A Winter Welcome on my Back Porch

Hello!

Do you all have snow where you live?

We sure got a lot of it last week.

And it was so crazy since it was the very first snow fall of the season.

I had expected to see a few little snowflakes in the air….  But no,  We got Dumped on!

My boy’s even got a snow day out of it. 

It sure was fun.

But it’s all starting to melt now.

And now I need to go rake all of the leaves up that I hadn’t gotten to yet.

So in my last post, HERE I blogged all about how I painted my back door.

If you missed it, go check it out. The before was really ugly. And you may be surprised at how simple it was to do.

Today I thought I’d just share a few more pictures of how it now looks.

 Because there was sooo much snow the day I planned to photograph it,  I decided to give it a bit of a holiday look.

I brought out this mini Christmas tree and placed it in a big pot, which I spray painted silver.

 I then hung up a stick star on the door.  I think it’s a cute alternative to your typical wreath.

(HERE is a tutorial on how to make Stick Stars)

Next to the door are my grandma Nora’s ski’s 

I bring these babies out every Christmas as a sweet little reminder of her.

Some blankets, pillows and fur create a cozy little place to sit and sip on some hot cocoa.

My favorite part though, is the blue door.  I’m so happy I decided to paint it this color.

It makes me smile every time I come home.

 It really makes for a cheery, winter, welcome.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Emily