A Spring Table on our Covered Porch (and a Bunny. And Tulips. Etc)

It’s spring! More precisely, it’s almost spring, and it’s FREEZING outside (although not actually snowing like in much of the country). But it is, at any rate, that time of year when even lovers of winter like myself start to look forward to warmer weather and are eager for an excuse to fill in the decor gaps left behind when Christmas stuff was put away back in January.

To that end, I’m joining in with a bunch of other bloggers to share some spring decor in the Color Loving Spring Home Tour, hosted by Carrie over at Lovely, Etc. Stick around to the end of the post and you’ll find links to all the other blogs, chock full of colorful, warm-weather-is-almost-here inspiration.

Much of my house is a bit of a disaster at the moment, owing to how Milo and Gus’s bedroom is completely torn apart, waiting for new floors to go in, so it was nice to spend some time over the weekend at least getting a couple of spaces pulled together (while Dave was upstairs painting. Thanks, Dave!)

The copper shelves in the kitchen have been looking neglected ever since we took Christmas stuff off of them, so I filled in the gaps with some…stuff that I like. Which is pretty much my decorating style, after all.

copper kitchen shelves decorated for spring

There are a couple of things on here that I’ve had forever that have never had a place to hang out before (I mean, other than stuffed inside a drawer or whatever). Like that souvenir decanter shaped like Ohio. Fun! Or that Disney World vintage souvenir plate. We have a Disney trip planned for fall, so I decided it should be out to get us all excited:

vintage Magic Kingdom souvenir plate

Abe made that little string art heart at his homeschool group’s Valentine’s party, and it’s one preschool art project I haven’t plotted to secretly throw away:

string art heart craft

data horse and matryoshka measuring cups

I raided Target for some spring stuff for the table and was delighted to find this bunny planter for $3! Even though she’s so fancy that she has gold ears!

spring centerpiece with Target bunny

I had to rip apart an Ikea faux plant to get that grassy stuff to go in it. Succulent is also a (fake) Target find as are the (real) tulips.

spring table with bunny

So pretty much every picture of my kitchen on my blog is like this one, with the refrigerator carefully cropped out:

shot of whole kitchen, ready for spring

But as a special spring treat for you, here’s the uncropped kitchen, complete with our white refrigerator that refuses to die, in all it’s magneted glory (probably up until now people assumed we didn’t have a refrigerator at all, like how there was no toilet in the Brady Bunch kids’ bathroom):

The other space that got the spring treatment is our covered porch. We finished the porch back in the fall, just in time to leave it all cold and neglected through the winter. I dusted everything down (and gave the floors a much, MUCH needed mopping to get rid of the muddy dog and kid footprints) and set the table to remind us of the outside dinners to come this year. And then shivered taking the pictures in the cold rain:

spring covered porch

I’ve been collecting blue and white transferware dinner plates from thrift stores for years now, and I’m glad to finally have a place to keep and use them.

spring table with blue transferware

The wicker chargers are also thrifted, as is this little pitcher:

thrifted spring tablescape with blue plates and tulips

And a couple more fake plants and another tulip from Target.

pink tulip


And that’s what I’ve got to show you, but don’t stop here! Spend some time checking out the other blogs and dreaming of warmer weather….

Lovely Etc. * Green with Decor * Boxy Colonial * Wife in Progress

Love & Renovations * Brown Dog Vintage * The Happy Housie * Our House Now a Home

This is Our Bliss * Cassie Bustamante * Redhead Can Decorate * Chatfield Court

Refresh Living * Avenue Laurel * A Fresh Squeezed Life * House by Hoff

Southern State of Mind * The Striped House * Newly Woodwards

 

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A Spring Table on our Covered Porch (and a Bunny. And Tulips. Etc) — 29 Comments

  1. Stuff That You Like is the best decorating style evahl!
    That porch looks so chilly–something about the light, or else the fact that it’s 43º and windy here and I just came inside to lunch. (In February we had highs in the seventies–come on, I want to plant things!)

    • It WAS cold. And rainy. Cold and rainy is one of my favorite kinds of weather when I can stay inside all day, but not so much when I have to venture out.

  2. Love this tour! Your porch is so cheery- looks like a fun place to hang out! I’m in North Georgia too, so not far from you, and can’t WAIT for this cold weather to pass us by so we can actually enjoy our outdoor spaces 🙂

    • Thank you! Can’t wait to get out there more, but it looks like the cold is set to return in the next couple of days 🙁

    • Thank you! I don’t know how long it’s going to hold up in the elements out there, but we’re enjoying it for now at least 🙂

    • Thanks! The chair mixing in this case was almost an accident–I didn’t want to spend money buying new chairs or time painting ones I had, so I just went with what was already sitting around and mixed a couple of different sets (the wicker chair I did buy at the thrift store just for this table).

  3. I just love all of your special treasures and how you have them displayed. And I spied some amazing Target deals – that bunny!! I’m close to Atlanta so I feel you on all this rain and cold – Come on spring!!

    • Thanks! It was screened in when we bought it, but the screen was in bad shape, so we tore it all down and left it as an open air covered porch instead.

  4. So pretty! I love how you used your transferware plates on the porch. Everything about that porch makes me what spring to be here!

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