Long May She Wave Summertime Porch

Hello my friends,

Summer is officially here and I am so excited to be sharing my summertime porch with you!

 

Once Memorial Day arrives you will find me pulling out my flags.

 

The red, white, and blue proudly flies both inside and out.

 

Before I begin, I want to thank my friend, Amber from

 Follow The Yellow Brick Road for putting this patriotic porch tour together for us!

And, if you are hopping over from visiting Carol at Art and Sand; then I know that you have had a wonderful Americana welcome from her California beach cottage.

Be sure and visit all of the other links at the bottom of this post for some fun summertime porch lovin!  :)

 



Nothing says Americana more to me than Uncle Sam and Radio Flyer.

 

I have had this Uncle Sam for years.  He just keeps getting better with age!  :)  Doesn't he look cute perched upon my little chippy red chair?

 

 

The old wagon has seen better days, but it doesn't stop me from loving it!

 

 

The sailor boy is a lid to a cookie jar.  We found it at Aunt Bunnies estate.  We never ran across a bottom to go with it, but I didn't have the heart to just toss it.  I sat it in the wagon next to a Patriotic pot planted in red, white, and blue.  The old piece of fencing was pulled from the garden and the card banner was a thrift find.

 

I set my chippy red ladder next to the table and filled it with some of my small collected containers.

 

 

 

Galvanized buckets hang from the porch and my old pulley.

 

 

 

Patriotic bells are tucked into the bottom bucket.  The red, white, and blue flowers are just starting to bloom.

 

I brought my iron chair planter around from the back garden.  More flags fly high inside the pot.

 

In the corner of the porch I hung my ribbon flag I made a few years ago on the old white door.

 

 

 

It looked a little bare, so I stood a rustic crate on it's end and topped it with one of my birdhouses.

 

 

This birdhouse was the perfect choice because it has a bell hanging from it's perch.

 

 

The red rocker was a $15 thrift find.  I refreshed it with a new coat of paint as well as a grain sack stripe and number.  The small flag banner was also in the bag of thrift finds where the card one was.

 

June is the 6th month as well as the month where summer officially begins.

 

The last area of the porch is on the left side of the entrance.

 

A couple of years ago I shared a post

Making a Patriotic Cooler for a Cool Picnic

 

 

I was asked to recreate it on a live video for Hometalk.  That was a fun experience.

 

More flags and draped bunting in an old ice cream bucket help carry my "Long May She Wave" theme over.

These whimsical bells were another thrift find.  I added some fun ribbon and tied them to an old shutter.

 



 

My friend, Amanda gifted me with this cute door mat.

 

The finishing touch is the wicker basket hanging on the door.  Filled with what?  Of course, more flags and bunting!  (wink)

 

 

Right now there are a lot of purple flowers blooming in the front yard garden.  They blend nicely with the red, white, and blue.

 

Happy summer time from my front porch to yours!!

Now hop on over to Cecilia's My Thrift Store Addiction.

I promise you won't be disappointed!



hugs,

 

I will be sharing with these fun parties:

Patriotic Party at Follow the Yellow Brick Home

 

 

 

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