A Window without a View

Ok, technically, I think it’s a door, but it reminds me of millions of repurposed window ideas I’ve seen.  After removing the door from Sir Hutchington, I was left with, well, the door.  I’d like to do something with it, but I’m not sure what.  It’s sort of just on the wrong side of traditional/colonial …

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I Bought Chaises!

I did a mood board recently for my living room and I’m happy to say that thanks to our tax return, I have started to take that mood board out of the internet and into the actual real live living room (live living room, HA!). You should know that I live within 12 minutes of …

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My H&M Crush (read Obsession)

Sometimes the stars align and you find things that you love, that are “you” and that you can afford, all in one place.  That place for me is H&M.  I shop for clothes there compulsively.  Their home line is equally obsession worthy. I’ve put together a few of my favorites for the blog because I …

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Hutchington Post Part Deux

Folks, I have a bona fide DIY project to share with you.  Remember my blah hutch that I was searching for inspiration for?  Well, I got the project underway and I am 3/4 of the way done.  I haven’t decided whether or not to paint the background of the hutch a different color, so it …

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Spring Mantel

I have a confession to make.  In between Christmas and, well Christmas, my mantel is bare.  Like, really bare.  For one, I am a big believer in things serving a purpose or being beautiful or special if they are going to have a place in the home.  Especially a place that is front and center …

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Hutchington Post

I have an adorable little hutch in the ahh, the room that is nameless because it used to be the dining room and now is a den? living room?  Anyway, the hutch is colonial looking and natural wood at the moment.  Same as it was, I’m sure when it was erected in 1964. I’m definitely …

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Black Chandelier

It sounds like a 70’s soft rock band.  But, actually, it’s way cooler than that.  If you remember, I put up this statement wallpaper in the dining room with the help of my mom: But, alas, the dining room that used to be the family room, did not have an overhead light.  Not wanting to …

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Family Room

  This is my first pass at Polyvore.  I loved it. It started off very easy, but there are a couple of things that I can’t quite figure out how to fix.  Like, for instance, the chaise lounge from Ikea is $350 and I can’t for the life of me figure out how to fix …

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The De-Dingefication of the Bathroom

Yeah, autocorrect, take that!  De-dingefication.  I answer to no electronic dictionary. Except for when I forget how to spell vacuum. The main bathroom in the house was looking a little sad.  It was completely remodeled a few years back after a strange plumbing incident (which involved water only).  So, all the expensive stuff is pretty …

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Update – The Kitchen

I’ve learned to accept the truth that in life, nothing is ever really done.  Laundry, never done.  Cleaning, never done.  Getting in shape, never done.  It’s all a process.  The kitchen is not completely done, not even nearly a year later.  It has, however, come a LONG, LONG way. I bet you won’t even be …

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