Five Easy Thanksgiving Table Ideas

Five Easy Thanksgiving Table Ideas

When a Spring Mantel is Just What You Needed

When a Spring Mantel is Just What You Needed

Sometimes, when you are in a decorating rut, it can be hard to get out. And sometimes the perfect solution is to just just jump in on a Friday night...
Finding Your Design Style – What’s Your Style Series

Finding Your Design Style – What’s Your Style Series

I just chopped all my hair in to what essentially could be called a pixie cut.  Actually, first I had my hair cut “short”,  and then my girlfriend came back yesterday and I went “really short”.

I kind of love it – it is fun and funky – but still take some getting used to.

And by summer, I will grow it out again.

So, why am I sharing this when the title of this post is really about finding your design style?

Because, just like my hair, I am always changing around my home and tweaking and redecorating – but when it really gets down to it – there are some things about my style that will always stay true.

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Finding Your Design Style – What’s Your Style Series

Finding Your Design Style – What’s Your Style Series

I just chopped all my hair in to what essentially could be called a pixie cut.  Actually, first I had my hair cut “short”,  and then my girlfriend came back yesterday and I went “really short”.

I kind of love it – it is fun and funky – but still take some getting used to.

And by summer, I will grow it out again.

So, why am I sharing this when the title of this post is really about finding your design style?

Because, just like my hair, I am always changing around my home and tweaking and redecorating – but when it really gets down to it – there are some things about my style that will always stay true.

To read the rest of this post, click here...

The Story of a Coffee Table & Working With What You Have

The Story of a Coffee Table & Working With What You Have

The Story of a Coffee Table & Working With What You Have

Last night, I was cleaning my office.  There was a piece of glass that used to be on my coffee table that I had been using in the office.  I no longer needed it in the office, so I brought it back downstairs.

As I was carrying it, I realized how heavy it was and it brought me back to such a strong memory that I thought I would share with you today.

When Dana and I first moved to NY, the company he worked for put us up in an apartment for 3 months.  At the end of the three months, we still had not found a house, so we were on our own.  We found a very small, unfurnished apartment in a nice town nearby.

It was two rooms, a kitchen and a very small bathroom.  We didn’t think we would be there very long, so we were not too concerned.

All of our furniture was in storage, so we loaded our clothes in the one room and headed out to buy a new mattress.  Then we headed to Goodwill and bought two plates, two bowls, two sets of silverware and drinking cups.

My Dad loaned us a TV and my stepmother loaned us her mother’s coffee table.

We set up the TV on the coffee table and the bed became our couch, office and sleeping zone.

That apartment, with all of its issues is where we spent the first two trimesters of my pregnancy with Sunshine and where we made the decision to build instead of buy a house.

We ended up living there for 8 months.

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Nailhead Trim Upholstered Table

Nailhead Trim Upholstered Table

I have a reputation.

It is true.

A reputation for being willing to take in long forgotten items with a little wear, maybe even some rust.

In fact, just this Sunday, as we went to leave the church parking lot – a friend stopped her car and waved me down so her husband could give me the old metal bucket he had saved for me.

It was one of the sweetest things someone had done for me in a long time.

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Living Room Decorating: The Evolution

Living Room Decorating: The Evolution

Today, I want to share with you the evolution of decorating our living room. I hear people often say that they don’t use their living room that much, that it...
Decorating Ideas: Collected Vintage Gallery Wall

Decorating Ideas: Collected Vintage Gallery Wall

Last week, I said I was ready to make some changes, to be a little more bold in my home. And I started with a gallery wall made up some...

Decorating Ideas: Feeling the Need to Be a Little More Bold…

We have lived in our home for 12 1/2 years. It has been almost 3 years since we started our renovation. When we planned our renovation, I had not yet...

Finding Home

About 4 years ago we were at a crossroads. Stay or go. And if we went, where? Lots considered and thought through. But all paths ended up leading right back...

Reworking a Challenging Space: Shelf Decorating

Do you have a spot in your house that you never seem to be able to get how you want it? For me, it is the shelf over my bed,...

Takin’ It Outside Week

If you are just joining us, here are all the links from this week Colorful Vintage Screened Porch Our Backyard Reveal The Story of a Playhouse and a Pool house...