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Inspiration {plus links you’ll love}

January 11, 2015

Hi there. I hope you are having a great weekend and staying warm if you’ve got cold weather like me.

Since the start of the new year I’ve been able to get back into the swing of things and have checked a few things off the to-do.

I’m ending the weekend by attending the Atlanta Gift and Home Furnishings show which is taking place here in Atlanta. I can’t wait to check out the latest and greatest products, colors, styles and trends in home decor and I will be taking lots of photos to share with you next week.

Until then, enjoy this beautiful space and check out the links for even more inspiration!

links you’ll love…

These design tips are tried and true and you’ll find lots of decorating ideas from this round-up of beautiful spaces.

You’ll definitely want to try this lampshade update!

I think everyone should take these words to heart!

These diy dollar store baskets will make you want to organize in the new year.

A great example of the power of paint.

This home makeover really does have star power.

What you need to do to keep moving forward in life!

Christmas Door Basket with Royal Design Studios

December 3, 2014

One of the things I love to do most around the holidays is to craft a few new decorative pieces for my home. And I love trying new products so when the opportunity came up to partner with Royal Design Studios I jumped at it.

You probably know Royal Design Studio from their amazing collection of home decor and decorating stencils, but may not know that they also have a wonderful selection of holiday design stencils.

One of the new collections they have this year was designed by the creative and talented blogger Jennifer Rizzo. The collection includes 16 unique designs and two of the stencils were the perfect jumping off point for my latest holiday project…

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DIY Christmas Countdown Board

December 1, 2014

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and enjoyed the long weekend.

I’m excited to share my latest DIY Christmas craft with you today! I had an idea in my mind to create a Christmas Countdown using my chalkboard and originally planned to use burlap bags to hold a daily treat.

I was going to stencil numbers onto the front of each bag and hang it on my chalkboard with a magnetic clothes pin.

Each bag was going to hold a little treat or a special message that my hubby and I could share each day.

My Christmas Countdown was going to be cute and whimsical, and fit in with my black, white and red tartan Christmas decor theme.

Then it happened…

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Inspiration: A Handmade Holiday

November 22, 2014

Hi there. I hope you weekend is starting off great.

I’ve got a busy weekend ahead doing a little decorating around my place and putting the final touches on a few client homes I’ll be decorating next week. I’m also hoping to get a few craft and DIY gift projects crossed of the list.

If you like to make some of your holiday gifts, here’s one I thought you might like to try.

Enjoy and be inspired!

How to: DIY Clay Dish

Let’s Get Crafty: DIY Glitter Stripe Candles

November 13, 2014

I’m in the process of putting together our Thanksgiving table and one of the elements I wanted to include was Glitter Stripe Taper Candles. I usually burn pillar candles as part of any table setting I create but I love the look of taper candles as part of the centerpiece.

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Look Up!

October 9, 2014

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There are a thousand different ways to decorate a room. You can add furniture, artwork or accessories or you can paint the walls, hang curtains or add rugs. All of these things are viable when it comes to decorating any area of your home but the decorating doesn’t and shouldn’t stop there.

Look Up…

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A Few Things You Need to Check Out!

October 3, 2014

Greetings and Happy Friday!

Writing this blog is somewhat like talking a a girlfriend or guy friend on a daily basis and dishing about all the stuff that is going on in my life. It’s my place to share the new shopping spots I’ve found, a great bargain I’ve come across or a new restaurant I want you to try.

Since we’re friends, whenever I come across fabulous design tips, how-to tutorials or something exciting, I feel a desire to share it all with you. So girlfriend, sit back, relax and let me share a few things…

How to Paint a Sink

How to Paint a Fabric Chair

I so excited that one of my favorite stores now has a paper shop.

10 Decorating Mistakes we’ve all made.

This living room transformation is simply stunning!

Easy Woodworking DIY–Bookstand

September 17, 2014

I have a lot of design books and they area displayed all kinds of ways throughout my house. Some are on the coffee table, some are on the console table and some are stacked on a side table.

Everytime I get a new book (or two) I have an urge to keep it out and display it somehow. That’s where this DIY project can into play.

I decided to create a simple book stand using inexpensive wood cutting boards. I purchased a set of 3 cutting boards from HomeGoods. The set included three graduated sizes and the wood was a natural finish.

To create my book stand I used the large and small size cutting boards and two pieces of unfinished 1 1/4″ x 1 1/4″” piece of wood I bought at Hobby Lobby. I had to cut about 2″ off each piece of wood so that it was the same length as my cutting board. Since I had to stain the unfinished wood pieces, I also rubbed some Minwax stain on the cutting boards to darken them up a bit and so they would match the wood pieces.

After the wood pieces were stained I glued two edges together so that one was flat and one was standing and then glued the other edge of the flat piece to the cutting board. I let the glue set over night.

To create an easel back for the stand I attached the small cutting board to the back of the large one using a piano hinge. To prevent the stand from sliding when standing I attached clear rubber bumpers to the bottom edge of the small cutting board.

Voila! A chic book stand that I can use to display my favorite design book of the moment.

Simple DIY projects are my favorite!