NOTE: Please forgive the quality of these photos; they were taken before I knew the first thing about taking cellphone pictures!! This is the first of two posts about creating a home office from a bedroom. This post, Part 1, describes the process I went through to empty the room, remove the wallpaper, professionally install shutters, and…
Decorating
5 Decorating Pieces I Use Year-Round
Living in a small house can only mean one thing; limited storage space, and worse, small storage areas. This simply means I have had to be creative and use the same items over and over again, from one season to the next. Here is a list of my 5 decorating pieces that are flexible enough to…
Tutorial – How to Decorate a Summer Mantel
Here is a tutorial with some ideas on how to decorate a summer mantel. In essence, a mantel and hearth are an oversized vignette; sort of a big vignette, made up of smaller vignettes. It makes sense, then, that the principles of a vignette apply to both the big picture and the smaller, individual…
How to Store Christmas Decorations
This post is to share a system of storing holiday decorations that is flexible, simple, and is guaranteed to make this process easier for you in 3 ways: It will help you easily store decorations, easily find specific decorations or bins you are searching for, and easily re-pack bins quickly and efficiently. Step 1: Use…
Tutorial – How to Decorate a Christmas Tote
One of the ‘farmhouse-chic’ items I see a lot of on Pinterest and blogs is the wooden tote. They are also called a carpenters tote, a tool kit, and lots of other names. They have a very down-to-earth appeal; a little ‘farmhouse’, a little ‘cottage’, a little ‘vintage’. But what I especially like is that…
