House of Fifty Winter/Spring 2012 Issue

Have you seen House of Fifty? It is a wondeful digital magazine that has great decorating tips with a little fashion, food, and beauty thrown in! And it is FREE!! The new Winter/Spring 2012 edition is out. Look for it here. Check it out and let me know what you think!

2011 Projects

Now that we have started a new year, I wanted to post some of my completed projects from 2011. I have been working on my dining room for a long while in bits and pieces. One of the projects I did for the dining room was recovering my chairs. I love how easy this is.


Here is the before:

My kitty, Chelsea, wanted to be a model. You will find her in each picture.

I had these chairs in different rooms before hence the two different fabric choices. I loved these but when we had two dining chairs break, we had to pull these instead of forking out money for new chairs.

Here is the after:

I love the pattern. What I love about this fabric is it is indoor/outdoor fabric, so it is more sturdy. I thought this type of fabric would be great with a toddler eating at our table.



My next post will be the tranformation of my china cabinet.



What projects are you planning on for 2012?

House Inspiration

I love taking pictures of homes and cutting pictures of homes out of magazines. I found this pic from a blog I subscribe to called Simply Seleta.

She found it here.

I just love the roofline of this house.

House of Fifty

Have you checked out this free online decorating magazine?

It is a great magazine with a lot of decorating ideas and tips plus a little fashion and personal care thrown in. Check it out. Let me know what you think.

You have to check out this view!

Janette Mallory is an interior designer who has a blog I follow. She just posted a remodel she did and the view of the Master Bath is AMAZING!!! I did not want to snatch the pic from her blog so here is the link.

How would you like to take a bath in that tub with that view?!?

Million Dollar Decorators

Have you heard about this show? I am so excited about it. It premiered yesterday and it is set on my DVR. I only got to watch about 5 minutes this morning while I was feeding my little boy.

Are you going to watch it? Let me know what you think.

BTW - HGTV's Design Stars is premiering on July 11th. This is another one of my faves!

A couple of things

I posted a pic of a fireplace mantel used as a headboard a while back. Since I don't have too many posts you can scroll down and see it.





I really dig this concept. I found this pic. today:

Country Living

I think the proportion and scale are better. I like the old door too. I think they should have used an old door on the other side too.

I am hoping to begin the process of my dining room redo this weekend. I hope to post some before pics soon. I still have to take them.

I hope you have a great Labor Day weekend.