Hi friends and welcome to a new week! It’s almost officially Spring now and I know we are all glad about that fact. There is just something so fresh and new about spring. The promise of flowers, warmth, and outdoor living is on our minds these days and I am sure feeling the Spring fever myself. I get excited about Spring every year!
Today, I’m joining a big group of talented bloggers on a Spring home tour and we are all sharing our homes all decked out for Spring with all of you. Marty with A Stroll Thru Life is our hostess for this tour and she always puts together a great group of ladies for this.
If you’re stopping by from Tammy at Pink Peppermint Design, welcome! Tammy has such a beautiful home that she has DIY’d to perfection.
If you’re new to my blog, I’m so glad you stopped by. My husband, Mark and I, have been in our house going on 2 years this summer. We bought the house and have been working on updating it to our tastes ever since. It has great bones and a good floor plan for us, it was just builder’s boring when we bought it.
Come on in and we’ll look around the entry way, living room and dining room. I’ll be sharing the family room and kitchen next week on a spring tour.
I made this front door pocket spring flower arrangement last year, so just brought it back out this year as well. I love the fresh spring greens this time of year.
Our small living room is to the right and it looks pretty much the same as always, but added tulips bring a fresh spring touch in there. We added that board and batten after we moved in.
I love these brightly colored pillows in the living room too. All the trim around the doorway you see as well as the beadboard wainscot in the dining room was done by my husband after we moved in. It’s come a long ways in the almost 2 years we’ve been here.
Orange and blue totally complement each other, so these tulips were such a nice addition to this space.
The coffee table with books and baubles.
These orange tulips go so well with my Chaing Mai pillow covers.
This little space is small, but it packs a lot of style with this gallery wall of vintage art that I’ve collected.
I enjoyed finding every one of these along the years. I love real plants and have them all over the house.
Next door is our dining room in blue and white, my favorite color combination these days. Our house is filled with all shades of blue, from navy, to teal, turquoise, and aqua. I love them all!
I set the table with my blue and white plates and my green Bordallo bunny plates that I’ve had for many years. They go so well together too and it just seems fitting to bring out the bunnies for Spring and Easter.
Love these shades of blue and white and green!
More orange tulips with some other florals make a great looking centerpiece for the table. There’s nothing better than fresh flowers this time of year to bring that spring feeling inside.
At the bottom of the vase, I added some small white bunnies I’ve had for a long time too along with pretty little faux eggs. It’s that time of year!
I enjoy bringing out the pretty dishes for these occasions and really bringing our dining room to life.
On the buffet, part of my blue and white collection looks at home there. If you haven’t noticed yet, I do love blue and white pottery and have quite the collection now!
Another shot of that floral centerpiece, I just love how it came out with all grocery store flowers.
Looking back to the living room.
And a look at the dishes and tablescape.
These dishes are so fun!
I always love this mix of colors, blue and green are so pretty together.
The foyer table gets a fresh spring green look too.
I have fun with this spot too and enjoy changing it out for the seasons.
I got these lanterns from Pottery Barn and used them during Christmas and they fit in so well here too.
That little blue and white bowl is a Goodwill find. That’s an original oil painting that I bought last year and love the colors in it, Charlotte Terrell is the artist. Boxwood topiaries are from Homegoods.
This dough bowl is fun to change out too and this spring green moss, along with faux limes, a twig bird and twig birdsnest was a fun addition. All things green!
That round rattan mirror was a vintage find from thrifting in Florida a couple of years ago. I love that thing!
Down below is a blue and white pot with a real plant, and this cute bunny which came from Soft Surroundings and a pretty piece of white coral.
Here are a few things below that are in my home and some very similar items. The light fixture and buffet lamps from the dining room as well as the rug, Hooker entry table are included below (affiliate links included):
If you missed my recent modern vintage laundry room renovation, check it out too! It’s perpetually spring in my laundry space and I love it so much!
And that’s a Spring tour of those areas in our house. I hope you enjoyed and got some spring inspiration for your house too. This is always such an energizing time of year, getting ready for summer months and more time outdoors. I’ve been working on our deck space getting it ready to use again and I can’t wait to get out there again soon.
Next on the tour is Brooke with Nesting with Grace. She has such a charming home and I know you’ll be get so many ideas stopping by her home too!
Be sure to come back and click on the links to the other tours going on all this week!
Monday March 18
A Stroll Thru Life, Setting For Four, Cuckoo4Design, Pink Peppermint Design, Southern Hospitality, Nesting With Grace
Tuesday March 19
Inspiration For Moms , Decor To Adore, House By Hoff , ZDesign At Home , Duke Manor Farm, Remodelando La Casa
Wednesday, March 20
Our Southern Home , The Chronicles Of Home, Monica Wants It, Follow The Yellow Brick Home, Hymns & Verses , Thrifty & Chic
Thursday, March 21
11 Magnolia Lane , Thistlewood Farms , Clean & Scentsible, Seeking Lavender Lane, Sincerely Marie Designs, Haneens Haven
Friday, March 22
Our Fifth House, Decorating Delirium, White Arrow Homes, Life On Cedar Lane, Modern Glam, Far Above Rubies
Anita says
Beautiful Rhoda!!! Love your happy color and that pop of orange is just fabulous😍😍
Julia@Cuckoo4Design says
So pretty! Love your Easter table so much! I have to live through other people’s spring decor now since I can barely have any of it because of our new kitten 😉
Sandra White says
Everything is just so beautiful. I love your home and all the beautiful shades of blue. The tulips add the perfect touch of orange to those areas. I love all your blue and white and how I love those lamps in the dining room. Thos were a great find of yours! Looking forward to seeing the family room tour as I have seen sneak peaks of the beautiful mantel decor on instagram…
You are such an inspiration to me.
Roxanne says
Rhoda, spring has arrived in your home, and it looks glorious! Isn’t it fun the way tulips kind of arrange themselves? I love that particular color combo. In fact, my guest bath is painted SW Dishy Coral with blue and white accents…it’s not a color for the faint of heart! Would you mind sharing info about your pillow covers, or was it on a previous blog? They are gorgeous!
Rhoda says
Hi, Roxanne, I got those pillow covers from different Etsy shops and the floral Chaing Mai dragon ones are linked on my Shop my Home page. They are my fave and worth every penny of that designer Shumacher fabric. Love them!
Bonnie says
So beautiful! Love all you have done. The bunnies are the cutest. The blue color is stunning with your furniture in the front rooms. I love you paired it the board & batten in white as I think that keeps it from overdosing the room with too much color and makes it look like you nailed it 100 percent ! Great choices! I love your orange tulips too in the timeless , classy blue & white pottery.
Rhoda says
Thank you so much, Bonnie! I’m so happy with those blue and white rooms and it’s such a fun backdrop to decorate with.
Celia Thirlwall says
Hi Rhoda! I haven’t commented lately but just want to say how lovely yours and Mark’s home is coming along!! I love everything you’ve done – how it all flows!! Nice to see a home with some color as so many are white and beige!! Way to go!!!
Celia
Rhoda says
Thank you, Celia! We are so happy with our home and how it’s come together. It feels really good to be this far along and you’re right, I love color! All shades of blue are making their way in our house and I love it. I can’t do only neutrals, I’m a color girl!
Anne says
Lovely home!!
Could you tell be where the porch lanterns are from? They are just my style:)
Rhoda says
Thank you, Anne, those were lucky finds from after Christmas at Target. I’m pretty sure they are all gone now. I got them on clearance for $9 each and I got 2 gold ones that are on our fireplace hearth too.
Marty says
You have really made your new home yours with all the DIY projects and your beautiful decor. I love how you added those gorgeous orange tulips to your blue and white mix, they are so pretty. Your home is beautifully dressed for Spring. Thanks so much for joining us on the 2019 Spring Home tour.
Rhoda says
Thank you, Marty, for putting it all together!
Heather Luckhurst says
Loved seeing your home dressed for Spring Rhoda! Your porch decor and tablescape is so swoony!! Happy Spring! xo Heather
Rhoda says
Thank you Heather, appreciate you stopping by!
Linda l Bloom says
I am a regular reader and enjoyed seeing so much of your house all in one place today. I was wondering where you bought the tray on your dining room table? I want to change up my dining room table decor and so many trays that I find have a mirrored bottom which I don’t want. It looks like yours is wood and it such a pretty one. Thanks for the tour today and I loved it!
Rhoda says
HI, Linda, thank you so much, that was a lucky Homegoods find a few years ago. I haven’t seen any like it in awhile, it’s so nice and big and chunky.
Cher says
I do not know how you do it, but you pull off the most beautiful decorating I have seen. I wish now that I would have gone with stronger colors in my house. Yours is absolutely breath taking! That picture from your table towards the living room is well……..I had to get back up from off the floor. It blew me away! AND THAT LAUNDRY ROOM! Well that is something else. Thank you for sharing your impeccable talent. I love it all!
Rhoda says
Hi,Cher, thank you so much! I appreciate all of those great comments, makes me feel so good about our house. As you can see I love color!
Brenda Swindall says
Rhoda, love your fresh colorful decorating. I also love the blues & greens and your pops of orange is truly beautiful. Making me want to get busy. Enjoy your week !
Rhoda says
Thank you, Brenda, I’m so glad you got inspired. It’s so fun just putting flowers around this time of year, really brings it all to life.
MARY-ANN (FROM CANADA!) says
Love how you’ve added all your lovely “spring” touches, Rhoda! Everything is just beautiful! Enjoy!
Rhoda says
Thank you for stopping by, Mary Ann!
laura says
hi rhoda, your home looks beautiful! We are still in late winter here in CO with a blizzard that blew in last week. Need to get motivated on my spring decor! laura
Rhoda says
Thank you, Laura, we are finally warming up and getting sunshine here and I so have spring fever! Looking forward to getting on the porch again soon.
Christy @ 11 Magnolia Lane says
LOVE your dark teal/blue walls, Rhoda! And your gorgeous patterned pillows…such great spring colors. It’s always fun touring with you–happy spring to you and Mark! XO
Jan Odom says
Your spring decor looks so prettying. I inherited my great aunts cabbage dishes and love them, but have not thought to mix with my blue dishes! Thank you for sharing!
martha says
Hi
That was fun and so light and cheerful! I can barely believe you and Mark have been there for two years already, it seems like it was such a short time ago, except for all of the hard work and changes you two have made. It looks beautiful and a fresh change from all of the white we have been seeing, love it!
Happy Spring!
Rhoda says
Thank you, Martha, it has flown by! And you’re right, we’ve done a lot of work around here, feels so good! Lots more to go too!
Kelley Kolpitcke says
Everything is absolutely beautiful! I love the green dishes. so pretty!
Kelley from Boise 💚🍀
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I really enjoyed this post, Rhoda! I’m a fan of blue and white, also, although we don’t have as much throughout our home as you do. Your table setting is lovely and I like how you layered everything and the mix of blues and greens. All so pretty. Love your decor!