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I believe the front entry and front door set the tone for the rest of your home, so it should be welcoming and inviting and represent your style. Our mid-90s stucco home got a beautiful and durable new door plus a redecorated courtyard and foyer to give it the coastal farmhouse entryway makeover it was long overdue for! This project wins the award for the longest wait ever, but it is worth every single month of that wait! It’s pretty ridiculous how often I find myself just gazing over at our entryway in the evenings, just admiring the new view that we never thought we’d have

It’s amazing what a good cleaning and simple stucco wall border can do to freshen up a small courtyard and add even more curb appeal!  Not only did we update our entryway with a new door and new courtyard decor, but the courtyard itself and its stucco wall got a welcome makeover as well. Our home isn’t much to look at in terms of curb appeal no thanks to it’s street-facing garage (almost standard in the region, and a design trend I despise), paved front “yard”, and large stucco wall front and center, but we’ve worked on what we can and I’m happy to say after this second phase of our little exterior makeover, it’s all looking much nicer! *affiliate links may be used for your convenience, click here to see my full disclosure policy The first area we tackled was this side bed between us and the neighbor’s house

There are many areas of our home that are persistent toddler-magnets no matter what we do but our little guy has three favorite hotspots: my capiz shell windchime in the corner of the dining room, the floor lamp in the living room, and the fireplace. We don’t use our fireplace (#southTexas) but the wire screen and curtains still made it our highest priority to take care of

There are many areas of our home that are persistent toddler-magnets no matter what we do but our little guy has three favorite hotspots: my capiz shell windchime in the corner of the dining room, the floor lamp in the living room, and the fireplace. We don’t use our fireplace (#southTexas) but the wire screen and curtains still made it our highest priority to take care of