Greetings everyone! The ‘Solutions for Renters’ series continues today and I’ve gathered up a few ideas for you to spruce up those kitchen spaces with temporary solutions that incorporate your personal tastes and unique style. Kitchens and bathrooms are the hardest to personalize since they’re mostly made up of choices that are unchangeable – cabinets,…
My daughter turned nine last week and the thing she’s asked for in her room are bunk beds. I confess they weren’t my first choice for a girl’s room but she’s entering that sleepover phase where she wants to invite friends over and a single twin won’t work anymore. The thing that finally convinced us…
Yesterday, I did something I love to do each month and that is to go thrifting. I set out on my typical round visiting the four thrift stores I ordinarily visit when I’m in the mood since they’re all within 15 miles of my house. I work fast and I can scour all four in…
I met a friend at her house a few weeks ago, she has four cute kids and an empty hallway, and she was asking what to do with the “blankness” of it all. I’m a big believer in “bigger is better, make a statement!” when it comes to displaying photographs, and you cannot go wrong…
Christmas is all cleaned up, packed and put away, and now we’re moving on to a few projects around the house. We’re assembling some new shelves for my office this weekend and I’m prepping for a big photo shoot at my house too, I’ll be sure to Instagram a few shots of the process going…
Mid week greetings friends! Today I bring you a topic we all love to chat about, home improvement that beautifies spaces! I’ve invited contributing writer Liz from It’s Great to Be Home back to share her insight on spicing up a design classic: subway tile. You all know Liz as a talented home remodeler, and…
I’ve been receiving the Ballard Designs catalog for a decade and shopping their online store for the same amount of time. The new catalog comes in the mail five times a year and I savor the new and the classic furnishings and accessories inside the pages. I really love their style, European inspired but always…
Greetings all, the Friday Finds are back and these are some good ones! Enjoy these links and your weekend too! Make these paper poinsettias (plus several other holiday paper projects) with templates available at House and Home (right click on the site to open PDFs). If you can’t make it to New York City…
Greetings all! The ‘Best of the Blogosphere’ is back highlighting some spectacular spaces and ideas from around the web – Amanda is my fellow scout and together we track down our favorites to be featured twice a month. Enjoy these inspiring rooms and ideas! Yes you can have a super stylish and baby friendly community…
Hello everyone and welcome to the weekend! Drizzle and rain are in the forecast for the next few days here in the Bay Area so we’ll be doing some indoor sprucing, making homemade soup, getting cozy by the fire, those kinds of things. Here’s the list of Friday finds for the week! There’s an interesting…
Today is Color Day on the ol’ blog and this morning I posted about my favorite hue which is blue. This afternoon, contributing writer and interior designer Courtney from Courtney Out Loud is back to share his thoughts on color, specifically the darker shades in the spectrum. Having taken the plunge and introduced a dark…
Well howdy and hello y’all – happy fall to you! I was browsing through all the mantels and fall house tours from the Mantel Party last week and I’ll tell ya what I love. I love peeking inside everyone’s home seeing all the beauty you create! This year, there were a lot of neutrals and…
Hello all and Happy Labor Day weekend everyone! We’re spending a few days down in San Diego visiting some family and hanging out at the beach, soaking up the sunshine on the last summer weekend. I helped my stepdaughter fix up her first off campus college room yesterday and snapped a few pics of the…
I’ve had a lot of questions lately about the rugs in our house so today I thought I’d share a little more about them and some of my favorite sources for rugs. We have hardwood floors downstairs so I have rugs in all of the spaces, and a couple upstairs on the carpets too, just…