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Because You All Come Here For The Home Decor Advice, Right?

Listen. I’m no Ab Chao. I’m not going to help you redesign your room in such a way that you suddenly start to have sexy dreams about it. (Seriously. Have you seen her kitchen? What about her garage?) BUT – when I do things I’m proud of I want to show them off. Because, as many of you recall, in our home my husband usually makes the design decisions. The times... Read More

Thank you, Internet!

I asked…you answered…I did what you told me. I really like the idea for the clementines/oranges with the cinnamon sticks in them the most – but since I’m doing it for family dinner tonight and didn’t really know where to find the cinnamon thingies – I took the easier route. I put together some of my goldish ornaments (the butterflies, of... Read More

What Should I Put In The Bowl?

Okay. So I bought this bowl on a 50% off Thanksgiving shelf at Hobby Lobby a few weeks before Thanksgiving. I love it. I put tiny pumpkins in it for awhile and I guess I could pack it up for the season, but I still love it. So I want to do something with it to make it suitable for the season. What should I put in it? I think maybe pine cones covered with glitter? But I don’t... Read More

My Favorite Room In Our New Home. (So Far.)

The dining room is the first room of the house I don’t mind calling DONE. There will eventually be things on the walls, but that will take awhile to decide on. There will be a few more pieces added to the china cabinet and probably something to the top of it. But for the most part? DONE. And I could not be more in love with it. From the table, which was my first real furniture... Read More

A Few (More) Things About Painting

The professionals are painting parts of the house while I do the kid’s rooms. They paint doorways and windows and chair-rail FIRST with no taping. Then walls (with taping). Then baseboard and crown-moulding (with taping). I definitely see the logic in that as it allows for the cutting in at the easiest points (in my opinions) but going from white to color back to white again... Read More