Blog Archive
‘Lighting’ Category
I know you are completely organized and ready for Halloween festivities, but I’m not! My husband celebrates his birthday on Halloween, so for many years we have opted to focus on that instead of ghosts and goblins. This year I have enjoyed many of the Halloween decorations; so I began thinking a little more about [...]
Posted by: Deb 10/16/09 at 4:25 pm
I am crazy for crystal! I love the look of elegance it adds to any room or situation. I use crystal decanters to hold everyday items in the bathroom. Crystal candle holders and lights shower a room with sparkles of refractive light. When entertaining I like to use a few crystal pieces for serving [...]
Posted by: Deb 10/9/09 at 3:22 pm
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 passed the first day of Summer last weekend, and it feels like someone turned the heat on. With the heat index over 100 it is simply too hot to spend time outside during the day. We run from building to car back to building very thankful for air conditioning.
If we’re going to spend any time [...]
Posted by: Deb 6/26/09 at 5:19 pm
My nice niece sent me an e-mail last week looking for some ideas on decorating her yummy chocolate brown accent wall around a new TV, and a one year old baby (he’s adorable). The TV was already mounted on the wall (see before picture below), but it needed some additional elements to function, accent and contrast the wall. I [...]
Posted by: Cathy 6/20/09 at 10:16 pm
With warm weather holidays and summer entertaining on the horizon, there’s no better time to perk up the patio, dress up the deck, or punch up the porch. Hmmm, sounds expensive. It doesn’t have to be! Think of “repurposing” items to add some cheap chic to outdoor rooms. Repurposing means to take a thing or material [...]
Posted by: Cathy 5/17/09 at 12:05 am
All right, admit it all you moms, we love being spoiled on Mothers Day. Whether it’s breakfast in bed ( YOU get to clean up the kitchen), or receiving those sweet little plaster hand prints of our kids to treasure forever (I love my 2), we all like to be remembered. When asked what we want for Mothers Day, [...]
Posted by: Cathy 5/3/09 at 12:36 am
Why entertain inside when you can party outside! Nature takes care of most of the decorations for you. Just add some ambiance with candlelight and party past sundown!
Here’s a simple (and inexpensive) candleholder I made with terracotta pots for our Easter dinner last month. I painted the inside of small pots silver and put tea [...]
Posted by: Susan 4/30/09 at 9:24 am
