From the category archives:

Decorating

Croffice of My Dreams!

August 28, 2010

Do you know what a croffice is? If so, read on for the most gorgeous croffice you’ve ever seen. If not, well keep reading. We’ll have a vocab lesson in this post

Parade of Homes: Campo de Fiore …
… by Bella Vita Custom Homes came in a close second for me in the 2010 [...]

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Parade of Homes: Haven at Red Rock Canyon Estates

August 8, 2010

Every year about this time, we have a lovely Parade of Homes here in Colorado Springs. Home builders and designers build their best and throw open the doors to looky-loos like me. Would it surprise you to know I went into labor with my son at a Parade of Homes years ago?

Yeah, I’ve gone every [...]

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Rethinking White, Cream and Ivory

August 3, 2010

I’m home sick today. It’s nothing serious that leaves me bedridden. Let’s just say I need to stay close to a potty today That’s all I’ll say about THAT!
So, what else does a sick girl do but browse her Google Reader that has 1,238 unread items. Yes, that’s really what it said [...]

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Decorate With Your Life

July 4, 2010

I’ve always felt that one’s home should be a giant scrapbook. Paste in your mementos from your travels, the colors and textures you love, and hang your past on the walls.
This skeleton key was found in the chimney of the first house I ever bought. Built in 1920 as a “worker’s cottage” near the stockyards [...]

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How To – Tastefully – Display Your Hobby

June 13, 2010

Don’t you just love the graphic punch of this beautifully graphic display? If you’ve got Grandma’s old-fashioned handiwork stashed away, because it’s just not your decorating style, here’s a way to make them look super modern. Framed on black is wonderful, but can you imagine them with a bright orange or chartreuse matting for [...]

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Life & Times of a Design Star

May 30, 2010

Remember Jennifer Bertrand? She won HGTV’s Design Star in season 3. I love her design sense and plan to hire her someday to paint a giant Fleur de Lys on the wall and ceiling in the dining room of my forever home – when I actually buy my forever home … someday in the far [...]

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Reluctant Bathroom Redo

May 16, 2010

Our toilet is leaking, not from tank to bowl – well, it’s leaking there, too, but yesterday it began leaking around the base. Hubby has been putting off repairing the tank to bowl leak, because A) he’s lazy and B) the toilet is hemmed over by a ledge.
Yes, we have one of those 1990’s situations [...]

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