Hello Sadie + Stella readers! I love being here and giving you a peek inside my very own home. I’m an Interior Designer and I LOOOOOVE designing and decorating all rooms, but my favorites would have to be the ones inside the walls of my home because I get to do them the way I want! 4 years ago, my boyfriend purchased a home and the family room and dining room looked like this before he moved in: Wall pape
Hang and Level So this was on my Christmas list, but I didn’t receive it, so I’m heading to Home Depot to pick one up. Hang pictures perfectly straight from now on, one at a time or in rows. Place a picture on the hook, position the picture on the wall, press the button to mark where the nail goes, hammer, hang, and level with the tool. Works for single or double nail placement and all kinds of hangers: w
Or can you say, “Fun Find Friday“?! Every time Real Simple comes out with a favorite new way to use an old item, I ask myself, “Why didn’t I think of that?”…. Here are a few of my favorites: “Repurpose an old frame for a vanity tray that’s pretty as a picture. Place a piece of colored paper or fabric inside as a finishing touch.” “At a party, stash ice in a coland
If you haven’t heard about it or checked it out yet, you need to! What am I referring to? The new Lonny magazine! I learned of it through fellow bloggers, read it last night and instantly fell in love with the new magazine. What I love the most is that it is an online magazine. I have so many magazine subscriptions that are mailed to me and they just keep piling up and I don’t have the heart to toss them
Mixing the old with the new and the simple with the luxurious To spice up a piece of existing furniture or to add a bit of drama to your digs try this trick: “I draped a Mongolian lamb’s wool throw over my lumpy old sofa and suddenly it was luxurious and exotic.” -David Mann from: http://www.housebeautiful.com/syndication/30-makeover-ideas-0209-MSN-synd As I was reading my “daily news”,