I lived in my home for 13 years before I started decorating. You read that right. Thirteen years. My husband bought our home four months prior to our engagement. We were a young 23, straight out of college. The house he selected was in decent shape, but cosmetically just didn’t do anything for me. I was grateful for the new digs when we married, but I had no idea how to decorate it. So, for 13 ... View Post
Easy Steps to Patching a Hole in Your Wall
Trust me on this—you need to know how to patch a hole in your wall. When I first started decorating I thought I could go to the store buy some stuff and I’d be set. I quickly realized there was a little more to it AND my budget wasn’t going to let me get everything ready made. It would be nice to call up professionals to do everything from paint to moving in furniture in place, but in my world, I ... View Post
3 Reasons You Need to Fail at Decorating
One of my favorite designers just wrote an article on all the decorating failures she’s recently made. She’s was an HGTV Design Star, has an incredible interior design business and is constantly making eye candy in her home just for the sake of blog content (and my personal sheer delight). But after YEARS of designing, she showed us that failure is simply a part of the process. Mistakes she’s ... View Post
Never Settle: 5 ways to afford your dreams on a budget
Decorating a home when you’re a budget can be a challenge, but it’s certainly doable. The strictest budget room can have wow factor and be everything you desire; you may just have to work a little harder to get it. What you shouldn’t do is settle for a room filled with stuff you don’t love. A lesson from my mom I remember being off to college when my parents bought their first house. My mom ... View Post
Lessons from the One Room Challenge
Take a look at five rooms from the One Room Challenge. You can learn a lot from other designers. When you're looking for design inspiration around the web you should always look to learn from other designers, not just copy their projects or rooms. Learning is a large part of designing a beautiful home that is uniquely you. The fall and spring One Room Challenge hosted by Calling It Home is one ... View Post
Create Amazing Wedding Invites Part 2
Whether you're making invitations for a friend or you are brave enough to tackle them yourself, you want your invitations to stand out. You may want to do it yourself, but you don't want it to look like you did. We talked about setting a budget, production and assembly as a starting point for design amazing invitations. Now we’ll focus a little on the fun part: creating your ... View Post
