Our Fall Porch: 2014
Oh the difference a year can make. Last year I was making do with what we had – a faded brown house, to be exact and a front door color that didn’t help the house’s cause. Since painting in March, I’ve had so much fun playing with the outside curb appeal. We had our big Ash trees trimmed and treated in May. Our Crabapples will be trimmed this winter. I planted hydrangeas under the garage window and am excited for the day that they are big and beautiful (I was over at our friends’ house the other day in our old neighborhood and was mourning my old hydrangeas, but then I reminded myself that they started out small and dinky, too). B pulled out a Juniper shrub and we’re slowly but surely figuring out what to plant there. So, curb appeal is a process, but we’re making headway. Here’s our front porch this Fall:
That table is new. Don’t worry, I didn’t shop during “No Shopping October”. I was headed out to run some errands while my mom was over the other day and drove by my favorite front porch on the way out of the neighborhood for Fall inspiration…and their neighbors had furniture out by the curb with a “FREE” sign on it. I saw this great rustic table and threw it in the back of my car as fast as I could…with a line of cars behind me waiting to get their hands on the pile. Sorry folks, this table is mine. I immediately thought of my porch when I saw it (possibly because I was out looking for porch inspiration) and it works perfectly to separate the two adirondack chairs since I didn’t want a low side table between them. So that’s my free table story.
Funny story: Since we moved here a year and a half ago almost, we’ve had lots, and I do mean LOTS, of people go to the house two doors down from us before coming to our house. My friend and her kids came by for dinner last night because we were both husband-less for the evening. As they pulled up to our house, her daughter – who had knocked on the wrong door with her dad before – said, “Mom, this is not Miss Emily’s house.” Annie said, “Yes it is. This is definitely her house. Remember how we always say you know you’re at Miss Emily’s if there are pillows on the chairs on the porch? Look at her pillows.” Funny the things people know you for. Back to the porch:
My fall yarn wreath and the witch is in sign…there’s nothing new here, but I love it every year so I just stick with what works.
So that’s our porch this Fall. A year makes a big difference – here it was last year. Definitely feels more like us this year. I love the ability to look back and see things evolve.
