I have finally procured a piece of art for the one big wall in the powder room and am beyond thrilled to cross another room off the impressively extensive list we started with three years ago. (Though, serial decorators never really cross anything off the list for too long.) Here’s the before. Unlike in the… Read More
Y’all, I am positively thrilled to finally be sharing the before and after of my guest room. In fact, it’s being occupied this very minute by its first guests – Mother and Daddy-O! Here’s the before…it was actually one of the best rooms in the house on move in day. And here’s the room with… Read More
I’m slowly starting to redecorate our guest room in a color scheme that flows better with the rest of our house. Believe it or not, the guest room as it stands today is almost an exact replica of my bedroom in my first college apartment. I have the same furniture, much of the same bedding… Read More
The baby left his sweet crib this week for a big boy bed. *wipes tear from eye* So before we start work on the next era of Whit’s room, I wanted to forever document the sweet little nursery that I’ll miss so when it’s gone. Here’s the before before: And here’s the sweet nursery where… Read More
SEPTEMBER 2019: SEE AND UPDATED VERSION OF THE RENOVATED MUDROOM HERE The last owners of our house installed a laundry room upstairs, in addition to the one right off the kitchen. And while two laundry rooms sound awfully enticing on laundry Mondays, the allure of bags and jackets smartly organized in a mud room had… Read More
I’ve had this ghastly chair lurking in the corner of my bedroom(s) for ten years. circa 2004 (there are so many tragic elements to this picture) circa 2008 And finally, at long last, I have had the darned thing recovered. It’s asinine that I spent just under 30% of my life fretting over picking a… Read More
(Updated 7/8/12) As y’all well know, we’ve been working on a few updates in the den (painted mirror, repaired fire place, hung oyster plates, un-hung oyster plates when my decorating demons took over, updated corbels on bar) and it’s finally all wrapped up! Just for kicks, here’s the before before. Loads of room for improvement,… Read More