just across from that wall - is the stairs, with one of my planter boxes filled with a small tree and some packages.  That snow print - one of my favorites, came from the Goodwill!

 

 

You can see that even our lil' dog likes it in here!

 

 

And this is the view looking in from the office.  I plan on adding some fresh greens to the table a lil' closer to the weekend but for now...

 

 

 

I'll try and keep you posted on the decorating.  And if you come to visit - don't stand still for long - or I just might tie a ribbon on you!

 

Happy Decorating Friends!