What's Your Style?

I came across this HomeGoods Style Finder quiz on one of my favorite blogs, The Mustard Ceiling. (Elizabeth, the author of this blog also helped me design my blog.)I finally got around to taking this quiz and the results? I am Earthy Casual. I do think that is correct. I don't know what the other options are, but this seems to fit me quite right. I like my home to be...

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At the Half Way Point

 I think it's time to fill you in on what's been happening this week at my house. If you've been following along, you saw this post about us removing our windows on one side of our house. Mission accomplished! The removal, re-framing, and installation of the new windows went rather fast I must say. It has been so fun to see the transformation thus far. It is still far...

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Designer Spotlight: Urban Grace Interiors

Erika McPherson Powell started her design company, Urban Grace Interiors in 2005, based in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida. I have been a fan of her blog for quite sometime now.I really love her style. She has been featured in many publications and she currently designed the 2012 Coastal Living Ultimate Beach House in Florida. ( I will post later about that project, it's gorgeous!)Here...

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Vintage Barbola mirror restored!

 Thanks to Maggie for her suggestion of replacing the convex glass on this boot sale find with another vintage mirror! I did just that with a skanky mirror from a car boot sale for £1 and it looks great!I've just returned home from Yorkshire and I need to get cracking on the vintage thirties dressing table! But it's sooo hot! It wasn't like this oop north! I'm delighted...

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This Has Been a LONG Time Coming

Construction has officially began in our house today and I seriously couldn't be any more excited. Here is the situation.This is what our family room DID look like. As you can see the skylights above have been a pain in our arse, for quite sometime now. When we moved in, there were blinds on the upper windows and below but they were showing their age and falling apart, so...

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And the Winner is......

Wow, this season sure did fly by. Now, I may have to resort to reading a book on Tuesday nights. This week's challenge and the final challenge was to work with real clients and design to adjoining rooms for them and present it in their mock TV show.Britany went with the idea of Picture Perfect Rooms for her show title, and set off to design a living room and dining room. Here...

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Fun New Wall Art

I finally got a art piece to put up in the girls' bathroom. I found it on Etsy, from The Wheatfield shop by Katie Daisy. Her shop was down today, but here's her profile and please go back to her shop at another time because she has some really great pieces!Here's what I got.I really love it in this bathroom. The colors are great and I love this quote.In another note, who's...

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