The public has spoken...and I listened.and I'm really happy now.

For quite sometime, I've felt like my porch looked like a 2003 subdivision house...

...even though our home was built in 1940.
Maybe because we added the railings in 2003 when every new home had our same rails?

It was nearly impossible to sit facing forward on the porch..there was no space.

You couldn't see anything either...like my antique church pew or
throw pillows or the corner pumpkin!

I also have a very low porch. No one is going to become a pancake if they fall off.

Back in the spring I asked Jeff if we could take them down...he said he would do it..
...but it was a change I was afraid to make. I couldn't commit!

Soooo.....
I took a poll on Instagram and "Take them down" won.
75% down. 25% leave them up.

The same evening, in the dark, with HUGE spiders lurking and lots of mosquitoes flying around..
...my dear husband removed the railings. What a guy.

I am so, SO happy with the decision we made.

When NOT to take down railings...

If you have an old Victorian House!!! Please don't..they're so fitting.
If you have a tall porch!
If you love them.

My sister stopped by with lunch and an apple, cinnamon, smells so good, fall candle.

My parents stopped by to drop off a daughter.
My little brother stopped by and brought me coffee.

Living close to family is really nice! Haha.
I love it...and not just because they bring things over. ;)

Also...I do believe this will be the last day my barefeet will comfortably
walk on our cobblestone porch.
{I think I said this last week when it was 85..Hmmm..}
Silly October weather.

XxOo