Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Geranium LOVE And Surprise Makeovers

Or should I say geranium obsession? I realized as I put my summer decor out this year that I had gotten a little carried away with the geraniums. I LOVE red geraniums in the summer time, they compliment the colors of Americana so well, but as I walked around my little house, I realized there can be too much of a good thing. So I decided to revamp a few spots without geraniums, here is how it turned out. And yes, there are still plenty of geraniums!
I decided to move George and Abe from the master bedroom, to the living room for the summer, I really love how they turned out over the dry sink.
The pie safe, I forced myself to remove the geraniums and replace with white daisies. It worked.








Another spot where red geraniums were removed, the greens look better there anyway, right?


Believe it or not, this was the only spot that did not have red geraniums to begin with, maybe I should add some? Better not. :)




This summer has really been flying by, I hope everyone had a happy 4th! We have had a lot of rain this year, which my hydrangea has loved. I think this has been it's best year so far.
I am STILL working on Samantha's big girl room makeover. Slowly but surely, it is coming together, and I am really excited about it. Last summer Patriot had a surprise makeover on his room. I wish I had before pictures, he still had his nursery wall colors in his room of soft blue and green, and a hodge podge mess! He went away for a week to visit my sister, and we got to work on his room. It took us the whole week to get it done. And I will never work with bright red paint again in my life! He was so shocked when he came home to find his new room. I chose a theme he can grow with, and will always love, Star Wars!








Here is a sneak peek of Samantha's makeover. OOH LA LA!

















13 comments:

~Judy~ said...

Glad to see you posting again. Your home is stunning.

The Cottage Girl said...

Love your home decor. Very well done!

At Home With Amy said...

Beautiful just beautiful. I love everything you've done. I have several Geraniums in my home. I love the way the brighten things up. Thanks for sharing the pictures.
Hugs,
AMY

Grammee Linda said...

Ahhhhhhhhh- thank you for that - I needed a nice prim eye candy fill up this morning. I love all the shabby chic makeovers we are seeing but there is nothing like a well done prim home to fill my soul and senses with peace! Please keep on posting pics of your home - you do prim so well!

Shakerwood said...

Love it when I see your name move up my sidebar!! Such an inspiration. You can never have too many red geraniums!!

the black crow said...

I LOVE all your Americanna. Just became a follower and hope you will check out my blog! I love your pie safe! It looks perfect!

Hugs
Lori

Dana~HomespunTreasures said...

Oh my goodness I was so happy to see on my blogger dashboard that you had a new post!!! i just LOVE seeing pictures of your home. Linda said it perfectly you do prim so well!!! As usual you did a great job on your son's room and now I can't wait to see your daughters room!! Loved your Summer time pictures too.

Blessing,
Dana

The Miller's Homestead said...

Hi Kim! Love your house pictures! I was so excited to see you had posted! Can't wait to see Samantha's big reveal! God bless, Jamie Miller

The Miller's Homestead said...

Hi Kim! Love your house pictures! I was so excited to see you had posted! Can't wait to see Samantha's big reveal! God bless, Jamie Miller

Valley Primitives Gift Shoppe said...

Loved seeing all your pictures :) What a wonderful room for your little boy! I can see why he was so excited!
Kim

my3Kitties said...

I had to laugh at your post, i did the same exact thing as you....put out too many geraniums and ended up taking allot of the down with the over kill (didn't help that we just listed our home for sale & my realtor suggested it...poo! Love your home!! You decorate it beautifully....I say you put them back up!!!

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Angie Berry said...

The red geraniums look great with all your flags and wonderful Americana. I especially love the flag garland.

Patriot's room is awesome! I'm sure he is loving it so much and Samantha's room is going to be beautiful... I can tell already.

Congratulations on being in CS, can't wait to see the issue!