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Summer Home Tour … with Lilacs

June 10, 2016 By Linda 20 Comments

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Well, hello there lilacs.

 

It’s so nice of you to bloom just in time for the summer home tour event organized by Marty of A Stroll Thru Life. 

Summer Decorating Ideas

 

And it’s so nice of you to bloom just in time to greet the visitors who have found their way here from the oh so fabulous VEL at Life & Home at 2012 blog (and can I just say I covet VEL’s kitchen!).

 

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navy and white dining room

The very minute I saw your beautiful blooms, I ran out with sheers and mason jars filled with water. I snipped and trimmed and very un-artfully arranged you. And then I spread you around the house. Starting in the dining room …

navy and white living room

board and batten dining room

And then I grabbed a few stems, stuck them in a wreath and hung it from a ribbon from my window mirror.

navy and white dining room

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Lilacs, you and your magnificent scent also adorn the living room …

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Board and Batten Living Room

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Can’t you just smell them?

 

Navy and White Living Room

 

Funny story, lilacs.

 

And yes, I realize saying the story is funny in advance could be the kiss of death for this story …

 

The day I snipped and trimmed and un-artfully arranged you in mason jars and generously spread you around the house, my husband commented on your delicious smell after arriving home from work. And then he proceeded to walk right past you …

 

right past the antique-look toolbox filled with your blooms on the dining room table …

 

right past the wreath on the mirror with your blooms tucked here and there …

 

 right past not one, not two, but three mason jars generously filled with your blooms in the living room …

 

Navy and White Living Room

… and made his way to the front door. Where he turned to me and said, The lilac bush is really strong this year. I can smell it right through the cracks in the door.

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Navy and White Living Room

 

To which I replied, Um, yeah honey. Or perhaps it could be all the mason jars filled with lilacs like, um, everywhere inside the house!

 

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Navy and White Board and Batten Living Room

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Before you go, make sure you visit Anita at Far Above Rubies (click here). She’s the very last spot on this fabulous week-long Summer Home Tour!

Summer Decorating Ideas

 

And here’s the full line-up for today (Friday, June 10)

 Refresh Restyle | Splendor Styling | Monica Wants It | Life and Home @ 2102 | Far Above Rubies

 

And …. for even more summer decorating inspiration, here’s the line-up for the full week of Summer Home Tours …

 

Monday – June 6

A Stroll Thru Life | Life on Virginia Street | Remodelando La Casa | Thrifty and Chic | Rain On A Tin Roof | Duke Manor Farms

Tuesday – June 7

Life Love Larson | Haneens Haven | Claire Brody Designs | My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia | The House of Silver Lining | Hymns & Verses

Wednesday – June 8

Dimples & Tangles | Our Southern Home | Simple Details | Decor To Adore | A Thoughtful Place |  21 Rosemary Lane

 Thursday – June 9

Our Fifth House | Decorating Delirium | Driven By Decor  | Making Home Base | Simple Stylings | Cuckoo4Design

Friday – June 10

 Refresh Restyle | Splendor Styling | Monica Wants It | Life and Home @ 2102 |  It All Started With Paint | Far Above Rubies

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  1. Karen says

    June 10, 2016 at 5:53 am

    Beautiful, and so simple to do and oh the fragrance! I think you were referring to “shears” for cutting those beauties!

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  2. cassie @ primitive & proper says

    June 10, 2016 at 6:03 am

    they are so simple and perfect and i can practically smell them through my screen! my mom had several bushes by our house when i was growing up and i was always heart broken when they were done blooming.

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  3. Julia@Cuckoo4Design says

    June 10, 2016 at 6:53 am

    Love all the blue, white and natural wood tones in your pretty home.

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  4. Laura Ingalls Gunn says

    June 10, 2016 at 7:50 am

    What a fabulous tour! The lilac paired with navy is perfection.

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  5. laura janning says

    June 10, 2016 at 8:29 am

    that’s a man for you. i can say that cause mine would probably say and do that too! your home is fabulous and the liliacs are just a bonus. dead weeds and your home would still look amazing. happy summer!

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  6. Kris @ Junk Chic Cottage says

    June 10, 2016 at 8:45 am

    Beautiful every picture. I love lilacs the fragrance is intoxicating. Have a great week end.
    Kris

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  7. Marty@A Stroll Thru Life says

    June 10, 2016 at 9:16 am

    Love, love, love your lilacs and your home looks so pretty with the scattered about. Thanks so much for joining the 2016 Summer Home Tours.

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  8. KimL says

    June 10, 2016 at 9:59 am

    Lilacs always bring a big smile to my face! When my son was three, we had three large lilac bushes right outside our kitchen window. I had heard that smashing the end of the stems with a hammer made the blooms last longer. I returned from putting a vase of lilacs in the living room to find my son walking away with the hammer. “What are you doing with the hammer?” I asked him. He very excitedly responded, “There’s a fly on the window. I’m gonna kill it!” Yikes! Seems like I returned just in time!

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  9. Vel says

    June 10, 2016 at 10:06 am

    I have always been in love with the color combo of blue and lilac and I can never seem to pull it off, but you my dear, did so flawlessly! Love it all! So honored to share the Summer home tour with you! Cheers!

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  10. Cristina says

    June 10, 2016 at 11:47 am

    Hahaha it’s funny how husbands hardly ever noticed something! I can put an elephant in the middle of my family room and he doesn’t see it. ๐Ÿ˜€
    The lilacs give your beautiful home a romantic feel this summer.

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  11. Amy says

    June 10, 2016 at 11:56 am

    Hi Linda, Lilacs are my favorite. I love the scent and the delicate vintage beauty of the flowers. I have light, lilac, dark purple, and white lilac bushes. Mine bloom in April, so I’ve been missing them. Thanks so much for sharing yours today. Your home is just lovely.

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  12. Rebeca says

    June 10, 2016 at 12:12 pm

    Beautiful tour! I love your crisp blue and white combined with the lilacs! So pretty! ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  13. Marian Emch says

    June 10, 2016 at 12:44 pm

    I loved your home tour! Your home is beautiful!

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  14. Louise says

    June 10, 2016 at 1:15 pm

    Linda, I can gather only a bunch or so anymore, after leafy trees grew tall near them and blocked the sunshine they needed to produce blooms! Also, it didn’t help that after our first year in this house I thought I’d be proactive about care and maintenance of the lilacs and proceeded to prune–whatever season it was, it was the wrong season to be pruning, if it’s ever even correct to deadhead lilacs! Now, to have lilacs in the house I ask permission of friends and neighbors and homeowners I don’t even know to cut some of their blooms! Geographical note: Chicago seems to be two weeks or more behind New Hampshire in the arrival of spring. But spring flowers make it worth suffering through winter! ~ I really admire how you’ve painted furniture and objets in your home, it looks great!!

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    • Linda says

      June 10, 2016 at 2:19 pm

      I did the same thing to my lilac bush! Gave it a big old haircut in the Spring and then it didn’t bloom for like 2 or 3 years. This is the first time in awhile that I got blooms! So happy about that!

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  15. Bliss says

    June 11, 2016 at 5:58 am

    Ah ha ha ha ha….. The funny story totally could have happened here. The beautiful clean house for a tour though, um, that could not right now!

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  16. Christine says

    June 12, 2016 at 4:36 pm

    LMAO I see your hubby and mine could be related! Loving your home tour, and the lilacs clippings! I really want to plant a lilac in my backyard but due to the root system they have after a few years, it would have to be at the back end of our yard. WHich after seeing your beautiful blooms just may happen!

    Have a great week!

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  17. Anita Diaz says

    June 14, 2016 at 7:11 am

    Oh those lilacs are just gorgeous in your beautiful home!! Love how they pair with the blue, and I am sure they smell so wonderful!

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  18. runkelseyrun says

    September 4, 2017 at 9:28 pm

    where is this rug from!?

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    • Linda says

      September 5, 2017 at 9:29 am

      I purchased it like 5 years ago from RugsUSA.com but they no longer carry it. Sorry.

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