Category Archives: Home Sweet Home
Exterior Paint Reveal
BEFORE AFTER We are so happy with the way it turned out. Paint details are as follows: Dunn Edwards Paint The brown is a special mix because we brought them a paint chip from our neighbors house and they matched it. The front door is Red Ink. The trim is Swiss Coffee. The shutters are Black …
Exterior Paint
It is time to paint our house and we are planning a BIG change in color. We have driven around many neighborhoods to get ideas and agreed on painting the house brown with white trim, black shutters and a red door. The pictures below are the inspiration. The first picture is from Better Home and …
Family Room and Entryway – Painted
We painted the Family room and entry. The yellow is gone and it is now a nice shade of light brown – Stone House by Benjamin Moore. I also changed up a few decorations. The little shelf in my entry was dark green and I painted it white to fit in with the colors better. My …
White Bedding
It seems like I’ve been looking for new bedding for over a year and I keep changing my mind. My Bedroom Pinterest Board is full of beautiful bedrooms. I now realize that all of my favorites are white with a splash of color. Some very nice and inspirational ideas are from the Blogs below: Tiny White Daisies Inspiration for Decoration Miss …
Dining Room Table Decor
Today I decided to spruce up my dining room table. Once again there have been so many nice and smart ideas out there. I added a useful container for napkins and some cute little bird salt and pepper shakers. I also decided to throw a smaller size table cloth on so that the wood table is …
Repurpose a Cake Stand
Use a cake stand for your soaps near the kitchen sink. I love this idea from Pinterest. My cake stand is from HomeGoods. Not only is it useful in my kitchen, but it is also pretty. Enjoy your day! Marie
Christmas Home Tour at the Cabin
Our Christmas is spent with family at our cabin in the woods – Lake Arrowhead, California.
Christmas Cabinet at the Cabin
There is a very nice Christmas home tour on Jennifer Rizzo’s Blog where I found an idea for my cabinet at the cabin. It comes from City Farm Girl. I really love everything she did in her beautiful home. I used her idea on the bottom shelf of my cabinet. You can see her idea on …
Bathroom Reveal
My blue and white bathroom is finished. My favorite addition is the frame we added around the mirror. Thanks go out to Full of Great Ideas Blog for their inspiration and guidance. The paint is Jamaican Aqua by Benjamin Moore which replaced a floral wallpaper. The floor tile, counter tile and cabinets are original 1950′s so …
