Category Archive for: ‘Decorating’
Posted by: Lovely Posted on: May 16 2010Reluctant Bathroom Redo
2Our 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 [...]
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Posted by: Lovely Posted on: May 8 2010Beautiful Tidiness: It’s the French Way
Are you so over plastic storage cubes? Uh huh. Me, too. Oh how I’d love to hide my junk in a beautiful French armoire … … that is literally dripping with ornateness …
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Posted by: Lovely Posted on: May 1 2010French Beds: Which One Would You Choose?
What could be more sumptuous than a red velvet upholstered French bed? I have adored and coveted these European curvy, highly detailed beds. Just love them!
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Posted by: Lovely Posted on: Apr 17 2010Small Projects with Big Impact
Crochet has to be handmade. To date, no fancy schmancy machine has been devised that can duplicate it. That’s why any piece adds instant charm to a wardrobe or an interior. Tree trunks for feet and rope for yarn, these amazing pieces can be coffee [...]
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Posted by: Lovely Posted on: Apr 3 2010A Lovely Dream Kitchen
My biggest problem as an amateur interior designer *cough, cough* is that I like everything. I like red, but I also like neutral creams and greys … or is it grays. I like rustic, but I also like glitzy sparkle. I like Old World charm, [...]
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True Confessions from the Tiny Townhouse
Peruse, if you will, my most recent reading stack. There you’ll find creative endeavors of all sorts as well as a few clues on my day job. One topic that has been strangely missing is – dom, dom, dommmm – home decorating. Normally, shelter magazines [...]
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Posted by: Lovely Posted on: Feb 28 2010Super Treasure
While the entire planet was watching the Super Bowl a few weeks ago, I went to the antique mall. My “real” reason for visiting was to pick up my 1099 (a type of W2 for dealers), look around a bit and then show up as [...]
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Posted by: Lovely Posted on: Oct 4 2009Foreign Language Decorating
What I love most about the worldwide web is access to foreign websites and blogs. Though I read only English and a smattering of German, pictures say a lot. I’ve been following several needlework and decorating blogs from France, Russia, Italy and Brazil – just [...]
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Decorate The Technology
Filed under if-you-can’t-hide-it-decorate-it category goes this image of crazy, decorated satellite dishes. See more at Design Swan. I’m betting the apartment complex had a contest of some sort.
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Posted by: Lovely Posted on: Jul 17 2009Steampunk: A New Style With Which To Fall In Love
Just what an eclectic serial decorator needs — a new style to incorporate into her already mashed up style. It’s called Steampunk and I love it! What is Steampunk you ask? Well, think of the era when steam power was the major energy/utility that made [...]
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