Hickory Ridge Porch at Balsam Mountain Preserve

I have loved the opportunity to do some seasonal design work at a friend’s house at Balsam Mountain Preserve.  When she asked me to add a little summer pizzaz to her porch, I quickly jumped…

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Franciscan Ivy on the porch

Last week I mentioned that I had set two tables for a ladies’ tea but got no photos, so I recreated both as luncheon tables on the porch using each setting and shared the Noritake…

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Summer porch and Country Living Magazine

This is the last of the summer porch posts as I’m sharing the side porch with y’all today:-)   This is one of my favorite spots, and I so enjoy having my grandmother’s iron patio…

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Southern porch with vintage farmhouse style

I always anticipate getting the porches ready for summer, despite the amount of work it is, and after a week of hard work pressure washing, re-staining decking, painting railings, and moving and repainting furniture —…

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Greeting each morning…

 One of my favorite spots in the early morning is the porch on the side of our house because it faces our creek. It is such a lovely place for that first cup of coffee.…

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Repurposing a screen door as a porch divider

I posted part of the back porch makeover last week so I thought I would show you all how I repurposed another of my old screen doors.  The back porch is very long and narrow…

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Progress on the back porch

It seems like we have been working on the porches for months.  We had to pressure wash, then I stained the decking and re-painted the back railings. I wanted a more vintage, country kind of…

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Spring porches

Even though we have done a lot of clearing brush, etc., this spring, I am behind getting the porches ready for spring–probably because it’s such a big job and we need three days of nice,…

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