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The Secret to Keeping Your Throw Pillows Fluffy

January 8, 2013 Filed Under: nesting

decorative throw pillows

It’s hard to keep your pillows nice and fluffy in a world that just wants to smash and flatten pillows. My family is the chief family of pillow abusers. And I wouldn’t have it any other way. I think decorative throw pillows are much happier being used that being protected as if they are an endangered species. Even though we call them decorative throw pillows the truth is, they are there to serve us, not just look pretty.

I’ve been meaning to tell you this well-known secret. And then I got a reminder in the form of a comment on this post about Tracy’s home::

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Stick a Fork In It

April 25, 2012 Filed Under: nesting, simpleminded, thrifting

Forever I’ve seen these tall glass containers and wondered what I could do with one. Finally, it hit me–A FLOOR LAMP! So I bought a tall glass container for $29 at Home Goods, a $10 light kit and found a $3 lampshade at a thrift store. Not bad for a floor lamp. And I even [...]

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Using Plants in Your Home Part 4 :: Terrariums

April 11, 2012 Filed Under: about my nest, nesting, planty, renting, seasonal

Twig This is part 4 of a planty series read parts don’t forget to read parts 1, 2 & 3 in any order. DoodleBirdie Tiny terrariums are my newest obsession. If you’ve been around these parts since the beginning you might remember my huge terrarium on a stand that I’ve had both inside and out. [...]

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Using Plants in Your Home Part 2

April 4, 2012 Filed Under: about my nest, nesting, planty, renting

This is part two in a little micro series on using plants in your home, read part 1 here. The other day, in part 1, I showed off all the plants in my home. Now I’d like to try to convince you that it’s worth risking killing a plant in hopes that it will live [...]

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Using Plants in Your Home Part 1

April 2, 2012 Filed Under: about my nest, nesting, renting

A few of you have asked about some of the plants I have sitting around so let’s talk about them. I thought we’d split this post into two parts, today I’ll show entirely too many photos of how I use plants around our downstairs (I hardly have any upstairs right now) and then in the [...]

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Reader Question :: Decorating With Bulky Sofas

March 28, 2012 Filed Under: decorating dork, nesting

Did you know that Nesting Place has a Facebook Page? It’s a place we get to hang out and chat and upload photos and do all sorts of Facebooky stuff. I’d love to have you join in the fun. Telisha asked a question at the NP Facebook page that I wanted to answer more at [...]

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Introducing a New Color To Your Home

February 28, 2012 Filed Under: nesting

I’ve been a blue/turquoise person for the past few years, before that I had a lot of red and gold. I’ve written about how I slowly introduced some robin’s egg blue into my red and then slowly transitioned away from mainly reds. Lately I’ve noticed a little shift in my house. The white walls in [...]

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Statement Pieces

February 22, 2012 Filed Under: nesting

Shaunna’s Big Fiddle Karen’s fur covered chair Jules’ Chesterfield Sofa Gabrielle’s painted piano Lauren’s Hanging Driftwood Ashley’s Nest Painting Nicole’s Rug Marian’s Drapes Angela’s nekkid lady Emily’s Book Page Wall My Sailfish {come on, you know I had to include myself} Edie’s…EVERYTHING Every room could use a statement or signature piece. Could your space benefit [...]

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From Every Room

June 14, 2011 Filed Under: nesting

By now you’ve probably seen these stunning photos of the spaces created for the Gill family by Traditional Home and Ballard Designs. This room was an empty room with a few chairs and some instruments. But the family “wanted a “salon” – a room to sit around and enjoy each others’ conversation, listen to music [...]

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Sick of Your Stuff ? How to Change Everything

May 5, 2011 Filed Under: decorating dork, nesting

I asked Karen from The Art of Doing Stuff to guest post today about how she completely revamped her home in a matter of weeks. Karen’s blog is currently one of my top five favorite blogs, her writing style, well, you’ll see. And.. Look at her abs! Besides having abs of wonder, she is a [...]