Fall is just around the corner. This is the time to celebrate surviving the brutal summer heat and transition into the best time of the year. September through November represents the most enjoyable three months of the calendar for an array of reasons. While many people point to the beautiful foliage as the season’s most endearing characteristic, there is so much more to love about fall. Continue Reading
Summer is fast coming to a close, and for most Americans this means the start of school, longer nights and cooler weather.
If you’re someone who values the warmer months more than the cooler seasons, this can be a bittersweet time of year.
But rather than despairing about the end of summer, celebrate the time you have left!
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The bathroom is undeniably one of the most used rooms in your home. It may be a relatively small room, but its importance makes it every bit worthy of the decorative attention paid to the other rooms in your home. This is especially true if you have chosen to decorate your home in a country style; the comfort, charm, and homey feeling of a country bathroom contributes to the overall experience of your home.
Although you never want to over-accessorize your bathroom, adding a few remarkable details will help you to highlight the country feeling of this small, but essential, space. Bathroom accessories are relatively inexpensive and are an easy way to change the look of your bathroom instantly. With just a few well-chosen country bath accessories, this all-important room will be transformed. These include:
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The days have suddenly gotten shorter, and the nights cooler. In the blink of an eye, the deep green leaves of summer are turning subtle shades of yellow and orange. Soon the trees will fully be ablaze with deep reds and the golden shades of autumn. Fall is here!
The signs are clear; there’s a bit of nip in the air, jacketed children wait on street corners for the early morning bus ride, the summer perennials are fading fast while the vibrant shades of Mums and Asters take over in the fall garden. Roadside stands offer pumpkins and gourds for sale. And perhaps most telling coffee shops have added pumpkin and spice flavors to their chalkboard menus.
The autumn season marks the transition in nature from summer into winter by the gathering of friends and family for the purpose of harvesting crops. In years past, the harvest season was one of great importance. It was often quite literally, the season that made survival during the winter months a possibility. Families, and whole communities, would gather together to work, bring in the crops, and celebrate nature’s provision for the cold months to come. Continue Reading