Meet The Nester

Hi there! I’m The Nester. Why? Well, my real name is quite unique and hard to pronounce and it just seemed easier to use a pretend name. This is my family full of handsome fellas. Handsome, aren’t they, those fellas?

We usually don’t pose like that. Usually, the men folk are doing something like this

and I do this

I started Nesting Place in November of 2007. I’ve always had a love affair with my house, ok, with all houses, and this blog is a place for you to come and find decorating encouragement, creative ideas, and be reminded that “It doesn’t have to be perfect to be beautiful”.

Find out about the dresser here

I like deals. I like to find things and make them beautiful. I’m also not afraid to save my cold hard cash and invest it in a good sofa.

We All Want A Pretty House, Don’t We?

I know what it’s like to want a pretty house and not have much to work with and still have to get dinner on the table and nurse little children. I know what it’s like to rent and live with white walls and ugly carpet. I have decorated on no budget in the past. I’ve decided not to wait until my house is perfect to share it, use it and love it. I regret those years where I spent my time wishing my home was something more and not enjoying what I had.

This isn’t a DIY blog. This isn’t a typical decorating blog. This is a blog about how to think about your home. And along the way, I hope you and I both can focus more on our own personal style. Your current home can be the home you love.

Most of the photos you will find on Nesting Place are photos I took of our home–if I grabbed the photo from someone else, I’ll tell you with a link to them.

We have lived in three different rentals in the past three years and before that we owned a home and were able to spruce up the outside of it. We are currently renting.

This is the last house we owned:

The old nest before and after

My motto is “It doesn’t have to be perfect to be beautiful” and I have to remind myself of that daily. I love our home and want it to be a place to live a real life where all who enter are free to be who they really are, faults and all.

I really like to have a pretty house but even more than that, I really like to live in and USE a pretty house.

I’m so glad you are here. Decorating your home is an adventure and a journey! I hope you find acceptance and encouragement here and learn to love your nest more every day!

If you know this is gonna be a good place for you to hang out, why not go ahead and subscribe now that way you won’t miss anything? If you want to read more about me and my big talkity self, read on, other wise, why not check out some past post favorites?

More about me:

I’m a design school drop out who took a week long course so I could be a certified home stager and redesigner. So I don’t have much training as far as schooling but, I’ve had lots of experience in real houses. My husband is an ambitious entrepreneur so we have had a few times of plenty and lots of lean times. We have lived in 13 different houses/apartments/condos some for only a month or two while waiting on a closing, some for years.

I’ve also written an ebook giving away all my secrets of making decorative tassels. You can find our more and -what the heck are tassels here.

Nesting Place was the name of my little tassel making business and then my redesign business. A few years ago we moved to a new city. Instead of going back into clients homes and having to change out of my PJ’s, I have decided to write about what I love. It’s my dream job. I really, really love it.

Here’s a design manifesto that I subscribe to::