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Window box love. (Summer decorating ideas)

Window box love. (Summer decorating ideas)

11 Jul

This post was most recently updated on September 23rd, 2019

Have I ever told you that I’m totally crazy about window boxes?  Well, if not, now you know. I love, love, love them. I think that if you could look up the definition of “pretty” in the home decorating dictionary, there’d be a photo of a window box!  home decor ideas

I’ve always had a thing for them, but I really fell in love with window boxes when we drove through rural France to attend our French friend’s wedding a decade ago.  Nearly every little cottage was adorned with a postcard-perfect one overflowing with happiness – just like you’d imagine it to be.

We stayed at the home of friend’s parents, and we had a view from our room of their pretty garden shed with a window box of flowers.  I remember thinking back then that, someday, I wanted to have a pretty garden shed in my yard too.  I know, I know, I dream big, don’t I?!?  Sheesh. You know you have a home decor problem when your 10-year plan involves a pretty garden shed with a window box, not a million dollar home in the Hollywood Hills. 😉

Well, we built a pretty nice shed a few years ago, and I’ve been itching to get to this project!

How to decorate garden shedDecorating a garden shedI’m so excited that today we finally installed one!  (Thanks for the help, Dad – as usual!)  It’s painted the same color as my turquoise blue doors, Martha Stewart Artesian Well (MSL 117).

 

The flowers still have a lot of growing to do – in fact, they really look quite sad right now.  But I have high hopes for them.  I’ll have to show you another pic once it gets fuller.

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I can’t wait to fill it with all kinds of seasonal decor as the seasons change.  The possibilities are endless!

Now I can tick “Own a window box” off the bucket list, lol.  (I’m joking; well, OK, almost).

So do you have a thing for window boxes too?  Do you have one?  If so, let’s be window box friends :-).

Until next time,

 

By Kerri, July 11, 2012, Filed Under: Exteriors & Front Doors, Home Decor Accessories, Home Decor Tutorials & DIY Projects, Modern Cottage Style Decorating, Seasonal & Party Decorating, Summer Decor

About Kerri

Kerri Roche is the voice behind A Pop of Pretty, a Canadian-based home decorating blog, where she shares her love of modern cottage and coastal style, from the island of Newfoundland. Kerri is a lifelong interiors lover and an avid home enthusiast. She holds an MBA and Bachelor degree in Commerce (Marketing). Her blog is a creative outlet where she loves to inspire other style seeking home lovers with design and renovation ideas, DIY home decor tutorials, and shopping tips as she decorates her suburban family home and coastal cottage - all while juggling a busy young family, including a globe-trotting husband, 3 busy kids (including twins), and two energetic dogs named Finny and Winnie.

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Comments

  1. Cindy says

    August 2, 2012 at 4:01 pm

    I also love window boxes, we have two windows that have them. Yours are very pretty.
    Hugs, Cindy

    • Kerri says

      August 6, 2012 at 11:09 pm

      Thanks so much, Cindy! Hope you’ll come by again soon! ~Kerri

  2. Karen Home Interiors Rep says

    July 17, 2012 at 5:52 pm

    Great job, very pretty coordinating the box color with the door. I am thinking of putting them on my deck railing since we have a condo assoc that won’t allow installing them on the windows. Have to research the best plants for direct sun all day long.

  3. Ang says

    July 11, 2012 at 2:52 pm

    I had window boxes at the old house, and would you believe someone stole them!
    I want to put some on the windows of the dormers in the soon-to-be-finished Bonus Space [and by ‘soon’ I mean in this lifetime]… it will jazz up the outside and the inside!

  4. Denise says

    July 11, 2012 at 12:45 pm

    Kerri, it looks awesome!! Super impressed that you’re getting through that list too. Mine keeps getting longer instead of shorter.

    You are an inspiration!

  5. Casey @wafflingdesign says

    July 11, 2012 at 11:05 am

    I agree! window boxes are adorable! I love when people turn sheds into little houses. My mom built a beautiful shed, but didnt put in a window. Such a shame

    • sonny says

      July 11, 2012 at 11:20 am

      Love it.. I just finished and posted mine 2 weeks ago. Since I was late getting to them I started with mature flowers cause I have NO patience lol..

  6. Jojo says

    July 11, 2012 at 2:29 am

    I love them and yes I have one. My previous window box had a history….handmade by my dad in the 70s…used indoors(it was charming) then in 2005 we moved and I added to the outside. We were both happy and life was beautiful until April 2010 when someone must have put out a match after lighting a candle on the deck. In the middle of the night our door bell was ringing like crazy and we ran down the stairs to see fire in the window!!!! Thankfully our neighbor was up and saw flames! We got out, fire department came, etc. we had to get some work done on the outside of the house and I got a new window box but now I’m afrai to put anything in there!

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