That's a Wrap!

 I think all we have left of Easter Tour 2026 would be the bathrooms and a peek into the primary bedroom. The guest bath is just a little different from the way I did things last year. 

I love all of my vintage Easter. This stuff used to be displayed in the family room but since the carrot/orange invasion" in that room, their soft colors no longer match and this is the only other place I could find for them. 

Not much else needed to be said...on to the primary bath.

I love those little egg cup vases filled with flowers. I think I have mentioned before that they came from Victoria's Secret. Back in the day when the stores first opened, they used to carry a number of seasonal decor items as well as just the apparel. I always loved to pick up things in there as they were mostly "sweet and romantic" feels and always just added a pop of holiday/season.

 

For whatever reason I love the feel of these shelves decked out for the holiday. This is the "vibe" I wish I could get throughout the rest of the house but, somehow, Easter decor always seems to stump me. I think it just reads as soft and fresh-perfect for this season.

And, once again, I added a bit of holiday to the bench-which I still have against the wall. It's pretty at night when I have the candle and the small chargeable lamp lit.  

I am addicted to these little lamps from Walmart/Lowes. I recently picked up this one in sage green and it matches everything in this room perfectly. I do light them occasionally but mostly have them for the next time the power goes out-which it does often during our rough summer thunder storms. It is amazing how much light they generate.

So, that is it for our tour...and just in time because I just found out that my grands have a total of five lacrosse games between now and Thursday! Even if I skip the away game, there is still a total of four for me. And then the handyman will be here tomorrow to fix the fence, I have Easter baking to do and then on Friday, I am off. 

Not sure I will see you before then but rest assured that I will return with many photos to share. Lol Have a happy and safe Easter and stay tuned. 

Hippity Hoppity!

 Easter is a week from today so we had better get this show on the road. Let's head into the family room  and see if you can spot the changes. This is the room that has had an overload of orange-actually, not just orange but CARROTS. Almost everyone who knows me probably knows that next to green, orange is my favorite color. And, ever since I made the Easter pallet art and found the bunnies to go with it on the mantle, orange/carrots just seemed to be in order.

That being said, there were so many carrot crafts out there in blogland and I think I made every one of them. And it was OK...until it wasn't.

As I looked back over the family room decor for the last few years, the orange/carrots just stood out...way more than I had ever intended. And so, this year, I was determined to make a change. I think my coffee colored tulips definitely helped. They read as orange but so much more muted. And, I just gathered up a lot of the things I made and put them in a basket to pass along to anyone who might want them. I did keep a carrot or two-come along and see what made the cut. Lol

This guy was almost gone but, in the end, I just couldn't. He was fun to make and I still like looking at him.

I kept the old carrot crate because it is so faded and I gave in to a few carrots in the brick mold box.

This is probably the last you will see of the sign. I have actually removed it and replaced it several times. This side of the unit needed some orange so it is still here but, next year I will probably move the brick mold over to this side for my "color balance" and the sign will have to find a new home. Lol

This bunny was a gift last year and came as a VERY LIGHT gold-almost a yellow-so, he got a touch of antique gold Rub n' Buff to fit in better. And, may I say yet again how much I love those coffee tulips! They have still not been restocked but, as soon as they are, several more bundles will be headed to my house!

These are the rabbits that started the whole fiasco in this room. Up until then, I was doing the same lavender/green/pink theme that was in the rest of the house. When I made the pallet sign, those colors would have still worked but, once I found these rabbits, I knew I needed to go to the orange/carrot side of things. Oh how much easier my life would have been if I just took away the rabbits. Lol But, once they were here, I couldn't bring myself to also use pastels in this room and so it began!

A few more bunny pictures found their way here.

I gave in to this pillow on the couch because it only has a hint of orange where I painted the carrot back when I first bought it.

So that is the family room for this year. At this late date, it is probably not going to change but you never know with me. I just came across two other decor pieces that I had forgotten about that went into other rooms this morning so...you never know. We just have a wee bit more so I am hoping to get back tomorrow before heading off for two more lacrosse games. It doesn't happen often but I love it when both boys and girls lacrosse play on the same day at the same field-especially if it's our home field. Go Celtics. Stay safe and stay tuned.

So Much To Do...

 So much to do...so little time. I am so torn right now because as much as I enjoy visiting with you and know that my time for our Easter tour is getting short, I would also LOVE to be back out in the yard. I went out early this morning and it was BEAUTIFUL! There was a crisp breeze blowing and I enjoyed every minute of my time continuing to cut back all of the new growth that got out of hand as well as more of the dead branches remaining. I have 6 large garbage cans to my name and they are all now full so everything else that remains cut but not picked up will just have to do so until the garbage pickup on Tuesday. 

With all of that in mind-just in case you peek out of a window in the photos and wonder why there are piles all over the place-let's head out to the sunroom for our Easter reveal. Easter is the other holiday where I have way more framed pictures than I really need but, with seven grandchildren and  bunny visits every year, photos abound and I love looking at every one of them. With the 30th birthday of my first grand fast approaching, all of the memories in those pictures just seem to mean more and more to me each time I stand and look at them. Once again, the sunroom was decorated so that every surface could be used without too much effort as this room gets lots of use all year long.

So that is the sunroom for this year-simple but it still speaks to Easter. I'm heading back outside again. We have a strong wind advisory but I am still not seeing much here so I want to get a bit more weeding done and then, while running errands yesterday, I picked up some new plants and flowers so I would love to get them potted and watered before I call it a day. I wasn't able to find the pillows for the Adirondack chairs so I might head off again tomorrow and, I still need more flowers. I really want to get some pots full of color all around the pool before the heat of summer makes it too hard to keep them happy.

I have a super busy week coming up all leading to daughter #3's birthday on Friday-when she will be on her way to Boston for my grandson's lacrosse game and to celebrate Easter with him-so I am hoping I can celebrate with her at a lacrosse game here on Thursday evening. I went to a favorite shop here in town to look for a present for her and while there I also found myself a few treasures.

Look at this guy. I knew I wanted something taller in the middle and I love the way he looks. His "gold" complements the gold of the candle sticks and the bunny himself looks a bit like his counterpart on the picture below.

And then I got this pretty candle ring. I actually thought I would use it under the bunny but it just doesn't fit correctly so I added it to this.

I actually felt it was kind of bare around the bottom so I "scrunched" it up to fit a little better and I like the pop it brings-it kind of looks like the ring of flowers the bunny is wearing in her hair. Lol

And then I found a pretty Easter lily. I love the fragrance this adds to my house-it smells like spring.

And for one more fragrance...I found a bundle of dried lavender. I bought it more for my spring decor but it works for Easter as well. Right now it is just here-not sure where it will pop up in the next decor-which, scarily, will be happening in little more than a week! I'm thinking I probably could have tied a pretty ribbon around it. If I have a minute later today I will do that!

I have a bit more to show you before I need to start baking my Easter bunny sugar cookies. I am going to do two batches-one for the gang traveling to Boston and the other for those of us going to be celebrating in Gainesville. Honestly, the year is just going much too quickly.

Stay safe and stay tuned and I will be back soon.

Moving On

 Let's head into the dining room today. I changed up a few things in here this year so let's see if we're liking it better now.

I still have yet to find a runner that I like more than this one I found a few years ago at Hobby Lobby. It has the look of the water color designs that Pottery Barn used to do and I have always loved that. The sap bucket here on the table and the one on the sideboard are both from one of my favorite designer boutiques in Dade City that is no longer there. They must have painted them but I love that they are still rusty and dented. I really miss that shop. So many of my favorite haunts closed during Covid and have just never come back. It makes me sad.

So here I am again in these shelves that I just can't seem to decorate to my liking. Last year this area was horrible. I don't know what I was thinking-maybe it looked better in person but I don't remember. I just knew that I wasn't going there again...but, I also had no idea where I was going.

I guess I just took the easy way out this year but I can't ever seem to find just the right formula for this space.

I changed the things on the sideboard as well and I think I like it. Notice that I left the window frame off center as designer daughter #3 suggested. Lol I've got to admit that I like it better now!

I still like this picture I made last year. It captures the real meaning of Easter and is needed to counteract the many, many bunnies I have in my decor.

The console is a little different as well since we made the lamp changes. I'm not crazy about all of the heavy flowers on the same side but, if I can't move the lamp it is where it has to be because of the way the bunny would be facing if I swapped the things on the bottom shelf.

So that is the dining room for this year. The only thing that might change is the addition of a live Easter lily which I hope to find in my visit to the nursery today so we shall see. I will be out of town Easter weekend but I still have plenty of time to enjoy that beautiful fragrance before then so, fingers crossed. Stay safe and stay tuned and I'll be back again soon.