Happy Independence Day

Hello, come join me on my front porch. It is all dressed to celebrate Independence Day.My chairs are all clad in their red, white and blue. Because I like to decorate the front porch for the season I often purchase large beach towels in the appropriate colors and just wrap my cushions and use safety pins to secure them. Then if they need to cleaned I can just unpin them in a few seconds.This is a closeup of the table that sits between two of the chairs. I have used Ball canning jars and just used three taper candles in each. They make a beautiful glow when they are lit in the evenings.This hutch was sitting on my porch one day when I arrived home from work with a note attached. It said, "this last piece wouldn't fit on the moving truck and I thought it would be happy on your porch." What a good friend she knows I adopt any sad, abused or unwanted furniture. Now it proudly displays all my patriotic collection.

I sold Longaberger baskets for ten years so you will probably see a few in most of my photos.Have any of you ever ironed with a flat iron? I did growing up on a ranch in Montana and let me tell you on a hot summer day you would rather be hoeing the garden at midday then heating that flat iron on a wood stove.

This little table for two is the perfect place for brunch on a Sunday morning. I thought I would use polka dots just to break up the patriotic theme and make it a little more interesting. I found this plastic dinner ware at Walmart (can't believe the spell check doesn't recognize Walmart) and since it was so affordable I thought it was a great alternative to paper. Greener too as I won't be throwing it awayThe ant napkin rings I bought at Powell Gardens in the gift shop. (This is a public garden near Kansas City).

On my front porch I also have a large black buffet. It's not what I would choose to have here but at present I don't have another alternative. It is a piece I had left when I closed my antique booths. I gave much of the furniture away but this piece was so beautiful I haven't let go of it yet.

The carving on it so detailed and beautiful.

The knobs on the drawers are hand carved wood wrought in beautiful detail. I don't have a wall in my house it will fit on so for now I guess I will just decorate it on the porch.

Have a safe happy 4th.