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2015 Summer Home Tour

2015 Summer Home Tour

Good Morning!  Welcome to my 2015 Summer Home Tour!
2015 Summer Home Tour
Special Thanks to my friend, Marty from A Stroll Thru Life for inviting me to join this tour of 30 amazing blogger’s homes.
If you are new here, let me tell you a little bit about me!  My name is Doreen and I grew up on a farm in rural central Pennsylvania.  I currently live in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where seeing a horse and buggy clip clopping down the road is commonplace.  My backyard backs up to a farmer’s field where currently corn is planted and soon will be sky high!  Lancaster County is old time Americana at it’s best!  My style is a mix of that country life with a bit of modern mixed in!  I hope you enjoy the tour!

LIVING ROOM

2015 Summer Home Tour
The barn door sign behind my couch was one of my first projects when I began blogging about three years ago and it still hangs in the same place – it really is one of my favorite things.  I found some really pretty fabric with coral and green to make pillow covers to try to highlight my green sofa, but sadly – this sofa just doesn’t photograph well.  It is much prettier in person!  I’ve been trying to sell it to replace with a slipcovered sofa – if you are local and need a sofa – send me an email!
2015 Summer Home Tour
I have a lot of green in my shade garden right now – many varieties of hosta, ferns, and Solomon’s seal.  I decided to use some simple thrifted glass vases in a variety of sizes to hold green stems on my mantel.
2015 Summer Home Tour
I love how this turned out!  Simple – inexpensive – WOW!
2015 Summer Home Tour
I love mixing patterns and my gray side chairs got a mix of gray check and a pretty floral.
2015 Summer Home Tour
Here’s a view of the other side of the room.
2015 Summer Home Tour

DINING ROOM

2015 Summer Home Tour
Yesterday morning I drove down a country road, pulled off, and cut  Queen Anne’s Lace to use throughout my house.  I had a trunk full (I’m sure those who passed by thought I was a crazy person – but who cares!  I had a trunk full of free flowers!)  Right now it’s in full bloom here and so beautiful!  When I was a young girl, I used to add food coloring to the water and it would color the Queen Anne’s Lace flowers!
2015 Summer Home Tour
My little cottage sideboard holds a lite, perfect for summer, dessert – Homemade Angel food cake, fresh picked strawberries and blueberries – Yum!
2015 Summer Home Tour

I brought a little bit of red into my mostly neutral dining room and kitchen area for the summer. Nothing says summer like a red and white check or stripe!

 

2015 Summer Home Tour

KITCHEN

2015 Summer Home Tour
Here’s a shot of my country kitchen.  A new addition is the market sign I made.
2015 Summer Home Tour
2015 Summer Home Tour
SCREEN PORCH
Now onto the screen porch.  My favorite place to be in the summertime.  Last summer my porch was more bold and bright – you can see it HERE.  This year, I wanted a more cottage country look with softer colors of turquoise and coral.
2015 Summer Home Tour
I hope you notice the fringe trimmed curtains blowing in the breeze (we had threats of a tornado yesterday evening while I was taking these pics!)  Lots to share with you later about them!
2015 Summer Home Tour
Another little favorite thing – those tiny red sneakers!  I found them at a vintage store for $3 and just had to have them – so cute!
2015 Summer Home Tour
I shared this little coral table with my readers last week!  I found it at an auction, it was dirty, worn out, and a faded blue!  I brought it back to life with a good cleaning and this pretty coral color.
2015 Summer Home Tour
I used these wire hanging window baskets to hold pots of herbs on the two front windows.  Can you believe I found the cute coral chalkboard markers at Michaels – a perfect match!
2015 Summer Home Tour
If you are new here – this is the only other girl in my home (I’m a mom to three boys) – Sadie my little cat! She loves being outside on the porch to watch the birds and butterflies!
2015 Summer Home Tour
On the other side of the porch is a bar cart that I’ll be featuring later this week!  It was another score at a local vintage shop that was basically falling apart! But – now it’s a cool retro bar cart that any Mad Men fan would love!
2015 Summer Home Tour
Right outside the porch is this little area.  I gave my old door potting bench a fresh coat of paint this year – It was pretty worn out from three years of neglect! I also painted the back door of the garage to match our front door.
2015 Summer Home Tour
And, if you visit regularly, you’ll recognize my vintage Schwinn bicycle.  I love to bring her out each spring and fill the basket with flowers!
2015 Summer Home Tour
That’s all for now!  I have more summery spaces inside and out to share with you later on – so please come back!  If you are new, I’d love for you to join my email list to have my posts delivered directly to your email – that way you don’t miss a thing!  Thanks a bunch for stopping by my country home!  I hope you’ve enjoyed your visit!
Remember if you liked my tour, be sure to pin it!
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Margie ONeill

Wednesday 29th of July 2020

I love your blend of traditional and new, it is so fresh. I have pinned your living room for when I next decorate my little house here in England. Thank you for the lovely tour. 😊

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LORI

Wednesday 20th of July 2016

Love the table cloth blessed....i seen it on pintrest now cannot find it...can u send it to me...id love to order it

Doreen Cagno

Sunday 31st of July 2016

Hi, Lori. I have a tutorial to make your own tablecloth. I don't sell them in my Etsy shop. It is a super easy project. Here's the tutorial - https://hymnsandverses.com/2015/11/count-your-blessings-thanksgiving-tablecloth.html