After staying up late last night, I had a “finished” room.  I walked my husband through it this morning and he smiled and proclaimed, “Wow, this room is done!”  I realized I felt uncomfortable with the proclamation.  “Um…well, it’s about 90% done.  I still need to…”  and I proceeded to rattle off a list of about ten things.  He gave me “the look” that all husbands give wives like me.  If you’re like me, you know the look.  He smiled, shook his head and went about the day, allowing me to call a finished room unfinished.  So, here’s my finished room (that we’re only going to call finished and I reserve the right to revoke that title.)  This is a photo tour and I will go into detail in future posts.  I’ll share before and after pictures of the chairs and sofa, how I made the pillows, my finishing technique

My friend Donna sent me an e-mail today commenting on the fact that I am busy working on my house and have totally neglected to decorate for Christmas.  Yes, that’s true.  We do have our tree up, which half the lights are out and there are hardly any ornaments below three feet (my boys keep pulling them off), and I did manage to arrange a couple of mantles, but other than that…nothing.  The truth is, I’m about to work on a ton of Christmas projects for HGTV and I’m holding out on buying a fresh tree and greenery as long as I can.  You also have to remember that I started making my Christmas line in September and I got a little burnt out, so I took a break and worked on Halloween stuff in November and now I’m ready for Christmas in January.  Craziness! I’m also about ready to start a

I love my guest room, but it’s awkward.  It took about three years to finally give my guests a comfortable space, but one thing was still missing.  The poor person who slept on the right side of the bed has never had a nightstand.  They’d have to pass their glasses or cup of water to the person on the left side.  That’s a pain.  The problem is that there’s an attic door right where a night stand should be.  Like I said, this room is awkward.  Charming, but awkward.  It finally occurred to me that a stool was the perfect answer.  It provides a mini nightstand, but it can be moved to easily access the attic.  I also swapped out the pillows with the unfinished needlepoint pillows I had in the living room.  They add nice warmth to this room and the white ones look better on the living room sofa.  I