Hope y’all had a great weekend. With a late season Nor’easter looming over us why waste time on small talk? Let’s just kick off the Ringing in Spring 2014 Home Tour and pretend that Spring is here in full swing!
As always my theme is “use what you have”. The trick to accomplish this when decorating for seasons is to move things around. The accent colors in our living room is yellow and blue now thanks to “borrowing” a few accessories (the felt circle pillow and the yellow vase) from the guest room. The forsythia in vintage soda bottles and a vintage sawbuck game board that I scored on my antiquing trip to Purcellville add the touch of yellow to the Spring mantel.
A close up of the game board and the bird bookend that switched places from the floating shelves.
On the coffee table is my watercolor eggs nest.
In the breakfast nook, my fabrics scraps wreath and bunny chalkboard silhouette add a touch of Spring. You might remember the demijohn and the Victorian lady vase from earlier posts.
It looks like I won the kiddos over with the bunny silhouette. They insisted that I add in a close up of the bunny in the post! 🙂
Our foyer niche gets into the Easter spirit with Sharpie doodle eggs on snake plant stems.
Even our deer is sporting a felt rose on his mini boxwood wreath!
More Easter eggs on our living room side table.
Wondering where my burlap wreath went? It stands alone guarding our badly in need of Spring color porch! I looked at every store in the area, none of them had any plants, not even pansies!
Every time I take pictures of our front door I make a note to myself that the door badly needs a fresh coat of paint. Adding it to the “Must Do” section of our “To Do” list for the year.
Hope you enjoyed the touches of Spring in our home. Don’t forget to check out the other bloggers showcasing their homes today and for the rest of the week.
2/24 Monday
Whats Ur Home Story
The Happier Homemaker
Inspiring Hearts & Homes
2/25 Tuesday
Life in Velvet
Fat Vegan Baby
Up to Date Interiors
2/26 Wednesday
Unexpected Elegance
The Frugal Homemaker
Charming Zebra
2/27 Thursday
Finding Fabulous
A Delightsome Life
Southern State of Mind
2/28 Friday
Down Home Inspiration
The Turquoise Home
Rain on a Tin Roof
Linking up to;
Swing into Spring Linky party
Easter Ideas Link Party
Very pretty Vidya! I love all of the Spring touches and your chalkboard bunny silhouette IS adorable.
Thanks Kathy!Can’t wait to check out yours. 🙂
waiting for the watercolor egg tutorial:))
Hi Vidya…I met Biju yesterday and mentioned to me about this blog to visit. I do photography and do blog about it when I can. (www.dineshsivaphoto.com/blog). I liked the content and idea and will have wifey to check this out as well. Happy blogging!
Thanks for dropping by Dinesh. Just checked out your site, totally blown away. Fabulous.
Vidya
Lovely lovely home, Vidya! I am glad I came across your blog.
Those pops of yellow are perfect to ring in Spring. And I liked so many elements in this tour!
Thanks Ambika. glad you found the blog interesting. Hope to see you around more.
loving the touches of yellow! so cheery!
Thanks Cassie.
Vidya, love all the pops of color that you used but I have to say, I LOVE the wreath and the eggs the most. Fabulous job! Thank you for allowing me participate in this tour with all these other great bloggers!
Thanks Ange! I love the eggs too, this is my first time making Easter eggs! Absolutely love your bedroom makeover!Am so glad I did the tour with you gals.
Vidya
Beautiful! I am in love with your deer head and that gorgeous subway art-love your pops of color!
Thanks Melissa. The subway art was a clearance find from Micheals. We debated for a while if we really wanted it but in the end loved how it looked in that niche.
Love the yellow touches. Perfect for spring! I have game board envy now, that’s a great find.
Thanks Meera. Love the game board too but think I might have to do something to preserve it. It was wrapped in clear plastic all this while. When I removed the wrap the other day, it looks the paint on the side is chipping pretty bad. Might have to use a sealer or something.
V
Gorgeous! Absolutely love your eggs and fabric scraps wreath! Adorable 🙂
Thanks Angie. Looking forward to your tour.
Vidya
Vidya, I love your home, it’s beautiful! Some of my friends and I started a link party called Be.You.Tiful Link Party where we focus on interior design, beauty, fashion, healthy living, and things that inspire us. I would love to see you link this up to our party on Thursday at 7:00 p.m. http://www.frysauceandgrits.com
Thanks for dropping by Courtney and for the invite. Yes, will definitely enter your Linky party.
Vidya
So many lovely touches of spring — and such clever ideas. Can’t wait for those upcoming tutorials!
Love Spring even with all my allergies! Thank you Amy.
V
The pastel eggs are lovely.
Thanks Stephanie! They were really fun to make.
I love the yellow touches you used – yellow is one of my favorite colors! So many pretty spring details!
Thanks Brynn. Never used to be a big yellow fan till last year. Ever since I did my guest room, I’m a sucker for yellow. It is now my 2nd fav after red. 🙂
V
It’s so bright and colorful!! Thanks for including me in your tour!! 🙂
Thanks Angie! Looking forward to seeing spring in your home.
Vidya
Your post gets me so excited for spring!! Love the beautiful eggs!
LOL! Thanks Debbie. Happy Spring!
Hi Vidya! Awesome tour! I love that pop of yellow, especially the yellow ruffle pillow against the tan, I love contrast! I love, love, love your chalk board deer, he is so amazing! I have to learn where you got him?
Thanks Laurie. You mean the bunny silhouette?
Love the yellow pops of color in your living room and mantel. And I adore that fabric scraps wreath – shared it 🙂
Thanks for hosting the tour, Vidya! It has been fun to be a part of it.
Thanks Christina. So glad you could be part fo the tour. Loved all the changes in your home.
Vidya
What a lovely tour! I especially love your deep toned walls… that photo with the subway styled art is gorgeous!
Thanks Donna. I love that one too. Hubby wanted me to return it but something about it stuck and I was like no way. 🙂
V
Vidya, your wreath is so fun and I love all of your pops of color! It looks great!
Thanks Kristin.
Absolutely gorgeous, Vidya! I love the chalkboard, the very colorful decor – thank you for bringing us all together on this amazing home tour.
Blessings,
Kathy
Thanks Kathy.
I agree with everyone else and LOVE the pops of yellow. 🙂 Thanks so much for organizing the home tour. Sharing on FB this weekend!!
The pops of yellow are wonderful but I have to ask, where did you get the painting? Artist? I just love it, especially the colors in it.
Thanks Jeannette. The painting is from Home Goods.
Vidya