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‘Accent Furniture’ Category
It’s that time of year when guests appear and we want to make them feel warmly welcomed. If you’re lucky enough to have a full guest suite to pamper them, that’s wonderful (they may not leave), but many of us have guest rooms that serve many functions (office, nursery, exercise), or, no guest room at all, just space [...]
Posted by: Cathy 11/15/09 at 1:39 am
I’m back with part 2 of my previous post “No Sew Drapes On A Dime”. In that post I showed how I used sheets to make inexpensive drapery for my big window. I also had a smaller window that needed some attention, but the same long drapery would not have worked well because of lack of wall [...]
Posted by: Cathy 10/25/09 at 12:14 am
I’ve been working with a lady who wanted some decorating help and one of her requests was to address a large wall in her open stairway. She and her husband have 4 beautiful girls and lots of family picutres. So, instead of hanging a grouping of family pictures there, I thought I’d make it into a functional [...]
Posted by: Cathy 10/4/09 at 12:02 am
I recently returned home from a trip to Colonial Williamsburg. My husband and I have visited more than two dozen times in the last seventeen years. One of the reasons we visit so often is this destination’s ability to provide us with a perfect dose of rest and relaxation.
My dh loves the gardens and I love the decorating; [...]
Posted by: Deb 10/2/09 at 4:54 pm
This is where I usually end up after a day of work, and keeping family and home up and running. It doesn’t take much to make me happy I guess. Give me my old slipcovered sofa, a few decorating magazines, my TV remote, a little snack, an afghan, and I’m a happy camper. I don’t consider [...]
Posted by: Cathy 9/26/09 at 11:33 pm
Here it comes, the first day of fall is in a few days. I’m not sure where the year has gone. Vacations are over and glued up in scrapbooks, kids are off to school, my plethora of summer petunias have been eaten up by the pervasive petunia plague. So I guess that’s it. We can put our feet up and relax [...]
Posted by: Cathy 9/20/09 at 1:42 am
What’s the most challenging part of decorating for you? There always seems to be a few areas that aren’t as comfortable as others. Many of these challenges are voiced when I visit people’s homes to help them with their decorating. Some people seem to know exactly what their issues are, but some aren’t so sure. A great way to [...]
Posted by: Cathy 9/6/09 at 12:32 am
We all love the extra storage and display space that decorative shelving provides, but the hardest part is resisting the urge to fill every nook and cranny with “stuff”. I know. I’m always editing and rearranging my own in persuit of shelf- restraint. Knowing when enough is enough is the challenge.
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I think of [...]
Posted by: Cathy 8/29/09 at 9:25 pm
