Design

Last week I got a bee in my bonnet to switch our kid’s rooms around to create a guest room.  We have guests come stay with us several times a year and currently don’t have a room just for them.  For some reason this is important to me….wanting the family and friends who stay with [...]

Posted By Jen; Written By My Friend and Guest Blogger Kristen Flom!(Many Thanks Kristen!)Kristen Here’s what I did: I just used those little bottles of acrylic paint. After painting the canvas ($5.99 for two 11 x 14 canvases at Hobby Lobby) a dark brown, I went around the sides of the canvas with a metallic [...]

My daughter Maddie’s room had a couple of walls that needed some decorating love.I was trying to figure out how to update her room on a budget, so I went to Wal-Mart and got some white wood frames.   Then I dug out my old scrapbooking days paper (I have a ton!) and pulled out pieces that had colors from [...]

I found this adorable chair on HGTV online.   I think I gravitated towards it since we (in Colorado) are approaching that time of year when spring is still a dot at the end of a long road, but a visible dot!  It is my favorite season, filled with yard work and projects, and freshly blooming flowers [...]

Design:  When planning colors for a room or even to carry through a whole house, keep it simple by using only three.  Three colors, woven throughout paint, furniture, and accessories creates a pleasing look for the eye.  For example, in my (Amy’s) house I interchange red, cream, and shades of brown (light to chocolate).  I [...]

Classic tips on decorating your tree from the Green Family.1. Make sure your lights follow the branches.  They go on the inside and out side of the tree.2. Small ornaments at the top.  The ornaments get bigger as you move down the tree.  Biggest ornaments at the bottom.3. Ornaments go on the inside and outside [...]

My sister, Emily, moved into the most adorable home a year ago.  It was an older home in the suburbs of Minneapolis, MN, and she had a vision to redo some things in the house when she moved in.  Emily painted the whole house in great colors, and brought in her furniture and various becoming [...]

Try a twist on Easter baskets, and make a paper basket bouquet for every place setting.Basket Bouquet How-ToAll you need are small brown paper bags and baby-food jars or shot glasses to hold the flowers for individual place settings. A centerpiece requires a larger bag and a mason jar or drinking glass as a vase. [...]

Yesterday’s post was about organizing your (and my!) home in the 31 Day Challenge.  Today’s challenge was repurposing old furniture, and I did that years ago with a dresser I bought at a thrift store for $80.  It now sits in my dining room and holds placemats, chargers, table linens, and candles….and all sorts of [...]