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Decorating and Home, Our Home, Seasonal

Picking Lilacs…

May 9, 2019

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Home and lifestyle blogger Liz Fourez shares simple spring decorating inspiration with fresh lilacs picked from her yard

Spring always tends to be a busy season for us, and I’m sure for many of you as well. There are end of the school year activities and a million baseball games and yard work, not to mention jobs or all the projects I’m finally able to tackle now that the weather is starting to get nice. The other day as I was in the middle of trying to juggle several tasks, I happened to notice out the window that my big lilac bush in the yard is starting to bloom. Big, beautiful, fragrant clusters of purple flowers peeking out between the green leaves.

In many ways, this year felt like the longest winter ever, and finally seeing all the green outside is such a welcome sight right now. So instead of continuing to work on answering emails, I stopped what I was doing, went outside and clipped some branches, and played around with my camera, capturing and celebrating the first signs of spring in our little farmhouse.

Home and lifestyle blogger Liz Fourez shares simple spring decorating inspiration with fresh lilacs picked from her yard Home and lifestyle blogger Liz Fourez shares simple spring decorating inspiration with fresh lilacs picked from her yard Home and lifestyle blogger Liz Fourez shares simple spring decorating inspiration with fresh lilacs picked from her yard Home and lifestyle blogger Liz Fourez shares simple spring decorating inspiration with fresh lilacs picked from her yard Home and lifestyle blogger Liz Fourez shares simple spring decorating inspiration with fresh lilacs picked from her yard

Over the years I’ve learned that my favorite way to decorate for each season is with simple, little touches that are effortless and casual. I tend to still go all out for Christmas with multiple decorated trees throughout the house, but for every other season, a pretty bouquet of flowers or switching out a pillow is usually all I need to make our home feel refreshed.

Right now, these lilacs are our sign of spring, filling the whole room with their sweet scent.

Home and lifestyle blogger Liz Fourez shares simple spring decorating inspiration with fresh lilacs picked from her yard Home and lifestyle blogger Liz Fourez shares simple spring decorating inspiration with fresh lilacs picked from her yard Home and lifestyle blogger Liz Fourez shares simple spring decorating inspiration with fresh lilacs picked from her yard Home and lifestyle blogger Liz Fourez shares simple spring decorating inspiration with fresh lilacs picked from her yard

Some days are filled with big projects and exciting things around here, and other days I get distracted by pretty things growing in my yard and spend the day using lilacs as my muse.

I hope this simple post and photos inspire you to pause for a moment and take in the beautiful things happening around you. Big or small, they are there, beginning to bloom. Happy spring, sweet friends! xoxo Liz

Sources

kitchen sources: here
towel: Couleur Nature
white & cream vase: Target
white rectangular tray: similar at World Market
lavender hand soap: World Market
bamboo scrubber: Amazon
creamer: similar at Pottery Barn
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living room sources:
farmhouse table: here
crossback chairs: World Market
chair cushions: World Market
armchair: World Market
table runner: Pier 1
candle chandelier: A Rustic Garden
white & cream case: Target
art shelf: here
art work: here +  here


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  1. Karen says: May 9, 2019 at 3:14 pm

    Love lilac and the beautiful smell is so intociating.

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  2. Michele M. says: May 9, 2019 at 8:15 pm

    My lilac bushes just started blooming today – but it rained all day – cannot wait to pick some and bring them indoors. They are so lovely.

    Your pictures are amazing – what a great photographer you are! And your kitchen is to-die-for!!!!

    Happy remainder of spring. I am not looking forward to the humid heat just around the corner – for now I am in heaven with the warm but also cool temps of spring.

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  3. Cindy says: May 12, 2019 at 8:04 am

    I didn’t want the pictures to end. Thank you for sharing

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The perfect example of design on a budget. I feel The perfect example of design on a budget. I feel like kids go through so many phases of what they do and don’t like as they get older, and we’re often changing the boys’ bedrooms to make them function better as they grow out of each phase (way too quickly, I might add 🥺).

I’m a big believer in teaching kids to be mindful of taking care of their belongings and their home from the time they are little, which is why I don’t worry so much about light colored couches in the living room or white walls throughout the house. BUT kids are also kids, and I design their bedrooms with a much more frugal budget so that if anything gets old & worn or needs to be replaced/repurposed... I don’t sweat the money that was spent!

In this room we used inexpensive pieces from IKEA, Target and Walmart to create a cozy teenage boy’s room, but it definitely doesn’t skimp on style. We’re planning a little makeover again in this room soon, and I’m excited to show you what we have up our sleeves for my now 15 year old... good grief, where does the time go?

You can find all the details of this room here:
link in my profile

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A weird side angle of the living room as proof tha A weird side angle of the living room as proof that a giant TV does in fact exist in here, and we are just a normal family who loves movie nights snuggled up on the couch with the dog & football Sundays with all the yummy food during the game (one benefit of having an open concept living/dining room). I purposely placed the TV in a spot where it isn’t the main focal point of the room and designed the space to draw your eye to other much prettier things like the big picture window just to the left of this photo.

Want to try something like this in your living room? See if you can arrange the furniture so the TV isn’t the main focal point in the room, but still has visibility from the majority of your seating. Try making the focus a fireplace, window, or create a gallery wall with pretty artwork if you don’t have any standout architectural elements!

Just a little tidbit of advice I’ve learned & loved & wanted to pass along... Happy Monday, sweet friends!

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What are your plans for the weekend? Whatever they are, I hope you have a chance to laugh, rest, eat something delicious, and enjoy a little sunshine (even if it’s sitting indoors because it’s very brrrr outside)!

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If you’re going to share one single bathroom wit If you’re going to share one single bathroom with two adolescent boys, you might as well make it pretty... because Lord knows it’s not always going to be clean. 🥴

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What’s your opinion on shiplap? In? Out? Vertical? Horizontal? Focal wall or the entire room? I’d love to hear your thoughts!

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