Not everything in our home has to be ‘company ready’ every day. Not every season needs to be a full-blown decorating production. Not every surface needs to be bedecked with a dazzling vignette or a statement arrangement. Sometimes, there is a season when our homes can just feel comforting, simple, cheerful, welcoming. For me, that season is now. By ‘now’, I mean early winter. …
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Fall 2025 Living Room
Finally. There it is. The nip in the morning air. The geese marching across the sky in formation, as noisy as they can possibly be. The shadows on our grass as the sun sets are starting to shift and move. And every single day, the shadows come a little earlier. It’s finally here. Welcome to…
Non-Trendy Decorating
If you’re like me, you like to read blogs about home decorating to get inspiration or see new ideas that spark creativity. The downside to reading blogs about home decorating is that often times, whatever is currently ‘on trend’ is a lot of what you will see. But what if you’re not necessarily looking for…
Estate Sale Tips
When you stop and think about it, estate sales are a little curious. You walk into the home of a complete stranger, and are given free rein to wander around and peruse some of their belongings. But if you can get past that little bit of discomfort, you are about to discover the joy of…
Estate Sale Upset
Since I just recently wrote a post about Fall in the Living Room, I will keep this little estate sale upset story brief. I am on an email list for estate sales , so at least weekly I get an email about estate sales in our area. The really cool thing about the email is…
