Hey, all! I hope you enjoyed part 1! Would you add pillows to rockers? Let me know! ☀️

Charlie is the perfect finishing touch to your front porch !! 😍

I think raising the topiary plant up to look like a topiary would look so good.

I hope your family appreciate the time and effort you put into making their home special.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧

thumbs up for Charlie the porch inspector

Looks so welcoming! Bet Charlie is looking forward to sitting out there in the morning with you!

You are welcome to come decorate my home. You always decorate so beautifully.

First time I’ve seen you in shorts, you look so good, nice job on the porch❤

Looks gorgeous!!! And the finishing touch, Charlie sitting there looking so handsome!😍😍

It looks beautiful. Charlie was the bonus!

Front porch looks great Crystal! I’m desperate to see the back deck makeover can’t wait! 😅

Love the front porch..and Charlie looked so cute sitting there..tfs

I love watching your porch decorating. I also go overboard on flowers. I haven’t tried styrofoam on the bottom of the flower pot, but I do use my used small plastic pots to fill up the bottom of the pots. I also want to buy those trays for the bottom of my planters that have wheels. Have you seen those? Have a great day! Enjoy the summer weather ❤

If you use rocks instead of styrofoam you can reuse the soil and the plants will like it more too! Love all the color you chose for your planters!

Great job! Charlie is just the cutest! Yes, pillows.

Great job Crystal,loving all the colorful flowers. Charlie is so cute! TFS ❤️ New York 🥰🌹

I planted all my potted flowers on Mother’s Day and my husband showed me a new trick to planting multiple flowers in one big pot. You take your flower out of the plastic container and set aside. Then you basically plant the container and pack soil around the container. Then slowly lift the container and it leaves the perfect mold to then place your flowers. Genius. It made it so much easier because I didn’t get soil on any of my flowers trying to get them packed around the base. 😊 also agree with roughing up the roots first. Happy planting for your next go round. 🌸🌼

I love watching you do your decorating on your front entryway … you have such a beautiful home! Can’t believe you have been there for a year! 🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸👍👏👏

We have a wrap around front porch that I love decorating! We have 4 rockers in the front with a wicker table and wicker tea cart. Outdoor lamps on both which looks so pretty at night. On the side porches we have wicker rockers and ferns in plant stands. It's so pretty, we're out there all the time. Your porch looks beautiful, enjoy! ❤

The cutest thing was your pup sitting there! Nice job love all the decor especially those tall grey planters! Pillows look pretty but people tend to throw them off rockers. I love them tho! Can’t wait for part 2! ❤🎉

It looks great, Crystal. Charlie made it picture perfect.

Your FRONT PORCH looks just PERFECT!!!🤩 Charlie has to get approval too!!!🐶🤣😂😅 Thanks for sharing Crystal!!! 🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍

You always decorate so beautifully Crystal!

I love the flowers/planter on the table!

I love the planters! Don't be hard on yourself! They look awesome😊

Yes! Love cozy pillows!!

Your porch looks great! You are such a hard worker - cleaning all of your areas! You’re right - the results are so satisfying! Thanks for the rip about the styrofoam. Another tip when planting your flowers is to break up the roots a little before putting them in the dirt, especially if they’re as root bound as some of yours were. You will get better results with your blooms. Thanks for sharing.

So beautiful Crystal! And Charlie is so cute making the porch look perfect!

It’s so pretty I love the flowers they are a perfect touch.

Crystal I use the used water bottles......less mess than Styrofoam and as you said still saves dirt and is less weight when moving them. Your front porch is very pretty.

Love the decor that you did for the porch! Simple, but elegant. It’s perfect! Love the tip of the styrofoam so thank you for that! Have a great rest of your week Crystal! ❤❤

Your porch looks so pretty and inviting! Nice job as always, Crystal! And... I like the pillows!!! I'll be looking forward to part 2! Thanks for sharing!

Simple but elegant 😘

Everything looks great Crystal. I have a suggestion for you that is less messy than the styrofoam. Use the containers your plants came in to put in the planters. It works great!!!

Very pretty I love the mix of colorful flowers you used!! ❤❤

Hi Crystal, Love the green topiaries in your pots, they look so real. Your flowers look great now but when they fill in they are going to be gorgeous. I like the planter of flowers on the small table they look so pretty. I know what you mean about the pillows on the chairs because we always throw ours down too. If you too want to put some maybe some colorful lumbar pillows might look a little better. Of course, I can’t ignore the star Charlie you should have snapped a pic of him because it looked like he is posing for one. 😊❤😊🌸🌼🍃🌻

Your porch has officially been “Crystal-ized “😉& I LOVE it!! Great job 🙌🏻🏡 Watching from Michigan…Kim

Everything looks beautiful Crystal! I love the flowers!

AND … I LOVE IT! ❤️❤️❤️

YOUR FRONT PORCH LOOKS SO WELCOME!!!!! I enjoyed iy so much!!!!

I do really like the topiary plants…amazing how realistic they look! Porch looks great! Love your choice of plants and especially your Charlie decor!! 😀🌺🌸🐕

You are wonderful, and I love watching you decorating!!! Makes me want to go shopping!!!😍

Crystal your porch looks amazing as always I love your choice in flowers, I never knew about using styrofoam that makes sense. I have planters on my porch filled with flowers and “ potting soil” and I can’t move them😂😂. I love pillows for the look, however, they really aren’t comfortable. Looking forward to the back patio❤❤

💚💚 Absolutely gorgeous 💚💚

Beautiful Crystal love your front porch looks really nice ❤

Your porch is beautiful! I use plastic bottles for a filler for my large pots, no mess. Lol

I have pretty much the same door, same color and I too like the way the wreath hanger blends with the grid lines. I also usually keep my boxwood spheres on both sides of my door. Thanks for using gloves when dealing with that soil.

Love the color mix - it looks so welcoming and peaceful!

Everything looks beautiful! I so enjoy your videos so much.

Im enjoying watching you work outside, its cold n snowing here in Gunnison, CO. Doing outdoor work its may therapy, I love watching your outdoor videos, you look great by the way

Your front patio is beautiful.

Beautiful front porch! I always love the videos you put out like this!

Love your videos thanks for sharing. Love how it’s looking excited for the back. Your house is gorgeous ❤

Turned out beautiful!! You always do such a good job. Charlie so precious 🐶 God Bless 🤗

Lovely planters Crystal ❤ Your home gym is a great idea!

Beautiful! All the colors against the white/gray rocks pop perfectly! 😍

Beautiful front porch! I just wanted to say I really like the black trays under the pots. It pulls all the black together. As far as the pillows…I would add them (maybe lumbar ones?) but it just looks more welcoming in my opinion. But I do understand if they aren’t practical.

I love all the flowers you picked! Y'all do a great job picking every year. A few notes: Last fall, either Home Depot or Lowes had synthetic layering rugs up front in the seasonal. I never bought one before, because so many friends had their porches stained by the ones from Hobby Lobby & such that are dyed. Mine is like the material of a big deck rug but front door size. Keep an eye out for them. They were a little more, maybe $20ish, but nice quality. They had various colors. I bought black & white. We use our front door every day, and it still looks new. It is smart for you to pack your pots full like you do where you live. Anyone with a long or normal growing season, do leave more room for plants to fill in & don't use all of that Styrofoam. Here in the south, our plants would dry out & die due to not having enough water reserves... unless you water multiple times a day. Where you live, I don't think it's a concern. The pillows you picked were cute! I don't put pillows on our front porch. Wind barrels down our road during storms, and I don't want to have to chase them or worry they'll get dirty from being blown into the yard. Plus, like you, they aren't actually used for comfort in those front chairs. So, I gave up on them. 😂 In the pictures, the black doesn't look bad with the gray pots. I do wish all pots came with matching saucers! 🌸 To answer your question, we put out patriotic decor just before Memorial Day. It stays out until Labor Day, usually... for sure through July. Most of us on my street do that. I just put out part of the stuff last night. 🇺🇸❤🎉

Your front porch looks beautiful :-) thank you for sharing the information about the rocking chairs. I love those. I would leave the pillows on the rocking chair which just looks more comfy.Tfs and God bless:)

I have a very eclectic style. I love lots of color and mixing old with new. I buy what I like and somehow it all fits together both inside and out. You must be so excited to have a big porch. I remember how you loved decorating your small porch in the old house. You have an amazing view to wake up to. I just have a little pond at my winter condo and I just love it.

Absolutely beautiful

I think it looks great right now. Once your flowers grow out a bit and you are able to see rhe blooms it will look more like headed into summer. I am to head into serious packing mode. We will be moving out by July 1st. Its been hard finding a rental that's big enough for a blended family. We are seeing a home tomorrow that hopefully fits us. Fingers crossed. So we've been slowly taking seasonal decor and garage stuff we wont be needing right away to storage. Then we need to do attic and family room. The other rooms will only take a couple of boxes. I'm excited for a fresh start but I really hate moving! Not sure how the grandchildren will be with moving. I hope there are children in the new neighborhood to play/go to school with for them.

Love it! It looks cheery and beautiful!

Hallo Crystal…we don’t have have a front porch ..only a little front garden we have some plants it look also beautiful…but I like your porch so must …and I like your plants at the front door 😊

Very pretty Crystal! Love those topiaries!

Everything looks amazing as always Crystal! I look forward to seeing these vlogs every season!

Hi Crystal you really have that touch and everything just does match your front porch looks lovely always ontill Trinidad 👍👌🌟

Crystal, Mrs. Meyer's, I definitely must have the all purpose cleaner. I have black door as well. Thx. cgzone8

Love your front porch!! Awww Charlie, the cutest puppy !

It looks beautiful !!!

Looks so nice.Hi Charlie he made a perfect picture.❤

Love it....

Yes I would add pillows

Luv the front porch decor. Black trays under planters look good. You have the best vlogs

Very pretty Crystal. 💮You get it done girl! ❤

Looks so restful, so love it❤️

Crystal your porch looks great! We moved to Texas from the East coast & I have given up on real flowers/plants! Those are for spring here. Our house is gray as well & I use similar colors as you. I like a more minimal look, I want our house and yard to shine & not be overwhelmed with stuff.

Beautiful porch !! Maybe next year you could spray paint? the planters the color you want.

Loved the video, Crystal! Front porch looks great. I like to keep it simple too!

Love the way your porch turned out so welcoming. ❤

Hi Crystal, Maybe instead of pillows, look for the "all in one" cushions that have a seat and back rest that you tie down to your chair. Great way to add color and comfy to sit on. I've seen ones that are thinner but still add the comfy feel. Love Charlie!❤

I actually like the pillows. Makes everything feel cozier. ☺️

Hey! It looks great. I always buy pool noodles and cut them up to put in my big planters. It’s not messy and does a great job!!

So far, so good!!' Everything looks great together!!! I like the pillows, but I guess if you want to sit down, they get in the way!!! "For Show Only" pillows!!!❤😊

Front porch looks very pretty! ❤

Turned out so pretty and simple. Love it. And Charlie is the cutest ❤

I actually think the black trays look good!

Yes I just finished cleaning mine today so nice when it’s clean . Doing plants to. I got the Walmart planters.

Looks so pretty! I’m in Michigan and I just got my planting done! Always looks so nice after winter time!

Looks so beautiful love the flowers and yes, I will put pillows on the rocking chairs. I love how you get the black trays and under the gray pot. I think you pulled out the gray on the pots you do such a phenomenal job🌷🌼

Beautiful Crystal

Love pillows!! I also use 5/8 and 4/6 rugs on my porches. I am not a door mat girl.

It looks absolutely stunning

Really beautiful !!!❤❤❤

Some wood shutters that match your beams would look really pretty on that window behind the rockers! ❤

So pretty!!!!

I love how the porch turned out. I would skip the pillows.

Looks wonderful! The new planters look great! I'd skip the pillows. But I'm not big on outdoor pillows.

I Looved seeing Charlie running through the grass! ❤

your home looks very nice crystal