Good morning sunshine.
I’m back. I’ve flown across the country and saw my reflection in the snow covered hills and glimpsed the moon over Nashville and last night at 12:17am I pulled into my driveway and opened the door and smelled the honeysuckle and saw the stars twinkling overhead.
It’s good to be home.
And it’s the perfect day for a traveling summer home tour organized by my incredibly talented friend Julie Blanner. If you are visiting from Finding Home Farms, it’s an honor to meet you.
Now let’s get this tour started.
Let’s start outside.
This is the side patio with its stone paver patio project.
The patio is the home to all things honeysuckle and hydrangea and peony and graham crackers full of marshmallow.
If you take a left and bring the marshmallows with you, come up the front steps and knock.
Here’s the front door decorated with rose topiaries and boxwood spheres.
I added urns and black metal spheres.
Quick farmhouse decorating tip:
When you have a planter that’s full of dirt and the plastic bucket from the home improvement store, why not cover it with moss spheres or boxwood spheres.
Simply add them to the top of the planter for a farmhouse look.
Here’s what’s on the other side of that door.
This is the front entry with wood floors and a seagrass rug and striped walls.
Here’s a quick farmhouse project. Add baskets to a piece of wood to organize your life by the front door.
You can see the entire DIY here.
If you turn to the left once you go inside the front door, you’ll come into the living room.
I filled twig vases with fresh flowers from the yard.
Farmhouse decorating tip: stretch your $5 bundle of flowers from the grocery store with twigs and leaves from your yard.
The coffee table in the living room is an easy project.
You can see the blue and white painted DIY here.
Directly across from the front hallway is the dining room.
Quick farmhouse tip for a centerpiece: start with an old tool box and fill with mason jars and flowers.
Every time I open the front door, it smells amazing.
If you go through the front hallway, turn left and you’ll be in the kitchen.
Here’s a few farmhouse projects from the kitchen.
Complete instructions for the recipe wall are found here.
DIY for the industrial farmhouse cutting board are found here.
Easy farmhouse plate rack instructions are found here.
If you go straight through the hallway, you’ll end up in the family room full of sunlight and rosemary and bird’s nests.
And matching love seats.
That look totally tour ready because of this easy tip.
I hope you enjoyed the tour and I’ll leave you with one final tip.
When you arrive home at midnight and smell the honeysuckle and see the twinkling stars and your tired legs walk up the front sidewalk….
….nothing looks as well-decorated as this. 🙂
PS Happy summer tour day and be sure and visit the next stop on the journey over at House 214 Design.
I could move right in, KariAnne. It is so warm and inviting and love remembering posts done on items in each room! Hope you have time for a little relaxation this morning and "welcome home"! xoxo
Stunning - warm, cheerful, inviting. Home with a heart.
No matter how many times I see pictures of your home, they take my breath away. So beautiful. PS I hope a nap is on your agenda today. :)
Welcome home KariAnne, You are SO right...nothing feels as nice as walking into your own home after a long trip. I hope your quilt fabric shopping trip was successful...maybe I should say your quilt fabric promoting trip?.. Anyway, the tour you just gave us made it feel like we truly did just walk in with you. Your home is so very lovely and I'm sure you make people so welcome when they visit in person! I love every room you shared with us... Take time for some rest today...you deserve it. Blessings, Jeanne
...and the award goes to...The Welcoming Sidewalk.....too wonderful for words! ;)
There's no place like home, and yours is just beautiful. You have a warm and welcoming home. Thank you for sharing it with us!
Welcome home friend! Glad you had a great trip! LOOOOVE your house and every post. What do you use on your wood floors to get them so beautifully shiny? Please share!
Simply put...I heart you. Your blog always puts me in a good mood and for that I am grateful :) Fondly, -Lisa
Your home is so beautiful. That Welcome home message is just too, too precious.
Welcome home and our prayers were answered -- you had a safe trip. Thank you for the house tour. I always enjoy spending time at Thistlewood Farm. Have a day full of sunshine!! Hugs!
I love everything about your gorgeous tour. But the best bit is that beautiful sign at the end. Priceless. X
I love your home and your decorating. I am glad I discovered you on Talk of the Town, Nashville!!! I am searching for seagrass rugs. Where did you get your good looking rugs with the light colored edge?
Lovely photos, Karianne! You have a beautiful home, and I love it dressed for summer. The sidewalk brings back happy memories!
Your home is beautiful and uplifting. Great place to wake up!
Reflections of love in each room- so delightful to start my Monday morning with a feast for the eyes. Blessings!
Beautiful, beautiful Kari...but my fav?....that sidewalk art!!!....Don't you wish you could preserve that forever?!!!
Your home always makes me happy! So beautiful and ready for summer. Love the sidewalk art...a perfect welcome home! Shelley
Welcome home, my friend!! Love those Thistles! They are the best. But not by accident...love the way they creatively care for you. You taught them well. Happy Monday!!
There is no place like home. I hope you got to sleep in this morning, but I bet your family could not wait to catch you up. Your home is perfection and exactly what my 114 year old house wants to be when it grows up. Your tours always make me think of sunshine and summer breezes.
Ahhhh, welcome home Miz karianne! Love the message you were greeted with....you'll always have that memory as well as the photo. Great kids. And of course, your home is so welcoming and friendly. I still think you should adopt me.... Beautiful day to you!
KariAnne, Your decorating inspires me beyond words! :-) Merry Monday to you!
I am always awed by your home!
Such a welcoming home. It looks like summer. It's just waiting for the kids to slam to screen door and run through the house laughing...enjoying summer vacation. Thanks for the tour.
Sigh**** Your home is just as beautiful , warm and amazing as you are ! :) Thank you so much for inspiring me to think out side the box when decorating ,it has helped me on many occasions! Welcome home.
Love it all! Beautiful home! Thanks for sharing!!XO
KariAnne!!! How on Earth did I miss that gorgeous cut-out galvanized clock??? SURELY it's new, or I'd have drooled over it before...
I hope you had a wonderful time at Quilt Market!
Your home is gorgeous as always, KariAnne...not only that, but you can tell that love lives here...love of home, love of family...it is such a joy to witness always! You've have shaped this old farmhouse into something young, exciting, and vibrant...your home is just so crisp, clean, warm, and welcoming...a real knockout, just like YOU! I always look forward to your house tours...now I am inspired to get off my duff and go for it...I hope I don't lose this momentum! It would certainly help if I, too, could come home to such a sweet message on my sidewalk! :)
Home Sweet Home!! Here's to the most beautiful farmhouse ever!! And the woman who has created it with love is just as beautiful!!!
Karianne, what a gorgeous "country" home you have! It's absolutely beautiful! You can see the love that you have put into your home -- and you can just feel the love that you and your family have for one another and for the lovely home you all enjoy together! I am new to your blog and I am really enjoying it! I get myself a cup of coffee and read it! I am so glad I found you! You are such an inspiration to everyone who reads your blog. I just love the curtains that you have in your dining room. Would you please let me know where I could purchase some? Thanks, so much, Karianne! I, too, love "country"! Hope you are able to relax a bit today in your lovely home! Bless you for being so special!
I love the welcome home note on the sidewalk!
Loved the "Welcome Home Walkway"! Your girls are so sweet. They must take after their mother. Always enjoy seeing your inviting home. I have visited via photos so often, I feel like I have actually been there. De Ju Vue!! All that I've missed is the sweet tea with lime.
Oh I LOVE your kitchen. It makes me want to cook. I haven't felt that way in years. I want to just step into my computer and live there. Gorgeous house so inviting!
I love front door decorated with rose topiaries and boxwood spheres the most. It's so beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you for the fantastic tour...only problem is you forgot to show me the guest bedroom I'll be staying in...I was thinking of staying absolutely not more than three weeks... no problem, right? ;-)
What can I say - your home is stunning and I love everything that you have done. I am sure you are happy to be home. Enjoy the rest of your week. Happy Memorial Day Celebrations....... Mary
KariAnne, what beautiful photos. I must say, your kitchen is my favorite room in your house. I love to see that space from different angles. Not sure how you keep everything so lovely with four "youngins" running around but you do a great job with that. That outdoor space with the squares is gorgeous too and a pretty area for lunch.
Absolutely beautiful... every square inch of Farmhouse Gorgeousness!!!!!!!! As always... those amazing floors get me every single time!!!!! :)
It's the sweetest!!!
No matter how many times I look at these pictures I love them more and more each time! You home is basically my dream home. I am so inspired I am going to incorporate these ideas into my next decorating projects. Thanks for sharing! :D
Just absolutely beautiful, Karianne. :)
Your house always looks so adorable, Karianne:) I hope you and your family have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend!