Decorating, Tablescaping, Before and Afters, Thrifty Finds, and Gardening
Welcome to the 200th Metamorphosis Monday! We've officially been celebrating your fabulous Before and Afters for 200 weeks now! Wowza! Thank you so much for joining the party each week and sharing your amazing creativity and talent! I'm looking forward to 200 more! The Accidental Decorator: Well, the Accidental Decorator has been at it again. As I've mentioned before, I seem to fall into some of … [Read more...]
Welcome to the 183rd Metamorphosis Monday! Greetings! How was your weekend? I was out of town this weekend but while away I read all the wonderful, heartwarming comments left on the post about how I came to find sweet Max. Thanks so much for sharing your stories about your fur babies. After such a sad, difficult weekend in the news, it helped so much to read your uplifting stories. I really … [Read more...]
Welcome to the 182nd Metamorphosis Monday! How was your weekend? Hope it was relaxing and fun! I attended an outdoor concert/dinner with friends...I have a funny picture to share soon. In the meantime, I'm excited to share a fabulous porch makeover. Lori, a reader of BNOTP knows how much this girl loves a great porch. She sent some pictures of her beautiful home with its fabulous wrap-around … [Read more...]
Recently I shared a little update to my home office...yellow buffalo check curtains. (You'll find that post here: Buffalo Curtains for the Office) I'm really enjoying them. They have me craving new curtains/drapes for my family room and bedroom. After I shared the curtains in my office, I received an email from Marlene. She had read my post about how much I love the look of the buffalo check fabric … [Read more...]
Welcome to the 174th Metamorphosis Monday! Greetings! Hope your weekend was great! I'm really excited about a change I made recently here in the office. Did you guess what it was from the hint I left a few days ago? Not long after I moved into this house twenty+ years ago, I purchased plantation shutters for all the windows. In hindsight, that was one of the best purchases I've ever made for … [Read more...]
Lately, I've had curtains/draperies on the brain. Once the walls are all finished in my home office, I'm toying with the idea of adding some simple curtain panels on either side of the double window. If you don't sew or if you just don't have the time to make your own draperies, one of the most reasonably priced stores with great "stuff" online is Country Curtains. Don't let the name fool ya, they carry … [Read more...]
Welcome to the 3rd Metamorphosis Monday! Not long after the screened-in porch was completed, I made a simple change that had a large impact on both the appearance and the "feel" of the porch. The total cost for this change was only around $100. Here's a pic of the porch before the change... And here's after...do you see the change? :-) Another before... And … [Read more...]
My favorite, favorite window treatment has to be the plantation shutter. Don't get me wrong, I love other types of window treatments, too. I love the way drapes soften a room and would love to one day add gorgeous silk taffeta drapes to my dining room. But I'd still want plantation shutters underneath those drapes. Why do I love shutters so much? Well, there are a lot of reasons, one being their … [Read more...]
