Front Porch Makeover & How to Dress Up Wicker Baskets

Happy Easter Monday Everyone!

It is a beautiful and sunny day here, the birds 

are singing and I thought it would be a 

good day to share my front porch 

makeover with all of you!

We have been living in our house for a little 

more than 4 years. At the time I chose mostly 

neutral beige paint colors as was the 

style at the time but now I'm ready to brighten 

things up a bit...I have fallen in love with 

whites and light grays and pastels, opting to add 

color with accessories.

For our front porch I mostly just painted it 

a new color and added in a few new accessories. 

The shelving unit and mirror I left 

untouched because I thought it would still 

work in the room and help tie in the 

flooring which is mostly beige.

Here is the before.

As you can see our shelving unit was completely 

over run with way too many hats & mitts, 

it really needed to be sorted through!

The floor mat was worse for wear as well, 

it really had taken a beating!

But a little paint and a days work and it's 

so much fresher & brighter!

It's such a hard room to take a picture of.

I didn't have many angles to work with.

This is taken through the french door that 

separates the porch from the living room.

I love this little nook now, much cleaner & brighter!

And the addition of the 2 hooks is great for 

the kids to quickly hang their jackets on.

I think the brown shelving ties in with

 the light gray walls nicely.

The glass vase I picked up at the Dollar Store 

as well as the yellow flower. 

I grabbed some scrapbook paper from my 

stash to dress it up a little.

 I had made this wreath a couple of years ago, 

it fits nicely into this room so I pulled it 

down from the closet and gave it a new home!

This little white shelf was originally black, 

I couldn't find a white one anywhere so I 

purchased the black anyways 

and gave it a coat of paint.

I originally wanted to place it above the 

mirror but the duct work for our air 

exchange runs up through that wall 

exactly where I'd need to attach 

the shelf so that was a no go.

I printed our family photos in black and white, 

they look wonderful.

The focal point in the room is the shelving 

unit and I wanted to brighten it up a bit 

without painting it, and I knew that I needed 

to add some pops of color so this is 

what I came up with below.

I again grabbed my stash of scrapbooking paper 

and went to town creating these 

accordion folded flowers.

I used 2 strips of 3" x 12" paper for each 

flower and then a coordinating color for 

the scalloped circles in the center.

My daughter helped me accordion fold 

the paper and I hot glued one strip to 

the other making one long 24" strip, then I

 brought the two ends together and placed 

a dollop of hot glue in the center, 

holding it until it was mostly dry.

I used a scalloped circle punch to punch out  

5 circles which I glued together in a 

flower-ish shape and then attached it

to the accordion flower with hot glue.

Add a button in the center and your done!

I also used hot glue to attach it to the wicker 

basket. In time I may have to change these 

out if they get damaged but so far so good, 

the scrapbook paper was really thick and 

they are holding up fantastic!

The above is to show where I placed the glue 

when creating the accordion folded flower.

I'm very happy with the end result, the room has 

such an airy feel to it, perfect for spring!

Imagine, Improvise & Invent

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