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Refresh the love you have for your home! Spring is a great time to give your home a new look. Trade in the deeper hues of Winter for the vibrant, breezy shades of Spring.
Image via Tracy Murdock Allied
Image via Shoshana Gosselin Interiors
So refreshing and invigorating! By adding in some bright colors and making some simple changes, your whole mood can mimic these Spring hues!
Portland OR. Interior Design Company
With the sun beginning to shine through my windows, I am anxious to bring more of that brightness into my home. Using bright colors and vibrant patterns, you can effortlessly transition your home for Spring. By changing out a few simple pieces, you can bring the Spring inside and put Fall and Winter in storage!
Simply add fresh colorful fruit to a beautiful bowl
Change out throw pillows with bright colors and fun designs
Image via Cristi Holcombe Interior Design
Replace art work
Image via Bright, Bold and Beautiful
Exchange towels with exciting new colors that will brighten up your bathrooms
Add in an area rug with vibrant colors and whimsical patterns
Image via Alicia Connolly Design
Of course add fresh Spring flowers everywhere!
Image via Elizabeth Metcalfe Interiors
Love these looks but just don’t have the time? Let us help you! Contact us at Brockdesigns@gmail.com
Portland OR. Interior Design Company
Sometimes getting creative in the kitchen can be difficult, especially around a holiday. I want to cook dishes that I know and am comfortable with, rather than risking it. However, this Easter, let’s get creative and put a new spin on Easter Brunch.
Carrot Crescents Filled with Egg Salad
Image and Recipe via Hungry Happenings
Bacon, Egg and Toast Cups
Image and Recipe via Martha Stewart
Asparagus, Egg and Prosciutto Tart
Crockpot French Toast Casserole
Image and Recipe via The Cake Eccentric
De-licious! I cannot wait to get creative in the kitchen with these recipes!
Portland OR. Interior Design Company
I love holidays. They give me an opportunity to gather my family together and celebrate the beauty around us. The Springtime sun is beginning to peek through the clouds, days are a bit longer and the flowers are beginning to bloom. Easter is the perfect time to display bright florals and fresh colors. Our collection of inspiring decorating ideas should give your imagination a jump start to your own beautiful celebration.
Image via Simplicity in the South
Image via WeInteriorDesign.com
Happy Celebration!
Portland OR. Interior Design Company
I love putting a little handmade touch on the holidays. With Easter being just around the corner, I thought I would share some easy tutorials on some fun projects. Let’s put our creative skills to work and have some fun!
Image and Tutorials via Alisa Burke
Image and Tutorial via A Pumpkin and A Princess
Image and Tutorial via My Poppet
Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
Portland OR. Interior Design Company
It’s Springtime, so we thought we’d toss out the heavy winter recipes and freshen our diet. I thought it fitting that today’s delicious recipe was a yummy salad. Let me know how yours turns out!
Image and Recipe via BHG.com
Directions
1. Brush turkey pieces with olive oil. Sprinkle with Cajun seasoning. For a charcoal grill, grill turkey on the rack of an uncovered grill directly over medium coals for 12 to 15 minutes or until turkey is no longer pink (170 degrees F), turning once halfway through grilling. (For a gas grill, preheat grill. Reduce heat to medium. Place turkey on grill rack over heat. Cover; grill as above.) Slice turkey.
2. Arrange greens on a serving platter along with the turkey, cantaloupe and berries. Top with cheese and salad dressing. Makes 4 servings.
For more info on how to “Spring clean” your diet, check out our friends at Cooking Light!
Enjoy!
Portland OR. Interior Design Company
I am looking forward to getting the dust off my green thumb with some lovely Spring weather. Planting is such a great stress reducer and with greenhouses like these, who wouldn’t want to unwind with some beautiful greenery and flowers?
Image via Heather Bullard Photography
Image via Greenhouse-china.com
Image via Style Salon
Image via Content in a Cottage
Image via Donkey and the Carrot
I love these two greenhouses repurposed into living spaces!
Image via Country Living
Image via Tanglewood Conservatories
Are you as inspired as I am? I cannot wait to bring life back to my landscape. A greenhouse would be the icing on the cake!
Portland OR. Interior Design Company
With Easter just a few days away, I would like to share some fun and easy Easter projects for you and everyone in the family to do together.
A Beautiful Table Setting
Image via Inspiration for Home
A Great Easter Centerpiece
Image via Baer Home Design
Easter Egg Table Weight
Image and Full Tutorial via Martha Stewart
Easy To Make Easter Tree
Image via Simply Seleta
Chalkboard Paint Easter Eggs
Image via Oleander and Palm
Easter Bunny Door Wreath
Image via Etsy
Button Egg Art
Image via Johnsonsuzie
Easter Egg Yarn Garland
Image and Full Tutorial via Crafty Endevor
Glue Dot and Glitter No-Dye Easter Eggs
Image and Tutorial via BHG
I hope this gets your creativity flowing with some new ideas! How do you decorate for Easter?
Have a great weekend with a fantastic Easter!
Portland OR. Interior Design Company
One of my favorite springtime activities is creating colorful planters and gardens. For me, having a beautiful space outdoors to sit and relax, helps me to renew my creative spirit and sense of well-being. Today’s DIY is a step-by-step guide to planting the perfect garden so we can revive our spirits and our surroundings.
Image via Ed O’Keeffe Phototgraphy
Tools you’ll need to build an annual flower bed:
STEP 1 – Start by outlining the shape of your new flower bed on the ground with spray paint, flour or a garden house.
STEP 2 – Then spray any grass or weeds growing inside the outlined area with a solution of glyphosphate, such as Killzall or Roundup. Wet all foliage of grass and weeds thoroughly with weed killer allowing 2 hours to dry completely. Always wear protective clothing and eyewear when spraying any chemical.
STEP 3 – Place your plants, while still in the containers, and space them (as directed on plant tag) over the surface of bed. Start with a row around perimeter of bed. Then stagger plants towards the inside of the perimeter row, and so on towards the center until the bed is full.
STEP 4 – It’s time to start digging! When planting, use hand trowel to dig a hole only as deep as the root ball is tall.
STEP 5 – Now, mix in equal amounts of a light professional potting or planting mix and a soil conditioner or compost, such as mushroom compost or composted cow manure, with the soil removed from the holes dug.
STEP 6 – Now you are ready to plant.
STEP 7 – Remove the plants from their containers. Its a good idea to loosen roots at the bottom of the root ball or plug before planting. . Drop rootball in hole and gently pack in soil to fill.
STEP 8 – When you have finished planting, you can broadcast weed preventer granules, such as Treflan, over surface of bed for season-long weed prevention.
STEP 9 – Fertilize your new flower bed with a granular flower food.
Don’t have room for a garden? You can still get the feel of one by planting in a upcycled wood pallet!
Image and full instructions via Life On The Balcony
I hope you can get out and work in your garden, after the snow is gone anyway! Make sure to share those pictures when you are done!
Have a great weekend!
Are you seeing the beautiful spring flowers that have been sprouting out all around? This time of year is so refreshing and cheerful to me and the bright colors are a welcomed sight. I wanted to share some of my favorite floral inspirations that bring the brightness of spring into your home.
Image via Gonnagetwed.com
Image via LouLou Sucre
Image via B-Movie Star
Image via Martha Stewart
Image via Good Housekeeping
Image via Walks with Bella
Image via Deck the Halls
Doesn’t your day feel brighter already? The crisp bright colors bring new life to the season, and to your home! What’s your favorite spring flower?
To see more of my favorite flower arrangements, check out my Flower Arrangements and Displays Board on Pinterest!
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