Spring Home Tour with a Garden Theme
Spring has arrived and it’s time to share my Spring Home Tour! A cottage garden theme is at the heart of this year’s Spring decorating. Vintage collections and the combination of rustic and pretty fill our Spring decorated home.
Spring has arrived, and it’s time for our homes to refresh us as much as the sweet fragrance in the air! I’m so excited to share our Spring decorated home with you today, along with a bunch of other talented bloggers on the Blogger’s Best Spring Home Tour! Thanks to Kelly from The Tattered Pew and Mansa from This is Simplicite for hosting this week-long, inspirational event! Enjoy my Spring Home Tour with a Garden Theme!
If you’re visiting from Follow the Yellow Brick Home, welcome! Amber and I are kindred vintage-loving spirits, and our homes are filled with collections we’ve found through our years of selling antiques. I’m sure you loved her beautifully styled home tour! All the rest of the tour links are at the bottom; enjoy!
Spring Home Tour with a Garden Theme
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First, A Little About Our Home
We’ve lived in our 1908 four square home for 19 years. I like to call it the “Fake Farmhouse”. Although we have a beautiful 2 1/2 acres and a ravine with a creek, we didn’t get any of those cool old outbuildings I crave. One of our neighbors has chickens and the neighbors across the street have horses. We live at the intersection of the suburbs, the lakes and the country. We’re currently trying to figure out how to best build a break from the too-close road:(
Our home is in constant project mode. We’ve been in every wall and DIY’d it mostly all ourselves. Mr. Fix-it is a man of many skills, and I’m a woman of many ideas; we make a good team:) Our now big kiddos have learned much from us and love their home, too.
We thought we were going to move a year and a half ago, but it didn’t happen. This Spring I broke down and started unpacking some of my pretty things that have been in the storage building. I can’t live in a pared-down-to-sell home. Who knows if we’ll move or add on, but for now…I’m decorating!
Garden Inspired Decorating
Our living room Spring decor was inspired by my collection of R.A.Fox prints (you can learn more about them in “R.A. Fox Prints”). I love their subtle, time-worn colors and detailed frames, and have picked up quite a few that depict beautiful garden-surrounded cottages. My collection was hung from simple garden twine on an old sorter and 2 schoolhouse windows.
{“Repurposed Spindle Carrot Wreath DIY“}
{Decorative Pillow covers can be found HERE and HERE}
Vintage Pottery Flowerpots Collection on the Spring Mantel
To pop all the pretty Spring flower colors in the pictures, I featured my ever-growing collection of vintage pottery flowerpots. I love their happy colors and subtle surface textures. I placed some of them in an old pop bottle carrier. I love to balance rustic elements with pretty; it’s my favorite decor combination! And plenty of natural, organic touches, too.
My “Mixed Moss Grapevine Wreath” holds center stage on a vintage green bedspring. Old bed springs are my go-to favorite decorating backdrops, because I swap up my decor so often with the seasons. Much easier than making holes in the walls everywhere, and I love the industrial look!
Vintage pottery bottles, a galvanized watering can, garden-themed accessories and plenty of faux and real branches round out the garden-themed mantelscape. (the little buds are just starting to pop out on these lilac branches I clipped from the yard)
{You can find a similar rustic chandelier HERE}
Old Industrial Lockers for Fun Display and Storage
Like I said earlier, we had packed up a lot of furniture pieces and accessories when we thought we were going to put our house on the market. Instead of trying to dig out pieces from storage, I decided to bring these old green lockers from the garage into the house. I love their industrial vibe and like “non-traditional” pieces in my home. We cut old barnboard and made rustic shelves, so I could have fun with seasonal displays and also get storage, too.
It was so fun to make garden-themed vignettes in these lockers! Almost like having my store again;)
We’ll finish up the living room tour with faux veggies overflowing from an old tool caddy as the centerpiece. Cute carrot pillow covers got embellished with hand embroidery and buttons to really make the details pop (you can get them HERE).
One of 2 vintage chairs I picked up at a church sale for $5 each fits right in with it’s flower-shaped back and tapestry upholstery. I’m planning on painting the legs and making a flowered slipcover for the seats; never-ending creative projects going on over here!
Easter Flower Garden Theme in the Dining Room
The dining room Spring decor is filled with vintage fabrics in true cottage style. The Easter tablecloth is an old Grandmother’s flower garden quilt top with all the good old feedsack fabrics. There’s also a basket overflowing with giant feedsack-covered eggs, featuring vintage trims and pillowcase edging.
A classic Easter tree is the centerpiece, made from clipped lilac branches and store-bought decorations I’ve found through the years. I always add a few faux flowering branches for a pop of color, too.
Depression glass cake plates in pink and yellow are being used as chargers. My recent score of pottery barn dishes at the thrift store ($25!) feature pretty orchids; perfect for the garden-themed decor.
The star of the show in this room is the curbside-found chandelier. Every Spring I go curbside junking in some older suburbs, and last year I made my best haul {“Curbside Junking Vintage Finds, Best Ever“}. We’ve built many of these vintage junk finds into our home, giving it that old farmhouse style it was lacking (due to some bad 60’s remodeling). I’ve been slowly repurposing and refreshing many of my recent finds; curbside junking is basically how I filled my store and dealer spots for 15+ years. It’s amazing what people throw away!
Mr. Fix-it also recently covered the dining room ceiling with beadboard, and installed crown molding throughout the living and dining room. What a difference! We had a hole in the dining room ceiling for a long time. We couldn’t close it until we finished our upstairs bathroom {which you can see in “Vintage Modern Bathroom Remodel Reveal“}. Old houses are like dominoes; one thing leads to another!
The dining room bay window and the piano top always get treated to seasonal decor, too. I filled another old tool caddy with a bunch of vintage oval platters, gussied up with old trims {“Decorating Oval Platters as Giant Easter Eggs“}. Scrap rag fabric balls massed in my “Repurposed Vintage Glass Light Shade Pedestal Bowl” resemble Easter eggs. On top of the piano, an old lighted church with pastel stained glass windows is displayed in a refreshed vintage suitcase. This vignette is our reminder of the True meaning of Easter, alongside a rustic lath stick cross and vintage sign.
Sorry, the kitchen is not on today’s tour, because I’m not completely done with it (and this has gotten waaaay long, anyway!)
But you can see it in my recent “Spring Decorating with a Bird Theme” post, and last year’s Spring kitchen in “Vintage Farmhouse Spring Decor in the Kitchen“.
Thanks so much for visiting today! To enjoy more of the Blogger’s Best Spring Home Tour, visit Jenna at Lantern Lane Designs next! And if you enjoyed this Spring Home Tour with a Garden Theme, become an Insider down below, to keep the inspiration going!
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Bloggers Best Spring Home Tour
Monday’s Tours
The Tattered Pew / Bricks n’ Blooms / Fiddle Leaf Interiors
Shiplap and Shells / Cottage On Bunker Hill / Sweet Pea
Tuesday’s Tours
The Ponds Farmhouse / My Thrift Store Addiction /Noting Grace
Open Doors Open Heart /The Flowering Farmhouse /Willow Bloom Home Blog
Wednesday’s Tours
DIY Beautify / This Is Simplicite / Up To Date Interiors
Robyn’s French Nest / Midwest Life and Style / Simply 2 Moms
Thursday’s Tours
Dabbling and Decorating / First Day of Home / Sand Dollar Lane
The Farmhouse Life / Aratari At Home / Pasha Is Home
Friday’s Tours
White Arrows Home / Stonegable / Cottage In The Mitten
Follow The Yellow Brick Home/ Lora B Create & Ponder/ Lantern Lane Designs
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I always enjoy seeing how you display your treasures and am envious of your well-curated collections! The older I get, the more I enjoy vintage!
Thanks, Kathy! I agree; the older I get the less appealing reproductions are; vintage can’t be beat for character!
Lora, I loved seeing more parts of your home on this tour. I can only imagine what it’s been like to try to get into selling mode and then hit pause again. Glad you took the opportunity to decorate for spring! As a budding gardener, I fell in love with your garden-themed mantel! Those bloom and grow pillows are the cutest, and I love seeing all your vintage finds. Pinned!
Thanks, Crisssy! Yes, the sell or stay mode is not fun; think we’re stalled for now…covid has made everything crazy:( But I’m content to decorate!
This was such a fun spring home tour for me Lora! You know I am all about anything garden-inspired! I am glad to hear that you are unpacking your treasures and are not moving. Your Grandmother’s garden quilt makes such a beautiful tablecloth. I can’t get over all your fun vintage pieces and you always do such a great job styling everything. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks, Kim! I enjoy the garden in and out, too!
I love your home in every season, but holy moly does Spring look good on it! I’m so full of ideas from your styling and my vintage wish list has grown by a lot too!!!
Definitely think our homes have their “favorite” seasons, too, Kristin! And I’m always happy to expand someone’s vintage wish list;)
Lora I always enjoy seeing all your beautiful vintage treasures. You have so many fun spring decorating ideas too🌷🌷
So glad you enjoyed it, Ann!
Lora I love your garden-style spring decor! It looks SO gorgeous! I really enjoyed your tour. That quilt is amazing and I love how you used it. Happy Spring! xo
Thanks so much, Stacy!
So many uniquely creative decor items in your home! I loved following along on your tour. Thanks for inspiring us for spring!
So glad you enjoyed it, Roby! I love your home’s decor and your inspiration, too!
Lora,
I just love your vintage garden vibe. Those lockers are so cute with your sweet décor tucked inside. So fun doing these tours together.
Glad you enjoyed it, Rachel! Yes, I love doing these hops together, too! Vintage lovers, unite:)
Thanks for sharing your charming, cheerful home!
You have put a lot of thought into making your house a
Home and it shows. So fun to see all your unique touches- you have a wonderful eye for seeing the potential that gives your home its delightful character! Love it!
Thanks for your sweet compliments, Shelly:) I do love bringing out the best in our home and making it a comfortable, beautiful place!
Love all your Spring touches! Such a great idea to to a garden theme! I’m getting so excited to have a garden again! Happy Spring!
Yes, I’m excited for gardening season, too, Kori! Nice to enjoy it inside until that time comes;)
Lora!! Your home is so beautiful!! I loved your garden theme!! I went back and forth between doing the same thing at my house this year! Great minds think alike!! PS Depression glass is my favorite! My Grammy has some and now I’m on the hunt!! I want it in all the colors!! Haha
I love it too, Aliya! Think I have some of it in pink, green, amber, aqua, and light blue. I could almost set a rainbow table! Hope you find some!
Lora what a lovely Spring Home Tour! I really enjoyed the garden theme…you did such a great job! I loved learning about you vintage prints and looking at all of your lovely displays! Thanks for joining us this week and sharing your beautiful home with us! Pinned!
Thanks so much for including me, Kelly! Such a fun week to be a part of! Thanks for pinning:)
Hi Lora,
I have the same Jesus Never Fails sign that you have on your piano, except that mine is stained wood where yours is white! (Yours is easier to read!) It belonged to my parents. Can you tell me anything about them? Mine is hanging on my living room wall. Thanks!
Wish I had more info for you, Marilyn, but don’t remember where I even got it:( I just loved it for the colors, the cottage, and the message. Happy Easter week!
Lora, your garden themed spring tour is sheer perfection! I love the mantel, the lockers, and those fun “bloom” and “grow” pillows! Pinned and sharing on IG! Blessings, Cecilia @My Thrift Store Addiction
Thanks for sharing your charming spring tour at Vintage Charm! Pinned!
Your welcome!
Thanks so much, Cecilia! I was certainly ready to enjoy all the beauty and hope Spring brings!
Hey bestie! I loved this tour and wish I could tour it in person. The photos make me want to sit and stay a while. I think I could spend the entire day in the gold chair. Everything is so cheerful! And I totally need to take a cue from you and put one large thing on the wall and change things out on top instead of putting more holes in the walls. The hubs rolls his eyes and mumbles “swiss cheese” every time it’s a new season. :0 Everything looks amazing! So glad you shared it with us!
I am rolling on the ground laughing over your “swiss cheese” mention, Cindy! I can just picture it:) Opposites do attract, right? My hubs could and would love to live in a house that never changed. Poor him!
Sounds like your hubs and my hubs would get along just great. 😉
Probably;)
A lovely welcome to spring bright decor. You did a lot of work, it is appreciated. I have a quilt top like that made by my grandmother, probably in the 1920’s or 30’s. She got carried away, I think, as it is king sized, but never thought to use as is. It can be folded up, thanks for the idea!
King-sized?! That would make an amazing tablecloth! Definitely use it and enjoy! Glad you went away with an idea you can use!
I don’t know how you do it but, it is so pretty and filled with lots of spring inspiration. Thanks for all your hard work.
Thanks, Marlene! Guess it shows that I love it all:)
What a gorgeous home you have, Lora. I loved every detail. A garden theme is perfect for spring and you absolutely nailed it! Pinned!
Thanks, Jen!
Hi Lora,
I loved your tour with all your goodies. You have so many treasures. I love your wreath and how you hung your pictures. So pretty. I remember that haul you found with all your finds. Love the chandelier and your tool boxes. We don’t have super great thrifting finds like this in NJ. I keep searching for pieces and when I find something I Love I grab it.
PINNED your beautiful inspiring tour.
Cindy
So glad you enjoyed it, Cindy! Yes, I’m still working through those great finds from last Spring, and now it’s almost time for another curbside season…but I don’t have any room! What a horrible problem to have:( But where there’s a will, there’s a way! If good junk calls…
Your home tours are always a treat for the eyes, and your Spring tour was so fun! You have so many, many vintage treasures and you are so talented at making the “junk” look good! I want to go curbside junkin with you!! Loved your tour Lora!
Thanks, Cindy! Yes, junkin’ season is upon me, and I’m struggling to find the space for more goodies in the rough. Can’t get to the projects fast enough:( If only my hands worked as fast as my brain does!
What a beautiful tour. Lora! Everything is so pretty dressed up for spring! I loved how you used the lockers and the chandelier and beadboard look SO good. Wonderful tour!
Thanks, Linda! To think I was a little doubtful when we scooped that chandelier up in the curbside pile; glad I grabbed first and figured it out later. That’s what you’ve got to do with vintage junk! We always say, “you can always burn it, or scrap it”!
What a lovely tour, Lora! I truly enjoyed every single picture that you shared. I’m also happy to read that you are no longer planning to sell your home and that you are unpacking and enjoying your vintage treasures. I loved how you displayed your R. A Fox prints. I need to start paying attention when I’m antiquing to see if I can find any of his work. Your mantel looks so good. Love your vintage pot collection. That’s something that I collect as well. Your Grandmother’s Garden quilt makes a great tablecloth and seeing it brought back memories of sleeping under a quilt made with that pattern by a relative. Using an old cosmetics case on your piano for a vignette is a great idea! My mom still uses her cosmetics case from the 1960s!
What a pretty tour, Lora! I especially love your R.A. Fox prints. Hanging them was such a unique way to display them. Saving that idea! Your grandmother’s quilt is fabulous and love the way you used it! I so enjoyed touring your home!
Glad you enjoyed it, Kim! Yes, I love those prints and have been collecting them for a long time. It’s so fun to enjoy them this time of year and decorate around their pretty colors.
So glad you enjoyed it all, Paula! I was struggling with the mantel for quite a while, but when I remembered that old pop crate, it all started falling into place. Can’t say I’m unpacking everything:( Not until we know for sure what we’re doing or not doing. Kinda feels like a huge failure to unpack it all and have to find a place for it all. Time will tell. Kind of in a holding pattern right now; covid has screwed up so many things:( I’ll just keep shuffling things back and forth to the storage unit (and get rid of whatever I’m sick of).