After receiving several emails announcing the House Beautiful Marketplace at HSN I finally broke down and took a gander. Marketed as high style at prices affordable to the average person, the HBM has...
The caption below the image of a group of gorgeous rugs in the latest catalog from Viva Terra reads:"Looks like a misprint, doesnt it?"I thought the same thing when I saw the prices for their...
Its time again for the HGTV Green Home giveaway. I have to say, I think Im more excited about the exterior areas of this home set in the Atlanta community of Serenbe than I am about the interior spac...
Do you ever look back at old pictures and think, "What was I thinking when I asked for that haircut?" but a moment later feel better when you realize how great your thighs looked in those sho...
Once upon a time I loved me some Old World design. This piece was one of my favorites, it was a gift from husband the first Christmas after we moved to our newly built home. It fit perfectly against ...
One of the major issues that I have in my great room is a lack of lighting. Easy fix, just get some lamps and Im good to go, right? Not so fast, I dont have end tables on which to place those lamps. ...
A design in progress Decorator Kathysue Perdue once wrote that the biggest design mistake that people make is not having a plan. She is sooo right, let me tell you my story. When we moved into our fr...
Over the last couple of weeks the 159 families that live in our subdivision received multiple emails from the board of our home owners association regarding compliance to our deed restrictions. Based...
Updated hardware is a small investment that will give a dark wood piece a fresh look. By now shelter magazines and design bloggers have made it perfectly clear that owning dark wood furniture is desi...
If everything had gone as planned Valentines Day would be filled with small surprises for my family spread throughout the day. My husband and I would have started the morning by sharing fresh cups of...
Happy Chic Occasional Tray Table by Jonathan Adler, $99.95Do you remember the days when the only people willing to admit that they shopped at HSN were little old ladies whose idea of a good time was ...
Have you ever had your hands on something, a piece of furniture or an dated accessory, that you just cant seem to part with try as you might? Thats how I feel about the small table base pictured abov...
If you arent a parent or, like me, well past the point of needing juvenile furniture, you may not look to decorating sources geared toward small children. But dont be so quick to write off a source t...
Via PinterestWhile organizing my storage area last week I stumbled upon a Thomas Paul pillow that used to sit on my great room sofa. This indigo and white beauty got me thinking about how much a comb...
When todays guest poster Jamie from [Kreyv] falls for a decorative accessory for her home thats out of her budget she doesnt let the price tag stop her from getting what she craves, she makes her own...
I know, I know, you thought I fell off the face of the blogging world, but thats not so. I seriously was going through a dry spell inspiration-wise and with the holiday ca-raziness I needed that exte...
Personalized stockings from Ballard Designs were an after holiday purchase in 2010. They were practically giving them away.If you want to spend a ton of money on Christmas decorations hit the malls i...
Via PinterestWhenever I entertain during the holidays or the winter months I like to offer guests a piping hot drink when they arrive. My go-to drink has always been hot mulled cider, but after seein...
The tree is trimmed, the stockings are hung by the chimney with care, but the combination of a marginal camera and overcast weather is preventing me from getting a decent shot. I promise to post pics...
You hear the same story this time every year: The average American puts on 5-7 lbs during the holiday season. Its hard not to what with the trays of Christmas cookies at the office, fried appetizers ...
Red and green may be the traditional colors for Christmas decorations but if you plan to keep them up for 5-6 weeks it makes sense to select decorations that wont clash with the current color palette...
FestiveTree.comA house doesnt seem like a home until youve celebrated the holidays within its rooms and nothing says "holiday" quite like a Christmas tree. But if your living quarters are les...
Over the summer we swapped our sons bedroom with our guest room/home office space. While we got my sons room in order immediately we basically plopped a bed in the corner of the new guest room and ca...
When it comes to homework I always tell my kids to tackle the most unpleasant or time consuming assignments first and get them out of the way. I use that philosophy when Im prepping for a houseful of...
As a twenty-something I wanted to celebrate my first holiday season in my first apartment in style, but holiday decorations added up quick. After splurging on the biggest tree my tiny apartment could...
Just because an area is designed for storage doesnt mean that it cant benefit from a wave of the style wand. Case in point, the interiors of your kitchen cabinets or bathroom drawers. Are yours lined...
Good wine and good food, temperatures in the low 60s, drives along the Bay and beautiful fall foliage were among the elements that made this past weekend one I didnt want to end. For the second year ...
Sometimes you can love something but that doesnt mean its necessarily right for you-just ask Kim Kardashian! In my case I loved the black and white fabric on a set of chairs in my great room but afte...
Spicy Roast Pumpkin SeedsIt never fails, every Halloween we end up buying WAY TOO MUCH candy. The next day the peanut butter cups and fun size candy bars start screaming my name and before you know i...
I took my daughter costume shopping a couple weeks ago and the choices were plentiful. You could choose between an array of costumes starting at around $49.99 including, but not limited to, slutty wi...
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