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...]
Vinings Home Christmas Tour 2014
Welcome! How have y'all been doing with the hustle and bustle of the Season? I love December, but it can be exhausting, can't it ? I'm so happy you had a little time to browse through this blogpost today, because I think you will enjoy seeing this beautiful Vinings area home in Atlanta! A little background information, and other than that, I promise to keep it brief ( besides the tons of … [Read more...]
Fall Home Tours 2014- Part 3
Today I'm joining Michele at Shelstring Blog for a blog hop of Fall Tours! Check out her pretty Fall Home here. Welcome to Part 3 of my Fall Home Tour. I'm excited to be joining with some other bloggers today, sharing our Fall Homes. I still am way behind on having a Home Tour on my blog, so that will be something I need to get busy on in the near future. Stay … [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...]
Dwell With Dignity Atlanta House Reveal-Part 2
As promised in my last post, today I'm going to share some pretty, inspirational pictures with you of the second Dwell With Dignity Atlanta house installation! Last post, I shared with you the chairs that I had the pleasure of painting and reupholstering for this project. Today, I'm going to show them to you in the new home makeover of a very deserving young Mother and her 2 precious little … [Read more...]
The Family Room: New Black Painted & Styled Bookcases
Hi, Friends! I was about to wish y'all a Happy Monday, but it's already Tuesday. Hope you all had a fun and relaxing Labor Day weekend. We enjoyed having our oldest son home from college from Friday until late Monday. His girlfriend was home from college, as well, and our family mostly enjoyed hanging out at home, eating good meals, taking the Weimies to play at the lake, and then finishing our … [Read more...]