DEBBIE-DABBLE BLOG: "He Is Risen" Easter Hutch & Spring Entry, Living Room, 2025

I am a Victorian Soul, who lives in a small townhouse that was built in the mid 1970's, not a huge Mega Mansion!! I just recently lost my Hubby Joe, who was a Retired Letter Carrier. I worked night shift as an RN on a Hospital based Rehabilitation( Physical Medicine) Unit for 37 years before I had Knee Replacement Surgery and officially Retired in 2019 after 41 years working in Direct Patient Care ... I am so glad that we retired at 62 years of age and got to spend that time together before he passed....I still do love Retirement!!!!

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Thursday, March 13, 2025

"He Is Risen" Easter Hutch & Spring Entry, Living Room, 2025

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I feel it is a personal Journal that, hopefully, someday, my Twin Granddaughters will be able to look back on to learn about who I was....

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In my last post, I shared how I have stocked up on Groceries , some of my Financial Plan that I developed after becoming a Widow last year and a bit of advice for all spouses or significant others....

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I want to Thank to Charlene, over at A Pinch of Joy, for choosing my post, Where Do I Put It All?, as one of her features from last week's Busy Monday Link Party!!

Thanks so much, Charlene!!

I also want to Thank Angie, over at God's Growing Garden, for choosing my post, Lustreware Collection in the Upstairs Hall, as one of her features from last week's Tuesdays with a Twist Link Party!

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I finally finished decorating the Living Room for Easter....

Today, I will be sharing how I decorated Joe's Grandmother's Hutch in the Living Room and what I call the "foyer" for Easter....

My Living Room is a good size at 16' by 20' with the front door opening directly into it....

I had an area of imported Italian tile installed that runs from my front door to the stairs....

This has greatly saved my carpeting and rugs over the years as we come into the house through the front door.....

You can see that I have placed a chair so that it's back sort of creates a "foyer".....

I do not have access to the house through the back because the ground slopes upward at a pretty steep angle, behind my back yard fence, up to the row of townhouses behind me along with all the trees that have grown back there....

In the past, 2 people actually fell on that slope and broke their legs so no one uses it as an point of entry or egress to their houses....

To the right of the front door when you walk in.....

Is a marble topped plant sand that I bought at an estate sale.....

I decided not to use the bowl for this peach vintage bowl and pitcher set because I have no idea where I put it but I am sure it will turn up eventually.....

While vacationing at the Jersey shore many years ago, we went to a Craft Fair in Cape May, NJ and I bought several of these light switch covers that have pictures on them.....

Of course, they all have Victorian scenes....

A bunny and a ceramic egg.....

A candle was placed in the apothecary jar on the shelf below.....

I changed all the drapes, curtains and linens over from Fall/Winter to Spring/Summer in the Living Room.....

This is what the front door looked like in the Fall/Winter....

And now with the Spring/Summer peach lace curtains.....

My mother changed all the drapes and curtains in her home every Fall and Spring....

I only do that in the Living Room and the Den.....

I bought this pediment at a yard sale for $3 and stripped off the white paint that was on it and then stained it.....

A peach ceramic sigh that says "Welcome" hangs on it....

I hung this Bunny that I embellished from the valance.....

This is a metal door that I did a faux stain treatment on many years ago....

It is painted black on the other side.....

To the left when you walk in the front door....

I have my umbrellas handy.....

I decorated the Grandmother's hutch, that I refinished and added mirrors to right here in this spot, and the shelves on each side of it in a religious Easter theme again this year.....

I changed over the candles in the angel votive cups ( there are angels imprinted in the glass votive cups) on the brass sconces from the red ones that I had for Christmas and Valentine's to the aqua Spring/Summer ones ....

I had bought the crosses on these shelves at Dollar Tree last year.....

"Bless This Home"

I added peach florals, a gold egg and berries and an Easter lamb....

A vintage smoking stand holds my keys....

I placed an arrangement of peach and ivory flowers, along with a lighted branch, in the brass can that I have had for 40 years....

Last year, I bought a few things that had more of religious theme for Easter.....

I have taken pictures with both the lights and candles on and off.....

I ordered a set of 4 religious table top signs for Easter from Amazon last year.....

The top of the hutch....

Last year, I bought a set of these lights from Amazon and ran them along the top of the Hutch....

Joe bought the egg topiaries on clearance one year in Big Lot's for 90% off and I added a set of fairy lights to them......

I placed the "He Is" sign on the left side....

In the middle.......

I bough the ceramic cross at a church flea market a few years back......

The Happy Easter sign was also bought on clearance.....

I placed the "Risen" sign on the right side....

"He is Risen"

I display my white Angel collection in this hutch....

They came in sets of 2, purchased at Sam's Club, over 25 years ago...

The top shelf....

I placed some white lilies on top of the clock that holds Joe's ashes along with the cross that was gifted to me at his Funeral Service by our priest........

The "He Lives" sign with 2 crosses that were made out of palms and gifted to Joe last year before he became ill by a member of our parish....

I also used small aqua bottle brush trees inside of the hutch.....

The middle shelf.....

I am leaving out the ceramic Angel Tree year round and I added 2 Dollar Tree aqua bottle brush trees.........

The bottom shelf....

The last of the 4 signs depicting Jesus coming out of the tomb and another cross made from palms....

I also brought back out my iris herringbone depression glass tumblers and a vintage Fenton aqua colored glass and decanter set....

I also changed out the gold chenille runner on top of the hutch for a lace one with fringes....

Which I bought on Ebay many years ago....

On the right side of the hutch....

Another Dollar Tree cross on this shelf....

"Trust in the Lord with al Your Heart"

On the side of the stairs.....

I think my Victorian dolls remind me of the old movie " Easter Parade"

"In Your Easter Bonnet, with all the frills upon it"

And the Easter scene in the movie "Meet Me in St. Louis"....

I added eggs in the colors of aqua, purple and gold to the lanterns along with bows I made using purple and aqua deco mesh ribbon....

I also use bows in these colors through out the Living Room including on top of the 3 Trees that I decorated for Easter....

And this is where I will leave off for today....

In my next post on SATURDAY, I will be sharing more of the Easter decorations in the Living Room.....

So I hope you will stop by to visit again on SATURDAY!!

Stay safe, healthy and most of all, HAPPY!!

Thanks to those who took the time out of their busy day to spend a little bit of time with me!!

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