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Do you Art Deco? Do you love vintage from the 1920-40s? The bold colors, clean lines, and shiny elements of Art Deco, might just be your style. Art Deco Style Defined Whether it’s flatware, pottery or architecture if it’s Art Deco style it is very easily recognized. The signatures of this style are lavish ornamentation, …
Entry Redo – Stairway Decor So what do you do with that huge massive wall that extends from the first floor through to the second floor? I asked myself that question for two years. When we first moved in I did the prerequisite family pictures over the stairs. With Pinterest’s help I came up with …
My Paint Color Dilemma In 2012 we moved to our current home. The guest room, dining room, powder room and a half wall between the kitchen and family room had been painted various colors. The rest of the house is a builder grade off white flat (blah!). While I’d love to have finished painting the …
More Than A Style Abstract style is really more art than style. You probably would not say the style of any particular room is abstract (unless you have a messy teenage girl living with you). Minimalism is a decor style that is perfect fit for an abstract piece of art. A colorful abstract and detailed …
The Retro Style Recipe I think if you took a little Kitsch, a little Resort, some Vintage, a bit of Hollywood Regency and a lot of mid-century modern and mixed it well, you’d have the perfect recipe for Retro style. It’s fun, flirty and somehow comfortable. I think the show Mad Men brought on a …
Are the Details Blurry? How do you get started decorating a room in your home? How do you focus your design inspiration? Just like any other goal, you should start with the end in mind and reverse engineer it. (You can read HERE about how I reverse engineer party planning). You usually already know the purpose …
Zen Home Decor I could feel the calming effects of Zen home decor, while researching for this post. Decorating with a Zen style invites tranquility and peace into your home. Like Waldorf, Zen style can be very much a lifestyle, not just a home decor style. You could choose to create a Zen corner in …
The Two Flavors of Goth Style When I started research on the Goth style I expected to find skulls and lots of black. I found that and more. Although Etsy has Goth listed as a style category, its roots probably start in Victorian Gothic. The Victorian Gothic architectural movement dates back to the 1740s. Fastforward …
Your Private Oasis While I did not think writing about resort style living would be easy, I did not know if would be so difficult. So far I’ve only been able to find 22 pins to put on the Pinterest board. Hopefully by the time you get to read this there will be more. This …
Why a Powder Room Makeover? Years ago I read a magazine article that suggested that your powder room makeover should be one of the first decorating projects you do in your home. Their reasoning was that your powder room is the one room your guests are very likely to visit. That makes sense to me. Although it was not the first …