home art: July 2011

Giveaway Weekend!

Hello there and happy weekend to you! And you! ;) I have another fantastic giveaway for you this weekend! Whooo!I’ve had a thing for stencils for awhile now – I mean, I’ve got a whole tab dedicated to them. :) They have become quite hip of late though – and the folks at Royal Design Studio are surely keeping up with the times:I love stencils because you get a custom look, like wallpaper, but

Goings On

Hello there!! Hope you are having a great week! It’s the last one of July – can you even believe it? I’m actually writing from our deck tonight. It’s been so dang hot it’s been unbearable even at night, but it’s quite lovely this evening. And now that it’s nice out, what am I doing? Not working on anything on our HUGE, ongoing list of outdoor projects, but blogging. Figures. :) Anyhoo, first

Pinterest hits and misses

Hey hey! Sorry for the delay with this post – I was too busy screaming like 15-year-old at the NKOTBSB concert last night to get this up. :) OMG…it was SO. GOOD. Sooooo good. More on that later. I’ve told you before of my love for Pinterest – and I haven’t fallen out of love yet. :) It’s easily the best way I’ve found to organize fun stuff online. The only problem? I’ve found about 40

From Mossy to Beachy

Well, it’s the end of July and I’ve just finished up my summer vignette in the foyer – welcome to my world. ;) I’ve had most of it done for umm…weeks. Since May? There was one small detail I’ve been putting off all that time that I FINALLY just finished up. More on that in a smidge. I don’t think I’ve ever really decorated with anything beach-inspired in our house…like, ever. Until now! It

Measuring Time

When we were on vacation last week, I was reminded how full my life is. It was just the Bub, hubby, the dog and I, just enjoying each other. No appointments. No blogging. No work. No DIY. There were moments when the Bub would turn to me and say something, or I would watch him playing, talking, whatever. And I would see his face and it was like my heart stopped. Like I was seeing him

Pops of Green

One of my very favorite things about blogland is that I’ll find inspiration in the weirdest ways sometimes. I’ll see a beautiful room and focus in on the smallest little detail that I MUST find a way to make my own. I love that! I discovered a beautiful blog a few weeks ago called Maillardville Manor and it had me at hello because of the pretty spaces, but there was an underlying detail that I

DIY Trough-thingy

Hey there all! Hope you had a wonderful weekend! We were away last week on a lovely family vacation – I hope to tell you more about it this week. :) Today I wanted to share another how-to for a project from the family room redo. I’m almost done, I swear. :) When we moved the TV over the long dresser, it meant my accessory options dwindled quite a bit. Whatever I put on there had to be long

Haven Conference Announcement!

Have you dreamed about a blog conference just for the DIY/Home niche? Have you ever wanted your favorite home bloggers to teach you how to re-finish furniture? Take the perfect photo? Use power tools? Well, your dreams are coming true! ;) Come to Haven and get hands-on learning with us! Some of your favorite home bloggers are teaming up to bring all of you a

Giveaway Weekend!

Well hello there! I hope you had a fabulous week – hooray for the weekend! :) I have a wonderful giveaway for you this weekend (I know, they ALL are!) and I’ve been so excited to share it with you. When the folks at Groopdealz contacted me, I was pleased as punch, cause I knew exactly who they were:Not only because I’ve checked out their deals for awhile now, but also because one of my BFFs is

Love for my garden

Hey hey! If you haven’t checked out all of the amazing links at the Before and After Party, you are missing out! And don’t forget you can still link up your own till next Monday. Come on, join in. You know you want to. ;) I am SO excited about my garden and had to share how it’s coming along! This is hands down one of the most fun, rewarding things I’ve ever done. Delightful, really. Our

Before and After Party: Goodwill table

Well hello all! It’s time for another partaaaay! I’ve got another project from the family room redo to share this time. When I was sure we were going to order the sectional, I started measuring out the space to see what was going to be able to stay and what would need to go. One thing that needed to scoot (to another room) was the long Goodwill coffee table I had moved into the space last year.

Design Star winner

Hey all! The winner of the Design Start $100 Amex card is lucky Catherine from Cat on a Limb!!

Congrats Catherine! Please email me and I’ll get you in touch with the HGTV folks.

Remember to check out the season premiere of the show tonight! Can’t wait!

But first, link up to the July Before and After Party…in just a few minutes. ;)

One more day!

Hey there! I just wanted to make sure and remind you that you have one more day -- till Monday (the 11th) at 5 p.m. EST -- to enter the HGTV Design Star giveaway. One lucky winner will get a $100 Amex gift card to spend as they wish! Yay!

Also, because of the holiday last week, I moved the July Before and After Party to this week. Get your posts ready to link up tomorrow (Monday) evening – I

Absolutely FREE (and beautiful!) art

Well my goodness you lovelies – thank you so much for the sweet comments on our family room redo!! You all made my day. :) I SO appreciate each and every one! I’m sitting here this evening with one of my very favorite people – my dear friend Traci from Beneath My Heart: (Traci at our recent IKEA trip.) Yep, she’s here. In my house. Staying the night. I’m in heaven. LOVE her! So does the

The Family Room (Redone)

Well folks…I’ve made a few changes to the family room over the past few weeks and I’m over the moon about them. I can finally say… I LOVE OUR FAMILY ROOM!! First time in seven years peeps. First time. I showed you here how this space has driven me a bit batty for all that time. Many of you offered suggestions on furniture placement, and when I say we tried them all…we tried them all. ;)

Design Star!

Hey there! I hope you had a wonderful Fourth holiday weekend! We had such a lovely time…yet again I feel so fortunate to have such an an incredible family and group of friends surrounding us. :)I’m thisclose to done with our family room and I’m SO thrilled with it. I just need to clean it up and then take some pics. I’ll share it with you tomorrow!For today, I have a fun little somethin’ somethin

Candlestick turned Table

What up what UP? Are you ready for a fabulous holiday weekend? I’m looking forward to bunches of family and friend time and TONS of fireworks. And lots of food. Lots. :) I’m so excited about a little project I finished up today and I couldn’t wait to show you. My first day of No-Spend July went off without a hitch – I already had everything for this project. (And have for awhile.) It all

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