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Entry Redo – Flooring Flooring Weirdness Do you have some strange areas in your home that make you wonder what the builder or previous owner was thinking? Our entry has two of those strange things. One of those is the fact that there are two coat closets in our entry which means there are FIVE …
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 …
Christmas Creativity One of my favorite things about Christmas is the opportunity to be creative. It’s more than putting up a tree, or in my case multiple trees. It’s an opportunity to add our own personality to a continuing tradition. I challenge myself to think outside the box. My Etsy shop is stocked with tableware …
Repeat This Style You’ve probably said this about fashion – history repeats itself. It’s true in home decor, too. Mid-Century decor was born in the 1930s-1940s and continued through the late 60s to early 70s. It was considered cutting edge at the time. Now it’s being given a second chance. The Basics of Mid-Century Style This …
I’ve been procrastinating about writing this post for the Style Defined series for quite a while. I even created a Pinterest board for it and kept it private until now. Follow Dancing Dish & Decor’s board cottage-chic-style-defined on Pinterest. Part of the reason for the delay is I’m not sure how many of you will …
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 …