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A winter-white sky presides over what promises to be another crazy day of mess-making and picture-taking, here at TLC. Those two things seem to go hand and hand around here, lately. We've been working on a bunch of Fall-themed decorating idea articles for HGTV.com, so my office is currently acting as a photo studio, and...
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First off, we'd like to extend a HUGE thank you to everyone who took the time to leave us a comment on our blog this past weekend. As with every post we publish that receives comments, we feel so humbled that you would take the time to stop by and leave a message for us to find. Kev and...
Well, the good news is I didn't have to spend Valentine's Day sitting in a jury box. The bad news is, it's the day we found out that HGTV decided not to go to series with our design TV project.
And even though we're bummed our pilot episode didn't turn out to be what they were looking for, we're so grateful they allowed...
We've got this piece of furniture in our hallway. It's handy, and it's dandy, but I've been dying to spruce it up with a little color...
I've also got a handy-dandy friend, who lives just down the road a piece. Her name is Shaunna West...
Her husband, Matt, texted me a couple of weeks ago and asked if I'd help...
Well, I was excused from jury duty within 5 minutes of arriving at the courthouse yesterday, and boy was I relieved. Turns out it was actually going to be a grand jury situation- zoinks!
Anywho, now that I'm back in the land of the blogging- I couldn't resist putting together another quick post about another awesome...
Because I always love an inspiring room redo post, I wanted to share some before and after photos of my e-friend, Jennifer Rizzo's recent kitchen remodel here today.
Jennifer and her family had actually planned to wait a while before remodeling their kitchen, but a pipe burst under their sink and caused extensive...
Kev and I follow a nice fella named Michael on Twitter and I wanted to blog about some of his crafty projects here today. He writes a blog called Inspired by Charm, and he owns a bed and breakfast in Saint Marys, Pennsylvania.
Inside the front door of his (1917) B&B, there's a little gift shoppe, and while the...
Just wanted to share a quick, design TV-related update here since we finally heard a little bit about what's going on with that right now.
Apparently, somewhere in Atlanta, a group of randomly-selected folks (called a "focus group") will be viewing/critiquing our pilot episode today. We have no idea how the whole thing...
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We're wrapping up our lovey-dovey decorating ideas "blogstravaganza" with a HeartGram™ giveaway, courtesy of the super sweet gals at LoveFeast Table...
The winner of this giveaway will receive a HeartGram™ (2 pumpkins) in the colors of their choice- 2 Crimson, 2 Rose, or one...
Working with EGC on this project was an absolute treat and when he showed up at our house with a box full of stripey straws and itty bitty milk bottles, and a 5-gallon bucket full of flowers, I knew I was in for a very fun day of Valentine-style decorating!
He also came bearing the three adorable pennant banners...
What do you get when you cross some leftover zig-zag fabric, with a bunch of darling doilies and hankies? A sweet little table runner, of course!
We used it on our Valentines Day tablescape, but I wanted to photograph it without all the V-Day "stuff" on it for this post so you could really see what it looked like...
I...
What do you get when you cross a tube of E-6000, a couple of vintage plates, a wooden pepper shaker ("P" is for Palmer, too!) and an old pink lamp?
A cutie pie cupcake stand, of course!
After much trial and error, I discovered that E-6000 (available at craft stores) is the best stuff when it comes to gluing...
Alright, now that you've met my partner in crime aft, Mr. EGC, let's get this Valentine's Day decorating ideas party started, shall we?!
First up- our paper fortune cookie tutorial...
You'll need some pretty, double-sided scrapbook paper. I got mine at Hobby Lobby for .99 cents per 12"x12" sheet. I also used...
Question: What do you get when you cross an Evan Garrett Cooper with a Lettered Cottage Layla in the month of February?
(pictured above: Evan Garrett Cooper, the "wonder wall" in our dining room, and an Etsy calendar )
Answer: A dining room decked out in sweet, Southern-style DIY Valentines Day decor, and lots...
I had an insanely fun weekend shooting all kinds of Valentines Day craft and decor ideas with a super-talented stylist friend of mine (posts full'a pics coming soon!) and Kev, and his friend, Josh, spent most of the weekend working away on their soon-to-be-launched photography/Photoshop video training class website. ('video',...
I stumbled onto a home tour online a couple of weeks ago, that instantly had me scooting my chair up closer to my monitor. There were so many little details I wanted to lock in my brain! The house is located in Mesa, Arizona and belongs to a sweet gal named Kristin Alber. Check it out...
When asked about her personal...
Kev and I had to make a trip to Home Depot for some epoxy yesterday, and (as usual) we wound up looking at flooring, and tile, and counter tops while we were there, too. We're both kind of in permanent "look-out mode" when it comes to interesting new design solutions, and we love discovering useful/affordable/neat-looking...
Every time I pass one of those great big pre-assembled doll house kits at Hobby Lobby I think about how wild it is that (insert ever-changing mortgage company name here) gave us a great big pre-assembled grown-up house to play with just because we promised to pay for it. Do you ever think about wacky stuff like that?
And...
I like writing about all kinds of things, but it seems like I'm most drawn to blogging about interior design...
and INTERIOR design...
Today I feel drawn to the latter, but I never really know what I'm going to feel like writing about on any given day. That's kind of what I love most about blogging- the excitement...
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