Christmas at Arbor House Lane.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!

Merry Christmas

Wishing all a............

From Arbor House Lane.

A Little Fall in the Mud Room

FALL is here.

I have been very busy with all the homework.

Helping the kids.

And

Doing my own!

I am not always the best with time management.

And

For me, creative does not equal organization.

So far from it!

However, I did manage to pack away most of my summer decor.

I only have just started decorating for Fall.

It is kind of squeezed in for a week or so before,

HALLOWEEN!!!

I swapped out the footstool for a small slipcovered chair.

I still need some artwork or plates on the wall.

I have not found any yet.

The hunt is the best part.

Now that the kids are back to school,

 I have more free time to go antiquing.

I like how the blue looks with the orange.

New pillow and table cloth are from TJMaxx.

I am debating whether to use the table cloth as a throw or

slipcover the little footstool that was in this room previously.

A pretty plate also from TJMaxx.

Any you, have you finished decorating for Fall?

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful week.

Arbor House Lane on Pinterest

I googled my blog.

Come on, you know you have done it too!

I know some posts are out there and which ones are the favorites,

but....

I was shocked by Pinterest.

I'm on it.

Well, not me, but Arbor House Lane.

I was tickled, kind of like being in a magazine.

But, better.

People liked my pictures and chose them to be worthy of pinning.

I did what I set out to do.

Inspire.

Here a few of the favorites, mine too.

My gardens.

Halloween

Christmas

My flowers

My funiture

 

Thank you for all the pins.

You made my day.

I feel like I need to be creative so I can inspire someone new.

Have a wonderful week and thanks for stopping by.

Saturday Spotlight: Life Behind the Blogger

I wanted to let you know I am being featured at Must Love Junk's

 "Saturday Spotlight, Life Behind the Blogger"

Every Saturday Susan from Must Love Junk does a post that features different bloggers and their life behind the blog.

I love Susan's great taste for decorating. 

 She knows how to spot good junk and how to take it from junk to decor.

She likes white, chippy, flea markets and being creative with what you have.

My kind of blogger.

You will also learn a few things about me that most of you do not know.

Even most of my family doesn't know the new project I have planned for the future.

Thank you Susan for including me and Arbor House Lane in;

 "Saturday Spotlight" 

 It is an honor to be asked.

Thank you to all who hoped over to read the feature.

Have a wonderful weekend and enjoy your summer.

Celebrating Spring in the House

We are almost done working on the addition.

That means the assessor has to come in.

We had a lot of work dust to clean up.

I thought I would share some pictures of the house as it is today.

We still love the wood floors that we installed at Christmas time. 

We only have the two boys rooms to install the wood floors.

 I don't know if I can ever cover the wood with a rug.

I brought in some blues and pinks for my spring/summer colors.

I can't wait to get to the nursery and pick out flowers for my planters.

Do you like the white dresser?

We brought it up from the basement to eventually go into the kids bathroom.

I am hunting for a sink, for now, this is where it works.

I do not for one second doubt my choice of white slipcovers.

Pop them in the wash no problem!

I picked up some sale tulips on my lunch hour.

The house smells divine. 

  

There are certain things that I just love about my home.

This picture is one. 

Comfort, beauty.

Looking from the living room into the office.

Looking from the office to the living room.

Some more bright colors for spring.

One of the reasons I do not blog as much is that 

 I am getting my home to the point of loving it all.

There is no need to change.

Oh, I paint to cover life with 3 children, but the colors are the same.

There is less furniture moving.

I am also bringing less clutter into the house.

Moving more out actually.

The kitchen looking into the mud room.

 

Kids zone central in the mud room.

I have yet to paint any sayings on the wall.

The mud room looking into the kitchen.

We love, love, love the kitchen.

It is our hub.

Our gathering place.

The kids do their homework and eat breakfast in the kitchen.

Dinner is in the dinning room.

Hallway look towards front door.

Our new double oven stove we just love, love, love.

It makes cooking for large parties so much easier.

Mr. M. will agree that the center island is not always this clean.

It is easy to set a few things down and before you know it.

COVERED!

I try to make sure every Saturday morning it is totally cleaned off so we can start out the week with a clean slate.

I have been slowly bringing out my pretty rose dishes and sprinkling them throughout the house.

Our huge double sink is one of my favorite finds when we were building the house.

A mix of furniture found at antique shops.

As you can see the island is what you see first no matter what door you enter in the house.

It was custom made and is a statement piece.

This is the top of the stairs.

I love the cabinet filled with vintage quilts.

You can see a little of the painted floor rug.

Not sure if I love it, that is why I really haven't shown pictures.

After all the work I am not sure if I want to paint over it.

That is the house after a good spring cleaning.

Now that baseball season/gardening season is upon us,

 we are hardly ever in the house.  

At least it is clean.

Joining Savy Southern Style for Wow Us Wednesdays,

French Country Cottage for Feathered Nest Friday.