over the past year, many people started to take a closer look at their homes, their families + their lives. one day a few months into the pandemic, ryan was working from home + outside walking around while talking. as i watched, i started to imagine a place for him to sit. when we bought […]
Category: porches + pillowfights
PORCHES + PLAYTIME | CRAFTING OUR WAY TO THANKSGIVING DAY
The way our two littles love books, setting up a loosely themed reading center is a no brainer every month, plus, it doubles as seasonal decor. Once the book nook is decked out, stocked with our favorite titles + a few new ones too, the house is basically decorated.
PORCHES + PERSPECTIVE | BIRTHDAYS AROUND TOWN
last year my sweet crew surprised me with a bike ride along the beltline. It was a beautiful day spent in the sun + we enjoyed all the stops along the way from krog to ponce to piedmont park + back again for pinwheels + popsicles it was full of fun + treats. …it was […]
PORCHES + PERSPECTIVE | LAMPLIGHT
There is not much else that makes me feel so “at home” as the comfort a little lamp can provide.
PORCHES + PERCHES | BABY IT’S COLD OUTSIDE
Despite chilly winter weather, we have found porch time in these last three months. . . right here beside the family room fireplace! This spot may not offer a full retreat from the distractions of the household chores as our time spent on the porch, but when a moment is needed to unwind or refocus, […]
PORCHES + PILLOWFIGHTS | FAVORITE THINGS
When I decided on a name for this blog, it just made sense to me to pair these two things I love, porches + pillowfights, to capture the nature of what I planned to ponder + share here. Articulating just why I love these two is kind of the purpose of my little corner on […]
PORCHES + PATHS
The light filters beautifully through the Georgia pines this time of year. I find a kind of magic in the Autumn sun’s dreamy ability to add the most cozy appeal to just about anything it shines on.
PORCHES + PILLOWFIGHTS | THE POSTSEASON
So the B E S T part of all this?! It’s finally feeling like F A L L here in Atlanta — so we are out on the porch this evening taking in the game that brought us together + loving every crisp second of it.
PORCHES + PICK ME UPS | OCTOBER
Target Drive Up is there another more perfect accommodation by a store than this?! When I first saw it as an option, I thought my eyes were deceiving me. I have used it on many occasions because toddler meltdowns are real. Since I can’t grow any additional arms anytime soon, this is such a wonderful […]
PORCHES + PILLOWFIGHTS | WHAT AUTUMN MEANS TO ME
Temps while I write are still fighting the inevitable drop here in North Georgia, but a couple weekends back, we decided the time had come to start decorating for Halloween despite unseasonably high temps + humidity. Yes- Halloween is just one day of the other 365, but for me it is + always has been […]
porches + pretties | dream garden
“All the names I know from nurse:
Gardener’s garters, Shepherd’s purse,
Bachelor’s buttons, Lady’s smock,
And the Lady Hollyhock.”
As with many things of a bygone era, there is a kind of unspoken magic about something that at one time was so admired + commonplace, but now taken for granted or overlooked.
porches + pretties | happy planting season
It’s [almost] planting season in North Georgia. We’ve been working on building up our perennial border garden in the front yard + after what felt like months of struggling to find inspiration + a general plan, I have hit a geyser of creativity just in the past week!
porches + pretties | building a cottage garden
Despite not knowing much about gardening nor what had transpired in this particular landscape before us, we decided to start small
porches + playtime | the deer, the dog + the bunny
This morning started like so many in our house–looking out the kitchen window at our pet family of deer.
porches + pillowfights |fireflies
Do you find it poetic the way life is for some — first experiencing all the little joys, sorrows + hard to understand things for the first time as a child, ironically then getting to see the same things in the face of our own children?