What exactly does take a look Tuesday mean? Well, in short...lots of photos! LOL! I have been very busy around the house spiffying it up for my first "launch" party and want to give you a preview of what my guests will see.
First, I cleaned off the porch outside because it was dirrrrrty! Take a look at it now!
Much better! I still have some tweaking to do to the right of the front door but let's see what I've done so far.
Nothing new really, I just added my faux yellow daffodils for a pop of color.
I'm thinking this little ivy pot needs a bow instead of Mr. Roo.
Wow! My old spring wreath really looks great now, on the "black" door. This was new for me!
Not a bad start, huh?
Then, I got to looking at my pots around the front entry.
I pulled out all the dead stuff and decided they looked just too bare like this.
Soooo....I made a little trip to the local greenhouse and...
This is what I came up with. Again, much better!
I chose mostly succulents for these pots this year.
I liked the colorings of the leaves and hope they will do well in our hot sunny summers. I spotted a few spring flowers in the yard and thought you might like to see them too.
Very pretty! My Iris's haven't started to bloom yet, but I bet it won't be long.
I filled these pots with Geraniums and have two more for the back porch. I had to bring them inside last night because it got so cold again and I didn't want to take any chances. LOL!
Much better right?
Inside my mantle has a bit of green and spring!
I had to switch the chairs here by the fireplace again and put my club chairs back. I could not rest my laptop comfortably on the arms of my other chairs that I had here. Oh, the joys of blogging!
I ended up moving them over here where I had put my butterfly bamboo chairs. Those went back upstairs but they may end up in the dining room again later by the mirror where I used to have them last year. What goes around comes around right?
Right now I have the end chairs to the table here to make room at the party. I just love having moved this mirror and marble table back to where I had it. It looks so much better in this spot and the china cabinet fits better then I had thought it would on the side wall.
This is what I have been preparing for. I am quite nervous! Please say a prayer things will turn out well if you are so inclined, I could really use it! I found this fabric I have been saving to make something with and realized it was the perfect size for a tablecloth.
I finally finished redoing the tray that was the duck tray. I repainted it and added burlap to the bottom.
I even gave it a nice warn finish. I really like how soft my display looks. What do you think?
Now I am off to finish spiffying up everything you didn't get to see. Shew! Thanks for stopping by and
taking a look!
I hope you enjoyed your visit!
Mary