If your feeling your home lacks character, a vintage look is the perfect way to head. Not only does this look allow you to revamp your home but also it doesn’t come with the large price tag. Vintage ...
They say that home is where the heart is. Besides having a loving family, an interior that’s charming and inviting is certainly part of this lovely saying. Renovating a space and making it your own w...
Your living room should be the part of the house that feels most like home, and bringing your space up-to-date and fashionable doesn’t have to mean spending a fortune or losing the personal tou...
Mad Men is back on our screens again, and just as exciting as finding out what happens in the lives of Don, Peggy, Betty and Roger is the chance to relive the classic design of the 1960s. Copying the...
Start with a long wooden farm table. Add several chairs (whatever you have on hand). Drape with grandma’s linen table runner. Set out plates, napkins, and silver. Adorn with an assortment ...
Now and then I get into a yellow mood. This week has been a yellow week for me, I guess it must be Spring Fever. I’ve always loved yellow for kitchens because the color is uplifting and cheer...
I was watching a video of Tabatha Coffey once where she used the term “ombre” in reference to the popular hair trend which fades to light colors at the tips. At the time I hadn’t h...
Has spring got you itching to plant something? Maybe not a whole garden, but a few containers perhaps? You can make your own inexpensive and portable garden containers from tin cans. So start savi...
Does your interior need a little energy, a little verve? Why not give it a pop of color with Tangerine Tango. Pantone has name Tangerine Tango the color of 2012. Bold yet sophisticated, vintage ye...
Soft filtered light beneath the canopy of suspended umbrellas creates a sense of intimacy and romance. They appear delicate and perhaps temporary as if they have just blown in from somewhere and are...
The iconic metal French cafe chair stirs up our imagination of a luxurious life of sipping espresso while discussing philosophy and admiring well dressed pedestrians cross our path. The chair respon...
One of the things I love the most about creating a chic home is working with unconventional decorating materials. For instance, discarded wooden pallets that are unfinished and unappealing in their ...
This past spring I started my first official garden in Phoenix with help from Greg at the Urban Farm. Since space was limited I grew the cucumbers and pole beans vertically by tying them to bamboo p...
One of my dreams is to live on the the beach in a quiet, soft and comfy cottage. I would grow flowers, ride my bike to the market and watch the sunset from my back porch while listening to classical ...
Sometimes we end up with pieces of furniture we just don’t know what to do with. Recently I blogged about decorating with apothecary cabinets, but if your cabinet frames are broken or too larg...
Happy Fourth of July from DIY Chic Home! { image sources Jennifer Carroll, factory direct craft, delish, Martha Stewart }
Wicker was one of the first natural materials used in furniture making, dating back to the Egyptian civilization. Today wicker is mostly associated with Victorian era designs which had a resurgence ...
Vintage beauty and modern function definitely work well together in the form of the apothecary cabinet. These handy compartmentalized units offer a multitude of storage for small to mid-size objects...
Home interior trends for the vintage chic home are moving away from heavy antiques and are now embracing sleeker lines and modern functionality. The mood is lighter and brighter, less cluttered. As ...
The countdown is on. Less than 24 hours until the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. So many of us will be glued to the television at unholy hours just to get a glimpse of this fai...
The story about my floor lamp makeover all started back in December. I had decided to repaint my living room walls because, although aubergine is a wonderful color, after six years of it on the wal...
Valentine’s Day – the day we put a little more thought and effort into our relationships. Coffee in bed, flowers, chocolates, or a romantic dinner. Here is some inspiration for creating...
The wind swirls and howls outside my door and though it sounds vicious, I’m one of the lucky ones. I live outside the reach the big snow storm of 2011. All the predictions were true. Now f...
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