We have lived in our current home for three years now and never really found a use for the sunroom.  Our builder suggested we add it for resale value so we went with his advice.  It lies off the kitchen and dining room […]

August 9, 2019 post update:  We installed the gold graphic cement tiles in our bathroom along with a bold shower curtain from Anthropologie. Have you noticed all the graphic ceramic floor and wall tiles popping up lately on Pinterest and in decorating magazines?  Here’s a […]

It goes without saying that I enjoy decorating – making my home personal and comfortable for my family and friends.  But over the years I have moved away from “holiday” decorating and more toward “seasonal decorating”.  I’ve gotten rid of most of my accumulation of […]

I really like the look of french mattresses with all of the tufting and detail along the edges.. like this one from Country Living. Here’s some from Ballard’s: And here are some other examples of french mattresses from Pinterest: Because they are hand made, french mattress […]

If you missed my other posts about my Ikea kitchen, you can read them here: Ikea Kitchen Part I Ikea Kitchen Part II Subway Tile Backsplash In those posts I shared how we had to trim the budget on building our new house because  the […]

When we were planning our new kitchen, one element  I thought I was sure about was classic white subway tile for the backsplash.  But when my husband and I scanned the tile options at Lowe’s, we were intrigued by these concrete beveled edge subway tiles: […]

In a previous post I shared how we used Ikea cabinets in our new home  in order to keep costs down.  When I was planning this kitchen and looking at pictures on Pinterest and in magazines, those that were outfitted in head to toe Ikea often […]

2013 was spent building our new home while we hunkered down in a small rental that my son Jack referred to as “the cozy house.”  The challenge of building a house during a recession is that the home we sold had lost 25 percent of […]

I recently used Miss Mustard Seed’s milk paint to give my kitchen counter stools a makeover.  In my old kitchen the black stools contrasted nicely with the all white cabinetry. But 12 years and 3 kids later, my stools were showing a lot of wear. […]