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Ain’t no sunshine….

Posted in Home Decor, Window Treatments on March 13, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Working hard here. Lots to share but one small problem. We’ve had NO SUNSHINE the entire weekend so my pictures look horrible. I’m counting on Mr. Sun’s return tomorrow. For the tiny bedroom reveal!

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Makeover! Get the look! Before/After! Ideas!

Posted in Home Decor, Magazine Covers as Art on January 23, 2011 | 10 Comments »

There they sat screaming out to me as I thought about ways to accessorize the new sewing lair. As I thumbed through them, I kept happening upon the same phrases: 102 WAYS TO DECORATE YOUR BEDROOM FOR UNDER $10! EASY FIXES IN AN HOUR! ALL YOUR PROBLEMS SOLVED WITH PAINT! REBUILD AND REFRESH YOUR HOME…FAST! [...]

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If wishes were rugs.

Posted in Home Decor on January 19, 2011 | 2 Comments »

If I wasn’t already spinning eleventy-billion plates in the air, I’d so buy this: And enough of these two To create an awesome border! DIYing the perfect blend of traditional-sisal goodness at a fraction of the price. Oh yeah. That’s definitely what I’d do.

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I refuse to go gray!

Posted in Home Decor on January 9, 2011 | 5 Comments »

Are we finished with gray yet? And lifeless solids? Yawn. Can we all agree that adding a little pattern and color is like Dorothy landing in Oz? Like going from black and white to color TV…. …..although today a more apt comparison would be going from analog to HDTV. I’ll bet even sales clerks would be [...]

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I’m on it.

Posted in Home Decor, Table Runner on December 3, 2010 | 11 Comments »

Lest you think I’m sitting around eating bon-bons and ignoring you. I threw together a little something. The beginning of my holiday decorating. Now go peel me a grape, Jeeves.

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Seat of honor?

Posted in Home Decor on November 30, 2010 | 9 Comments »

I got nothin’.

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The Big Picture

Posted in Fabric, Home Decor, Tips & Tricks on October 23, 2010 | 87 Comments »

Are you like me and feel most fabrics should be considered works of art? Do you get emotional at the mere sight of a suzani? Turn into mush when you spot a Marimekko? Toile talks to you? Why not frame up some fabric yourself and create your own gallery? Start with this. Now find some [...]

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Extending shelf life.

Posted in Home Decor, Library on October 10, 2010 | 15 Comments »

To add a library to a house is to give that house a soul. – Cicero Some of my fondest memories of freedom as a child began when I was allowed to ride my bicycle to the town library. It was more than a mile from my house and across two major intersections. The best [...]

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Table of content.

Posted in Home Decor on September 29, 2010 | 21 Comments »

Meanwhile, back in the breakfast room…..here’s where we started. My vision was to make what the architect deemed a breakfast room/sunroom combo into something that would be more functional. To make that happen, I wanted a massive table to be a primary element. After looking high and low at pieces apparently manufactured everywhere but the [...]

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Cabinet Meeting

Posted in Home Decor on September 24, 2010 | 5 Comments »

Are you as big a design magazine hoarder as I am? At least I’m a neat hoarder… I designed our home around the cover of one of those self-indulgent, “collector’s edition” magazines showcasing an architect’s line of homes. I had stared at the issue placed prominently on the top of the stack in our powder [...]

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