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Thrifting Tips
When you need artwork, vases, lamps or even furniture―to get a bigger bang for your buck, go thrifting! Part of the fun is the challenge. You enter a store not knowing what you’ll find, then suddenly, there’s that item you can’t live without. Here are some tips to make the most of your thrift store adventures while avoiding buyer’s remorse.
5 Wall Treatment Ideas…
While I don’t have statistics to back up my claim, common sense allows me to state we spend much more time looking at our walls than our floors and ceilings. All that dedicated “eye time” puts a lot of pressure on our walls to help deliver the look we desire. Since our walls do so much for us, I think you’ll agree that they deserve to be treated well. Which brings us to the topic of this blog – wall treatments. We’ll examine various treatment options to help you create a solid strategy for those important vertical spaces in your home.
Flow and what it means in the world of interiors…
We hear it discussed on our favorite HGTV shows, we even read about it in Better Homes & Gardens and Architectural Digest. Everybody who talks about interior design/redesign talks about flow; but what exactly is it? Read on to find out how flow is an important element for your home’s interior.
3 Design Tips to Pull It All Together
Sometimes when you redesign a room, you choose your paint colors, your furniture, your lighting, your flooring, but somehow when you put it all together, it doesn’t look finished. Maybe it even feels disjointed or incomplete. Standing in your new space with that feeling instead of loving the result is painful. So if you want to avoid this disappointment, check out the tips below!
Choosing a Color Scheme…Four Questions to Consider
Want to redesign your space but not sure how to choose your colors? For a lot of people, this is the most daunting part of the project. Color selection fear (whiteonlyaphobia?) is real for many. The questions in this blog will take the fear and mystery out of this part of the design process leaving you with greater color confidence.
Double DIY: Tips for When There’s Two
My own home project is the subject of today’s blog. To be more specific, it’s two home projects – a laundry room and nearby powder room refresh. I’ll share some tips on what you can do too when you’re DIYing duties double.
Making a Splash with Backsplash
When considering backsplash for a kitchen or bath redesign, don’t look past the new design buzzword — countersplash. Here’s what to consider between countersplash and tile backsplash.
A Social Experiment: Front Yard Redesign
A front yard redesign is an easy way to create a warm, welcoming social space. Personalize your porch, patio, or other outdoor space with these front yard redesign tips.
Home Project: Say Goodbye to the 70s
Is your home stuck, in part or entirely, in a decade past? In this project I helped a client love to where she lives by bringing her house out of the 70s. You might want to apply the same steps that we took and apply them to any house and any decade it needs to escape. And even if you like your home’s decade-ness, I think you’ll enjoy this blog with its fun before and after pics.
Choosing the Right Pendant Light or Chandelier
You might have the perfect space in your kitchen, dining room, or family space to hang pendant lights or a chandelier. Congratulations, you’ve accomplished the easy part! The tricky part is actually finding and selecting the perfect lighting. My job it to help you defeat tricky by arming you with easy. Without further ado, allow me to, ahem, shine a little light on this subject.
Easy and Affordable Fall Décor Ideas from the Dollar Store…
Hello everyone! Today, I’m going to share some easy and affordable fall décor ideas I came up with using some .99 cent mini pumpkins along with some fall items found at the dollar store. I also had some vases on hand and a couple of wreaths from other projects. If you don’t have items like this already, be sure to check your local thrift stores to help you get your base of items started. These items are usually super cheap and you can reuse them again and again for different looks throughout the year.
So, if you like to have a little fall in your home for the Thanksgiving Holiday, I hope these simple ideas spark your creativity when it comes to adding some fall beauty to your home this year!
What’s New in Design for 2023?
Warmer jewel tones, gold finishes, heritage tiles, and trim on our draperies. I love to see what’s becoming the “new look” for the upcoming year. Trends often reach back in time. In other words, “what was once old is now new again.” For those who lived through trends earlier in life, it can feel comforting to see some of them get a reboot for today’s lifestyle. However, some trends – I’m talking to you [orange shag carpet and neon green draperies]—feel free to stay in the past. The majority of us agree that once was enough.
Here are trends I’ve spotted so far for 2023 that may make it on to your consideration list as you plan your next year projects:
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