Tag Archives: home tour

Glamour Girl

Posted on May 11, 2011 by

From the moment we moved into this house I knew the chandelier in the dining room had to go. The lines were all wrong, she was too small, hung too high and it was too much crystal for my taste. … Continue reading →

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The Full Home Tour

Posted on May 3, 2011 by

I am participating in A Bowl Full of Lemon’s House Tour this week.  What a fun way to get decorating ideas and see what other people do with their spaces! Our house is a Dutch Colonial built in 1924 that’s … Continue reading →

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Big Girl Room Sneak Peek

Posted on March 13, 2011 by

Little Cutie is getting a major room overhaul.  We’re moving her out of her little bedroom up to our guest room on the finished attic level.  She spends a lot of time playing in her room and reading there, and … Continue reading →

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Fifteen Years to a “Finished” Master Bedroom

Posted on February 27, 2011 by

This morning, Cute Husband and I relocated the dog crate out of the master bedroom and I looked around and realized that I finally after all these years together felt as if we’d “finished” our bedroom. I know I featured … Continue reading →

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Organizational Challenge: Launch Pad

Posted on February 13, 2011 by

I crave a mud room. Seriously.  I dream about mud rooms.  I love my house; I truly do.  But I often find myself fantasizing about entering my home through a room with floor to ceiling cubbies with built-in benches, funky … Continue reading →

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The “Big Mama” Valentine Wreath

Posted on January 24, 2011 by

So I showed you my little Pom Pom wreath earlier here and mentioned The Big Mama wreath {yes, I clearly have a bizarre desire to name inanimate objects in my home.  Let’s just go with it, shall we?}. I wanted … Continue reading →

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A Valentine’s Mantel

Posted on January 24, 2011 by

I’m one of those people who often has a ton of ideas about things I want to “get to” running around in my head and usually only about half of them actually come to fruition.  So I’m finding that a … Continue reading →

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Rainbow Order Always Makes Me Happy

Posted on January 23, 2011 by

I love when a project works.  I mean really works. Friday I received a postcard in the mail telling me that one of our local charities was doing door to door pick up in our neighborhood on Tuesday morning.  That … Continue reading →

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Organizing Challenge ~ The Bathroom Sink

Posted on January 17, 2011 by

I’ve got something I’ve been working on all weekend I’m almost ready to share, but until then, I finished today’s Organzing Challenge and thought I’d post quick before and afters. We have what I have dubbed “The World’s Smallest Master … Continue reading →

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Function Over Form

Posted on January 13, 2011 by

I’ve come to the conclusion that I need to make more decisions in our home that are about what works best for us and our lives than about what I think is “right” or where something looks best. And so I’ve made … Continue reading →

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