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7 Clever Ways to Bring the Outdoors Inside to Your Decorating
Mother Nature is a true artist, painting a beautiful picture around her and letting her natural decorations shine. As the seasons warm up, we often want to let a little bit of the outdoors inside. I know I love stretching my time outdoors as much as I can, and when I do come inside, I…
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Spring Is a Time of Renewal for Ourselves and For Our Home Decorating – Here are Several Quick Ways to Freshen Your Home for Spring
Just as spring brings new life to nature, it prompts us to give a new look to our homes as well. When the days start getting longer and temperatures rise, it’s time to throw open the windows, bring out the light and sunny decor and imbue our spaces with warm-weather charm. Giving rooms a springtime…
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Our Top Sweet Ideas for Celebrating Valentine’s Day
Hello from Farmhouse Style managing editor, Lisa Sloan. Are any of you sweet on Valentine’s Day decorating? Granted, it’s a short holiday, and it may seem like you’ve just packed up the last of your Christmas decor, so why bother? Where I live in the Midwest, the early winter months feature a lot of gray…
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Nature’s Influence Brings Trends in Color, Materials and Patterns to Today’s Home Decor
As we begin 2022, it’s time to fling open the doors and let the outdoors in. In fact, nature is influencing today’s home decor in a big way. Perhaps it’s because so many of us spent the last two years stuck in our homes, or maybe it’s a desire for calmness in our lives, or…
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There’s a Christmas Decorating Style for Everyone—What’s Yours?
I’ve always loved that Christmas decorating comes in so many different styles. Yes, there’s the traditional red-and-green color scheme, but there’s also a more elegant glittery gold theme or icy cool blue look. There’s even a rustic all-natural cabin feel or a bright and fun retro style. Holiday decorations come in so many different designs…
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My November Intentions — Be Thankful of the Little Things and Enjoy and Appreciate Life
I have kept a journal on and off since I was in seventh grade. Back then I wrote about silly things, like if the new boy in art class liked me or whether I was going to be able to stay up all night at an upcoming sleepover. When I moved into high school, I…
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Make Your Own Farmhouse Style Fall Decor with Tommy Art DIY Paint System
This post sponsored by Tommy Art DIY Paint System Don’t you just love crafting your own home decor? One of the best things about DIY is that you can create items that perfectly reflect your personality. Don’t want to hang up the same pumpkin spice signs that everyone on your block has? DIY your own!…
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Enjoying Extended Family—Reunions, Get-together and Good Old-Fashioned Sunday Dinners
I grew up in an Italian-American family. My grandmother was a true Sunday-gravy-on-the-stove, family-means-everything Italian grandma. For most of my early childhood, we lived in an apartment built above Nani and Papa’s garage in a Chicago suburb. And although we were constantly around our grandparents, we would still love getting together for big family celebrations…
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Creating a Summer Oasis in Your Backyard
A few weeks ago was National Hammock Day (July 22). One of my all-time favorite aspects of summer is relaxing in a hammock and listening to the sounds around me. As long as I can remember, we’ve had a hammock in our house. Years ago, when we had a traditional rope one as kids, we…