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Thanks so much to Marty of A Stroll Thru Life for hosting this fun Summer Tour of thirty bloggers sharing Summer decor inspiration! I’ve been participating in Marty’s tours for several years now and it’s an honor to be part of them and see all the inspiration from the bloggers participating!

If you are coming over from 11 Magnolia Ln. welcome to White Arrows Home. Didn’t you love Christy’s tour? She has such gorgeous style! It’s so fun to see her life overseas in her Stuttgart apartment.

Now you are coming to visit my lakeside log cabin home in The Northwoods of Wisconsin.

We bought our cabin as a vacation home ten years ago and moved up to it full time with our five kids eight years ago. We have enjoyed raising our family on the lake, in the woods way Up North.

It’s been fun to add projects and improvements to our home and property over the years. We are getting close to finishing most of them. Some have been big like building the guest house and others have just been little dreams like having hanging baskets of geraniums across the front.

My blog is called White Arrows Home after the wooden white arrow signs that point you all over The Northwoods of Wisconsin directing you to businesses, restaurants, cabins, cottages and lake homes. They are a nostalgic symbol of our area and seemed the fitting inspiration for my blog where I write encouragement for you to find more direction and connection in your life with yourself, family, friends and faith.

I love to decorate with a mix of old and new. Vintage and antique finds are found all throughout the cabin filling it with a story.

Minocqua, where we live, is a vacationland paradise where people come from all over to visit and enjoy our beautiful scenery and recreational activities. So I love adding a little nod to travel in our entryway with the vintage suitcase. My favorite color is plaid, so you will find it throughout my rooms.

The VACANCY sign is off an old resort. You can see more of my entryway in THIS POST.

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Just outside the entryway is a wall between the dining room and kitchen. I styled the antique buffet with my collection of red lanterns in a line down the top. This buffet was the first antique Brian and I bought together.

One of the big changes I made this Summer was to move our dining room out into the sunroom and make a gathering area under the light in the dining room space. We have all loved how it worked out and how much we enjoy eating in the sunroom surrounded by pine trees.

Its great for whoever is cooking or working in the kitchen because others can sit and visit nearby.The kids have been gathering here to play games a lot.

The dining room feels grand now with the tall ceilings of the sunroom and the views of the woods and lake out of the three walls of floor to ceiling windows.

The Kitchen

One of the best parts of Summer is fresh fruit. I keep fruit out all the time for fresh healthy snacking options.

Another fun part of Summer is having big breakfasts. My kids favorites are pancakes and French toast. I started collecting vintage syrup dispensers a few years ago. I love that they come in different sizes. I usually just pick ones with red tops, checking to make sure the openings aren’t rusty.

You can find one of our favorite pancake recipes in THIS POST.

The Great Room

It is all good in the woods, one of my favorite sayings and it’s on a pillow! Find the pillow and other decor like you find in my home in my shop.

Notice the stack of vintage picnic baskets on the side of the chair. I love using my fun finds in new ways, different than what they were designed for, The basket stack makes a great end table. See THIS POST for more ideas for fun side tables.

A view of the great room looking back at the loft and beams. The loft is my next project and I have some fun ideas, so stay tuned.

I shared more of my Great Room Summer Styling and my mantel decor IN THIS POST.

I’ve been in three magazines in the past few months: American Farmhouse Style, Girl Camper and was named a Favorite Follow by Log Home Living and Timber Home Living Magazines.

The cute Pendleton glasses are one of the most popular items selling right now since they came in last week to My Shop.

I like to decorate all Summer, from Memorial Day to Labor Day, with Patriotic Decor. Here are some of my favorite ways to decorate with the style In THIS POST.

Thanks so much for visiting!

Next, you are heading over to Christina at Remodelando la Casa. You will love her beautiful home and tour!

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Monday – June 6th Lineup

A Stroll Thru Life – Our Southern Home – Grace In My Space

Hymns & Verses – Southern Hospitality – Chalking Up Success

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Calypso in the Country – StoneGable – 11 Magnolia Lane

White Arrows Home – RemodelaCasa – Pink Peppermint Design

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Decor to Adore – Thrifty and Chic – Clean and Scentsible

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The Stonybrook House – Southern State of Mind – This is our Bliss

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I’m so excited to be joining a group of my blogging friends to share ideas for Summer decorating in this fun hop hosted by Pasha is Home. I’m sharing how we dine in style for summer in the sunroom.You’ll find a list of links to all bloggers participating at the bottom of this post.

If you are coming over from Cottage in the Mitten, welcome! Didn’t you love Kim’s Simple Vintage Americana Porch Table Ideas? She always inspires me so much!

Welcome to The Northwoods of Wisconsin, the land of woods and lakes. It’s the perfect Summer getaway spot and I’m so lucky to live here every day. We spend Summer days on our dock and on the boat soaking up the Sunshine.

I’m sharing my patriotic sunroom for this hop and Day Two of my Summer of Sunshine Series here on White Arrows. So far in the series I’ve shared:

• Summer Mantel Decor and Great Room Styling
• Patriotic Decor from Memorial Day to Labor Day

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How to style a Sunroom

Our sunroom has gone through many iterations. When we first bought our cabin the sunroom was a screened in porch. When it wasn’t full of snow, it was full of pollen and we rarely used it. After a few years we decided to take the screens out and add in windows and baseboard heating so we could use the space more throughout the year.

We used it as a sitting room, but didn’t end up sitting out there as often as we thought we would. I changed up what furniture was out there a few times. I added games. I added a record player with music. But none of my attempts got the space to where I wanted it.

A few weeks ago I got an idea and Brian liked it so much he started to move the furniture right away.

I suggested that we move the dining room out into the sunroom, at least for Summer time. In the dining room after the table moved to the sunroom, we’d set up a gathering area of four chairs.

For decor out on the porch I’m giving it patriotic style for the Summer. I love using red, white and blue all Summer long from Memorial to Labor Day here at the lake. See more of my patriotic style IN THIS POST.

I found a big 48 star Reliance American flag at a local antique shop and hung that on the log wall. It took seconds to make a big impact.

The paddle on the wall was an old one I painted along with some girlfriends for a fun craft day. READ MORE HERE.

At the table I used my red and blue plaid camp blanket as a table throw.

My dishes are the perfect Summer addition, a mix of blue and white patterns in The dishes are melamine, and the lightweight, durable plates and bowls work well if we eat inside in the sunroom or take the meal out onto the deck.

Our deck is just outside the sunroom, so it works well to extend the eating area when we have a large crowd.

I used my red and white napkins inside the nautical rope napkin rings I made by wrapping rope around rings and securing with hot glue. They took minutes to make and gave me exactly the look I wanted. I found all the supplies at Hobby Lobby.

For a centerpiece I used a drink carrier full of vintage Pop bottles. It works great to add a flag inside each bottle. White daisies or red geraniums look perfect too.

I’m still trying to decide on a rug for the space, but until then I added felt circles to the bottoms of the chairs to make it easy to scoot back and forth from the table on the wood floor.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I’ve been so excited to share my sunroom transformation with you! We have been loving it and having dinner out there every night! Stay tuned in The Summer of Sunshine series as I share more ways to decorate your Summer table next week with easy ideas for every day of the week.

I’m the last one on the tour. If you haven’t taken the whole tour yet, start at the top at my friend Ann’s beautiful home. She blogs at Dabbling & Decorating and is sharing Simple Vintage Americana Porch Table Ideas.

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More Patriotic Decor Ideas from 8 Talented Bloggers

Simple Vintage Americana Porch Table Ideas // Dabbling & Decorating

How to Make Simple Patriotic Wall Decor // Robyn’s French Nest

No Sew Patriotic Scrap Flags // Tater Tots & Jello

Simple Ideas to Decorate with Red, White, and Blue // Simply 2 Moms

How to Make a Festive Patriotic Front Porch // Pasha is Home

Patriotic Picnic Ideas & How To Decorate // The Pond’s Farmhouse

Simple Vintage Americana Porch Table Ideas // Cottage in the Mitten

Summer Sunroom Dining // White Arrows Home

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It’s Day One of my Summer of Sunshine Series here on White Arrows Home. I’m so excited to share with you ideas for Summer decor, recipes, entertaining and memory making throughout the series. Today I’m sharing my Summer mantel decor and Great Room styling.

Last Summer I decorated the mantel with inspiration from my green oars and my Wisconsin Resorts framed print. It was all about greens and natural elements and texture. In my decor you will always a mix of old and new.

I used vintage green and white books, an antique trophy topped with a boxwood ball, an old lantern and DIY rope candle holders. See how I made those IN THIS POST.

I change my mantel decor in each season. It’s one of my favorite spots to decorate. Every time I style my mantel, I love how it turns out so much I think I’ll decorate it the same way the next year.

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This year I put the green oars back up and the Wisconsin Resorts framed print too, but then my creativity went another direction.

I gathered up a couple of the minnow buckets from my collection to incorporate and stack. Minnow buckets are one of my favorite vintage treasures to use all throughout my lake house. Not only do they reflect the nostalgic charm of lake like, but are practical in so many ways:

• To hold toilet paper in a bathroom
• As a flower vase
• Holding sunblock, bug spray and other outdoor necessities on the back patio
• The inside piece that is full of holes makes a wonderful lantern

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My goal is always to create spaces that make family and friends want to linger longer. Honey, our Great Pyrenees, is letting me know I’ve accomplished just that, feeling peaceful and cozy.

A lot of people ask me about my buffalo plaid chairs. A lot of people think of this pattern just in the Christmas Holidays, but it is perfect in our cabin all year. I love color and I love pattern. I treat the plaid chairs as a neutral, meaning that I mix and match them with everything. They are signature staple pieces and everything else will complement it.

Two of my recent finds are these black and white vintage photos. One is of a grandpa and young boy, their canoe and the fish they caught.

The old camp photo is from one of the local camps in our area, Camp Minocqua. It was my favorite find at Junk Bonanza this year. Read about that thrifting adventure to the Twin Cities and the vintage market IN THIS POST.

On my wish list is to find one more special framed photo to add. I don’t want to make a busy gallery wall here, but just do a trio of photos.

My vintage pennant pillow is from Jules Pillows.

As much as I love decorating my mantel, I love styling my coffee table just as much. There are a few elements you will usually find:

• stacks of books
• a styled tray
• game or puzzle
• deck of cards

One great place to find antique, vintage and new decor is from my shop, White Arrows Home. You can stop in our brick and mortar shop in Minocqua, Wisconsin, visit our booth at The Shops at Station 8 in Columbia Falls, Montana, or online from anywhere.

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There are so many great ways to style a tray. Our coffee table is large, so adding a tray is a great way to add some seasonal decor or entertaining pieces. Right now I’m using my basket tray with a simple candle surrounded by moss and a giant antler. Antlers are another thing I love in my decor all year long. See more ideas for using antlers IN THIS POST. Brian found this one on the shores of the The Sorthfork of the Flathead River while fly fishing with my dad.

Adding a game or puzzle to the coffee table is a great way to encourage the family to keep hanging out and off their phones. Checkers, chess, tic tac toe, even a puzzle come in such beautiful styles now that when no one is around or playing it, it still looks amazing.

This chess board I carried home from a trip to Spain. I bought it from an artisan on the streets.

Because our stone fireplace is so tall, I like to add pieces with height like the oars and the art print. I gave the left side more height by stacking two of the buckets next to the print. Giving the space a triangle shape brings your eyes up and around to take in the whole view and leaving you at peace.

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In one of the buckets on the right I added some greenery cascading out. So the final touch I gave the mantel was to add some blooms to the top bucket on the left.

Adding spots to gather around the Great Room is a priority in my decor, but so are spaces to curl up independently to read, take a nap or just gaze out at the view.

Thanks so much for following along! I’m so excited to kick off the Summer with you. Come hang out with me on my Instagram and Facebook Stories and see how we spend Summers enjoying the lake and life up here in The Northwoods.

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This “Keeping It Cozy” Winter Blog Hop brings together twelve blogging friends sharing our Winter decor, recipes and inspiration for staying cozy all Winter.

If you are coming over from my friend Kim’s at Shiplap & Shells, I know you were left in awe of her amazing home, gardens and views. She has such style and gifts for making everything she touches beautiful!

I’m excited to welcome you now to our Wisconsin home. We live in a lakeside log cabin in The Northwoods area of the state. We are way Up North in a popular tourist area known for it’s thousands of lakes and many forested trails giving an abundance of recreational activities to locals and tourists alike.

More Winter Decor Inspiration:

• Cozy Style for Winter Hibernating
• Bedroom Decor for Winter Warmth
• Late Winter Tablescape
• Winter Decor in the Entryway

The Mantel

My house is full of vintage and antique items that mix in with new decor. I love the collected look of a home filled with special finds.

The mantel is all about Winter snow this year. The vintage skis and showshoes are fun finds over the past few years.

The giant snowflakes, the warming hut sign and the Pray For Snow Art are all from my shop, White Arrows Home. You can shop there in person in Minocqua Wisconsin or online from anywhere. SHOP HERE.

Last year I used some of this same decor down on our little boat sheed.

Back on the mantel I used vintage books found while #thriftingwiththegals to stack Target Dollar Spot wooden block snowflakes and Walmart votives. See More IN THIS POST.

The Entryway

I use reds and greens in my cabin all year long, not just at Christmas. But I switched out my Christmas pillows on the bench for this nordic winter sweater design and a custom Chandler 4 Corners pillow with our town on it.

We are in love with our Ruggable rugs. They vacuum so easily and can be thrown in the washing machine so they always look fresh and clean. The pad underneath is also just the right thickness for looking plush and feeling comfortable.

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The Sideboard

On the outside wall between the kitchen and dining room I have an antique sideboard. It was the first antique Brian and I bought together. We found it in an old barn in Iowa.

I decorated it with Winter white trees from my Christmas decor and tied the styling to the mantel by adding a giant snowflake into my antique Hawkeye basket and some wooden Target Dollar Spot Ski themed finds.

The Kitchen

In the corner of the Kitchen/ Dining Room I have a little shelf where I hold my favorite dishes. Seasonally, I often change what’s on top. For Winter I set up a little Hot Cocoa station centered around this beautiful antique Cocoa box.

Here’s another fun Hot Chocolate Bar post I did. READ HERE.

The Coffee Table

On the coffee table I have a stack of some of my favorite cabin books. We just interviewed the author Chase Reynolds Ewald and photographer Audrey Hall of this Rustic series on my podcast. It’s a two part interview full of inspiration! LISTEN HERE.

The Bedroom

We made our room extra cozy this year with a beautiful quilt from VHC Brands and custom pillows and duvet.

See more of our Winter Bedroom IN THIS POST.

If you haven’t had a chance to see all the blogs on the tour yet, see the list below for links to all of them or start at the beginning visiting Amber of Follow the Yellow Brick Home. Her historic home is always decorated so perfectly in every season.

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Follow the Yellow Brick Home ~ A Stroll Thru Life ~ Common Ground ~ Bricks ‘n Blooms ~ Decor to Adore ~ The Ponds Farmhouse ~ County Road 407 ~ Lora Bloomquist Create & Ponder ~ Thistle Key Lane ~ Sweet Pea ~ Shiplap & Shells ~ White Arrows Home

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I’m excited to be be part of the Celebrate Christmas Blog Hop today hosted by Sand Dollar Lane. Twenty seven bloggers have come together to inspire you this Holiday season with home decor, gift ideas and tablescapes. You can find a full list and links of the participants at the bottom of this post.

I love to decorate spaces throughout my home with little vignettes of collected items new and old. I’ll be giving you a tour through parts of our home to show you how I add touches of Christmas in spaces besides the porch, mantel and tree. If you are coming over from Kippi at Home welcome to our Lakeside Log Cabin Home in The Northwoods of Wisconsin.

The church pew in our entry way was one of the first antiques I ever bought. I bought it in Texas in High School and have loved it ever since. You can see some of the vignettes I styled from this view- above the cubbies, on the entry buffet and inside the kitchen.

The red buffalo plaid sheet I found at Walmart works as a great way to hide the clutter! We just drilled a curtain rod to the top of the cubbies and then using hanging clips, hung it right up!

• So Good to Be Home
• Up North
• Best Time of the Year

The top of the entryway buffet table becomes a glittery forest.

In the kitchen I have a few of my favorite things on the corner of the island. The Santa cookie jar was a wedding gift from a friend. Our red radio plays Christmas music all day long. And I took a clear jar and filled it with red and white candy ornaments. The cookie cutters are the kind I used as a kid growing up baking with my mom.

The corner of the dining room has a little shelf where we store some games. See our favorite games here and here. It works well to keep them in easy reach from the table to encourage playing some together. On top of the shelf I styled some favorite thermos and a Campfire Marshmallow Tin.

Our Honey and Scout salt and pepper shakers stand guard over the marshmallows! My daughter made these in downtown Minocqua at Earth Goods.

I love this spot and decorating the desk with a vintage green typewriter and some plaid festive pillows makes it the perfect spot to type a letter to Santa.

Our basement room off the lake has a nautical theme. I set up a vignette with vintage red water skis, a vintage truck and a striped tin of greens. I used a Scotch plaid cooler as a tree skirt and used bobbers as ornaments.

Thanks so much for coming to visit! Hope you are leaving with lots of ideas and inspiration! Next up you will love visiting Cribbs Style.

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It’s so much fun to be joining this group of talented bloggers to share our Halloween tables. Thanks so much to Chloe of Celebrate & Decorate for organizing this amazing hop! Be sure to follow along and see all the tables by using the list and links at the bottom of this post.

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I am usually not a scary Halloween girl. I’m more of a cute Halloween girl. I like jolly jack o’ lanterns and friendly ghosts. And because I’m not afraid of spiders, they were fair game to inspire my Halloween table.

Most of my Halloween decor are things I have had for years. Mostly collected from places like TJMaxx and Homegoods.

Under one of my favorite Fall trees, I brought around a table from our back patio. This giant maple is stunning in October when all it’s leaves turn golden and with some starting to blanket the ground underneath I thought it would be the perfect setting for a little party.

My old spiderweb table cloth was my starting point. I decided black and white would be the main colors so I brought out two buffalo plaid pillows for the chairs.

Three black spider candleholders hold mini pumpkins instead of lights.

I added in a Happy Halloween sign from Adams and Co.

A few Halloween treats are already on the table with room for guests to add their “dish to pass”. What term is used where you live for potlucks or to bring a dish along to share?

Blue corn chips in a bowl get the fancy treatment when set inside a feather wreath. Guacamole on the side in a buffalo plaid dish. It’s rare to come to my house and not find something buffalo plaid always nearby. The Northwoods of Wisconsin, where we live, has been sporting buffalo plaid since forever! It’s a classic and traditional pattern that will never go out of style. I’ve loved that it has been popular the past several years and I’ve been able to find so many great things in the pattern, like this serving bowl.

Halloween hot chocolate becomes more festive when topped with pumpkin marshmallows.

I placed a lantern and some extra pumpkins around the table to finish the scene.

I’m so glad you came to visit! Next up on the tour is Sweet Sensations! You will love her gorgeous table!

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Intelligent Domestications | A casa di Bianca | The Little Yellow Corner Store  
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Tuesday

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Wednesday

The Painted Apron | Debbee’s Buzz | Red Cottage Chronicles | Our Crafty Mom

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White Arrows Home | Sweet Sensations | Celebrate & Decorate | Zucchini Sisters 

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Katherine’s Corner | My Thrift Store Addiction | Bluesky at Home | Follow the Yellow Brick Home

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I love combining vintage and new pieces throughout all my decor. My Fall Tablescape was so fun to style this way. Favorite thrifted pieces were pulled out and layered with seasonal decor to set a table practical enough for everyday and elegant enough to celebrate Autumn’s glory.

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I love this view through the arched dining entry. A vintage armoire holds my napkins, placemats and extra serving pieces.

These giant, woven lanterns were pieces I had my eye on all Summer at Roughing It in Style. When I found them in the Sale room recently, I knew they were the perfect accent for my Fall tablescape.

I tucked faux leaves and pumpkins around the lanterns to make a floral runner on top of my black and white runner from Lakeside Living Design.

My favorite part of the table though are the little salt and pepper shakers that my daughter painted at Earth Goods to look like our dogs Honey and Scout! Aren’t they precious!

Meet Scout, our Bernese Mountain Dog and the most happy-go-lucky dog on the planet!

Meet Honey, our Great Pyrenees and our mother hen. She wants nothing more than to cuddle and keep an eye on everything!

Here’s a view of our table looking out toward the Great Room. See how I decorated the mantel in this post. I always serve buffet style whether it’s just a simple family meal or entertaining big groups, so plates are stacked and silverware is in a holder nearby to grab as they load their plates.

I was keeping my eyes out last year for amber glasses and found them at our local thrift store. The buffalo check placemats, I love using because they are easy to clean and wipe off. I have them in several colors and patterns from Pottery Barn.

I love mixing and matching my vintage dishes! I added in this acorn pitcher.

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I always like to let what’s happening outside my windows help inspire my inside decorating. Early September means maple trees are starting to turn bright red and duck hunting season begins. So I decided this year to let the red already in my cabin take center stage along side vintage duck items.

Thanks so much to Amber of Follow The Yellow Brick Home for organizing this tour! You can find links and the full line up at the bottom of this post.

If you are coming over from Rita’s blog Panoply , welcome! I’m so glad you stopped by our log cabin home Up North in Minocqua, Wisconsin.

When you first walk in our cabin we have an area we use like a mud room. With five kids and their sports equipment, shoes, school bags, etc. there is a lot of gear to contain. Years ago I had a handy man build some lockers. In order to keep all the chaos behind in the cubbies and look organized on the outside I bought a buffalo plaid sheet set at Walmart and used the flat sheet as a curtain over the cubbies. My husband hung a curtain rod on top and I used clip curtain hangers to attach the curtain.

I love to decorate the top of the cubbies seasonally.

Two of my favorite signs work great together. “It’s so good to be home.” I found at Hobby Lobby and “Up North” is from the Vintage Cabin Signs line in my White Arrows Home online store. So “It’s so good to be home up north.”

I have been waiting for the right time to display these fun Vintage Red Cap beer cans. The colors and hunting cap labels make them perfect now.

My red plaid Scotch Coolers are the perfect accent. I love the green and red together for Fall without looking like Christmas.

These ceramic mallard ducks I fell in love with at the Duluth Junk Hunt.

I used a vintage runner, another duck and a red lantern on the entry table.

I also extended the duck theme over to the Great Room. My buffalo plaid chairs work great! For the Summer my brass hurricane lanterns had been on the mantel fulled with flags. I pulled them down onto the coffee table for Early Fall and added a simple one pheasant feather inside.

Four duck glasses I found in a local antique shop sit on a tray ready for entertaining with some favorite Bourbons. An old Minocqua (the town we live in) book sits nearby. Duck coasters are there too to keep rings off the wooden coffee table.

My buffalo plaid chairs by the fireplace are the perfect place to cozy up in Fall and play a game of checkers.

I found this metal rimmed tray with a duck scene at the local thrift shop for $7. I love to leave it on top of my Scotch Plaid Cooler to make a fun side table.

A vintage brown sewing box with ducks on top, found at the Manitowish Waters Fleazaar keeps the theme going on the table.

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A big thank you to Chloe from Celebrate & Decorate for organizing all the inspiration!! I was so excited to get to meet Chloe in person this Summer at the Haven blogging conference in Atlanta!

If this is your first visit to White Arrows Home, I’m so glad you are here! Welcome to our full log cabin, lakeside home in The Northwoods of Wisconsin. I’m a lover of vintage finds, antique treasures and all things plaid!

We just completed our backyard patio project and this post is the first peek at the finished space!

I started my tablescape with a blue and white, quilt style throw I found at a flea market. When I first saw it, I instantly thought that I wanted to use it on a table.

The lantern I keep in the middle of the table is from Walmart. I love the nautical look of them. My galvanized chargers are from Hobby Lobby.

I love the pop of bright color the one sunflower plant gives!

My vintage red cooler is a favorite find!

Flavored waters in pretty bottles make an easy and special drink on the table.

I’m always on the hunt for inexpensive vintage dishes like these flower plates.

If you are following the hop in order you are heading over to Living With Thanksgiving next. Enjoy Bonnie’s beautiful tour! The full list of blogs is at the bottom of this post.

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Monday

Debbee’s Buzz | A casa di Bianca | Red Cottage Chronicles | The Little Yellow Corner Store | Sweet Pea

Tuesday

White Arrows Home | Living With Thanksgiving | Life and Linda | Everyday Living
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If this is your first time visiting White Arrows Home, welcome! I am so glad you are here! I’m Kristin, a Texas girl who has found herself way Up North in the Northwoods of Wisconsin living lakeside in a full log cabin home. Our cabin is called Camp Paradise. All the cottages, cabins, camps and lake homes here in the Northwoods have names. My blog name, White Arrows Home, comes from the nostalgic white arrow signs that point your way to restaurants, schools, stores and homes here. You can read more about them here.

I decided to set up my forest side table with many of my favorite vintage items and a touch of lake decor and plan a simple luncheon for four. An old minnow bucket becomes the centerpiece with a simple plant inside.

Layered cake stands hold strawberries and a special treat. I will probably make cupcakes like these simply elegant red velvet cupcakes.

I love vintage juice glasses and these little ones with the red design are my favorite. I’ll be using them to sip wine. I recently found these blue and white soup bowls at a local flea market. They are Flow Blue china. I had never heard of that before and love learning new things. You can read more about Flow Blue here.

The bowls will be filled with a cold Summer gazpacho soup.

I love these fish dishes I found last year. I layered them on top of my Dollar Tree white plates. My tablecloth is just fabric from Walmart.

These embroidered napkins were another recent flea market find. The anchor napkins were sewn by my 12 year old a few years ago when she got a sewing machine for her birthday and started a new wonderful hobby.

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