One thing that is important to us is honoring those who come before us. One way to honor is to remember. One way to remember is to have a visual reminder. So throughout our home, we have both old and new photographs. Here are a few places where you can find the “old”.

All of our children’s great-grandparents can all be found in this frame. The middle is a scripture is found in Malachi 4:6. “And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers.” Found the frame at Bombay Kids years ago (I think they have since gone out of business – is this true?)

In Claire’s bedroom, among other sentimental details, we have a picture of my mom & me (when I was a baby) on the bottom shelf. And one shelf up, you can see another picture of me as a baby, sitting on my great grandmother’s lap. All the frames you can see are from a variety of places. Everywhere from Real Deals to Target to Home Goods, probably. The piece of furniture is from Razmataz.

This is one of my favorite pictures of my folks, taken when they were newlyweds.

Zooming out a bit, you can see where it sits on a shelf. This is in the corner of our kitchen:

NOTE: The neutral color that is painted on most of the walls throughout our home is called Oak Harbor, from Dunn-Edwards.

First, a little shout-out to Jo and her family. They are traveling in the U.S. right now … from Australia. Noticed your comment, Jo, and while I don’t have store recommendations for the areas that you’re going through, I just wanted to send a big, happy WELCOME since you’re here visiting. Wishing you & your family a fantastic experience.

Okay. So HELLO, February! I have a little extra “love” in my home decor these days. Not a ton of red & pink (although I think that’s WAY fun), but just some small details that put a little more love in the air. For example, our entry table always has some sort of seasonal touch and this year, instead of going for red-ness, I kept it neutral and put a favorite Valentines-y picture in the frame.

That’s Porter holding his homemade heart. I used that picture to make his Valentines last year (see my 2/13/08 post). The frame, if you can believe it, is from WalMart.

The tall, skinny plants are from Home Goods.
The table is from Pottery Barn.
The green garland is from Real Deals.

Those of you who have been following my blog for a while know that we always have something seasonal hanging above our bar in the kitchen (with the use of invisible thread & eyelet screws). I found these hearts at Michael’s last year (clearance sale after Valentines) and honestly, they’re a bit “crafty” for my taste. But they’re fun. And they’re Valentines. And they were cheap.

This might be a familiar project to some of you, from last February.

This trio of photos (in frameless clip frames, like I just blogged about on 1/22/09) hangs in our kitchen. What’s different from how I had it last year (see my 1/15/08 post) … is that Crew is now a part of the display. The message, of course: Love One Another.

I’ve been getting comments about wanting to see more home decor projects. Honestly, that’s not necessarily my strength, but since I enjoy seeing other peoples’ homes and how they decorate … I’m going to make that my blog focus this week. So check back daily for more ideas from our home.