Barclay Butera Past Present Inspired
Would you let someone redesign a room in your home without being involved in the process and if you would then who would you chose? I must admit I am a little t...
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Outdoor Entertaining
It was my birthday a few weeks ago and the weather was beautiful so I decided it would be fun to eat outdoors. We have a concrete patio but we don’t have ...
A Few of My Favorite Things: Blue and White
There is something about the classic combination of blue and white that I have always loved. This crisp combination pairs well with so many colors. A few blue a...
Blue and White Chinoiserie Bathroom
Tiny rooms can be fun to decorate because they give you license to do something special and maybe more dramatic than you would in a larger room. Their smaller s...
Pattern Play With Pillows From Etsy
I can spend hours mulling over fabrics. The colors and patterns can make a room. If there is one place in the budget for a room where I am likely to splurge, it...
The Joy of Spring
“Look deep into nature and you will understand everything better.” Albert Einstein Over the past two weeks the cold and brown landscape has begun to...
Show-Stopping Side Chairs
I wrote a piece about my living room so I thought I would follow that with a post about one of my favorite classic design elements: bold accent chairs. It’...
Our Living Room Remix: The Before and After
Have you ever heard that adage that if you only collect things that you really love then everything will work together? I believe that is for the most part true...
Curating a Kid Friendly Coffee Table
There are all kinds of formulas for how to achieve the right balance on you coffee table, but most of these equations don’t take into account tiny tots wh...
Snowflakes
As a southern Texas girl snow is still very much a novelty to me. The handful of times it snowed at home it melted so quickly that I really didn’t see sno...