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Reorganize Your Pantry — with…. Quatrefoil!!

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 You MUST go over to my friend Shelley @ House of Smith's and see her pantry reorganization! She used vinyl Quatrefoil and it is fabulous! She also has great organization tips and ideas to make your pantry --- Spectacular! Truly Awe-inspiring! Plus, if you want to make over your pantry, or make a different project using Quatrefoil -- you can order the quatrefoil vinyl from her. … [Read more...]

Nesting Place: I did it in 10 Minutes (bedroom) Finale!

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On e of my favorite blogs, Nesting Place, has these great tutorials on how to transform your space in 10 minutes. Today she is having a finale and everyone is posting their 10 minute projects. I decided to do my bedroom. Here are the steps she suggested: **************** 1. Make the bed: I found a pretty duvet at Target and added a bedskirt, shams and pillows from Pottery Barn. With coordinating … [Read more...]

Decorating Question…..

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Last night I dragged my family to IKEA. They were hoping for some tasty swedish meatballs. (We did reward ourselves later with:) I love IKEA! My favorite part is walking through the fully equipped living spaces -- 235 feet,542 feet...It's so cool. It makes me imagine myself living in a little place in New York City or a bustling European country. Of course the reality of living in 542 feet with a … [Read more...]

Creative Fridays: Before and After Party

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So Rhoda from Southern Hospitality is hosting a Before and After Projects Party. She has done the most amazing projects! I also love decorating projects. Unfortunately I wasn't doing this blog for more than half of 2008 so I don't have many before pictures of some of my smaller projects, but we did do some big projects in 2008. So here are some of the things we did: 1. We turned my formal … [Read more...]

Me, organized??

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Well, we got our new carpet -- yeah! It was a hectic week last week. It basically consisted of me painting my office before the carpeting came, and also going through and cleaning out all of our closets; then moving all of our furniture from one end of the house to the other over the course of two days. And then the following day my sister and her family came from Idaho for Thanksgiving. We had a … [Read more...]

Pumpkin Decorating Ideas

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Recently while waiting around at the orthodontist's office I stumbled upon my now favorite magazine: Cottage Living. How did I not know about this magazine before? It is so cute. This month they have some really fun pumpkin decorating ideas. Here are my favorites: No Carve Pumpkins Aren't these cool? Here is how you make them: 1. Use a pencil to to mark your desired pattern. … [Read more...]

Catalog Shopping

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You know how most people hate junk mail? So do I, except when it comes to catalogs. I love to flip through and redecorate my house or my closet in my head. I can probably count on one hand the number of times that I have actually ordered something out of a catalog, yet in my mind there is always that possibility that keeps me flipping through the pages. Tonight I am going to clean out my catalog … [Read more...]