Electronics are an important part of our lives but can be a decorator’s nightmare.
Antique Iron Bed
I was looking on Craigslist minding my own business, when I found an antique iron bed for $60. Okay, so maybe I didn’t NEED a new-to-me antique iron bed, but this one was really cute and believe it or not, I had a place for it — on my back porch. Some of you are […]
My Slipcovering Tips
Slipcovering Tips I’m covering my favorite slipcovering tips in this post. Some readers have asked me to show them how I make slipcovers. So I am covering that today. With the exception of the first 2 photos, these are old photos from our previous house. Having made quite a few over the years, I […]
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 […]
Tres Elegant French Armoire
I recently discovered the place on the web where you can buy stuff directly from individuals. it’s called Craigslist. Huh? What??? You’ve already heard of it??? Really? Am I the last one to know about this glorious place where one can find a French armoire for less than $400??? That’s right, she wanted less than […]
Customizing Built-in Cabinets
We sold this house in 2013, and moved into our current one then. I loved the transformation of these cabinets using paint, and still do. Read on…. When our city house was built in 1978, they added this built-in buffet in the breakfast room. We bought the house in 1990, and back then, glass doors […]
Feed Sack Kitchen Skirt
The photos in this post were taken at our old city house. For those of you that sent condolences on the loss of my sewing machine, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. There wasn’t much of a service, just me saying, “Oh crap!” over the corpse. But I moved on to a new love. […]
Breakfast room Refresh
After dreading this project for two months, I finally bit the bullet and tackled painting two rooms in my house. Am I the only one who dreads painting rooms? It’s one thing getting out the paint brushes for a chair or box, but to take everything off the wall, put drop cloths on the floor, […]
