When I need a table or console to look awesome, I have a few tricks that work every time, and today I’m revealing my surefire way to add wow to a room, table or console. The good news is that this technique is not complicated or expensive. The simplicity of the solution is part of […]
How to Repeat Color in a Room
My mom always said that if you had one color in a room, you should repeat it a few times. And so today we are talking about how to repeat color in a room. I know that sometimes I go overboard with a particular color in a room. Then later when I change colors, I […]
How to Make Faux Grain Sack Chairs
Everyone is asking how you can get the look of grainsacks on a budget, and guess what? Clever Cindy is going to show us how today! I’m pretty excited. I love everything she does. Here is CINDY FROM EDITH AND EVELYN Lately I have gotten a lot of questions about vintage grain sacks. Most questions […]
How to Hang Curtains to Make the Window Look Bigger
As often happens here I played musical chairs with some furnishing in my house. I added new curtains to the dining room (reveal coming soon) but then came the dilema of where to put the curtains that were in the dining room. They are beautiful, heavy gray linen curtains and I wanted them to go […]
Bedroom Updates and Which do You prefer
So much of design is personal taste. I have posted photos on Facebook where I felt it was obvious which one was my BEFORE and which was my AFTER, and still it seems many people vote for my BEFORE as their favorite. So what gives? Well I guess we are all different and we all […]
Farmhouse Bathroom Reveal
I’ve redone the farmhouse bath and today I’ve showing the big bathroom reveal. You have probably never seen this room before. Well if you looked closely you might have seen it here. MORE BEFORE PHOTOS. Here is one I found that was taken shortly after the house was built. We’ve given it a nice coat of […]
10 Minute Decorating with a Riser
What’s a ‘riser’? Oh you know, it’s that thingy you use to make something a bit taller. I got this one from Round Top. It’s not old, just reproduction, but it is concrete and very heavy. I’m using it as something to elevate the little cloche filled with dried roses. A riser though can […]
Why You Should Edit Your Bookcase or Not
Years ago, I heard experts say that before you walked out of the door, you should go back and take one piece of jewelry off. The point was that people wear too much jewelry and that less is more. This was a way to ‘dial us back’. Before I get a bunch of emails, let me […]
