Oh Happy Day! It’s Spring Home Tour day! If you are here visiting from Dimples and Tangles – welcome! I just adore Jennifer’s style and love the vibrate color she uses in her decor! This year I chose a color palate featuring soft shades of pink and hints of green to bring a cottage style feel to my home. Here’s a peek at my entryway.
The “Oh Happy Day” sign is new to my Etsy Shop. And, I’ll be sharing a tutorial for the cute no-sew “bunny tail” pillow soon!
On my library table, I used my Pottery Barn pierced ceramic egg that I’ve had for a few years, and I planted a maiden hair fern in a vintage ironstone soup tureen. I purchased the concrete bunny from Target last year, but they have a similar one this year. You can find it HERE.
Of course, Sadie does find her way into my shots – usually perched on top of my gray tufted chairs bird watching! The pale pink pillow covers are from Ikea and I made the pink floral pillow covers from an Ikea Inbjudande tablecloth. It was my inspiration for this cottage style look.
Mark made me the blanket ladder propped against the wall, and I’ll be sharing those building plans soon. The pink throw is from Target. If you follow me regularly, I’m sure you noticed the new chicken crate coffee table! My friend Debbie from Refresh Restyle made one and I just loved it so much! I’ve been searching for a chicken crate ever since! I finally found one in good condition and it was transformed into a coffee table with a wood skirt and wheels at the base.
It has a more open and airy feeling than the trunk I had been using as a coffee table – making it perfect for spring and summer. I added a basket tray to hold magazines and, of course, a few pretty things for spring.
I showed Mark a picture of a barn quilt that I wanted to make as a wooden sign for above the mantel. He drew the pattern for me – because I’m not good at technical drawing like this! It would have taken me a whole day to get the pattern on the wood – but he had it done and taped off for me to paint in no time! I found the willow branches at a local farm stand. They were in a bucket of water that had frozen solid! Where are you spring? To hold the branches, I got simple clay pots from Hobby Lobby and painted them gray with a white wash.
Here’s a look at my gallery wall with some spring, cottage-style photography prints I purchased online. I had the prints enlarged at a copy center and used Ribba frames in white from Ikea. I brought my barnwood mirror into the living room and hung it underneath the shelf.
Now lets’s have a look at my dining room and kitchen.
You can see that I brought pops of pink and green into this space as well with some spring accessories in my corner cupboard.
I have my dinnerware ready to set my Easter table in this wicker tray. I had this jug filled with a mix of seeded eucalyptus and silver dollar eucalyptus in another space earlier in the year. I had it so long that it dried on the branches. I actually like how it dried and the soft green color, so I added it to the tray.
I painted my vintage high chair a coral pink shade and used a white wax to bring out the details. I love how it turned out! I found the vintage white and mint apron at a local antique shop a few years ago. It’s so light and dainty and love how it looks hanging on the high chair!
Here’s a look into the kitchen with a few dashes of spring added. I found these amazing life-like succulents at a local shop. I popped them into an ironstone sugar and creamer. They were the perfect fit. The pretty brass watering can is from Target and the little, mint-handled herb scissors are from Ikea.
Thank you for stopping by today to see my spring cottage-style home! Next up on the tour schedule is Christina from Remodelando La Casa! You can find links to the entire tour schedule below! This tour is filled with home decor bloggers with diverse styles, and I hope you’ll take some time to visit each one. And, a huge thank you to Marty from A Stroll Thru Life for organizing and hosting this tour!
Monday – March 20
A Stroll Thru Life – Marty
Decor To Adore – Laura
Southern Hospitality – Rhoda
Pink Peppermint Design – Tammy
Cuckoo4Design – Julia
21 Rosemary Lane -Barbara
Tuesday – March 21
Setting For Four – Heather
The Chronicles of Home – Jennifer
Nesting With Grace – Brooke
Refresh Restyle – Debbie
Haneens Haven -Haneen
Simple Stylings – Summer
Wednesday – March 22
Decorating Delirium – Jennifer
Dimples & Tangles – Jennifer
Hymns & Verses – Doreen
Remodelando La Casa – Christina
Sand & Sisal – Kim
Common Ground – Debra
Thursday – March 23
Duke Manor Farms – Laura
It All Started With Paint -Linda
Life on Virginia Street – Sarah
Bliss At Home – Kristin
Rain On A Tin Roof -Jenna
ZDesign At Home – Bree
Friday – March 24
Thrifty and Chic – Alicia
Our Fifth House – Carmel
Inspiration For Moms – Laura
Far Above Rubies – Anita
Life and Home @ 2102 – Vel
Making Home Base -Chelsea
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‘Oh Happy Day’ to you too in your beautiful home. There is always such a feeling of ‘home’ everytime I come to visit. Love those prints on your gallery wall and your pops of pink. Perfect.
Your chicken crate coffee table is great and I love how you can throw in pink or take it out. Perhaps my favorite piece is your wonderful old oval table. It is so beautiful and rich with character. Thanks for another enjoyable blog.
Oh my I love your blog! Just found you Doreen! If you ever want to come to Denver and style my house I think my college age daughter would give up her room for you! She is exasperated by my accessories. about to follow on bloglovin. xo laura
Your home looks so pretty and ready for spring.
What a gorgeous, cozy, inviting home! I LOVE your Oh Happy Day sign, Doreen and everything looks just beautiful. Happy Spring!
Love your beautiful home tour! The light shades of pink and green are so perfect for spring! Your coral pink high chair is gorgeous along with the seeded eucalyptus! Everything is just beautiful Doreen!:)
Love … love the way you styled the “ladder”… everything is just beautiful… all dressed up for spring !!! You’ve given me some great ideas!! Thanks for sharing ….
So beautiful Doreen. I love everything and a kitty in the room is the cherry on top 😉
Everything looks so beautiful and fresh, love the pops of pink.
Blessings,
Candy
Doreen your pops of pink are pure perfection! I adore your new chicken crate coffee table. I’ll be featuring your dining area on IG later today.
Wow!!! Totally unique!! And fun! I like the starting off point was from a tablecloth you made into pillows. You are fortunate to have a nearby IKEA. the massive distribution center is just minutes south of here yet no, there is not one for hundreds of miles! I like the kitchen herb snips giving you a pinch of spring too. You have the artist eye in all the details. I’ve been waiting!
Oh so pretty. I love the soft pink and mint colors and the “OH Happy Day” is perfect. Your new coffee table is perfect, such a great find. I love how you create such pretty chic cottage vignettes, everything is so lovely. Thanks so much for joining the tour, your home is fabulous.
so pretty as always! i love the touches of pink and your oh happy day!
Hi Doreen! Your home is always so lovely and calming. Those soft ferns on the little table are perfect. I love that coordinating fern wreath on the ladder too! So nice being on this home tour with you! Have a great week~ KIM
Love it all but the cat decor & Magnolia magazine are a few of my favs. Also your kitchen is inspiring me (been needing to re-do mine for a while but can’t nail down a definite plan). Are your countertops concrete & is that real brick backsplash or faux?
I couldn’t keep my eyes off your chicken crate coffee table, adorable! I might follow Debbie’s tut to make me one. 😉 I love your home with those pink touches, so perfect for Spring!
The little pops of pink everywhere is my fave. Although, the mirror behind your sofa has me swooning! Totally love you style. Ooh and that new coop coffee table! Hope you have a marvelous day.
Doreen, I love the Spring Serenity your home exudes – relaxed and oh so lovely! So honored to share this home tour with you!
Doreen you house looks beautiful! I love your painted chair with the white wax and the wood sign above your fireplace! All so very lovely!
Simply beautiful as always! I love the maidenhair and the pops of pink. You have such a talent for pulling things together. The gallery wall is gorgeous too. God bless you this Easter, Doreen.
I love everything. I’ve been wanting to make a blanket later so I’ll be looking forward to the plans. I’ve been wanting to add some pink, too. It’s clever to use a tablecloth! I love your brick back splash too and may go back to that idea for mine. Thanks for the inspiration!!
Hi! What is the light beige color on your walls on either side of fireplace shiplap? I love it!
Hi, Kristen. The walls are painted Revere Pewter by Benjamin Moore!
Thank you for the pictures of your home. It is lovely. You and your husband are a good team in creating projects around your home. I really like the pictures and the mirror above your couch. So pretty!
Such pretty decor! I’m loving the pops of pink in your dining room. 🙂
Your home is so lovely! The pops of pink are so soft but have such a beautiful effect on the overall decor. You are very talented!
Can you tell me where you got those gray tufted chairs that are with the chicken coop coffee table?
Hi. I got those chairs at TJ Maxx a few years ago. I have seen them more recently at HomeGoods. I’ve tried to find them online, but haven’t had any success, tho.
Did you make the bench under your sign “Oh Happy Day”?
Yes, we did. Here’s the plans we followed, but adjusted the size to fit our space. http://www.shanty-2-chic.com/2013/12/diy-15-outdoor-bench.html
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