We used the awkward closet under the stairs for the boys. Sometimes we take the table out and throw in the twin size mattress from the trundle bed. It’s perfectly cozy and feels oh so private when the door is closed. Did you have a special place to hang with yourself when you were growing [...]
My Top 10 Biggest Decorating Mistakes
April 2, 2010 Filed Under: nesting
This is a repost from March 2009, but worth reading again. Not making the master bedroom a priority. Not getting rid of stuff that I don’t really need or love. Being afraid of color. Buying something trendy instead of more traditional {remember those over stuffed chairs from the 90′s?} I had two of them. It [...]
Fireplace Mantels
April 1, 2010 Filed Under: budget living, decorating dork
As if I were going to be preaching today on some sort of other mantle/mantel? I cannot begin to tell you how much painted walls have changed my decorating life. Even though I talk about that very fact all the time, sometimes I forget that it applies to myself as well. I think I kind [...]
