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The Patriotic Porch

June 29, 2015 By Talya Tate Boerner 14 Comments

The Patriotic Porch

Last week I shared a few easy ways to decorate your house and garden for the 4th of July. If you missed it, click HERE. Today, I’m focusing on the porch. A patriotic porch extends summer’s favorite celebration beyond the inside of your home.

We are lucky to have three porches—a front wraparound porch, a back screened porch, and a sleeping porch upstairs. First up, the front porch.

It sort of goes without saying (but I’ll say it anyway), plant red flowers. The good news about summer gardening, often when the weather turns blistering, you can find plants on sale. I found red petunias and salvia for fifty cents at Lowes! Yes, you may have to trim/water/coddle/deadhead them, and yes, they are a little leggy, but $0.50!! They make great fillers for the bare spots in my containers along the front. 

the patriotic porch - red filler plants

What’s easier than poking a dime store flag in a flower pot? Not much. Even though our chair cushions aren’t patriotic, the vintage star pillow pulls everything together like the cherry on top of a sundae.

The Patriotic Porch - simple touches pack punch

Raid your house and temporarily relocate red, white, and blue decorations from inside to outside for a 4th of July porch party. Red striped and denim pillows on the swing plus a child’s little red wooden bench add patriotic touches.

The Patriotic Front Porch

Throw a vintage tablecloth on your outdoor table. The colander I ate strawberries from last week, now holds a fern.

Patriotic Front Porch

Now on to the back porch.

By moving things around and rummaging through my garage, I was able to give my back porch a patriotic look. The bowling pins were a long ago yard sale find. Everything else was either already on the porch, in another room, or being unused in the garage. When we moved from Dallas, the red-stained bookcase didn’t fit in our new house, so we put it on the back porch to use as a potting bench / serving buffet. Works great! Since it’s in a protected area, the only problem with having it on the porch is dust and pollen.  

Patriotic Back Porch

Razorbacks are naturally patriotic:)) #WPS!

Razorback on the Back Porch - Naturally red accent for 4th of July!

And last, our sleeping porch. Obviously, this ain’t no P. Allen Smith sleeping porch. His is to die for. Ours is dusty with an inch of pollen on the floor and no place to sleep. But since the sleeping porch is a part of early 20th century American architecture (and since I mentioned it), I thought I should show ours to you. I do love the vintage motel-style chairs which came from 410 Vintage. And my Easy Peasy Breezy Vintage Hanky Bunting is being showcased in the name of summer. What I really want out there is an antique bed of some sort…

Our sleeping porch

P. Allen Smith, maybe you could come for a visit and makeover this space for me? Pretty please.

That’s it for my patriotic home, garden and porch. Happy Monday!

Grace Grits and Gardening

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Comments

  1. Renee says

    June 29, 2015 at 7:17 am

    beautiful idea’s, beautiful porches and you are a beautiful woman, inside and out!!

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    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      June 29, 2015 at 8:16 am

      Awww thank you Renee. And thanks for sharing my post on your FB timeline!

      Reply
  2. Barbara Tate says

    June 29, 2015 at 7:21 am

    Happy Monday to you too. Your porches look beautiful, all ready for the Fourth of July!

    Reply
    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      June 29, 2015 at 8:17 am

      Yes, I’m ready:)) The neighborhood kid/pet/bike parade comes down our street.

      Reply
  3. Beth says

    June 29, 2015 at 11:28 am

    I love your porches and how you decorate them! I miss having big porches. We lived in an old Craftsmen on Main St. in Blytheville back in the 90s. I loved the porches.

    Reply
    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      June 30, 2015 at 7:31 am

      Thank you so much Beth. Blytheville has such beautiful old Craftsmen homes (and shade trees). I know you miss that. Come sit on my porch anytime!

      Reply
  4. Freeda Baker Nichols says

    June 29, 2015 at 1:16 pm

    Enjoyed the photos! Have a great Fourth of July! God bless America!

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    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      June 30, 2015 at 7:30 am

      Thank you, Freeda. Happy Fourth to you too!

      Reply
  5. June Graham says

    June 29, 2015 at 3:30 pm

    Love your porches!!!!!

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    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      June 30, 2015 at 7:29 am

      Thank you Mrs. June!!

      Reply
  6. Rhonda says

    June 30, 2015 at 8:14 am

    I love your big porch, and how you have decorated it. Those blue pillows and that flag draped over the side! Better than anything I’ve seen on Pinterest, for reals.

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    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      July 1, 2015 at 4:09 pm

      I like big porches, I cannot lie:) Thanks Rhonda.

      Reply
  7. Dorothy Johnson says

    July 4, 2015 at 7:36 pm

    Looks so inviting! I hope you’re having a porch party today!

    Reply
  8. Karen says

    June 27, 2019 at 9:20 am

    I loved this. I also love reading comments from people who live or have lived in NE Arkansas and SE Missouri. Now I have to go finish what I started a week ago. I love that red bookcase especially.

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