Vintage Patriotic Front Porch for Independence Day-Decorate With Me

 Hi Friends, 

I've been a busy adding Patriotic touches to my front porch.

I showed you my galvanized buckets on the front porch in a 1st of June post, "Vintage Galvanized Buckets and Florals for the Front Porch".

From there, I started by adding  touches of Patriotic -little flags to the black enamel pot, but there was something missing...

I changed the tattered ribbons on the vintage milk cans with new patriotic ribbons. 

Added a few more flags to an a vintage milk can and wire basket 

It was still looking like I needed some height, so I dug out a vintage rectangle wire basket to give height to the brass bucket.

I had a red metal barn star that I have had about 12 years, that I had on a corner shelf in the family room so I brought it out to add a little "Country Charm".

There seemed to be a bare spot in the middle there so I went looking in my house. 

I found this thrifted black lantern, from my "Community Budget Center" stuffed in a corner of the guest bathroom, kind of looking out of place, and thought why not paint this.... 

 

Red. In the craft supplies I had red acrylic paint, to use for this quick project with this lantern, I love how the lantern turned out.  What do you think?

Still some vacant space here so I added this....

I am Proud to Be an American flag I purchased at "Dollar Tree, last year for a Dollar.

It seems like there is more blank space, so I might think about this.....

Thank you for stopping by, and if you could give me some ideas to fill this blank area that would be great.

Until I can figure it out needs to be put in this space.

May God Bless You and Your Family.

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

 

Vintage Galvenized Buckets and Florals for the Front Porch

 Hi Friends,

Today, I am pulling out all of the galvanized buckets from the garden shed, to be used for flower planter in the front porch area.

I've been collecting galvanized buckets one at a time all year, when I see them I normally try and pick them up if their under $5.00 for buckets.

I have also been picking up larger terra cotta pots when I can find them for under $5.00 .  This brass bucket I have had for many year I usually place by the fireplace filled with pinecone I have gathered

I usually try and grow all of my plant from seed, however, this year our month of April and may have been cold rainy this year nights have been in the high 20's low 30's even my milk jug plants are a little behind.

 I started sowing seed in milk jug the first week of May and these are the zinnias I planted over a month ago. Very delayed zinnias I'm thinking! 

So I went to my local Wal-Mart and was pleasantly surprised that some of the lovely geraniums were half off, $2.00 a plant so, I bought a flat of ten geraniums

The weekend  after the last day of school I dropped by my storage unit looking for items I could use for summer décor. I had for gotten about the wash tubs I had here is one of them. 

The lovely wire potato basket and the large white enamel red trim wash tub I found at a auction many years ago and has been in my storage unit.  

This is my summer front porch as of June 1st.  I'm sure it I'll be changing a few things as the month of July moves closer.  I might add a few flags I don't know quite yet, I think I need a focal point not sure what it should be.

I hope I have inspired you to use some of your vintage collection to decorate your home for the different holidays or season

I want to thank you for checking in , please check back any time, I'm trying to post at least every other weekend, with thrift hauls, vignettes of where I show off my thrifted treasures, and a few pic's of my seasonal decorating in and outside my home.

So, until next time......

May God Bless You and Your Family,

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett