House Tour

Welcome to our home!  I love poking around houses, don’t you?  Come have a look on our house tour!

Welcome to our dream home, a 1927 Dutch Colonial by the sea.  We moved in May 2013.  Can’t wait to share more as we move from room to room.

Summer at our home:

Favorite Outdoor Plants

How to Build a Paver Walkway

Summer Entry

Coastal New England Summer Home Tour

Outdoor Summer Home Tour Part 2

Watercolor Paintings in the Pool House

DIY Starfish Wreath

Spring Home Tour

Easter Brunch Tablescape

Magical Winter / Christmas decorating:

Classic New England Christmas (Holiday Housewalk)

Christmas Staircase

Christmas in Coastal New England

New Coastal Artwork in the Dining Room

Mandarin Orange and Eucalyptus Tablescape

Cozy Fall Living Room:

Cozy Fall Living Room

Traditional Fall Entry:

Traditional Fall Entry

Fall Dining Room:

Fall Dining Room

Fall in the Kitchen:

Fall in the Kitchen

Early Fall Tablescape:

Early Fall Tablescape

We turned our She Shed into a Pool House:

Pool House Makeover

Gorgeous Teak Furniture | Finding Silver Pennies

Favorite sources for teak furniture

Classic coastal style | Finding Silver Pennies

Coastal Updates:

Pretty Adirondacks

Refreshing the sunroom with white floors and modern chairs:

Sunroom Refresh

Wisteria and Lilac Tablescape

Kids’ grown up playroom makeover:

Grown Up Playroom Reveal

Playroom Sources

Lovely coastal inspired artwork is perfect for a living room by the sea. LOVING this new piece by Jeanne Stewart:

Fish Print

Spring is my favorite season. Here’s our spring home tour:

Spring Home Tour

More updates to my husband’s home office:

How to Style a Bookshelf

Spring flower arranging made easy!

My Flower Arranging Tips

Our home in the snow in February.

February Vacation Snow Day

 

We love festive decorating for Christmas, I shared a few post with Christmas decor this year:

Holiday Housewalk 2018

Seaside Christmas

In the fall, my husband’s office got a deep, dark, and dreamy makeover.

Moody Office Makeover

 

Fall is a lovely time by the sea, especially in our town which closes Front Street for Trick or Treating.

We love Halloween! Halloween Home Tour here.

Thanksgiving Tablescape here.

Our Fall Entry here.

 

Simple Fall Home Tour here.

A found and foraged Tablescape here:

Probably the BIGGEST home project by far is our pool. It was a dream to put a pool in and we started the process last summer, breaking ground March 2018. Here’s how are beautiful pool came out, but you can see the whole series here.

 

Summer is my favorite time by the sea:

You can learn more about our patriotic entry here.

 

Patriotic Entry - Finding Silver Pennies

Updates in the Boys’ Bedroom, click here:

Nautical Bedroom for Little Boys - Finding Silver Pennies

A workspace kids love - Finding Silver Pennies

Red, white and blue boys' bedroom - Finding Silver Pennies

Here are some classic coastal styles in our summer home tour 2018, click here:

Classic Coastal Summer Home Tour - Finding Silver Pennies

Fresh peonies in the living room - Finding Silver Pennies

Slipcovered furniture gives a breezy look in the living room - Finding Silver Pennies

summer in the dining room - Finding Silver Pennies

Pretty summer bedroom - Finding Silver Pennies

Serene Coastal Bedroom with board and batten walls - Finding Silver Pennies

Easy entertaining on the back deck, click here:

Summer nighttime entertaining on the deck - Finding Silver Pennies

 

Punched lanterns and candlelight - Finding Silver PenniesTwinkling lights and an easy tablescape - Finding Silver PenniesDon’t have the budget to completely renovate your kitchen? Don’t worry we don’t either. I’m sharing 7 ways to refresh your kitchen here:

Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about the importance of slowing down and decorating intentionally. See my thoughts here:

Lots of ways to celebrate spring in your home, click here:

An update for the basement studio:

Romantic Winter bedroom and breakfast in bed:

For more cozy living room ideas see here.

 

Our Living Room received a few updates, starting with the fireplace. We used fossilized ocean floor to reface the surround.

2018 started off with converting our guest room into a multi purpose creative space that could still welcome guests, click here.

Multi Purpose Studio / Guest Room - Finding Silver Pennies

Our Christmas Home Tour, click here to see that:

Christmas in the She Shed here:

Our Coastal Master Bedroom Makeover, click here to see that!

Simple and Coastal Bedroom Makeover Stunning painted dresser and hardwood floors Breezy coastal styling in a New England Home by the Sea

In the fall we took part in Home Depot’s Design Challenge for our Halloween Front Porch, click here:

DIY witch silhouette

Family Friendly Halloween Decor Classic Halloween Decor

Our Nature Inspired Fall Home tour, click here.

Pretty Pumpkin Tablescape Simple and Elegant Mantel Apple inspired tablescape for Fall

Our easy to build, lean to potting shed, click here.

Easy to Build Lean-to Potting Shed

Simple Summer Home Tour, click here.

Classic Summer by the Coast - New England Style Simple Mantel for Summer Coastal She Shed with Crushed Shell Patio Inside Summer She Shed

We just made over our dining room and Luke built our dining table with reclaimed wood, click here to see the new room.

 

How the dining room was looking before:

Spring Dining Room I Finding Silver Pennies

Spring Dining Room I Finding Silver Pennies

Spring Living Room I Finding Silver Pennies

Spring Living Room I Finding Silver Pennies

Spring in the Dining Room & Living Room

Small Industrial Workspace I Finding Silver Pennies

Small Workspace 

Our bedroom got a few hints of spring thanks to new bedding and lovely florals:

Spring Bedroom I Finding Silver Pennies

Spring Bedroom I Finding Silver Pennies

Spring Bedroom

Home Office Reveal I Finding Silver Pennies

Home Office Reveal I Finding Silver Pennies

Home Office Makeover

I paint furniture in my basement studio. It used to dark and dreary but now is light and bright thanks to LOTS of white paint!

Studio Refresh I Finding Silver Pennies

Studio Refresh

Our home is decked out for the holidays:

Coastal Christmas Exterior I Finding Silver Pennies

Christmas Exterior

Coastal Christmas Exterior I Finding Silver Pennies

Cozy Christmas Living Room I Finding Silver Pennies

 

Christmas Living Room

Winter Mantel I Finding Silver Pennies

Classic Christmas Dining Room I Finding Silver Pennies

Christmas Dining Room

Welsh Dresser at Christmas I Finding Silver Pennies

Here’s our front entry ready for fall, click here:

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Our sunroom for fall, click here:

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Fall She Shed I Finding Silver Pennies

Fall She Shed

Our home is ready for fall! Fall Home Tour, Click here:

Fall Living Room / www.findingsilverpennies.com

Easy decorating for fall / www.findingsilverpennies.com

Vintage Painted Cabinet & wildflowers / www.findingsilverpennies.com

Fall in the dining room / www.findingsilverpennies.com

Our boys’ bedroom got a huge makeover. This is their coastal industrial makeover:

Bedroom reveal, click here.

Before and After Coastal Bedroom Makeover / www.findingsilverpennies.com

Industrial workspace, click here:

Before and After Kids Homework Area/ www.findingsilverpennies.com

Here’s how are home is looking this summer

Summer in the Guest Room, click here:

Our summer guest room, lovely linens and soft stenciled wall make this space inviting for guests.

How to style bookshelves on a budget, some shells and sea glass make this perfect to transition to summer.

Click here to see all outdoor spaces for summer:

Summer Home Tour Finding Silver Pennies

The morning light in my she shed, click here for more:

Pretty blue and white shades in my she shed make for a very relaxing spot.

Our summer garden (it’s the best it’s ever been), click here:

Our garden is growing!

Delicious lettuce fresh for picking!

Can you believe we’ve been in our home for three years? Click here little recap from the past year:

Before and After Home Tour Three Years On

Pretty blue and white bed lines in our coastal bedroom, click here:

Crisp white bedding against a rustic headboard make for a welcoming spot.

Pretty stick on subway tile in the kitchen, click here:

Classic Subway Tile in our Kitchen

I recently shared our Spring home tour, you can see more here and sources here:

Spring Home Tour Finding Silver Pennies

We added some gorgeous window treatments in our tiny bathroom (off the kitchen):

Pretty New Coastal Shades from Smith and Noble

and our our bedroom:

Pretty Neutral Bedroom

Seaside Bedroom with New BlindsThe first of which is a fresh coat of paint in our kitchen.

The perfect gray for a kitchen

Gray walls brightened up our kitchen and makes it such a happy place to cook and entertain:

A View of Our Kitchen

The built in china cabinet also got a little update with paint.  I shared a fun video tutorial here.

White Pottery with Dark Background with text

Cozy decorating in the dining room with branches:

Curly Willow in the Dining Room

Simple decorating in our living room:

Classic Decorating and how to keep in Neutral in Winter

Winter Mantel

Console in Winter

I love decorating our home for the seasons:

Here’s our Christmas Home Tour:

Christmas Home Tour 2015 Finding Silver Pennies

Here’s our fall home tour:

Fall Home Tour 2015 Finding Silver Pennies

 

The big project this summer was a She Shed in our back yard.  A mini version of our coastal home:

Coastal She Shed Before and After Exterior

You can read about the shed makeover and shiplap installation over on The Apron Blog.

I’ve also shared a few tutorials for the shed – How to create a gravel patio here , my sources here and how I created the succulent planter here.

Interior of Coastal She Shed Before and After

Can you believe we’ve lived here for two years?!?  Check out all the renovations and makeovers we’ve done in the last to years, click here.

Before and After Home Tour two years of makeovers with sources

Our Deck Refresh, click here:

Our Coastal Deck Refresh with Finding Silver Pennies

 

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Spring Home Tour, Click Here:

Spring Home TourOur home is ready for some Christmas magic, come see, click here:

Coastal Christmas Home Tour Finding Silver Pennies

Our house was all warm and cozy for fall. Please come take the tour, click here:

Coastal Fall Home Tour 2014 Finding Silver Pennies

We just finished our Guest Room, Click Here:

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Our entry, got a little makeover this fall, click here:

How to Create An Inviting and Affordable Entry

Here’s how are house is looking for summer, click here:

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We just completed work on our SunroomClick here:

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In 2014, we completed Conor’s Beach Boy RoomClick here:

 

Beach Inspired BedroomChristmas was very special as it was our first Christmas here!  Our Christmas Home Tourclick here

 

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In 2013, we completed our first room – the dining room and we did it on a dime.  Well, close to it!

The Dining Room – click here

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We started working on our bedroom and it is still a work in progress.

Master Bedroom – click here

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Another small change that made a HUGE impact was painting the trim and finding the perfect blue for the shutters & door:

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Here’s a few more posts from when we first moved in – moving in tour part 1 and 2, the garden and some updates for summer.

Here is our first home, where we lived for 5 1/2 years:

The Living Room:

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The Kitchen:

The Master Bedroom:

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A Beachy Big Boy Room:

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A Nautical Bedroom:

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The Guest Room:

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Bathroom:

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The Playroom:

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Thanks for taking the tour!

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