Today, I'm sharing a design board I made for Chairish, showing how you can mix vintage and antique finds with modern pieces to lighten the mood of a room and add some "wow" to a space. French Country mixed with a little cottage is my personal design style, but I find myself adding a few more modern pieces over the years to update, add interest, and just lighten the mood in a room a … [Read more...]
Christmas House Tour 2014
Today, I'm sharing our home for the holidays. Welcome, friends! Welcome to a house that is far from perfect, but is well-loved and lived in. This is our family's 13th year in this home...13 Christmases- wow, so many memories and seasons of life. Our oldest son started 1st grade when we moved to Atlanta from North Carolina, and now he's a Freshman in college. Our 2 younger sons were almost 2 and 3 … [Read more...]
Christmas Porch Tour 2014
Hi, Friends! How's your week going? It's already Thursday...a week away from Christmas Day exactly~YIKES and can you believe it? I feel like I say this every year, but man, it sneaks up quicker and quicker each year, doesn't it? I sort of secretly despise those people that think it's fun to tell you how many Thursdays you have 'til Christmas....grrrrrr! haha! Although I really love a … [Read more...]
How to Make a Ruffled Skirt Slipcover for a Bench
A few weeks ago, I posted a few fabric inspiration pictures for our family room on Instagram. The existing fabrics were getting tired and dull, and I was ready for a change. I grabbed a few fabric swatches at one of my favorite local fabrics shops, Design Finds, and took them home to see how they looked with the existing fabrics. I decided I liked the black striped linen to cover a $5.00 bench … [Read more...]
Bentwood Kitchen Chairs Makeover for Dwell With Dignity Atlanta- Part 1
Last Spring, an amazing Dallas, Texas based non-profit organization called Dwell With Dignity chose Atlanta for one of their new design installations/locations. You can read more about it here. While I had a little more time with my design and painting business to help with the one last Spring, I had a few more things I was doing this time around, and couldn't volunteer that much downtown, … [Read more...]
Spring To Fall Table Setting: How to Style Five Different Looks from One Table Setting
Good Monday Morning! We have been having the nicest Fall-like temperatures in the Atlanta area for the past few days: upper 60's in the mornings with an average in the low 80's for the high each day. This time of year is tough for me because I'm such a Summer girl. It takes me until the first of October before I really want to get my Fall stuff out and decorate. My geraniums are just now … [Read more...]
Boys’ Dorm Room Inspiration Boards
Hi, Friends! Hope your Monday is going well. :) I'm just getting around to sharing on the blog about some of the items we bought for my oldest son, Wesley's, dorm room ( if you follow me on Instagram, you have seen posts about items and some inspiration boards already ). Last month, my first born son, went to college. Yes, I have really dreaded that separation for most of his senior year, but … [Read more...]