Southern Seazons

Monday, September 30, 2013

Fall front porch

I finally got my front porch done this weekend. I still need to decorate around my wheel barrow by my garage. Here are a few pictures of the porch. I also took a $4.97 pumpkin from Wal-Mart and repainted it. I will be using them in my living room. For now I have the before and after pictures.

This is by my front door.

The next picture are toward the end of my front porch.

I bought 4 of these pumpkins at Wal-Mart for $4.97 each. I have repainted two of them so far. I think I will paint the other two white. Here is what the pumpkin looked like when I bought it.

Here is the after picture.

I put them on my living room mantel. My next post will show my living room decorated for Fall.

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Thursday, September 26, 2013

It's finally Fall !!!

Fall is my favorite season. I love all the warm colors. I am still trying to get all of my fall decorating done for this year. It's amazing how hard it is to decorate, clean house, run errands and do laundry when you work 6 days a week. Also on Saturday the 14th our washing machine quit and I finally got my new machines last Thursday. Hopefully I can get all my decorating done this weekend.

Here are a few pictures of my past decorating for the outside.

If all goes well there will be current pictures posted by Monday.

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Monday, August 19, 2013

My Dining Room

I haven't had time to post lately as our little Toby dog had to be put down on August 1st. I didn't feel like doing too much to the house. And of course my husband just had to get a new dog and it is a puppy. He takes us much of my time has he is all over the house. I did manage to finally get my dining room in order yesterday. I had been using it for painting the kitchen cabinets. Here are a few pictures. We replaced the light, had a wall added between the living and dining room and I painted it a warm yellow. Wouldn't you know it that as soon as I get it cleaned up and decorated it is almost time to decorate for Fall.

Here is a picture of the overall room.

I haven't figured out what else I want to do with the shelf on the hutch but I did get the top of it decorated.

I still need to finish below the buffet but here is what the top looks like.

My husband talked me into putting a mural on the other wall of the room. I had the furniture there first and he didn't like it. We had the wall put in when we moved in. It was open to the living room on the other side. It has now become his office.

Here is a picture of my table. I went to Pier 1 yesterday and purchased the place mats, napkins and napkin rings. I also get the candle holders and candles there also. I got the plate at Marshall's. Thinking ahead for Fall.

A closer shot of the table.

The last thing I need to do is make the panels for the windows. Here is the material that I bought. I actually is a much darker red than it shows in the picture.

Right now I am still working on decorating my kitchen, half way done with the guest bathroom and I still need to decorate the bookshelves in the library across from the dining room.

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Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Mini back splash reveal

We finally got the back splash done in the kitchen. Here are a few pictures of the steps to get to the finished project. I just need to do a little caulking and then I will post the finished pictures.

Here is step one. First we started with subway travertine tiles.

Step two was adding the accent border and the side border

Step three was adding the 4 X 4 tiles on a diagonal with glass mosiac accent pieces.

Step four was adding the grout and we changed out the switches and outlets to brown to match better.

Nest time I will get the whole kitchen pictures posted.

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Monday, July 22, 2013

Laundry room redo

I finally got most of my laundry room done. All I need to do is finish the bench and shelf area. Here are a few photos of what I did. The room was painted a beige color like the rest of the house. I choose a color called warm muffin. Once I painted the room I noticed that the doors and trim needed painted also. The cabinets were a medium oak color so I refinished them and added new hardware. We added a new light, new counter top and a new faucet. My hubby made the shelves above the sink and dryer for me.

This is what the cabinets used to look like.

Here is what they look like after the refinishing.

Other side of laundry room after refinishing cabinets.

Here is the finished sink area. We added the new shelves, new counter top and faucet.

Here is a close up of the sink area.

Here is the washer and dryer area with the new shelves

Close up of shelf area.

Top of cabinet.

Close up of above washer and dryer.

This is the last area that I need to finish. I love this shelf, it opens out for drying clothes. I painted the bench. It has been in my family every since I can remember. It was the same color as the original cabinets. I am wanting to put some pillows on the bench and dress up the shelf. Any ideas?

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Friday, July 5, 2013

Semi finished kitchen

Here are a few pictures of my kitchen so far. I finally got all of the cabinets refinished and the granite counter tops are installed. Now all we need to get done is the backsplash.

Here is the before picture when we bought the house.

We put in stainless appliances, added a new light above table, made new cornice boards above windows, added shelves to the island and got a pot rack. I still need to make a tablecloth to match and make a curtain for the window on the back door.

I tried to get as many shots as possible without getting the living room furniture in the way.

I love my new fridge with the double freezer drawers.

The corner unit had a microwave oven combo and we put in a double oven instead. I don't use the microwave that much so I bought a small one to sit on the counter top.

I stood on the coffee table in the living room to try and get a better shot of the island to show off the shelves. Now I have somewhere to put my cookbooks.

I painted the butler pantry the same as the island since it is off of the kitchen.

Here is a closeup of the granite that we choose. It is called Colonial Gold.

This is the breakfast nook area with the new light that my wonderful husband installed. Once we get the back splash done I will be posting the final pictures with everything decorated.

Here is a shot of the front of the island.

Monday, June 24, 2013

A few of my favorite things......

Well. we got our granite counter tops installed on Friday and I am still refinishing the cabinets. Once that is done we will be installing our tile backsplash. Once the cabinets are done I will post a photo before we install the backsplash. For now I wanted to share some of my photos that I took at our previous house.