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Tuscany Table Setting

May 1, 2016 By Merri Cvetan Leave a Comment

Tuscany Table Setting

Tuscany Table Setting! I participated in a fund raiser for ACAP called Designing Women with a Cause, where 12 women set tables based on a country. I designed and decorated 3 Italian tables starting with Tuscany. If you know me, you know how much I love to set a beautiful table. I love the challenge of doing something that's never been done … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Accessories, By Special Arrangement, Dining Room ~ Chic, DIY, Great Gatherings, Interior Design ~Chic Tips, Post, Re~Style ~Chic, Room Service~Design Tips, Signature Style~Chic, Table Manners, Upcycle~Chic, Vintage Chic Tagged With: ACAP, Brunch, Chairs, Color Chic, Contemporay Design, Designing Women With a Cause, dinner party, Dinnerware, DIY, Entertaining, Holiday celebration, Interior Decorating, Interior Design, Interior Design ~Chic Tips, Italy, J & G Meakin, Napkin folding, Olde Avon Dale, party planning, Place settings, Table setting, Tuscany, Tuscany table setting, vintage

Transform Stock Kitchen Cabinets

January 8, 2016 By Merri Cvetan Leave a Comment

Transform Stock Kitchen Cabinets

Transform stock kitchen cabinets! It really only takes a few simple steps to change basic and boring into high-end kitchen cupboards. My easy how-to article was recently featured on the Home and Garden page at TwinCities.com.  See the before and after to find out how to turn your old cabinetry into something special. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DIY, Interior Design ~Chic Tips, Post, Re~Style ~Chic, Room Service~Design Tips, Signature Style~Chic, Table Manners, Upcycle~Chic Tagged With: Brunch, Contemporay Design, dinner party, DIY, DIY kitchen design, Entertaining, Furniture arranging; space planning; design on a budget; no cost decorarting;, Interior Decorating, Interior Design, Interior Design ~Chic Tips, kitchen cabinets, Kitchen cupboards, Kitchen remodeling, white kitchen cabinets

Thanksgiving Dinner Table Setting

November 24, 2015 By Merri Cvetan Leave a Comment

Thanksgiving Dinner Table Setting

Thanksgiving Dinner ~ the table setting and the food, two of my favorite things! This year, I plan to set a rustic table using green and gold (not that green and gold!). I decorated a basic charger (purchased at Goodwill) with decoupage and magazine clippings. It's so easy, you still have time to make your own. Get all the details on how to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Accessories, Amazing Goodwill, By Special Arrangement, Color Chic, Dining Room ~ Chic, DIY, Great Gatherings, Interior Design ~Chic Tips, Re~Style ~Chic, Table Manners Tagged With: Brunch, Color Chic, dinner party, Dinnerware, DIY projects, DIY table setting, Entertaining, Goodwill SEW, Holiday celebration, Holiday Decorating, Interior Decorating, Interior Design, Interior Design ~Chic Tips, Napkin folding, party planning, Place settings, Thanksgiving

Star Spangled Tablesetting

June 23, 2015 By Merri Cvetan Leave a Comment

Star Spangled Tablesetting

Who doesn’t love The 4th of July? Picnics, parties and fireworks. Forget the paper plates and plastic forks. Be kind to the environment and easy on your wallet and set a patriotic table with found objects. Decorating with red, white and blue is easy. Since I'm into indigo this year, I started with denim placemats (a bargain at Goodwill for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: By Special Arrangement, Color Chic, Dining Room ~ Chic, Great Gatherings, Holiday Tablesettings, Interior Design ~Chic Tips, Post, Room Service~Design Tips, Table Manners, Upcycle~Chic, Vintage Chic Tagged With: 4th of July, 4th of July table setting, Bandanas, Brunch, Chairs, Color Chic, Contemporay Design, Denim, dinner party, Dinnerware, Entertaining, Goodwill SEW, Holiday celebration, Holiday Decorating, Interior Decorating, Interior Design ~Chic Tips, Napkin folding, party planning, Place settings, vintage

Kitchen Rehab: Copper Sink

April 29, 2015 By Merri Cvetan Leave a Comment

Kitchen Rehab: Copper Sink

Kitchen remodeling and updating is a huge undertaking. In our old farmhouse, that meant gutting and completely starting over. We were able to reconfigure and reuse our 1920s cabinets, but were sad to find out that the original sink had been torn out and junked before we moved in. So we hit the flea markets in search for the perfect replacement. I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DIY, Kitchen Chic, Post, Re~Style ~Chic, Table Manners, Vintage Chic Tagged With: dinner party, farmhouse sink, Furniture arranging; space planning; design on a budget; no cost decorarting;, Interior Decorating, Interior Design, Interior Design ~Chic Tips, kitchen cabinets, Kitchen design, Kitchen remodeling, kitchen sink, NIBS

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