Freshening up the Front Porch with a New Rug and Pretty Flowers
Hey friends!
It has been a CrAZy week around these parts! Today is this sweet girl’s birthday!! She turns 11 years old today, and I can hardly believe it! This is her second birthday with us in America, and this girl LOVES birthdays!!!
I’ll be waking her up with a candle in a doughnut this morning, just like last year…which she made sure to remind me of last night! haha!
Tonight, Sania is having a party with a few of her friends from school, Saturday night Jonathan is going to the prom, Sunday is Mother’s Day AND Eli’s 11th birthday, and we are having a fish fry that night with my side of the family for Sania and Eli’s birthdays! #whew! It’s going to be a busy, but fun weekend!
I wanted to share a few pics with you of our front porch. I wanted to spruce it up a little before all of the festivities this weekend, so I went and got a new rug and some flowers for our window boxes.
I have been wanting to get green gingham rug from Target for a looooong time, and I finally got it this week. It’s 20% off right now, and I love how fresh and “Spring-y” it is! It really brightens up our front porch, for sure!
Bentley likes it too! :)
I got the “come on in” rug from Marshall’s.
For my wreath’s, I layered a tulip wreath from Marshall’s on top of a magnolia wreath from Hobby Lobby.
The bench was a garage sale find from many years ago. It was green when I got it. I spray painted it an aqua color and put it in Sania’s room from a while, and then I spray painted it black last year for my front porch, and I love it. I have really enjoyed having a place to sit on our front porch!
I filled our flower boxes with simple white and blue/purple flowers and a couple of sweet potato vines.
I love the simplicity of these flowers. :)
Our front porch gets a ton of sun, so I will have to make sure I keep them watered.
Now, I’m looking forward to welcoming my family through these doors this weekend to celebrate two birthdays and Mother’s Day!
I hope you all have a wonderful and blessed weekend!
(I’ll be sharing some highlights of the weekend on my Instagram stories, so I hope you follow along. You can find me on Instagram by searching “beneathmyheart.”)
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Beautiful, Traci! I love the idea of layering rugs at the front door. I know you will have a busy and love filled weekend. Enjoy!
Happy Birthday to Sonia and Eli! And Happy Mother’s Day to you Traci! Your front porch is very welcoming! I hope that you and Cyndi live closer together now. I know your weekend will be full of love, laughter, and blessings!
Love how welcoming your porch and front door look. Great ideas. I love the idea of overlaying the tulip wreath over the magnolia wreath. Will go shopping to copy that idea!!
Happy birthday to your children and Happy Mother’s Day to you. Enjoy your special time with family!!
Your front entry looks very welcoming. Great job. Enjoy your weekend, and Happy Mother’s Day.
Thank you, Cindy!
Happy Birthday to both of your Angels! What a wonderful time for family, Blessings and lots of love and joy. God Bless you all and have a wonderful weekend. Oh and Happy Mother’s Day!
Thank you, Toni!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ELI AND SANIA!!
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY TRACI!
Thank you! We had a wonderful weekend.:)
Love the look of your front porch!! Absolutely inviting and beautiful!!
Thank you!
Simply gorgeous! That pup….what kind is it? Just adorable!
He’s a King Charles Cavalier. :)
SO PRETTY. GREAT LOOK FOR YOUR FRONT PORCH. ITS SO PRETTY WITH THE GREEN GINGHAM. I DON’T KNOW HOW YOU KEEP IT CLEAN. I JUST KNOW HOW MUCH DIRT COMES IN THE FRONT DOOR. HAPPY B’DAY TO YOUR 2 KIDS AND HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY TO YOU. I KNOW BOTH YOU AND CYNDI WILL HAVE LOTS OF REFLECTIONS OF WHEN YOU SPENT MOTHER’S DAY WITH YOUR MOM. I KNOW ITS HARD TO LOOSE A PARENT. BLESSINGS FOR A FUN FILLED WEEKEND WITH FAMILY.
Thank you, Kathy! It does get dirty, but I am usually able to just sweep it off. I hope you had a wonderful Mother’s Day! :)