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Furniture Makeovers

furniture feature friday | favorites & link party

Well, I am so sorry for the no-show last week! I actually had a post all ready to go and I scheduled it, but it didn’t post! I didn’t realize it until I went to find my favorites and it wasn’t there, so I apologize for that. I was still feeling pretty rotten from my surgery, but I wasn’t that out of it. Anyway, I found some great favorites to share with you this week and I’ll make sure it posts this time! This eastlake headboard by Rachel of Shades of Blue Interiors entirely makes this master bedroom makeover. Rachel painstakingly stripped off the dark, glossy finish to expose the beauty of the old wood. She then finished it with Danish Oil to protect it and add a luster without the gloss. The entire room looks great! Danielle from Finding Silver Pennies repurposed an odd-sized antique Jenny Lind bed into a functional bench.

July 10, 2015 9 Comments

furniture feature friday | favorites & link party

July 9, 2015 14 Comments

Before and Afters

evolution of my house | part 6 | the master bedroom

…and now we’re at the master bedroom in this “evolution series” and, oh my, it’s a doozie. This room made me want to hit my head against a wall for years. It stumped me. I kept making stupid, decorating decisions that I knew were stupid as I was making them. I wasted so much time and money on things I wasn’t in love with…all for the sake of getting it done. Sigh. Tell me I’m not alone. A couple of years ago, though, after yards of fabric and gallons of paint, I finally got on the right path and I’ve been able to see it through to completion. So, let’s start at the very beginning. A very good place to start. Humming along? Okay. THIS two-tone mauve wall was definitely NOT one of my favorite things. And what’s worse than a two-tone mauve wall is adding yellow, red and green

July 6, 2015 28 Comments

All Things Home

evolution of my home | part 5 | the family room

And now it’s time to take an in-depth look at the history of my family room. This is an awesome space for entertaining and hanging out, but it’s a bit of a tough one when it comes to arranging furniture. It’s long and narrow, with a bit of a strange traffic flow, so when I start getting the urge to shuffle furniture around, this room is usually where I start. Here’s how it looks now… …and this is how it looked when we first moved in. It was beige, beige and pinkish-beige. I couldn’t wait to de-beige. When I had the chance to paint the kitchen, I took the color into the family room. I went with yellow, because I thought it would work with the green kitchen counters and the stone fireplace. I made curtains out of a multi-checked fabric, white twill slipcovers for some French chairs I

July 1, 2015 34 Comments

Before and Afters

the evolution of my house | part 4 | the kitchen

And now, it’s time to walk through the evolution of my kitchen. This is part four in a series where I’m showing how each room in my house has evolved over the nine years since we moved in. I have always loved a good before and after, but the truth is that there are usually a lot of steps between those two pictures. In the case of my house, each room has been years in the making…pieces bought and sold, projects completed and everything eventually brought together to make each room what it is today. I’ve learned a lot as I worked on each space and I think my decorating style has become more focused and refined in the process. It is my hope that this series encourages you, as you see that each “after” was a slow process, not an overnight change. So, this is what the kitchen looks like today…

June 28, 2015 16 Comments

furniture feature friday | favorites & link party

Good evening, all! Well, I’m still hanging out in bed, recovering from having my wisdom teeth removed. I’m on a lot of medication for the swelling and pain, so I’ve been pretty tired and out of it, but I know it’s just for a short time and then I’ll start feeling better. Since I am just laying around, I had a lot of time to look through your links and pick out some favorites… The finish and distressing on this piece by Ann of Farmhouse Blues Interiors is so gorgeous. The combination of the brass hardware and rich color along with the classic shape of the dresser makes it look so refined. Cheryl of Ruffles and Rifles did such an amazing job on reupholstering this chair. You know I love the style of the frame and her choice of fabric, too! Lastly, I absolutely love this dresser by Cassie of

June 26, 2015 12 Comments

furniture feature friday | favorites & link party

June 25, 2015 12 Comments

Before and Afters

the evolution of my house | part 3 | the home office

Thanks so much for all of the great feedback on this series. I’ve enjoyed going through my house in a bit more detail and seeing how far this home, that was not love-at-first-site, has really come along. If you missed parts one and two, here they are… Part 1 – the evolution of the living room Part 2 – the evolution of the dining room And here we go with part three, the home office. This was the room that had me most stumped when we first moved in. It was originally the kitchen in the 1940’s part of the house, but when the addition was built on the back, including a new kitchen, this room became little more than a glorified hallway. An ugly glorified hallway at that. One I would just slink through on the way to somewhere else. The floor was a patchwork of linoleum with some exposed

June 24, 2015 43 Comments

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