A Vision in White

Match up chippy white architectural salvage with worn woods, rusty metals and natural elements to compose a serene vignette. Lean a section of tall fencing against a wall, and set a small bench in front of it. Keep the vertical lines going with slender porch posts, birdhouses, a milk can and grapevine trees. A garland of bells and bows on the fence rings a jolly note. Janelle keeps the birdhouses, fence, bench and milk can out year-round and adds the bells, wreaths, trees and greens at Christmas.

Janelle’s collection of birdhouses gets star treatment in this frosty scene. She estimates that she owns about 50 different homes for her feathered friends. She incorporates a weathered sign, a vintage child’s pedal tractor, a wire star and greens to tie this arrangement together.