It’s Friday and I’ve got a fun day planned. But before I get to that, let’s talk about French Country Design. There are some great posts linked up to our Friday event below. On Weds, I talked about what inheriting stuff from our parents and whether or not our kids want our stuff. Today, I’m […]
Your Kids Don’t Want Your Stuff or Do They
I keep hearing that grown children don’t want to inherit our stuff. This has been a hot topic for awhile. I asked my daughter if she wanted to inherit our stuff or not. She specifically mentioned that she likes my ‘colorful’ dishes. She pointed to my chintzware. Wise choice Grasshopper! Those are really fun and […]
Decorating with Botanicals
I love using botanicals in design. Botanicals are drawings of plants that tend to be very accurate portrayals originally used for educational purposes. Based on my research, they first gained popularity around the 15th century. Artists often traveled to far away lands, drawing and painting exotic plants. People were fascinated by them, since the plants […]
Country French Tables
I love taking a particular part of Country French design and focusing on that one thing. Today, let’s talk French tables. If you have a table you are stuck with that isn’t farmhouse French is there anything you can do? Yes! One thing you can do is paint it if you like. The other thing […]
Figuring out What is Missing when Decorating
Sometimes the design of a room is just off. You know it’s off, but sometimes it isn’t clear exactly what is causing it to feel off. And if you don’t know what’s causing the problem, then it gets difficult to correct. So f you know a room feels off, what do you do? Where do […]
My Favorite Pillows
We talk on our podcast Decorating Tips and Tricks a lot about redoing a room in a budget. I used to always buy a patterned sofa. Then a few years down the road, I would tire of said sofa, and I couldn’t wait to get rid of it. This is an expensive way to change […]
Updating Dark Furniture with Paint
I mentioned recently the baby steps I’ve been taking with my daughter’s room. I wanted to work on it for years, but it’s been difficult to do much in the past because my daughter was in here a lot. But since she moved out, it’s been empty during the week, and therefore easier for me […]
The Easy Way to do French Decor
I’m been studying French design for years. I’ve looked it from many angles, including true French design and our American version of French design. Yes there are many differences. The difficulty we have in the US is that we are not working with a French maison in the French countryside. If we were, then we […]
