Confessions of a Schizophrenic Decorator

Hi All, No I’m not really schizophrenic, in the medical sense. I’m talking about some apparent “multiple personalities” in my decorating life.  I  have a confession to make about my own decorating.  Here it is:  Sometimes I allow myself to get pulled/pushed/swayed/coerced/influenced  into doing something in our own home that’s just not “us”.  There you [...]

Back on the House Tour – Guest Bedroom #1

Wow what a busy week we had! We finally held the dreaded long-planned for rummage sale this past Saturday!  It takes SO much work to get ready for a rummage sale. Then after you’ve counted up the money you made, you realize you have to (yet again!) pack up all the unsold stuff  you do not want, but [...]

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.

Victorian-inspired Rooms

Hello Again! Yesterday I showed you some photos of custom-made pillows that graced our master bedroom when I decorated in Victorian cottage style. OK, I admit. It wasn’t exactly as the Victorians would have had it.  But it’s what I could do as closely to the look using mostly what I had and still stay on [...]

Accessories: Make Your Own Throw Pillows

It’s been almost four months since we moved into our new house and we are still not completely unpacked!  Ugh! But yesterday, while making another attempt at going through unpacked boxes in the garage, I found a little envelope with pics of throw pillows I’d made years ago when I was totally enthralled in the [...]

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 [...]

An absolutely gorgeous mantel!

Hi again friends! OK. Hands down, my friend Peg is the best at knowing what she likes and has great talent to know what works for her own home when it comes to decorating.  (She’s also very talented in gardening and other things too!) She never needs any of my help with her decorating….In fact, she inspires [...]

Flooring Choices for Your Kitchen

Hello Friends! Is a kitchen  makeover in your plans? If so, there are so many elements to decide on. One of them is your floor. Here’s a beautiful kitchen.  I love the all-white look. I love the dark wood floors. The natural light is terrific! EDITED FROM ORIGINAL POST:  Both beautiful kitchens shown below are NOT [...]

Laundry Room Reveal Part 2 – How We Did It!

Hello There! Here’s the long-awaited (Did you really wait? Ah shucks….) “How We Did It!” Laundry Room Follow Up. Some things were easy(ex: sewing the sink curtain) others were extremely hard to do(ex: mounting our free cabinet/shelf unit over the sink! Let’s just say, lucky we didn’t have to pay for installation labor.) First, a [...]

Our Laundry Room Reveal!! Part 1

IT’S  FINALLY  HERE! The Laundry Room Reveal! Some of you have read the previous post with photos of our incredible (as in “cannot believe its incredible ugliness!) laundry room.  This post is going to have lots of photos! But hey, aren’t we all excited to see those “befores and afters” right there in front of [...]