Hello, and thank you for stopping by. Red Shutter Cottage is taking a little break. I am writing this in October 2020 and hope to be back in 2021 with new posts about cottage style, why I love thrift shopping, and my (very tiny) obsession with roosters! Together, Sailor and I are facing some big…
Halloween Decorating
A Fun Halloween Mantel
Bats and crows! Ghosts and skulls! Welcome to a Fun Halloween Mantel! For me, Halloween is a fun holiday. My favorite part of Halloween is the trick-or-treaters. And to make sure they feel welcome to ring our doorbell, we hang ghosts from a tree in the yard, have jack-0-lanterns lit up, string purple and orange…
2017 Festive Fall Home Tour
Welcome to the 2017 Festive Fall Home Tour at Red Shutter Cottage! Thank you so much for coming by! I hope you find inspiration and ideas here for your own Fall decorating. Please make sure to visit the Festive Fall Home Tours of 4 more very talented bloggers, all listed at the end of…
How to Store Christmas Decorations
This post is to share a system of storing holiday decorations that is flexible, simple, and is guaranteed to make this process easier for you in 3 ways: It will help you easily store decorations, easily find specific decorations or bins you are searching for, and easily re-pack bins quickly and efficiently. Step 1: Use…
2016 Halloween on the Front Porch
Welcome to Halloween on the Front Porch! Here is my Welcoming Committee! I like to have fun with Halloween when I am decorating our front porch. As Halloween approaches, I add ghosts that swing in the juniper tree, and purple and orange lights to the pyracantha bush. This year, I did something I have…