Simply Summer Home Tour with Birch Lane and Country Living

A huge thanks to Birch Lane for providing a gift card toward product in this post. My favorable opinion of gorgeous decor pieces is 100% my own. 🙂 For more information, see my disclosures here.

This post is kind of bittersweet to write. I’m thrilled to be coming together with some of my favorite bloggers, along with Birch Lane and Country Living, to share my summer home tour with you. At the same time, part of me is feeling a little nostalgic because this will be the last tour I share of this house, a house that we’ve lived in for over seven years now.

We’ve already begun packing up boxes to get ready for our new adventure– a new home just a few miles away that is in the process of being built as I speak, er, write. 🙂 And while we could not be more excited about our new place, our little townhouse holds so many memories from the past several years that I hope we’ll never forget.

So, welcome! Come join me for one last tour of this house that has been so good to us! It may have started out as a bit of a mess, but we’ve been able to transform it and make it our own one room at a time.

Entry

The whole front section of our house has changed quite a bit since we moved in. What started as a kitchen renovation spilled over into the entry and powder room as well, so it’s looking pretty different from when we moved in.

This bench has been a great little spot for the Cs to take their shoes on and off, and the bench + shelf combination really helped to define this space and give some visual separation from the kitchen, which is right next to it.

Kitchen

Speaking of the kitchen, it is definitely one of my favorite spaces in the house, mostly because it is the one that we have poured the most work into! It was pretty much a disaster when we bought the house, and it has transformed into a light, bright, welcoming space that still makes me smile every time I walk in. 🙂

Dining Room

Our dining room, living room, and our boys’ toy area are all one big space, and I love the openness of it all (though the toys can take over sometimes!). My grandmother’s hutch (which I made over in this post) is the focal point of the dining area, and I love having that reminder of her.

{You can see how I make these types of signs in this post.}

Living Room

Looking over from our dining room table, you can see the living room, which is the most recent space in our home to get a little facelift. When we went to put our house on the market, I just felt like it wasn’t flowing very well with the rest of the house, so I made a few tweaks here and there (changing the rug, removing a busy gallery wall, bringing in some greenery), and now I think it fits in much better.

You can spot the beautiful greenhouse terrariums I found at Birch Lane peeking out beside the TV stand. I am guilty of having a black thumb, so I filled them with faux succulents (shhh… don’t tell!), and I love the extra interest they bring to the room!

Donnie made that blanket ladder for me, and now I want one in every room of the house! 🙂

Just across the way are my white floating shelves, which are my absolute favorite thing to change out seasonally! I originally added the deer head just for Christmas time, but I loved him so much that I kept him up and just changed out his bow tie to go along with the seasons. 🙂

Master Bedroom

Heading upstairs, out master bedroom has actually gotten two makeovers since we’ve lived in this house– sometimes it takes a few tries before we get it right! It now feels calm and serene to me, and I love the way the blues and neutrals flow from the rest of the house.

My Office

And last but not least, I couldn’t let my final home tour in this house go on without sharing my favorite room in the house, my home office/craft room. I have spent so much time in this space over the years taking photos, writing blog posts, and coming up with ideas. I truly will miss this little room!

So there it is! This house has been good to us over the years, and we’ll be sad to leave, but we also can’t wait to start a new chapter in our next (hopefully forever) home!

Be sure to pop around and visit my oh-so-talented blog friends who are sharing their gorgeous summer tours as well:

Monday

Nina Hendrick | Maison de Pax | Cherished Bliss | AKA Design | A Burst of Beautiful | Liz Marie Blog

Tuesday

Migonis Home | So Much Better With Age | Zevy Joy | Just a Girl and Her Blog | Shades of Blue Interiors | Making Home Base

Wednesday

Rooms FOR Rent | The Wicker House | Bless’er House | Love Grows Wild | Finding Silver Pennies | Design, Dining + Diapers

Thursday

Craftberry Bush | Jennifer Rizzo | The Wood Grain Cottage | Ella Claire | Tidbits | City Farmhouse

Friday

Kindred Vintage & Co | The Blissful Bee | The Happy Housie | House By Hoff | Nesting With Grace | Life on Virginia Street

Visit Country Living Magazine to see more summer decorating ideas!

Have a wonderful week!

A huge thanks to Birch Lane for providing a gift card toward product in this post. My favorable opinion of gorgeous decor pieces is 100% my own. 🙂 For more information, see my disclosures here.