I’m making pretty good progress on the living room. Above is an in-progress shot. Dan asked if the floor lamp was going to stay in the middle of the room like that. Oh Dan, I am a lot of things, but avant garde is not one of them. Before, the bookshelf was a complete mess. […]
No-cost decorating: Rug swap
I’m going to pitch a new show for ABC. It’s called Rug Swap. And here’s the pilot. Before I told you last week that my living room was feeling a bit too brown. So in a bit of impulse decorating, I swapped out the rugs between the living room and family room. It just so […]
Recovered throw pillows — for only $3!
One of the things that is most needed in my living room spruce up is some new throw pillows. I had a pair of blue ones on our leather chairs. They were the right size and shape and in good condition, but they were pretty dull, so I decided to recover them. I found this […]
Decorating 2.0 + A look at my living room
We moved into our house three years ago this May. All of the rooms have been decorated to some degree, but the only rooms I would consider “complete” are Elise’s bedroom, our new playroom, and our downstairs bathroom that we renovated last year. You know, the basics. Everything else is more than livable, but everything […]
Winter woodland-themed mantel
Hello, sorry I have been blog-absent! I would like to say I’ve been busy making Christmas gifts, but in reality, I’ve been dealing with less pleasant things (i.e. a bad cold and the stomach flu). Much better now, but I feel like I’ve lost days worth of time for Christmas projects, shopping and finishing the […]