It was a blank slate when we moved in …well, other than the fern wallpaper, which if you look closely {at the top two pics}, is two different colors. As if they ran out of paper mid-project and when they went back to get more, they picked up the wrong one but didn’t realize it …
I bought these adorable chalkboard dots decals {for $15} at a Gilt home sale forever ago and completely forgot about them until yesterday when they arrived at my doorstep. Fun! . . .and so glad they’re removable and re-stickable because my first idea literally looked like a sideways Mickey Mouse . . . …
. . .when we moved in, it looked like this . . . . . .and with a little help from my brother . . . . . . it became this . . . . . . and with a little white paint & elbow grease…and cute aqua polka dotted contact paper I …
This is pretty much how my office/closet/dressing room looked for the first few months we lived in our new place …as this photo was taken the day I wore this in mid February. And while the furniture is all in the same location {the office section is on the opposite side}, the rest of the …
. . . a tour . . . Old galvanized tea light lanterns from Ikea which used to hang outside & became weathered over time …loved the way the old nasty rope looked in the bathroom …but one snapped the other day so I had to replace the rope . . .I stitched loops in …
When we first walked through this house the one and only negative, in my opinion, was the main bathroom which also serves as the master bathroom. At first glance, the brick flooring and brick countertop was a bit much …then add a blue tub and a blue stall shower surrounded by more brick with old …
When we moved into this house I noticed a pile of extra bricks placed neatly in a corner of our garage and immediately had the idea to use them to replace the ugly plastic border around the backyard garden planter. And every single time I look out the windows into the backyard I think about …
Our living room, like the rest of our new house, is slowly coming together, corner by corner. I do a little here in one room, and a little there in another, instead of completing an entire room then moving onto the next. But I get so excited to share that I can’t possibly wait until …
I’m slowly working on completing our master bedroom decor, and now I’m currently on the hunt for some decorative knobs to replace the ones residing on the cupboards above my husband’s closet. Normally I would just leave these fairly unnoticeable white ball knobs but one is missing so they must all be replaced. Which also …
I hate clutter. Once I decorate a room, I want it to stay that way …but inevitably, and over time especially, it becomes filled with all the little things you have no other place for. And on a daily basis, a safe place to toss your keys, phones, wallets, sunglasses, and of course, biodegradable doggie …
The last time I went to the carpet remnant warehouse, I found a really great 9′ x 7′ thick shag piece for our master bedroom for $40 {and remember the ones in my kitchen for $10?}. However, once I put the bed over it and got a few more pieces of furniture in there, the …
…but this year, I get to experience it first-hand and it’s nirvana. When I stand in my kitchen, I get an almost 360 view via four windows on each side of the house …and it makes me so happy just to be able to look out and see trees and nature and blue skies. The …
Our master bedroom has this window with big white shutters that looks directly out to our backyard pool and in the late afternoon, the water from pool reflects onto our ceiling and feels like a tropical getaway. I really love it. Sometimes I have an idea for exactly how I want a room to look …
There’s always something …like everything could be perfect but there’s just that one nagging thing that may or may not be a problem, a hassle, or just plain sucky. For us, it’s our shower. At first sight, it was actually the entire bathroom situation but I quickly got used to the idea of a mostly …
I keep a folder on my desktop at work and at home called “Design Inspiration” and any time I find something I like, I drop it in. I’m sure I’m not alone. I was just going through it this morning and here are some of my faves that may be relevant to decorating my new …
