I admit, I have a love affair with vintage fabrics. They have a weight, a feel, and a texture difficult to replicate. I especially love finding pieces with hand work. Just look at the linen texture on these! I love using them for pillows. Isn’t this lovely? It was made from a vintage linen torchon […]
The Top 5 Reasons to Add Vintage to Your Home
I love vintage things but maybe you are not convinced as to why you might want vintage items in your home. So I’ve compiled the top 5 reasons to add vintage style. Coming back from Round Top, you’ll see I found quite a few vintage and antique things to add to my home. Are you […]
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 […]
Adding a Ruffle
Yes I thought I was done with these slipcovers, but apparently I wasn’t. Can you see how the sofa didn’t have a ruffle on it like the settees? Well, when I made the slipcovers we lived in the other house. The back of the sofa faced a wall, and you really didn’t notice […]
Linen Curtains for the Dining Room
I know some of you were wondering when the heck I would actually get some curtains for my house. Well the day has arrived. I LOVE these gray linen curtains!! To show you what the room looked like without the curtains, just take a look. I think they added some softness […]
French Linen Slipcovers
One day I looked around my house and saw lots of red. I love red, and yes I picked out all of this furniture, and yes it was just a few years ago, but now, I want a clean, crisp, neutral, linen palette. A few months ago my bedroom went from this to this (click […]
Antique Linens
I just discovered the most amazing thing, that you can buy beautiful antique French bed linens on eBay for less than $100. Well I did find this fabulous bedding that I have folded over my duvet at the foot of my bed on eBay for about $75. I loved the bedding so much, I decided […]
