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 […]
a mirror, new plants & a sneak peek
When I was shopping for the Lucketts Spring Market, I found this amazing mirror at a nice price. I think it was about $20. I was planning to sell it, but I was just so smitten with it that I decided to keep it. I didn’t know where I was going to put it, so […]
potting bench inspiration
As I’ve been sharing on my blog lately, I’m really starting to get into this gardening thing. I wander around our garden beds most evenings, watering when needed, dead-heading the petunias, pulling out weeds. I used to find that kind of maintenance annoying, but now I find it enjoyable. I’m also learning how to tend […]
UVA architecture & upcoming ironstone sale
I was cleaning out the pictures in my LightRoom file and came across these pictures around the UVA campus that I realized I never shared here on the blog. If you’re ever in Charlottesville, VA, make sure you take an afternoon to stroll around the grounds of the University of Virginia. The school was designed […]
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 […]
design ramblings | who are you decorating for?
In the last episode of Design Ramblings, Kriste and I brought up the question, “Who are we decorating for?” I was talking about my sons’ decorating their Christmas tree and how I had to restrain myself from trying to “fix” it…to make it “photo-worthy.” As I jerked my hands away from the tree, I thought […]
lighting in our home
As I’ve been sharing pictures of my house in the summer home tour and the “evolution of my home” series, I’ve been asked a few times about lamps. Or the lack there of, to be more accurate. It’s not that I dislike lamps. I think it goes back to the previous homes and apartments we’ve […]
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 […]