Stop me if you’ve heard me say this before. Decorating for winter is the best! No rules, no guidelines. A veritable decorating free-for-all! You can leave Christmas up – lots of people do, and I totally get it. Or you can turn your home into a winter wonderland with lots of whites, creams, wood tones,…
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Early Winter 2023
This transition time from Christmas to winter is a decorating challenge to many. After all the exuberance of Christmas, settling back into the routine, the everyday isn’t so appealing. But if you flip it over, there is something unique about the window of time between Christmas and Easter. Whether you live in an area where winter temperatures hover…
Christmas 2022 in the Living & Dining Room
It’s our first Christmas in the Dupont house. (Please read “Our Story” about our cross-country move in 2021.) Well, technically, it’s our second Christmas. But last year, our first Christmas, we had been in the house a scant 4 weeks, and 95% of our decorations were still packed in boxes. Not surpisingly, last year just didn’t…
Fall – Cottage Style
More than anything else, blue-&-white check says ‘cottage’ to me. Doesn’t matter what it is; a pillow cover, a runner, a dish towel, a table cloth, a LOVE SEAT. Blue-&-white check says fresh, simple, comfortable, charming, happy, which is what inspired Fall – Cottage Style. The inspiration came from the blue & white window…
2016 Fall Home Tour
Welcome to the Fall Home Tour at Red Shutter Cottage. When it comes to Fall, I don’t pussyfoot around. I launch myself into Fall, head first, at warp-turbo speed. Living in Southern California, the fall months are essentially a continuation of the summer months, with slight dips in temperatures. My way of coping is to…
