4thof July displays on lawns, front porches and entryways are a great way to extend your spirit and share your celebration of this patriotic holiday! It’s a bit like Christmas, just not so many lights! My impetus for creating this 4thof July on the front porch display was to only use items I already owned. …
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Buffalo Check Pillows in the Living Room
One of my favorite websites for décor items is Piper Classics. Their variety of kitchen linens, bed and bathroom accessories and seasonal items fit in with country, cottage and farmhouse styles. They also offer a wonderful selection of curtains and window dressings – including buffalo check! I had the idea that I wanted to hang…
6 of My Favorite Blogs for Decorating and Organizing
Happy 2019!~ As a salute to the new year and all things related to improving habits, systems, and life in general overall, I wanted to share with you 6 of my favorite blogs that talk about decorating and organizing. Decorating and organizing are the subjects that pique my interest more than almost anything else. Not…
2018 Christmas Living Room
Welcome to Red Shutter Cottage at this most special time of the year. A big part of decorating for Christmas is combining the memories of my childhood with my own personal idea of Christmas and how to decorate for it. Christmas for me is a time to honor memories, as well as bring the beauty…
2018 Thanksgiving Mantel
Thanksgiving deserves its own mantel, don’t you think? Halloween gets plenty of mantel focus, and Christmas certainly inspires and dazzles with mantel ideas. But in November, the crazy month transitioning from Halloween to Christmas, sometimes Thanksgiving gets a teensy bit overlooked. So let’s give Thanksgiving a mantel it deserves. I found this leaf…