This is another no cost home makeover. It all started with this Aidan Gray ottoman. It was on sale, and I fell in love with it. I ended up using it in the guest apartment below. But then I had an idea, why not move it to the farm? I didn’t plan to use it […]
Painted French Furniture
****WARNING**** Furniture will be painted in the post. You have been warned, hee hee. Do you love painted French furniture? I hope so, and if you do I think you will like this little paint job. It’s a lovely little cabinet, and I never intended to paint it, but it’s so… well.. dark. And so […]
Antique Fireplace Screen
Do you ever buy something, then redo it, then redo the redo? That’s me in a nutshell. So here’s the dealio on the fireplace screen. This is what it looked like when it came home with me. Then I decided to change the fabric. Here is how I did it the first time. […]
Parisian Flea Market Find!
I’ve made a few changes in here since we got back from Paris. Can you spot them? Well for one I had to replace the broken chair. That chair is at the farm now and I fixed it! You can read about it here. Here’s the new chair from Home Goods! I also moved […]
4 Rooms with French Decorating Ideas
That’s right, it’s 4-fer today! I’ve done a make over in 4 rooms and I’m sharing all of them with you today. The farmhouse is getting a French face-lift and I thought it would be fun to see all 4 rooms together. Hopefully you will get some French decorating ideas. To help pay […]
Over 12 French Chairs
I love French chairs. I mean I really, really love them. One reader corrected me and said I can’t LOVE a chair, I can only admire or appreciate it. I don’t know about that. I mean a musician can love a beautiful song, and a painter can love a painting, right? It’s all about perspective. […]
Painting Fabric and a French Chair
This is a story about a chair and painting fabric. This chair has been through the ringer. It started out in my daughter’s room, then it was broken (we won’t say by whom… hint she is a college student) put in the garage, then put it on top of my armoire, the readers hated it, […]
French Fabrics 8 Tips
Today’s French event is about French fabrics. So how can you give your home a French accent using fabric? NOTE: Most traditional French fabrics are vibrant and colorful, but today I’m talking more about how to give your home a French feel using neutral fabrics. Go to the blogs mentioned at the end […]
