Interior Decorating & Home Staging
Do you remember Sophie? Or maybe these 2 great bathroom renovations here & here ? Well, Sophie’s parents decided that their kitchen needed some updating as badly as their bathrooms did, so back we went. It hasn’t even been a year that they were with living in ‘reno mode’! But I think you’ll agree, it … [Read more...]
Given my field, I am in A LOT of houses….enough houses to realize that builders in the mid to late 90’s had some seriously bad ideas and taste. Like, seriously weird-ass taste. And bad judgement. So though I wasn’t shocked at the plethora of WRONG in this bathroom at the initial consult, I was kind of expecting him to pop … [Read more...]
If you follow me on Facebook, then you already know there’s a ‘’Reveal” coming. After 2 months of renovation here & in their Ensuite, this stunning Master Bedroom was completed and given back to my clients. This project was a pretty major overhaul – you can see here where we … [Read more...]
In case you aren’t completely addicted already, let me hook.you.up - Hometalk is an online community to share home-related projects, ask home-related questions, and be inspired by amazingly talented DIY-ers, bloggers, and professionals. Each week, one blogger is chosen to be In The Bloglight! So, here I am – um, … [Read more...]
Happy New Year! I hope 2013 is off to a wonderful start for you. Mine definitely is - January will be a very busy month for me with design projects – LOVE that. This story is about a standard issue mid-90’s builder design Master bathroom. You know the one - huge space sucking corner tub, and an itty bitty closed in shower … [Read more...]
So first off, 2 things: 1. Thanks. Big, huge, sloppy thanks. You have no idea how much I love every single one of you who subscribes/reads my Musings & leaves comments, & pins my projects, & connects with me on FB & Pinterest. Seriously, it blows my mind. From down-deep-where-I-live, thank you. 2. Read #1 again. I mean … [Read more...]
We needed night stands. With a king size bed, the night stands needed some heft, some size, some scale. Not being a fan of the ‘matchy’ bedroom sets, the world was our oyster in selecting bed side tables...it only took about 3-4 weeks of obsessive Kijiji & CraigsList stalking to find these beauties: Finding 2 tables/stands that … [Read more...]
Last week I mentioned my special client who wanted to create Cape Cod spaces in her home. The 2 ‘spare’ bedrooms (not the Master) were to be transformed into a cottage bedroom and a TV room/lounge space. My client Laurie spent most of her childhood summers in Cape Cod, at 445 Turnip Field Rd....for her, to have rooms that ‘felt’ like her … [Read more...]
First, a big shout out to Cassity at Remodelaholic who featured the Living Room Wainscot Post – I’m loving that people are as rocked about this product as I am! Last week I mentioned that empty wooden frame hanging on my dining room wall. It was destined for greatness. And when you’re contemplating greatness, drywall mud almost always … [Read more...]
My Living Room was falling flat....I liked our furniture, it was a tv-less room so very peaceful and cozy for reading & relaxing....and it felt - blah. I was thinking wainscot - but wanted...different. Then I found this: source Lovely, isn't it? Though I tried (in vain) to convince my Mister that we could jigsaw this, he wasn't … [Read more...]
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