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When I was growing up, fixing my bed was mandatory. Every. single. day. Being a natural-born slob, I fell out of that habit once I didn’t have anyone telling me what to do. But now that I’m on a quest to beautify my home on a very slim budget, I started thinking about some . . . → Read More: fix your bed So where do I begin with the massive undertaking of cleaning up my office/loft/art studio? The art table? The front desk? Or maybe the back desk? I think we’ve found a winner, folks. The back desk seems to be the least offensive, so I think I’ll begin there. Just keeping it . . . → Read More: keeping it real Who have I been kidding? I’ve said that I haven’t been doing any projects because I’ve been, um, short on funds (ie, broke), but seriously that’s no excuse. Because it doesn’t cost anything to clean. And boy does my office/studio/loft need a good cleaning. I should really be embarrassed to post a pic of . . . → Read More: no cost project Time for a design vacation status update. I’m enjoying my design vacation and letting inspiration take me where it takes me. This morning I was inspired to declutter one of my two craft armoires. I’ve been hanging on to a lot of supplies and found objects for projects that I’ve been contemplating for years. . . . → Read More: design vacation – craft armoire Sounds kind of scandalous! But when you see this, you’ll realize how completely scandalous it really is…
Messy-licious! And there’s more…
Nothing like watching an episode of Hoarders to jump start the spring cleaning bug.
And that, my friends, . . . → Read More: design vacation – keeping it real in the master bedroom Over at Nesting Place, the Nester came up with a brilliant idea – house goals! Given that I work full time and procrastinate, leaving me with limited time and energy, I thought that house goals would be perfect for me. So here are my 2001 house goals… Repaint the stairway wall Paint the kids’ . . . → Read More: house goals – 2011 edition This Thanksgiving I hosted the Thanksgiving dinner and had a total of 11 guests. Not a huge production, but certainly more than my usual 3 person deal. As always, I wanted to create a special tablescape, but using things that I have around the house. Plus, this year, in addition to making it budget . . . → Read More: thanksgiving table Or perhaps I should say a case for baskets, so you don’t get the wrong idea! Baskets are a great decorating tool for containing things that might not look as impressive standing alone. Since I have a lot of unimpressive things requiring containment in my home, I tend to use baskets. Plus, my sister . . . → Read More: basket case Recently, I’ve been thinking a lot about simplicity. Thinking about what it means to simplify. Or, more specifically, what I need to do to simplify. Simplicity may seem counter to what a decorator stands for. After all, don’t we fill houses with stuff? Well, sort of. Decorators choose special elements to make a house . . . → Read More: simplify  |
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