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Feature Friday: A Thoughtful Place

February 3, 2012
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Thank you ALL so much for coming by this week and signing up for all the giveaways!  I hope you enjoyed all of them and if you missed signing up for a few, they will be open for a few more days (just scroll down below this post to see all 11 of them).  I’ll [...]

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Feature Friday: Carmel at Our Fifth House

January 27, 2012
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Another new blogger that I have met this past year is Carmel, who blogs at Our Fifth House.  Appropriately named because she and her family are, in fact, in their 5th house.  Carmel has been busy making her house a home and has done a fantastic job of DIYing it and really stamping her personality [...]

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Craft Room Update and $100 Lowes Giveaway

January 26, 2012
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{Giveaway is Closed} The Winner is:  #208  Lorene Halfmann January is an excellent time to be thinking about organization and it happens every year after Christmas.  We all start thinking of ways to declutter and get everything in the house in tip-top shape. You saw the pretty stencil yesterday and today, I’m going to show [...]

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Feature Friday: House Beautiful 1940′s Cottage Update

January 20, 2012
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This beautiful updated 1940’s suburban cottage update in Charlotte, NC really caught my eye this month in House Beautiful.  It’s fun to see so much color done well and I think you’ll enjoy the tour as much as I did. Designer Lindsey Coral Harper did a great job of adding a sofa in the kitchen, [...]

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Updating a 70′s Bedroom Suite

January 18, 2012
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We are about to do some decorating around this place!  And you know how I love a good before and after. My parent’s master bedroom and bath is not that big, but it’s time for an update.  The bathroom was built in the 70′s and it hasn’t been updated since the mid-80′s when we were [...]

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Feature Friday: Amanda Carol Interiors

January 13, 2012
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One of my bloggy friends, who I’ve never met,  but consider a friend, Amanda Carol, lives in Texas and the girl has some great style.  I love all the projects she does as a decorator and her own home is so pretty and charming, I had to show it off! If you haven’t stopped by [...]

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Pantone’s Color of the Year: Tangerine Tango

January 8, 2012
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Those folks at Pantone have declared their new color of the year to be Tangerine Tango.  The last post I did about this was back in 2010, when turquoise was given the spotlight by Pantone and became the “it” color. And boy, did we go for turquoise in a big way. From Pantone:  Tangerine Tango, [...]

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Feature Friday: Everyday Lovely

January 6, 2012
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I love meeting all sorts of bloggers across the blogosphere.  From big homes to small cottages and everything in between, blogland has some beautiful homes out there to browse.  When I came across Cailan’s shining spot on the web, Everyday Lovely, I was immediately drawn in to her beautiful photos and her simple elegance and [...]

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Your Best Projects: Highlights of 2011!

January 4, 2012
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You people sure have been busy! With over 400 link-ups on the Top Projects of 2011 party last week, I could hardly get through them all.  But, wow oh wow, at the fun projects and pretty pics I saw.  I did go through and pick out a few of my faves to share with everyone, [...]

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Feature Friday: Christmas with Alamode

December 30, 2011
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Rounding out the year with the final Feature Friday, today I’m back with Shelli from Alamode and her beautiful house decorated for Christmas.  I shared Shelli’s Nashville home in an earlier feature, but her home decorated for Christmas is worth revisiting.  Come on, I know you’ll enjoy these pics too! Beautiful front entry all ready [...]

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Link up: Top Projects of 2011 Party

December 28, 2011
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Welcome friends! I’ve been doing this project recap party for a few years now and it is always fun to look back and see what I’ve accomplished for the year.  I actually thought I might not have much to share this year, given the fact that 2011 was a train-wreck of a year for me [...]

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Merry Christmas! A White and Silver Christmas Tree

December 24, 2011
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My sister added a new tree this year, a white flocked tall tree in her family room.  Since they went through so much with their renovation back in August, redoing the master bedroom and getting the house back together, they just didn’t have the energy to tackle her normal Christmas decorating routine, which consists of [...]

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Feature Friday: Ruby’s Red Dining Room

December 23, 2011
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Even though I painted over my old red dining room, I can still appreciate a beautiful red room and Ruby’s dining room is glowing with charm this time of year.  Perfect Christmas color, after all! Here’s the outside of Ruby’s beautiful brick traditional home in Kennesaw, GA.  She recently painted the trim in gray/taupe shades [...]

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