Decorating Regression

Have you ever thought you’d like to change styles completely or at least as much as your budget allows?  I confess I have.

I found it: My style!

Hey gang! Ever have one of those days (weeks, months?) when you feel you just need to know what the answer to a question is?  You’ll dig and dig until you get that answer? Well that was me as I started decorating our new house.  I knew I was going to keep a lot of [...]

A Look into Bathroom #1

Hello Readers! Today I’m starting a series about our new-to-us house.  First, let me begin by saying that since we’ve just moved in a few months ago (and not entirely so…yet!) this is going to be a series that could easily be labeled “To be Continued…” or “Work in Progress”.…Both probably good titles for movies! [...]

Needed: Blogs to Read

Hi All Before our move, I followed a lot of decorating blogs.  I learned a lot and had fun reading them. But many of them were chosen to give me ideas and inspiration for our own/former home which I’d decorated in cottage with a little French flair.  In our new home, this style is just [...]

An Historic House Readying for a New Look!

Hello, It’s been awhile since I last posted. It’s been a crazy time around here and yes, our my hunt for an historic house continues.  I have to admit, the desire/dream for an historic house is really more mine than my hubby’s.  But as long as he gets his two stall garage (yes, we actually [...]

Designing via Online shops

OK, you can call me old-fashioned but I prefer to shop for home goods (fabrics, furniture, accessories, candles, draperies, etc.) when I can see them, feel them, measure them all in person.   Shopping online up to now, has been mostly a source of inspiration for me and my client’s projects.  But with my current client, [...]

Liking more than one style?

In my last post I mentioned I like shabby chic/distressed style…to a point.  I like a little of it in my own home but wouldn’t want to do my home exclusively in that style. But what if I had tons of money (and probably a bigger house) and could truly start from scratch?  Or what [...]