Posts Tagged ‘home decorating’

Downsizing To A Cozy Home

January 4, 2013   No Comments

Now that all of my kids have their own homes, I was left with one of those very big and very empty Traditional houses. Don’t get me wrong; I have plenty of furnishings. In fact, every room is filled with plush sofas, dressers and tables that hardly ever get used nowadays. My children and their [...]

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My Love For Light

November 13, 2012   No Comments

  I love chandeliers. Ever since I was kid, I was obsessed with the beauty of the floating lights that sparkled in my parents’ two-story foyer. They create this enchanting atmosphere of luxury as well as supplies practical light to the interior spaces. They are perfect as focal points and come in all kinds of [...]

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It’s Time To Wallpaper

September 19, 2012   No Comments

    I think that the walls throughout my Craftsman home have officially been painted every color in the rainbow. My living room began as beige, and last year I painted them a dark red for a more formal feel. The family room is a mild green that is relaxing and the kitchen has splashes [...]

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Love Small Home Living

March 14, 2012   No Comments

  We have lived in one of those beautiful Country French homes for many years. It is a large home with plenty of square footage for the entire family. When we first moved in I had a hard time filling all the rooms with furniture. Through a job transfer our family is moving to an [...]

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Accessorizing With Mirrors

February 10, 2012   No Comments

We have just purchased one of those cozy cottage homes on a lake about an hour from our current home. This will be the perfect vacation home for our family to enjoy on the weekends. The home is in great shape and once we roll a fresh coat of paint on the walls we will [...]

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Straightening Up The Bookshelves

February 2, 2012   No Comments

  My daughter came home last weekend from college and not only dropped off her dirty laundry but also a bag of books she had read. Before heading back to school she was scouring the bookshelves to find new books she hadn’t read yet. She only took a few because the shelves were in such [...]

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Billiards Room Ideas

December 29, 2011   No Comments

  I don’t know about you but I’m tired of every time we try to do something as a family my children are half there. We share their time with cell phones, texting, iPods, video games, etc. The list can go on and on because they are always hooked up to something. My husband and [...]

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Creating a Bedroom Oasis

August 29, 2011   No Comments

Recently, my husband and I have been decorating like crazy in order to do our beautiful English Cottage style home justice. However, like so many others, we decided to wait until almost every room in the house was decorated before we started on our own bedroom. Now, I regret our decision to delay. I wish [...]

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Live Large Even In A Small Home

August 11, 2011   No Comments

Out with the old and in with the new. We are in the process of moving and instead of upsizing, we are downsizing. With the kids out of the house, our twenty five hundred square foot home felt like a small mansion and truly, we didn’t need that much room for just the two of [...]

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Great Ways To Transform Your Home

April 14, 2011   1 Comment

My husband can always tell when I’m getting a little restless. I start moving things around the house and he can’t find them. We have lived in one of those cute country cottage home plans for about three years now and when we first moved in I decorated it to be perfect. I had a [...]

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