Guest home tour by Ann of On Sutton Place. This preserves the house and projects she described for her original Ohio home tour. The exterior photograph and collage remain here; the original page’s individual interior photographs are no longer present.
A porch worth painting
In July 2012, I began working with Etsy artist Carol Bray on a watercolor of our front porch. It was something I’d wanted for years, and I was glad I finally did it. Her shop was called Brushstrokes and More.
The house didn’t look like this when we moved in. The story of our house gives the background, and my blue front door article covers the entrance’s colors.
The front porch is my favorite place to make seasonal changes. I switch cushions, pillows, the lampshade, and accessories rather than starting over with the furniture. Christmas 2012 and Valentine’s Day 2013 were two of the seasonal versions I shared.
The entry and stairway
For years, our entry had old carpet and dark wallpaper. In spring 2012, I decided to change it. The renovation took a few months and plenty of elbow grease, including the stairway. It was one of the changes that made the entrance feel different from the house we’d first moved into.
Everyday kitchen decorating and a small bathroom refresh
In the kitchen, I like decorating with functional pieces. My kitchen decor ideas explore that approach.
The bathroom update I described for this tour took a day and cost about $100 at the time. That was a small refresh in the original account, rather than a current price for remodeling a bathroom.
The family room and garden
The family-room projects included painting the brick fireplace and figuring out how to hang a television on it. The tour also passed through the living and dining rooms, back porch, and deck.
Outside, I shared how I planted a fence-row garden. My cottage-garden article is another place to explore the garden’s planting and layout ideas.
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