I can't kick the feeling that the new white walls against the dark wood trim remind me of every apartment that I've ever rented. Yes, I have enjoyed the light and bright airiness of the white during the days, and it looks especially pretty with with all my other white accents, but I'm still not 100% feeling it. After the daylight disappears and our lamps are turned on it looks very bland and unexciting. Before READ MORE I can't kick the feeling that the new white walls against the dark wood trim remind me of every apartment that I've ever rented. Yes, I have enjoyed the light and bright airiness of the white during the days, and it looks especially pretty with with all my other white accents, but I'm still not 100% feeling it. After the daylight disappears and our lamps are turned on it looks very bland and unexciting. Before READ MORE
This seems to happen to me every year, the holiday's end and I get this overwhelming urge to work on a project. The first year I wallpapered my entry way, the second year I de-wallpapered and then re-wallpapered the music room and this year the target is my living room. Here are my reasons/guidelines for the living room redo: Firstly, if you read the blog you know that I've been day dreaming READ MORE
I've been trying to figure out how I was going to decorate for Christmas this year, I love a classic green, red and white Christmas, it's usually my default holiday color scheme. I have this weird aversion to all other christmas color combos, anything else so often seems too serious, fancy and traditional for me. Traditional? What? I know, I know, red and green are the most traditional Christmas READ MORE
Cool, I am excited! It's holiday time, and that means party time! In anticipation of all the impending imbibing I will be taking part in the coming weeks, I took it upon myself to put together a nice little bar cart (table). If you recognized that bar table as the side table from the living room you win! This poor table is currently homeless because we have a huge Christmas tree taking its READ MORE
Thanksgiving brought in wintery vibes like nobody's business. All of a sudden its gone from balmy and 60º to cold, snowy and 28º. I thought I'd share my new holiday window boxes with you in honor of such a quick and severe change in the weather. I still don't know what I am doing when it comes to these sorts of things but I am happy with the way this year's seasonal decorating efforts have turned READ MORE
