Throw pillows add instant color to your living or family room. You can purchase new ones every season or just buy (or make) new covers and reuse the inserts (less expensive). I like to update the ones I already own with accessories from my closet. A purchased orange velour pillow gets a whole new look when a blue scarf is tied around the … [Read more...]
Bedroom Makeover~Heads Up!
Designing a bedroom can be a challenge. It's the most personal and intimate room in the house. If you share the space with someone, it has to work for two. If it's a guest room, others need to feel welcome and comfortable The same basic interior design principles apply to the bedroom as the rest of the house. Design Tip: Every Room needs a … [Read more...]
Love Letters
The 14th of February is a day devoted to celebrating love. You can express your affection to that special person in the usual way (go out to dinner, box of candy, over priced flowers) or with a little imagination and for a lot less cash, celebrate at home. It doesn’t matter if you are planning dinner or a leisurely … [Read more...]
Choosing Fabrics for Patrick’s Room
Our next step in redecorating Patrick’s room is to look for bedding and fabric. He is a typical guy who really doesn’t like to shop, but it’s his room, so I insisted he choose the chair and bedspread. I know I won’t have time to make a bedspread, but I can manage valances for the window and a bedskirt. We headed for the bedding section at the … [Read more...]
Re-Decorating–Patrick’s Room
Patrick’s Room--Before Welcome to Re-Decorating™! Our first project is my son Patrick’s bedroom. He moved into this room after his older brother, Tyler graduated from college and before we had a chance to make any changes and update the finishes! Pat told me this summer he wanted a red chair like the one Doc Brown had in Back to the Future. … [Read more...]