You may remember that I have been rearranging my dining room to create a dual purpose room. I created a sitting area and I moved the table in front of the window for the dining area. The dining room was seldom used, but this new set up creates a space I want to enjoy everyday. But moving the table meant empty corners. Today I am sharing two corners of the room and how to decorate a corner cozy farmhouse style.
White summer cottage was the inspiration for my dining room refresh. You know I love to change my decor seasonally and this year I gave the dining room cool, crisp, white decor for summer. White slip covered furniture, white dishes, and garden or coastal accessories are all things that remind me of a summer cottage. Today I wanted to share with you a few tricks on how to give a room white cottage style without redecorating!
…A couple of weeks ago I made all new pillow covers for my family room, and let me tell you, I have a lot of pillows in there. I wanted to mix things up a bit with a little more color and pattern for that relaxed, cottage look. Today I want to share with you how to mix fabric patterns for throw pillows. My first rule is, there are no rules! If you love it, you got it right. But I do want to share a few tips to help guide you to that look you love.
It’s that time of year, time to fill all the areas left empty from Christmas with spring decor. One of those areas was my mantel. I always find decorating the mantel a bit of a challenge, and I am not really sure why. It’s just a shelf, and I love styling shelves, but somehow it just feels different. Maybe because it is such a focal point? As I was styling my mantel, I thought it would be a good time to share my spring mantel decor ideas, past and present.
This is the time of year when we reflect on past successes and challenges and look ahead to new adventures and goals. As part of my reflection, I decided to see which of my Instagram posts were the most popular. I share a lot of photos on Instagram that don’t make it into a blog post, so I thought I would share my most liked Instagram post from each month last year. And I am going to share one of my least popular posts that’s a bit embarrassing, but happens to be one of my favorite! So here we go, my top Instagram photos of 2021 by month.
I have been adding touches of fall around the house. I have never done much fall decorating, and I didn’t want to invest a lot of money, so simple, natural decor seemed to be the way to go. This also included a few DIY projects. Today I am going to share a french farmhouse style fall tour of my home.
A few (many) weeks ago I began a refresh of our powder room. As always, one of my main goals is to spend as little money as possible. So this meant giving the current vanity a facelift. Also, the flooring was put in around the vanity, so that was even more incentive to not have to replace it. Today I am going to show you one way to give a stock cabinet vanity a makeover.
…A couple of weeks ago I started a very budget friendly powder room refresh, as opposed to a remodel. I removed wallpaper, rewired and hung a vintage chandelier, and added a faux beam to the corner. Today I want to share the progress I have made and show how to build a distressed wood corner beam.
After I completed my fireplace makeover, I was on the search for a fireplace screen. Actually, I had been searching for one during the whole makeover process, but was unsuccessful. Now you know I had to have one to photograph my new fireplace mantel, so what’s a girl to do? Make one! So I am going to show you how to turn a frame into a fireplace screen. Oh, and this is purely decorative. I would not try to use it with excessive heat and fire.
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