WITH ALL THIS PACKING AND STAGING AND CLEANING HAPPENING…. I find myself wanting to retreat, go sit someplace quiet and escape the craziness that is ME right now. Daughter graduating, house selling, and subsequent house finding…yesterday I dragged (well ROLLED really) my dining room table, covered with paint out into the yard and refinished it!… Read More LADY CAVE – INSPIRED BY CHAIRISH
I HAD THE FLU It was nasty. As it took me longer than I anticipated to get a clear head back…and still, I am not quite back 100% but getting closer every day. In the meantime…many changes are brewing. Phoebe is winding down her senior year. Each week seems to take on a theme, a… Read More MONDAY MAKEOVER – END OF AN ERA
OUR KITCHEN RENOVATION WAS COMPETED 3 YEARS AGO. AND THE “REVEAL POST” IS TO DATE IS MY “MOST READ POST” . The kitchen renovation is one of those endeavors…like having 3 children under the age of 4…that I am not so sure I could do again…or at least wonder. “How did I DO THAT!” BUT SOMEHOW… Read More THE KITCHEN MAKEOVER AND FORMICA MARBLE REVISITED
Coming to you LIVE from the Design Bloggers Conference in ATLANTA ! I felt a tad guilty, leaving 2 kids with the flu home with Dad for 4 days but, yesterday I kissed their hot foreheads and headed to Atlanta for the 6th and my 3rd Design Bloggers Conference! ..on the PLUS side I am… Read More Design Bloggers Conference 2016 – SOME HIGHLIGHTS!
I am currently decorating a shared bedroom for two very young sisters. I LOVE decorating kids rooms!!!…It takes me back and makes me nostalgic for my babies….and their LOVIES. “LOVIES” aka “transitional objects” . My Mom said I had a yellow satin-edged blanket as a baby/toddler, it went everywhere I went. There were many stories of… Read More BLANKIES, LOVIES and the LOVIE PORTRAITS
WITHOUT CRACKING A PAGE…I PREDICT THAT CORAL…WILL BE RAISING IT’S PEACHY PINK LITTLE HAND AND ASK POLITELY TO BE HEARD THIS SPRING AND SUMMER…WHY? I DON’T KNOW, I JUST FEEL IT! I FEEL PEACHY! I love CORAL / PEACH / APRICOT – as accent colorS…in combination with Grays, GREENS and Navy. The Inside of my… Read More COLOR OF THE WEEK – CORAL – PEACH – APRICOT
LAST WEEK I SHARED WITH YOU A RECENT PROJECT. BEFORE THE EXISTING LEATHER FURNITURE (above left) WAS TO BE MOVED TO A nearby ROOM WHICH WOULD SERVE AS A LITTLE KIDS TV ROOM NOW – TO BE LATER USED A STUDY FOR DAD. This meant that things would need to be durable and safe… Obviously… Read More MONDAY MAKEOVER – CLIENT STUDY/PLAYROOM
EVER SINCE I HAD THE UPSTAIRS AND DOWNSTAIRS HALLS PAINTED… I have not been able to bring myself to put anything BACK on the walls. They look fine bare..little minimalistic, and I have been actively keeping my eyes open for inspiration. I have been collection photos on Pinterest…but until recently NOTHING was really inspiring me… Read More DECORATING THE STAIRCASE
Perhaps it is because I have lived long enough…. …..enough to get the sense of what colors have not been around for a while and are due for a reappearance…But even BEFORE I saw that DARK MOSS was all over the runway at the FALL 2016 Fashion Week…I predicted it would be making a comeback…or… Read More COLOR ON TREND – DEEP MOSSY OLIVE GREEN
