Welcome to the 2017 Summer Home Tour at Duke Manor Farm.Thanks for stopping by the Summer Home Tour. Special thanks to our host Marty for coordinating summer home tours from 30 amazing bloggers this week. If you are joining from Inspiration for Mom’s , I am so glad that you are here! I love Laura’s newly styled front…
This year I decided to let ‘Spring be Spring’ in my home. That meant, no pomp and circumstance, no fuss, no trouble. Just fluffing up the pillows, putting out some pretty blooms, and enjoying my favorite season of the year. We will start on the front porch since our outdoor porches and patios tend to…
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Today I am sharing the front porch at Duke Manor Farm and how to style a winter woodland look on your front porch. Lots of home tours are centered around the mantel, the dining room table or the family room. This week it’s about the areas outside of the home…porches,…
Truth be told, I didn’t know that a live Christmas Trees could be delivered to my door , but it can be. This beautiful 7 foot Frasier Fir showed up right before Thanksgiving. And I am a believer! The proof tree is standing in the Dining Room. When the folks at Green Valley Christmas Trees…
This isn’t the first time we have tried creating more functional use in our home. And it certainly won’t be the last. I really doubt that we are the only ones who would think nothing of changing a rooms purpose, if it makes more sense for the household and the people who live there…… Are we?…
Welcome to the Fall Tour 2016 at Duke Manor Farm. Special thanks to Marty for inviting me to this fall event that I look forward to each year. If you are coming over from Pam’s and this is your first time here, welcome to Duke Manor Farm. She’s got it going on with those pink walls,…
Welcome to happenings at Duke Manor Farm, where I am trying to play a little catch up on what’s going on around here. Whether you are ready for summer to end or not….it will happen. According to the Farmers Almanac the first official day of Fall this year will be September 22nd. My boys obviously…
Elements of Farmhouse Style Decorating By now, you probably know I live on a farm. Duke Manor Farm. The farm is where we raise chickens, horses, dogs, cats and fireflies all on a dirt road in the middle of nowhere Georgia. A beautiful place where the neighbors are more likely to gaze at the night stars then gaze…
A couple of years ago I made a sweet typography sign for the family room. I put ‘Love Lives Here’ on it and painted the background to match one of the previous colors in the room, a yellow gold color. You can see all those details here. I love that sign and it’s message, but…
Wood plank ceiling reveal. I never really showed you the last project that we worked on for the year, the wood plank ceiling in the breakfast room. We started this project right before Thanksgiving. We planned on doing the ceiling for a year, so we were thrilled to get it done. If you missed it, you…
I mean, isn’t this what everyone does the week of Thanksgiving…. tackle the biggest project of the year by adding wood planks to the largest ceiling in the house….. in between decorating, eating and watching football? In all honesty, it’s not like we woke up on Saturday morning and said lets add 100 pieces of wood…
Happy Friday. Thanks for coming over for some chit chat. It’s always so nice to see you! Call me old fashioned, but I still love to write handwritten notes out. What’s even better, is receiving a little note in the mail…..when you least expect it. I always keep a draw full of pretty note cards and stationary. I…