Our good friends, Sarah and Joe have a cape, but very different than ours. They have the traditional stairs by the front door leading to the second floor, like we do, but off to the right they have a really large living room. It is a great space, that I have secretly had the itch to fix it up for her for awhile! Now, I bet you are thinking that you are never going to invite me over. Or the opposite, you want me to come in hopes that I rearrange your furniture in my head, then eventually follow through and do it in real life. I don't judge ANYONE for their home. But I can't help myself ... Read More
Large Family Room Makeover- How to not get Overwhelmed
I am often asked questions about how to make a large family room feel more cozy and what to do with expansive blank walls to make a home feel homey. This obviously isn't a problem in my 1100 square foot cape, but my friend recently moved into a home with a large, over-the-garage bonus room. Not only was the 800 square foot family room ENORMOUS, it was not really functional for her family and she said that it often felt like a giant waste since no one really wanted to spend time up there!! Can anyone else relate to a large family room?? I have some tips for you~ How to not ... Read More
Pillows- What to search for and my new Pillow Favorites!
This post on my new pillows is sponsored by ebay I like to pack away the pillows and throw blankets that are really heavy and knitted for the Spring and Summer. That is basically the majority of the pillows we had in our upstairs family room. After putting away the covers I didn't replace them, I left it that way for about a month. I just didn't know what I wanted to do. I always say you need to start with inspiration. After ebay reached out to me to partner and share anything I wanted to....pillows came to my mind because they were on my list of things I was looking for. I really didn't ... Read More
Rug Options and Where I go for Rugs
I must admit I am kind-of a rug snob. I blame it on my design background and working in a high-end design store. I worked for a design firm for 18 years. I was the store buyer and manager for about 8 of those years. Part of my job was to go to markets and meet with the vendors and manufacturers of the products we were buying. I got to see the process of a sofa made from start to finish, starting with the fabric design process and manufacturing. I also got to see how rugs are made. And since I bought for a high-end store I wouldn't even look at machine made rugs or synthetic materials. Now ... Read More
Ask a Designer Series- How to make a home Cozy, Small Entry Ideas and More!
First post of the New Year helping my Email Subscribers with their one FREE Design Question for my “Ask a Designer Series”! I offer this service to my email subscribers as a thank you for following my blog and supporting me. It sure is fun to see what my readers are needing advice on! I am answering 7 of your Design Questions today! Starting with a small entry solution, how to make your home cozier and so much more! I also replied to about 10 others via email- some design questions are harder to find inspiration pics for or the design question doesn’t require it. Let’s get ... Read More
Ask a Designer Series- Paint, Rugs and Small Spaces
I am answering my Email Subscribers FREE Design questions today for my "Ask a Designer Series"! I offer this service to my email subscribers to ask me one simple design question. It is a thank you for following my blog and supporting me. It sure is fun to get to know the readers behind my blog and of course we all love a peep into others homes! I am answering 6 of your design questions today! I also replied to about 5 others via email- some design questions are harder to find inspiration pics for or the design question doesn't require it. Let's get peeping into your homes! You can find how to ... Read More
Ask a Designer Series- Email Subscribers Design Questions Answered!
I received a lot of great design questions this past week and the previous from my email subscribers. I offer this chance to ask me one simple design question for FREE if you are a subscriber to my blog. It is my way of saying THANK YOU for joining my community of readers! I really love the support and nice to see others are interested in what I am passionate about too! Let's get to your design questions! Design Question "Ok, so we recently moved into our new home and the master bedroom is big, a lot bigger than where we came from. Our bed is a queen and we are thinking about getting a ... Read More
Two Questions to Ask when designing a room
Before we moved into our little Cape I never actually saw it in person. My husband flew out and bought it without me seeing it. We are still married- so you know he did a pretty good. There really wasn't a lot to choose from in the area we were wanting to live. Before we moved I sold A LOT of stuff or gave it away. Two sectionals, two large dining tables, king bed and a crazy amount more and I replaced it all just on a smaller scale. I ordered new furniture to arrive at the new house or to be driven with the rest of our stuff across the states. I tried my best to draw everything out and make ... Read More
Ceiling Makeover
Thank you for all the love on my post yesterday on all our new bedding details. We are really enjoying our fluffy bedding. We also enjoy the view laying in our bed looking up at the ceiling. Our old ceiling was hard- literally. They were square tiles. But they were not tiles that you could push up and they would move. It was like sheetrock that was imprinted with a tile stencil. We kept debating on what we could do to makeover the ceiling. Everything seemed like too much work or too messy. With a small house there isn't room to take things out of the bedroom and tear down the ceiling. So we ... Read More
Fluffy White Master Bedding
I have blogged about our master bedroom more times than is probably "normal." Every time that I have shared our master bedroom you have never seen the ceiling. It is always strategically cropped out. That is because I was hiding a secret. The ceiling was bad. But now is the day you get to see the ceiling in all it's glory- be excited. And a new ceiling leads to new bedding, fluffy white bedding to be exact, from Boll and Branch. Because I had another secret, that white duvet that we were using was close to 7 years old and starting to show it's age. It was time for something new. Of ... Read More