Little Updates Around My House in January

Are you able to consider spring is just about 56 days from now? However why does January really feel prefer it’s about 9 weeks lengthy? Ha! It simply retains going and going. Now that we lastly simply have only one week left within the month, I really feel like I’m on the point of emerge from my lengthy winter’s nap 🙂 so I can get my house able to welcome a brand new season.

Listed here are a couple of little adorning updates I’ve made in our house this month:

Spring tulips and bunnies This week I put my spring tulips in my bunny pitcher! This vase is in my house each season, however I feel the tulips and bunnies are an ideal mixture for spring.

Winter greenery and spring flowers A few months in the past I made a decision to attempt these fake crops (cedar topiaries) within the planters on our bed room deck — and I like them! I actually ought to have put away my planters for the season however didn’t . I’ll for future years for certain :).

(See extra about why I LOVE these plant stands and different methods to make use of them in my submit right here)

At first I simply thought these fake cedar topiaries would convey some life and inexperienced to my deck for late fall and early winter, however now I feel I’ll use all of them yr! They actually look good and will likely be a lot extra economical than attempting to maintain a variety of crops or flowers alive up right here. Plus if we convey them right down to the entrance porch they’re deer proof!

I additionally noticed this candy little spring plant when my mother and I finished in a backyard heart this week, so I pulled out my bunny planter so as to add a bit shade to the deck! Spring joys.

January bed room refresh I all the time attempt to give our bed room a bit refresh each January so this month I swapped two items of furnishings and made a couple of different little updates I’ll share quickly. I had a chance to do a undertaking for a model a few weeks in the past and I used to be gifted these sheets and a quilt. It was a enjoyable shock to get to work with them as a result of I order from this model usually (I like each their garments and residential gadgets) so it was like a birthday reward to attempt these gingham linen sheets! They undoubtedly make our room really feel extra spring-like.

Doesn’t my grandbaby Forrest look lovable on my mattress? He’s the very best winter temper booster! He didn’t need to take a nap one of many days so we let him be a part of us for a photoshoot and he liked it! I like having my two new grandbabies. It might make me really feel previous, however one way or the other on the identical time it’s like attending to relive among the finest chapters of my life as a younger mother! He’s a mini-Courtney and I see her child face each time I have a look at him.

A spot for every part I shared my new wicker trunk final week on this submit. I’ve been motivated in making these sorts of modifications by the phrase “a spot for every part and every part in it’s place, so I made it my “theme” for this yr! I shared extra about my theme of the yr on this submit.

Stair basket I additionally acquired this new basket for our stairs. We hold a child gate (this one) on the backside of the steps to maintain our pet Finnegan from wandering the home once we aren’t there to oversee. We’ve all the time had a strict security rule that nothing is allowed to be placed on the steps, even quickly. However ever since we acquired the pet, quite than opening the gate on a regular basis, we began tossing issues over the gate to guard him from grabbing it or slipping upstairs once we weren’t wanting,

Since we began placing stuff on the steps extra often, I made a decision we would as nicely attempt to make it look higher and be much less harmful, so we acquired a basket that’s tucked over to the facet on the touchdown the place we don’t stroll. Our stairway is slender and the touchdown curves, however the form and measurement of this basket suits completely!

Refreshing the lounge I nonetheless discover it a bit unsettling to not have a sofa in our front room, so I’ve been wanting to work on concepts for how you can resolve this sofa scenario (if you happen to missed that submit click on right here). I did a lot of analysis and over thought every part 🙂 however I’ve lastly narrowed down the very best choices for our house and household. I’ll share what i’m contemplating for this room quickly.

What’s subsequent at my home for February and March?

In addition to my front room refresh, I’ve acquired a number of different areas and rooms I’m excited to work on. After a couple of years of getting settled and renovating, now we lastly get to work on the enjoyable areas and smaller initiatives I like probably the most.

Additionally, I spotted I nonetheless haven’t formally shared our mudroom makeover on the weblog because the renovation, so I’ll for certain do a full submit on that complete makeover subsequent week.