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Decorating for the Summer House

May 2, 2012 by Susan 42 Comments

A little beach themed vignette... It's time to celebrate summer! A shell-adorned hat to protect your peaches and cream complexion... A few books to inspire your summertime decor: Cottages by the Sea...The Handmade Homes of Carmel, Second Home...Finding Your Place in the Fun and Victoria At Home with White...Celebrating the Intimate Home. A guide to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: My Nest, Office/Craft/Sewing Room, Seasonal Decor Tagged With: Decorating for Summer, Decorating with a Beach theme, Decorating with Shells, Seasonal Decor Updates

Office Updates & Shell Charger Progress

April 30, 2012 by Susan 58 Comments

Welcome to the 171st Metamorphosis Monday! Greetings! How was your weekend? What did you work on this weekend? Do anything fun? I have a couple of small little updates to share this week for Metamorphosis Monday. I decided to remove the TV from the office since I found I only turned it on a couple of times a month. You can see it in this older photo to the right of the wallpaper organizer, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Before & After, DIY, DIY Organization and Storage, Home Tours, My Nest, Office/Craft/Sewing Room Tagged With: File Organizer, File Sorter, Party Barn Shell Chargers

A Garden Seat for the Porch

April 21, 2012 by Susan 24 Comments

When I last left you I had purchased this cute little garden seat for the screened-in porch. That was the plan. Well, you know what they say about "best laid plans." Once I brought it upstairs... And tried it out as a little side table for this reading corner in the guest room, I didn't want to take it away. I really, really liked how it looked here. So … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bedroom (Guest Room), Before & After, Blue & White Design & Decor, Gardening & Birding, In the Garden, My Nest, Porches, Porches & Decks Tagged With: Ceramic Garden Seat, Ceramic Garden Stool, Porch Decor

Garden Seat, So Versatile for the Home or Garden

April 17, 2012 by Susan 33 Comments

As the years pass things wear out, my ideas for a room in my home may change, or I find something better for a space than what's currently there. Does that happen in your home, too? It gives us an opportunity to "freshen up" and revive our rooms, giving them new life. A while back, just for fun, I created a "wish list" board at Pinterest. It's a virtual pin board where I can store a picture or idea … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bedroom (Guest Room), Blue & White Design & Decor, Gardening & Birding, In the Garden, Living Room/Bonus (Upstairs), My Nest, Nature, Porches, Porches & Decks Tagged With: Ceramic Garden Seats, Garden Stools

Wake Up the Porch & Decks for Spring

April 9, 2012 by Susan 53 Comments

Welcome to the 168th Metamorphosis Monday! Preparing the Porch and Decks for Spring: Cleaning and Planting At the start of this past winter, I decided to try something new. Instead of tossing the big geranium that lives all summer on the porch, and the three smaller ones visible behind this summer table setting below, I tucked them all away in my garage for the winter. Amazingly, they lived. They … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Before & After, Garden, Gardening & Birding, Home Tours, In the Garden, My Nest, Nature, Porches, Porches & Decks, Seasonal Decor Tagged With: Decks, Geraniums, Plants for the Deck and Porch, Porch, Screened-in Porch, Spring Cleaning on the Decks and Po, Spring Planting, wintering over geraniums

IKEA PJÄS Basket Closet Additions

March 12, 2012 by Susan 50 Comments

Welcome to the 164th Metamorphosis Monday! Greetings! Hope you had a fabulous weekend! Last Friday I met a friend for lunch in Atlanta. We lunched in a restaurant by the name of Osteria del Figo. I think most folks just call it, Figo Pasta. After lunch I headed over to IKEA. You may remember after my last visit to IKEA, the closet went from looking like this... ...to looking like this. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Before & After, DIY, DIY Organization and Storage, Home Tours, My Nest, Office/Craft/Sewing Room Tagged With: Closet organization and storage, IKEA Expedit, Pjas Baskets

IKEA Expedit Hack: How I Made It Work

March 9, 2012 by Susan 50 Comments

A few days ago I pulled a Houdini in the renovation of the office closet. Here's a view of the "Before" and "After" below. You can view this closet renovation project here: IKEA Expedit for Closet Storage. The Houdini part was getting an IKEA Expedit shelving unit, which measures 58 5/8 inches wide, into in a closet that is only about 1/2 to 3/4 inch wider than the Expedit itself. The closet … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Before & After, DIY, DIY Decorating, DIY Organization and Storage, My Nest, Office/Craft/Sewing Room Tagged With: IKEA Expedit, Office Closet

IKEA Expedit Closet Makeover

March 5, 2012 by Susan 106 Comments

Welcome to the 163rd Metamorphosis Monday! A while back I wrote about how on a recent visit to the Atlanta IKEA with a friend, I repeatedly decided and un-decided to buy an Expedit shelving unit. I really wanted to buy one for my office closet but there was one big problem. The Expedit measures 58 5/8 inches wide and my closet measures 57 1/2 inches wide and 47 1/2 inches deep. With the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Before & After, DIY, DIY Organization and Storage, My Nest, Office/Craft/Sewing Room Tagged With: Closet Storage and Organization, IKEA Expedit, Office Organization

Decorating for Valentine’s Day

February 13, 2012 by Susan 71 Comments

Welcome to the 160th Metamorphosis Monday! Valentine's Day is tomorrow. I love that holiday. How can you not love a day that's all about chocolate, romance and ♥ LOVE! ♥ It makes me smile when I remember bringing Valentine's Day cards to school. If I close my eyes, I can still see all the colorful construction-paper folders we made and decorated. They were strung along the wall where they … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bedroom (Guest Room), Before & After, Blue & White Design & Decor, My Nest, Tablescapes Holiday Tablescapes, Tablescapes Occasion, Tea Party Tablescapes, The Holiday Home, Valentine's Day Decor, Valentine's Day Holiday Home, Valentine's Day Table Settings, Valentine's Day Tablescapes Tagged With: Blue and White Bedroom, Daffodils in White Pitcher, Decorating for Valentine's Day, Decorating Guest Room for Valentine's Day, guest room, Heart Garland, Valentine's Day Cookies, Valentine's Day Decorating Ideas, Valentine's Day Tablescapes, Valentine's Day Tea, Valentine's Garland

Pottery Barn Bedford Office Additions

January 23, 2012 by Susan 133 Comments

Welcome to the 157th Metamorphosis Monday! Happy Metamorphosis Monday! Thank you for all the supportive comments and e-mails I received about changing the start of our Met Monday party to Monday morning and our Tablescape Thursday party to Thursday morning. You guys are awesome! I'm so excited to share some fun tweaks and additions I've made in the office this week. (You can follow the full … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Before & After, My Nest, Office/Craft/Sewing Room Tagged With: bedroom becomes home office, Before and After, Home office renovation, Metamorphosis Monday

Reforming My Faux Ways

January 6, 2012 by Susan 117 Comments

I've shared this view of my family room many times. Many, many, many years ago, when I put this room together, I seriously believed I needed something reallllly big over behind the burgundy wingback to balance the height of the armoire (which houses the TV) on the left. A nice, tall tree seemed just the answer. Not only would it provide the height I needed, it would add some much needed "greenery" to the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Before & After, Home Tours, Living Room (Downstairs), My Nest Tagged With: Artificial plants in the home, Family room update

The Upstairs Family Room Decorated for Christmas

December 26, 2011 by Susan 40 Comments

Welcome to the 153rd Metamorphosis Monday! Merry Christmas! I have just a quick "Before and After" to share for this Met Monday. I added a few holiday touches to the upstairs family room this year and never got around to sharing those. As always, I hung a little wreath on the grandfather clock. This year the armoire got a bit of lit greenery and I moved the feather tree from its … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Before & After, Christmas Decor, Christmas Holiday Home, Living Room/Bonus (Upstairs), My Nest, The Holiday Home Tagged With: Christmas Decorating, Living Room/Bonus (Upstairs)

Kitchen Tweak: Updating my “It’s Complicated” Baking Center

November 21, 2011 by Susan 49 Comments

Welcome to the 148th Metamorphosis Monday! Hope you've been having a fabulous weekend! Have you been shopping for groceries in preparation of Thanksgiving? The stores have all been packed when I've been in. I don't have a big "Before and After" to share for this Met Monday--it's more like a little tweak. Last week I shared a change I made in my kitchen in this post: Baking Center in movie, It's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Before & After, DIY Organization and Storage, Kitchen & Breakfast Area, Movie Houses, My Nest, TV & Movie House Fun Tagged With: Baking Center for the kitchen, It's Complicated Baking Station

The Baking Center in the Movie, It’s Complicated

November 14, 2011 by Susan 77 Comments

Hope your day is going great! It's been gorgeous here...in the 70's, so I've been spending some time out of the porch enjoying the fall colors. I know the cold is coming so I'm trying to fully enjoy these last warm days of fall. A while back I posted a tour of the house in the movie, It's Complicated, starring Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin. (That movie house tour is available … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DIY, DIY Organization and Storage, Kitchen & Breakfast Area, Movie Houses, My Nest, TV & Movie House Fun Tagged With: Baking Center, Baking Station, It's Complicated, Movie House Tours, Organization and Storage in the Kitchen, Storing Baking Products

Autumn Comes to the Porch

October 18, 2011 by Susan 74 Comments

I've been playing outside today, bringing a little fall to the porch. During the summer it looks something like this Because the porch is all white (for the most part) it's a blank slate for anything you can dream up. For the 4th of July, it looked like this. (4th of July porch can be viewed here: Porch Decorated For the 4th of July) It was time to add a little fall to the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Before & After, Home Tours, My Nest, Porches, Porches & Decks, Seasonal Decor, Thanksgiving Decor, Thanksgiving Holiday Home Tagged With: A Fall Porch, Decorating for Autumn, Decorating for the Seasons, Porch Decorated for Autumn

Warming Up on the Porch

October 6, 2011 by Susan 55 Comments

Welcome the the 163rd Tablescape Thursday! Cool fall nights are perfect for hot chocolate out on the porch. Where would you like to sit? How about on the swing? There's a soft, warm blanket to keep you warm and a great book awaits. The late afternoon sun is so wonderful streaming in across the porch. The evening breeze carries the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fall Tablescapes, Halloween Decor, Halloween Holiday Home, Halloween Table Settings, Halloween Tablescapes, My Nest, Porches, Porches & Decks, Seasonal Tablescapes, Tables for Two, Tablescape Thursday, Tablescapes Holiday Tablescapes, Thanksgiving Decor, Thanksgiving Holiday Home Tagged With: autumn table setting, Autumn Table Settings, autumn tablescape, Decorating with Acorns, Fall Decorating, fall table setting, Fall Tablescape, Fall Tablescapes, Hot Chocolate on a Fall Porch, Porch Dining, Tablescape Thursday, Warming up the Porch for Winter

Hiding Ugly Scratches on Furniture

September 28, 2011 by Susan 33 Comments

Monday, I was playing with the mantel in the family room, creating a fall mantel seen here: Fall Mantel. I looked over and noticed a few scratches on the armoire in the corner. Do you see the little dents/scratches in this pic below? Over the years, this armoire has accumulated small scratches from everyday use. I thought I'd share a few products I've … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Before & After, DIY Repairs and Fixes, Living Room (Downstairs), My Nest Tagged With: Furniture Repair, Hide scratches on furniture, Minwax stain touch-up pens, Scratch Repair

A Fall Mantel for the Family Room

September 27, 2011 by Susan 63 Comments

While we're enjoying all the wonderful "before and afters" from yesterday's Met Monday, I thought I'd share another little metamorphosis I've been working on this week in my family room. (Update: This living room looks very different now. See the changes in these two posts: Reforming My Faux Ways and Velvet Drapes for an English Country Living Room) BEFORE: The coffee table looks so bare … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Before & After, Living Room (Downstairs), My Nest, Seasonal Decor, Thanksgiving Decor, Thanksgiving Holiday Home Tagged With: Autumn Mantel, Decorating the Mantel for Autumn, Fall Mantel, Mantel Decorated with Books

Bamboo Rug for the Upstairs Family Room

September 19, 2011 by Susan 59 Comments

Welcome to the 139th Metamorphosis Monday! Happy Metamorphosis Monday! How was your weekend? I've had a fun one. A friend and I attended an auction, something I haven't done in ages. Didn't buy anything but I captured a few pics I'll being sharing later. Metamorphosis Monday: For this Met Monday, I'm sharing a small metamorphosis in my upstairs family room. This room is often known as a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Before & After, Home Tours, Living Room/Bonus (Upstairs), My Nest Tagged With: Antique Pine Furniture, Antique Swedish Furniture, Bamboo Mat, Bamboo Mat Rug, Bonus Room, English Script Bamboo Mat, Family Room, Living Room/Bonus (Upstairs)

Billy Bookcase, Easy to Assemble

August 31, 2011 by Susan 50 Comments

Billy, where have you been all my life? I'm a latecomer to Billy bookcases but it turns out they have been around for 30+ years. The factory that produces the Billy bookshelf makes 15 Billys a minute. That's 3.1 million a year! Wow! After buying three of my own, I can see why they are so popular. They are sturdy, easy to assemble and reasonably priced. I shared my small (but growing) office … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Before & After, DIY Organization and Storage, My Nest, Office/Craft/Sewing Room Tagged With: Billy Bookcase Library for the Home Office, Billy Bookcases, Extension Shelf for Billy Bookcase, Glass Doors for Billy Bookcases, How to Assemble a Billy Bookcase, IKEA Billy Bookcase

IKEA Billy Bookcase & A Library for the Office

August 29, 2011 by Susan 92 Comments

Welcome to the 136th Metamorphosis Monday! If you've been reading BNOTP for a while, you're very familiar with this view of my Office. I've shared this side of the room in previous posts, too. But, I've rarely shared this side because...well, there's just nothing to see. Pretty boring, right? Well, that's about to change! I've had big plans for this space all along; I just … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Before & After, DIY Organization and Storage, Home Tours, My Nest, Office/Craft/Sewing Room Tagged With: Bookshelves for the Home Office, IKEA, IKEA Billy Bookcases

Bottle Tree Dreams in Abundance

August 26, 2011 by Susan 48 Comments

When I last shared a few pics of my bottle tree, it was looking pretty puny. (If you're wondering what in tarnation a bottle tree is, check out this previous post: Bottle Tree: The Poor Man's Stained Glass I've been waiting for Hobby Lobby to have another "glass" sale. In the meantime, I've collected 3-4 more, via consumption. Plus, my BFF, Jan, dropped a couple by recently, too. I think she took … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Garden, Gardening & Birding, In the Garden, Nature Tagged With: Bottle Trees, Garden Accents, Southern Folklore, Southern Superstitions

Painting the Closets and Office Trim

August 24, 2011 by Susan 55 Comments

How's your week going? I've had so much fun reading the comments you left about your past excursions to IKEA. One tip I wanted to share about the best times to visit IKEA to avoid crowds: try to go on a week day, if possible. If you do need to go on a Saturday, get there early, as soon as they open, or late in the day like around 5:00 PM. I noticed it was a lot less crowded come evening/dinner … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Before & After, DIY, DIY Organization and Storage, DIY Repairs and Fixes, Home Tours, My Nest, Office/Craft/Sewing Room Tagged With: Bigger Shelves for the Closet, Closet Renovation, Linen Closet, Office Closet, Painting Closets

Chaos, Progress and Mario Buatta

August 20, 2011 by Susan 37 Comments

Today my house is completely topsy turvy. If you rang my door bell and I invited you in, you'd be here for about 30 seconds before you would suddenly remember you had a pressing engagement elsewhere. And I wouldn't blame you, I'd run, too. But I live here. You know how something prays on your mind...something you've been putting off. The weekends are filled with friends and activities, places to go … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Before & After, Closets & Pantries, My Nest Tagged With: Adding Bigger Shelves to Closet, Closet Renovation, Painting Closets

Pressure Washing the House and Porch

July 20, 2011 by Susan 20 Comments

On your last visit to the porch, it looked like this... All decorated for the 4th. Today it looks like this... And this. Stripped down...no cushions. The view out the breakfast window... The view from the office. So, that's what color the pergola really is. Clean and shiny! … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Home Tours, My Nest, Porches, Porches & Decks Tagged With: Cleaning the Decks, Cleaning the Pergola, Cleaning the Porch, Pressure Washing

After the Party

July 5, 2011 by Susan 59 Comments

If this is your first visit to this blog, skip this post now...quickly, before you change your mind and never come back. ;) Pictures in this post may have you running away, never to return. Max had a big day yesterday. He partied hard, as you can see. In the spirit of keeping it real, (are you tired of that phrase yet?) here's how my kitchen looks today after running the dishwasher once and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DIY, Laundry Room Tagged With: After the Party

Patriotic Porch for the 4th of July

July 4, 2011 by Susan 115 Comments

Welcome to the 128th Metamorphosis Monday! Happy Independence Day weekend! Hope your weekend has been going great! I'm having a little cookout tomorrow so I've been busy with preparations. Did you already have your 4th of July celebration or will you be celebrating tomorrow? I'm excited to share big changes I've made out on the porch over the last week. I've been busting to decorate the porch in a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Before & After, Home Tours, Independence Day Decor, Independence Day Holiday Home, My Nest, Porches, Porches & Decks, The Holiday Home Tagged With: 4th of July Porch, Before and After Porch, Decorating in Red, Metamorphosis Monday, Patriotic Porch, Porch Makeover, Porch Makeover for Independence Day, Screened-in Porches, White and Blue

Another Piece of the Puzzle

June 20, 2011 by Susan 97 Comments

Welcome to the 126th Metamorphosis Monday! Happy Met Monday! Hope you've had a wonderful weekend and a great Father's Day! This Metamorphosis Monday I'm excited to share an important addition to my home office. Have you ever searched and searched for a particular piece of furniture for your home and being unable to find it, gave up, only to have it immediately appear the next day? If so, I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Before & After, My Nest, Office/Craft/Sewing Room Tagged With: Chair-side chest for reading corner, Home Office, Pottery Barn Office, small chest for office

Designing and Creating a Home Office: The Journey

June 6, 2011 by Susan 125 Comments

Welcome to the 124th Metamorphosis Monday! This was my office, if you could call it an office. It was really just a dressing room off my master bedroom with a built in dressing table that I was using as a desk. After several months working in this space, I began to have neck pain and tingling pain down my arms. It turned out my makeshift desk was about 4 inches shorter than a real desk. I decided it was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bedroom (Son's), Before & After, Home Tours, My Nest, Office/Craft/Sewing Room Tagged With: Home office renovation, Pottery Barn Bedford Office

Pottery Barn Bedford Office Update

May 16, 2011 by Susan 106 Comments

Welcome to the 121st Metamorphosis Monday! Hi Everyone! Hope you've had a wonderful weekend! I'm excited to share some significant additions/improvements I've recently made to the office. You may remember in a past post I mentioned I had decided to move my craft/wrapping center from behind the shutter. I had originally placed it there so I could wrap gifts on that end of the desk, within easy reach of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Before & After, Home Tours, My Nest, Office/Craft/Sewing Room Tagged With: Ballard Design Bulletin Board, Office Updates, Pottery Barn Home Office

Tole Chandelier for the Office

May 9, 2011 by Susan 74 Comments

Welcome to the 120th Metamorphosis Monday! Happy Metamorphosis Monday! Things are about to get cranking once again with the home office. I'm still waiting on a component that's backordered, but the chandelier is here. Unfortunately, the contractor who will install it (along with the crown molding) is currently out of town. He is supposed to be back in town this week, so hopefully I'll have some neat … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Before & After, My Nest, Office/Craft/Sewing Room Tagged With: Home Office, Tole Chandelier, Whimsical Chandelier

9 Great Features For Your Screened Porch

April 26, 2011 by Susan 119 Comments

A little over three years ago I was faced with a big decision. I had a badly deteriorating deck and I knew if I didn't replace it then, I would surely have to replace it before I ever listed my home to sell it one day. How often do we do that--wait until it's time to move before we fix things or make improvements we've dreamed of for years? Then it's the next homeowner who gets to enjoy our hard work. If … [Read more...]

Filed Under: My Nest, Porches, Porches & Decks Tagged With: Building a Screened-in Porch, Deck and Porch Additions, Great Porch Features, Must Haves for a Porch, Porch Addition, Porch Dining, Porch Fans, Porch Furniture, Porch Outlets, Porch Swing, Screened-in Porch

A New Market Umbrella for the Deck

April 19, 2011 by Susan 60 Comments

It's that time of year--the time when we go outside, look around and take stock. Mother Nature has a way of taking her toll on our outdoor furniture and my green market umbrella had definitely seen better days. When I first bought this huge, 9-ft umbrella for my patio furniture, I was so proud of it I never left it outside. Back then the deck wasn't a very fun place to entertain or to spend any time. The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Home Tours, My Nest, Porches, Porches & Decks Tagged With: Deck Umbrella, Market Umbrella, Outdoor Umbrella

A Behind the Scenes Tour

April 15, 2011 by Susan 53 Comments

Sometimes the most fun stuff to see in a room redo are the things that are hidden from sight. So though I haven't hung this bulletin board, yet... Or, this cute shelf... Or, this wrapping center I shared HERE, I have been busy with a few other little things in the office. Come take a peek. Remember the steps I found for Max for only $10 at an indoor flea market HERE? I had Home … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DIY, DIY Organization and Storage, For the Love of Birds, Gardening & Birding, My Nest, Nature, Office/Craft/Sewing Room Tagged With: Bird Watching, Birding, Home Office, Organization and Storage Ideas for the home office, Window Bird Feeder

A Paint Panic Attack

April 9, 2011 by Susan 116 Comments

Update: Home Depot has changed the paint formulas again so ignore the formula further down in this post: You'll find the correct formulas in this post now: My Fave Yellow Paint Colors: Duron Sugar Cookie & Duron Tea Biscuit Does this ever happen to you? You finally decide on a paint color, go to the paint store, buy the paint, come home, start painting and then, PANIC! It happens to me every. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Before & After, DIY Repairs and Fixes, My Nest, Office/Craft/Sewing Room Tagged With: Choosing the right paint, Duron Sugar Cookie, perfect yellow paint

Candlelier Silhouetted Against a Blue Hour Sky

March 22, 2011 by Susan 25 Comments

From time to time I've shared this deck that's located to the left of the screened-in porch. This deck area is underneath a pergola and has a large candlelier hanging above. I really love this outdoor fixture. I bought it right after I added the porch and decks HERE a few years ago. It came from a store (Smith & Hawken) that has unfortunately gone out of business. You can still buy some of their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DIY Photography, Home Tours, My Nest, Porches, Porches & Decks Tagged With: Blue Hour Photographer, candelier, Pergola

Repairing Damaged Walls from Wallpaper Removal

March 21, 2011 by Susan 25 Comments

While we continue enjoying all the wonderful links for yesterday's Met Monday, I thought I would share some of the progress I made in the office, today. I covered everything up. I put "you-know-who" on the screened-in porch so he wouldn't be breathing in all the sanding I'd be doing. He wasn't too thrilled about Mom staying inside while he was out, but he eventually found a big puddle of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DIY Decorating, DIY Repairs and Fixes, My Nest, Office/Craft/Sewing Room Tagged With: How to repair damaged walls, joint compound, Repairing previously wallpapered walls, Wallpaper Removal

Spring Sprucing on the Porch

March 21, 2011 by Susan 87 Comments

Welcome to the 113th Metamorphosis Monday! Greetings! Hope your weekend was fabulous! I had plans to start working on the walls in the office, sanding and patching, sanding and more patching. But Mr. Max had other plans. I couldn't get him to abandon his perch on the desk and I don't think sanding while he's in the room would be such a great idea. Tomorrow, I'll try again and I may have to just lock him … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Before & After, Home Tours, My Nest, Porches, Porches & Decks, Seasonal Decor Tagged With: Porch Seasonal Decorating, Seasonal Decor Changes

A Dovecote in the Garden

February 25, 2011 by Susan 32 Comments

A Dovecote in the Garden Landscape Recently, I posted about a kind soul who came to my "rescue." That post contained lots of photos of the large dovecote in my perennial garden that runs along my driveway. I received several e-mails from readers asking for more information about this bird house and where I found it. My interest in a dovecote for my garden came from years of going on garden tours. Often, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: For the Love of Birds, Garden, Gardening & Birding, Home Tours, In the Garden, My Nest, Nature Tagged With: Accent Pieces for Gardens, Birding, Birdwatching, Dovecote, Dovecote in the Garden, Garden, Gardening, Lazy Hill Dovecote, Lazy Hill Dovecotes, Perennial Garden

Pottery Barn Bedford Office Renovation

February 21, 2011 by Susan 89 Comments

Welcome to the 109th Metamorphosis Monday! How was your weekend? It's been unbelievably gorgeous weather here in Georgia. I should have been out working in the yard but instead I've been inside working on the office. Office Changes: There have been a lot changes in the office this week. I'm working on removing the rest of the wallpaper a little at the time. My arms get tired from scraping so I've … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Before & After, My Nest, Office/Craft/Sewing Room Tagged With: Cottage Chair, Floral Green & White Chair, Office Updates, Pottery Barn Bedford Office

Pottery Barn Bedford Home Office Update

February 14, 2011 by Susan 76 Comments

Welcome to the 108th Metamorphosis Monday! "Life is what happens when we're busy making other plans." Isn't that how the saying goes? This certainly wasn't how I planned it when I noodled out the creation of a home office. If you look at the list on my sidebar, "Strip off wallpaper" was much, much higher on the list than "Move furniture into office" and "Move computer, printer, etc...to office." But … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Before & After, My Nest, Office/Craft/Sewing Room Tagged With: Pottery Barn Bedford Office

Pottery Barn Bedford Office Progress

February 7, 2011 by Susan 71 Comments

Welcome to the 107th Metamorphosis Monday! How has your weekend been going? We had a rare, gorgeous February day...it even got into the 60's. I spent the day inside, once again attacking the wallpaper in the soon-to-be-office. But before I take you there, since the report isn't very good, here are a couple of inspiration pics to remind us what the goal is. Inspiration pic #1: The baskets for the open … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Before & After, Home Tours, My Nest, Office/Craft/Sewing Room Tagged With: Office Updates, Pottery Barn Bedford Office

Installing Hard Wood Floors: Final

January 28, 2011 by Susan 19 Comments

With the sanding complete... It was time to evaluate the stain. The wood I always have installed is white oak (not red oak) so I can get a nice amber or yellow sunshine color. Last time a mix of equal parts Natural and Puritan Pine stain worked well to get the color I like. (These are Minwax colors, I believe.) This is the view standing in the hallway looking into the room. The Natural and PP combo is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Before & After, Home Tours, My Nest, Office/Craft/Sewing Room Tagged With: Hardwood Flooring Installation, Home office renovation, Oak Hardwood Floors

Installing Hard Wood Floors: Part 3

January 28, 2011 by Susan 6 Comments

Floor is in... Closet is done, too. Sanding has begun. If you missed them, you can view Part 1, HERE and Part 2, HERE. Several folks have emailed and asked what company I am using for my flooring. I love A.L. Thomas out of Buford, GA. (678-546-6970) They have installed/finished flooring in my home before and always do a wonderful job. Plus, they have been in business 65 years! Wow! … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Before & After, Home Tours, My Nest, Office/Craft/Sewing Room Tagged With: Hardwood Flooring Installation, Home office renovation, Oak Hardwood Floors

Installing Hard Wood Floors: Part 2

January 28, 2011 by Susan 11 Comments

Things are moving quickly. If you missed Part 1, you can see it HERE. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Before & After, Home Tours, My Nest, Office/Craft/Sewing Room Tagged With: Hardwood Flooring Installation, Home office renovation, Oak Hardwood Floors

Installing Hardwood Floors: Part 1

January 28, 2011 by Susan 9 Comments

Come along for the journey. Here's the room this morning. This was my son's baseball-themed bedroom and I removed all the furniture recently to create a home office since he's all grown up and has flown the nest. Bye-bye old carpet... Wish blogs had sound and smell-a-vision. Imagine the sound of saws, air compressors and the smell of fresh wood. Sounds and smells like … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Before & After, Home Tours, My Nest, Office/Craft/Sewing Room Tagged With: Hardwood Flooring Installation, Home office renovation, Oak Hardwood Floors

Wallpaper H-E Double Hockey Sticks

January 28, 2011 by Susan 43 Comments

When you die, if you've been bad...instead of going to heaven, I believe they send you to a room covered in wallpaper where the walls were never primed or sized. Then, you spend an eternity removing wallpaper, one micro-shred at the time...because an eternity is exactly how long it's going to take. :( When the first product I bought didn't work AT. ALL., I returned to the big warehouse store and armed … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Before & After, Home Tours, My Nest, Office/Craft/Sewing Room Tagged With: Wallpaper Removal

Valentine’s Day Breakfast

January 27, 2011 by Susan 68 Comments

Welcome to the 127th Tablescape Thursday! A few months ago, I came across flavored chocolate "coffee spoons" at Marshalls. The flavors are: Hazelnut, Mocha, Mint, Irish Cream, French Vanilla and Amaretto. On a trip to Trader Joes I decided to try their gingerbread. Do these not sound like the perfect winter "comfort" foods? They also sound like the perfect ingredients for a Valentine's Day … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bedroom (Master), Breakfast Tablescapes, My Nest, Tables for Two, Tablescape Thursday, Tablescapes Holiday Tablescapes, The Holiday Home, Valentine's Day Holiday Home, Valentine's Day Recipes, Valentine's Day Table Settings, Valentine's Day Tablescapes Tagged With: Breakfast Table Settings, Heart-shaped cakes, Valentine's Day Breakfast, Valentine's Day Cakes, Valentine's Day Ideas

Pottery Barn Bedford Home Office Renovation

January 24, 2011 by Susan 82 Comments

Welcome to the 105th Metamorphosis Monday! I hope your weekend has been fun and relaxing! I've made a bit of headway in the "bedroom to home office" project I've been working on. Last Met Monday, I left you with my son's old bedroom looking like this (see photo below.) I had worked about 6-7 hours straight taking apart his whole bedroom...you can see the "Before" in THIS post. Stop by that "Before" post … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Before & After, Home Tours, My Nest, Office/Craft/Sewing Room Tagged With: Bedroom becomes a Home Office, Create a Home Office, Office Renovation, Pottery Barn Bedford Furniture, Pottery Barn Office

Building a Home Office

January 17, 2011 by Susan 100 Comments

Welcome to the 104th Metamorphosis Monday! Last week in THIS post, I shared a lot of pics of my son's old room and my plans to turn it into a home office. This is a bittersweet metamorphosis, because though I do need a place to work, I am having trouble letting go of this room. I also shared some rooms that are acting as my inspiration for the office … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bedroom (Son's), Before & After, My Nest, Office/Craft/Sewing Room Tagged With: Bedroom Makeover, Bedroom Renovation, Converting a bedroom to an Office, Creating a Home Office, Home Office, Home Office Addition, Office Design, Pottery Barn Bedford Office Furniture

Creation of a Home Office, Sewing, Craft Room

January 10, 2011 by Susan 86 Comments

Welcome to the 103rd Metamorphosis Monday! It's freezing here in Georgia and it's about to get worse. The weather man is predicting freezing rain, sleet and snow up to 5 inches. So if you don't see me online tomorrow, you'll know it's because I am without power. Really hope that doesn't happen. Four months ago I gave my notice at work and left the field I had been working in for 8 years to work … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bedroom (Son's), Before & After, My Nest, Office/Craft/Sewing Room Tagged With: Child's Bedroom Transformed into Home Office

A Feather Christmas Tree in the Guest Room

December 19, 2010 by Susan 46 Comments

I took a few pics this evening of the little tree I always place in the guest room at Christmastime. It's a feather tree I found at Michael's one year. I love having the tree already lit for my guests (family) when they enter the room. It's a little surprise that I hope feels warm and welcoming. All the lights are off in this pic and only the tree is lit. It looks like it's on fire, doesn't … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bedroom (Guest Room), Christmas Decor, Christmas Holiday Home, My Nest, The Holiday Home Tagged With: Decorating the Guest Room for Christmas, Feather Christmas Tree

Decorate Your Porch for Christmas

December 6, 2010 by Susan 109 Comments

Welcome to our Deck the Halls party and the 98th Metamorphosis Monday! I can't wait to see all the wonderful holiday decorating you've been doing in your home! A couple of weeks ago, I shared a Pottery Barn hack where I made and decorated my porch columns in garland very much like the PB ornament garland, but for less than half the price. (You can read that post HERE and you'll find the tutorial to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Before & After, Christmas Decor, Christmas Holiday Home, Christmas Home Tours, My Nest, Porches, Porches & Decks, The Holiday Home Tagged With: Christmas Decorating, Exterior Christmas Decorating, Lantern Decorated for Christmas, Mantel Decorated for Christmas, Porch Decorated for Christmas, Traditional Christmas Decorating

Pre-Christmas Preparations

November 5, 2010 by Susan 44 Comments

My upstairs family room, "Before" And, now...Yikes! Scary, isn't it? Don't worry...I'm not getting out the Christmas decorations, just yet. Well, actually I am getting them out...but just to sort through them. It's time to get rid of some stuff that I just don't use anymore. I'm ready for a few new things this year. See those little storage doors... Halloween is on the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Christmas Decor, Christmas Holiday Home, DIY Organization and Storage, Living Room/Bonus (Upstairs), My Nest, The Holiday Home Tagged With: Christmas Decorating, Halloween Decorating, Holiday Decoration Storage, Storing Away Christmas Decorations

Fireplace for My Dream Library

October 25, 2010 by Susan 92 Comments

Welcome to the 93rd Metamorphosis Monday! I need your help today...tell me what cha think! On a previous Met Monday, I took you into my living room that I am hoping to turn into a "library" some day. (You can read that post HERE .) I have plans to put floor-to-ceiling, built-in bookshelves all down the wall on the right side of the room. A few months ago, I found one of the main components for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Before & After, My Nest Tagged With: Adding a Fireplace to a library, Fireplace Design

Decorating for Halloween, Mice on a Staircase

October 10, 2010 by Susan 110 Comments

Welcome to the 91st Metamorphosis Monday! I don't know if you've noticed, but there seems to be a mice/rat infestation going on around Blogland. I bought these a few weeks ago but just had a chance this weekend to open them up and play today. My staircase has gone through an interesting metamorphosis. With the light in the entry on... Here's how the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Before & After, Entry/Foyer, Halloween Crafts, Halloween Decor, Halloween Holiday Home, My Nest, The Holiday Home Tagged With: Halloween, Halloween Decorating, Martha Stewart Rats for Staircase, Metamorphosis Monday

Update to Autumn Basket

September 29, 2010 by Susan 19 Comments

My Fall Basket: Well, I took everyone's combined advice and I: 1. Decided to keep the fall basket on the door since most of you liked it. I made it taller and skinner so I think it looks much better...less wide and overwhelming on the door. And 2. I cut the whiter flowers off the bunch of sunflowers they were attached to. I dispersed them throughout the arrangement. For some reason, they looked … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Before & After, Home Tours, My Nest, Porches, Porches & Decks, Seasonal Decor Tagged With: Decorating for Autumn, Fall Basket for the Front Door, Seasonal Front Door Decoration

An Autumn Basket for the Front Door

September 26, 2010 by Susan 127 Comments

Welcome to the 89th Metamorphosis Monday! I need your help today...I can't see the forest for the trees, so tell me what you think. I have a pretty fall wreath I sometimes place on my door...but this year I thought I'd try a basket instead. Here's how my front door has looked all summer. Nice, but time to put this look away and welcome in the fall season... I found this large basket … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Before & After, Home Tours, My Nest, Porches, Porches & Decks, Seasonal Decor, Thanksgiving Decor, Thanksgiving Holiday Home Tagged With: Decorate Porch for Fall, Decorating for Autumn, Fall Basket for the Front Door, Fall Florals

Glass Front Cabinets for Your Kitchen

September 20, 2010 by Susan 62 Comments

Welcome to the 88th Metamorphosis Monday! Happy Met Monday! How was your weekend? I've had out of town company all weekend so mine was busy and fun. We did a little antiquing and I came across a wonderful basket that I think will be beautiful hanging on my front door for this fall. It's huge so it will be a challenge to fill...hope to be sharing it with you soon. Metamorphosis Monday: For this Met … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Before & After, DIY, Kitchen & Breakfast Area, My Nest Tagged With: Add Glass to Kitchen Cabinet Doors, Glass-Front Cabinet Doors, Kitchen renovation

The Endearing Art of Silhouette

August 25, 2010 by Susan 39 Comments

Today, I thought I'd share a special moment in time, 21 years ago. One morning I read in the newspaper (remember those?) that a renown silhouettist by the name of K. Housel Bogue, was coming to Macy's to cut silhouette portraits. She would only be here for a couple of days and appointments were booking fast.I had previously had a silhouette of my son done by another artist and was disappointed when the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Entry/Foyer, Home Tours, My Nest Tagged With: K. Housel Bogue, Silhouettes

Knockout Rose Trees Knock Out Squirrels

August 7, 2010 by Susan 60 Comments

In early spring, April to be exact, I went in search of "something" to fill the two tall urns that stand on one of my decks. The past two springs I had purchased tall hibiscus, but Mr. Squirrel, who lives in my backyard, tip-toed onto my deck every. single. day. and stole almost all the leaves off the two hibiscus, one leaf at the time. I was not amused! So, this year I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Before & After, For the Love of Birds, Garden, Gardening & Birding, In the Garden, Nature

Alice In Wonderland Tea Party

August 5, 2010 by Susan 69 Comments

Welcome to the 102nd Tablescape Thursday! A few months ago I stumbled upon a miniature Alice in Wonderland tea set...it was love at first site. We celebrated with an Un-Birthday Party out on the porch. This evening I've set up a tea party just for you in the guest room. Actually, there's room for two so, if you don't mind, I think I'll join you. Brought up a couple of the wicker … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bedroom (Guest Room), Children's Tablescapes, My Nest, Tables for Two, Tablescape Thursday, Tablescapes Occasion, Tea Party Tablescapes Tagged With: Alice in Wonderland, Alice in Wonderland China, Alice in Wonderland Tea Party, Children's Table Setting, Children's Tea Party, Lady Bug Cookies, Paul Cardew Alice in Wonderland China, Whimsical Table Setting

Cleaning and Staining Decks

May 24, 2010 by Susan 70 Comments

Welcome to the 71st Metamorphosis Monday! A few Met Mondays back, I shared this blue hour pic showing a candelier that hangs from a pergola over one of the decks off the porch. Well, something got ticked off with me and decided to take it out on my candelier. I've been bringing in the bird feeder that hangs off this deck area because something cleans it out every single night. And apparently, something … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Before & After, DIY Repairs and Fixes, My Nest, Porches, Porches & Decks Tagged With: Cleaning and Staining a Deck, Raccoon Damage

Knock-out Roses, Just in Time for Mother’s Day

May 8, 2010 by Susan 41 Comments

I've planted pink Knock-out Roses in tall urns on my deck. I've been using hibiscus here for the past two summers, but the squirrels tip-toe onto the deck...yes, they tip-toe, they know they are doing a bad thing...and they completely strip off all the leaves on my hibiscus. After two summers in a row of that nonsense, it was time to try something new. So, this year, it's Knock-out Roses...and these … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Garden, Gardening & Birding, In the Garden, My Nest, Porches, Porches & Decks Tagged With: Knockout Roses, Topiaries

Hiding Ugly Swing Chains

April 26, 2010 by Susan 97 Comments

Welcome to the 67th Metamorphosis Monday! Metamorphosis Monday: I don't have anything dramatic to share this week for Met Monday, but I thought I would show you some of the spring fluffing I've been doing out on the porch. A couple of weeks ago, I took the swing chain covers off the swing, tossed them into the hand wash basket of my ancient GE washing machine, poured in a smidgen of bleach and gave … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Before & After, DIY, DIY Decorating, My Nest, Porches, Porches & Decks Tagged With: Hide Metal Swing Chains

A Chandelier for the Master Bedroom

April 12, 2010 by Susan 131 Comments

Welcome to the 65th Metamorphosis Monday! A few weeks ago, I shared this pic of the fixture that has been hanging above my bed for the past 20 years...to my dismay. This was one sad ceiling fan. It was made of some really awful fake wood, so shortly after we moved in, I painted it hoping I could make it "go away." Didn't work, I could still see it. Well, it only took me 20 years but I have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bedroom (Master), Before & After, Favorite Fashions & Home Goods, My Nest Tagged With: Chandelier for Master Bedroom, Crystal Chandelier, four-poster bed, highboy, Replace old ceiling fan, traditional bedroom, Vintage Crystal Chandelier

A Little Addition to a Dormer Nook

March 15, 2010 by Susan 83 Comments

Welcome to the 61st Metamorphosis Monday! Last week I shared a metamorphosis in my guest room. It went from this... ...to this, with the addition of a secretary between the windows. Recently, I made another small change (Mini-Met) that I'm sharing for this Met Monday. I had two little blue bird watercolor pictures hanging underneath the wall shelf on the right wall in that room (look at the pic … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Before & After, Living Room/Bonus (Upstairs), My Nest Tagged With: Bonus Room, Cozy Nooks, Dormer Nooks, Living Room/Bonus (Upstairs)

Guest Room Addition

March 7, 2010 by Susan 103 Comments

Welcome to the 60th Metamorphosis Monday! My metamorphosis this week is in my Guest room. Here's the way it normally looks. Sorry about the dark photo...my photography skills were pretty sad back then. The walls are NOT this yellow, either. Do you see the change? On our recent shopping trip to A Classy Flea, I saw this painted secretary. It was priced at $329...very … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bedroom (Guest Room), Before & After, Blue & White Design & Decor, My Nest

Home Library Design Ideas

February 15, 2010 by Susan 79 Comments

Welcome to the 57th Metamorphosis Monday! On a previous Met Monday, I took you into my "formal" living room that really isn't a formal living room. It's actually been more of a storage room over the years...which is kind of sad since it's the very first room you see when you walk into my home. I have some big plans for it...one day. You can read about those HERE in this previous Met Monday … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Favorite Fashions & Home Goods, Library (Someday), My Nest Tagged With: arched niche, garden center, Historic Home, Home Library, home library design, Living Room Renovation

Dish & Flatware Storage

January 25, 2010 by Susan 84 Comments

Welcome to the 54th Metamorphosis Monday! For this week's Met Monday, I'm sharing a small but fun little metamorphosis in my china closet. You may remember when I posted a while back about the little redo of this space...it was really being poorly utilized. It was being used to store deck cushions that were rarely used. After a little renovation, (you may read about HERE) it looked like … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Before & After, DIY Organization and Storage, Kitchen & Breakfast Area, My Nest Tagged With: The Tassel House

After-Christmas Shopping

January 4, 2010 by Susan 69 Comments

Welcome to the 51st Metamorphosis Monday! Hope you've had a fabulous start to this new year, 2010! You've all given me a great start, filled with lots of smiles and giggles. I've been having soooo much fun reading your comments on Saturday's post, especially the ones where you shared some of your own 2009 bloopers. That was such a fun post to create and since your responses were equally as fun, I think … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Christmas Decor, Christmas Holiday Home, Entry/Foyer, My Nest Tagged With: After-Christmas Shopping, Christmas Decorating

A Special Tablescape Filled with Memories

December 10, 2009 by Susan 89 Comments

Welcome to the 68th Tablescape Thursday! A Tablescaping Story Once upon a time, long, long ago, a happy, young couple graduated from college...He from lawschool, She from undergraduate. A few days later they celebrated their 1 year wedding anniversary and as summer came to a close, the starry-eyed couple loaded up a U-haul, and along with their sweet kitty, headed off to a far-away land, all alone. He … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Christmas Holiday Home, Christmas Table Settings, Christmas Tablescapes, Inspire, Previous Nests, Tablescape Thursday, Tablescapes Holiday Tablescapes, The Holiday Home Tagged With: Christmas Table Setting, Christmas Tablescape, Dip and Drape Carolers, Gorham Festive Holly Stemware, Lenox Butler's Pantry Gourmet, Santa Plates

Decorating Staircase Walls with Vintage Photos and Mirrors

November 11, 2009 by Susan 83 Comments

I did a little post showing my problem stairway wall. Now that I have a better camera that takes in more "area," I thought I would take a few more pics to give you a little better idea of how it looks...just in case you have this same awkward stairway wall in your home and need a few ideas. When you walk in my front door, this is more or less the view... As you come on into the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Entry/Foyer, Home Tours, My Nest Tagged With: Decorating Staircase Walls, Decorating Staircases, Decorating Walls, Mirrors, Mirrors & Sconces for Staircase Wall, Pictures, Small Wall Sconce Shelf, Stairway Walls, Vintage photos, Wall Displays

Decorating English Country Style

September 20, 2009 by Susan 101 Comments

Welcome to the 36th Metamorphosis Monday! To start this Met Monday off, I just want to say thank-you to everyone who left a comment yesterday. And, thanks so much for all the fabulous suggestions on how to fix my poor champagne bucket. I can't wait to try some of your suggestions...keep your fingers crossed! When I was looking for furniture for my family room many years ago, I just bought what I liked … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Baths, Before & After, Living Room (Downstairs), My Nest Tagged With: English Country, Judges Paneling, Pheasant Wallpaper, Thibaut Wallpaper

Updates to My China Closet

September 13, 2009 by Susan 84 Comments

Welcome to the 35th Metamorphosis Monday! Where in the world do you store all that china? I get that question a lot. Since several folks have left comments or e-mailed recently asking about china storage, I'm pulling out an oldie but goodie post for this Met Monday. I'm also including a few more recent photos showing some of the changes I've made. And, I'm including a link to a post from December … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Before & After, DIY Organization and Storage, Kitchen & Breakfast Area, My Nest Tagged With: China Closet, China Storage, Coat Closet become China Closet, Metamorphosis Monday

Dreaming of a Home Library

September 6, 2009 by Susan 116 Comments

Welcome to the 34th Metamorphosis Monday! There's a room in my home I've not taken you into, yet. I'm a little embarrassed to share, despite this room being just a few feet inside my front door and fully visible each time you enter or exit my home, it has remained for the 19 years I've live here. It has always been in various stages of disarray, often acting as a storage room. If you read the post I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Home Tours, Library (Someday), My Nest Tagged With: built in cabinetry, Designing a Home Library, Home Library, Metamorphosis Monday, niche cabinets, Shell Niches

Built-in Book Shelves for the Upstairs Family Room

August 17, 2009 by Susan 216 Comments

Welcome to the 31st Metamorphosis Monday! My Met Monday post is a little different this week. The "After" hasn't occurred yet, but I thought I'd share my "Before" and my "After Wish" with you, just in case it gives you some ideas for a similar area in your home. This is the view as you enter from the hallway into my Upstairs Family Room. (To see more of this room, click here: Upstairs Family Room.) … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Before & After, DIY Organization and Storage, Living Room/Bonus (Upstairs), My Nest Tagged With: Book Storage, Bookcases in Hallways and on Staircases, Bookshelves on Staircases, Building Bookshelves, Creating Space for Books

Decorating with Tassels Around the Home

August 5, 2009 by Susan 45 Comments

Do you like tassels? I just love 'em! Today, I'm sharing some of the tassels I have displayed around my home. I'm saving my favorite for last. You may remember seeing this one that hangs on the highboy in my bedroom. I found it at Bombay, before they closed their store. I have quite a few blue and yellow ones in the upstairs family room...this one hangs on the grandfather clock in that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bedroom (Master), My Nest Tagged With: Tassels

Creating a Planter from a Chair

August 3, 2009 by Susan 75 Comments

Welcome to the 29th Metamorphosis Monday! I don't have a before pic of this chair I found recently at A Classy Flea, but I was told the seat was in very bad condition and was not salvageable. So...what to do? Turn it into a lovely planter! The seller at A Classy Flea, attached a square wire planter container to the chair. I'm sorry, but I've forgotten where she said she found the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Before & After, DIY, DIY Decorating, Garden, Gardening & Birding, In the Garden, My Nest, Nature Tagged With: chair becomes planter, Chair planter, new use for an old chair, Recycle and old chair, Reuse and old chair

Front Door Decoration to Welcome Guests

July 22, 2009 by Susan 98 Comments

A couple of weeks ago I shared a sweet metamorphosis that was happening out on my front porch. right down here inside the basket of flowers on my front door. Remember these sweet babies...little house finches newly hatched. Well, I'm happy to report they grew up big and strong and flew the coop to do little birdie things. Some of you guys left comments on that post that had me a bit … [Read more...]

Filed Under: My Nest, Porches, Porches & Decks, Seasonal Decor Tagged With: Front Door Basket, Front Door Decoration, Spring Decoration for Front Door

Design a Room You Love

July 20, 2009 by Susan 86 Comments

Welcome to the 27th Metamorphosis Monday! My Metamorphosis Monday post is a little different this week. I don't have an exciting metamorphosis to share; instead, I thought I'd share some ideas or tips I've learned decorating my own home over these many years. These "lessons learned" are responsible for the changes that were made to the rooms in my home, so in some ways this post is indeed all about … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Before & After, DIY Decorating, Living Room (Downstairs) Tagged With: Decorating, Decorating Tips, Design, Interior Design, Mixing Prints, Scale

Tea in Bed

July 2, 2009 by Susan 125 Comments

Welcome to the 45th Tablescape Thursday! It's Tablescape Thursday and I positively love this day! Thursdays are filled to overflowing with links to some of the most delicious eye candy to be found anywhere across the Blogasphere! Today, you are my guest. And, I'm so glad you are here! How was your journey? I know you must be tired after such a long drive. I have your room all ready. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bedroom (Guest Room), My Nest, Tablescape Thursday, Tea Party Tablescapes Tagged With: Blue and White Room, Blue Willow Dishware, guest room, Monogrammed Napkin Rings, Tablescape Thursday, Tea setting

A Photo Tour of the Porch and Decks…

May 24, 2009 by Susan 123 Comments

I've been doing some fluffing on the porch today...even got out the froggy fountain. Thought I'd share some some of the little details. So just make yourself at home. Deck with pergola... Lit up at night... More details back on the porch... Here's your tea. It's so nice out...why … [Read more...]

Filed Under: My Nest, Porches, Porches & Decks Tagged With: Deck and Porch Additions, Decks, Frog Fountain, Porch Books, Porch Dining, Porch Furniture, Porch Swing, Screened-in Porch, Screened-in Porches, Wicker Furniture

Frozen in Time…

May 16, 2009 by Susan 59 Comments

Many, years ago, when my son was around 8 years old, I painted a very amateurish mural on one whole wall in his room. The mural is around 13 feet wide by 8 feet tall. He always loved baseball and played it Spring and Fall from 2nd grade all the way through high school. Over the years, I never got around to painting over the mural, and my son never seemed to mind. So, though he is all grown … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bedroom (Son's), Home Tours, My Nest Tagged With: Baseball Mural, Baseball Themed Bedroom, Child's Bedroom

Old Bound Newspapers Become End Table

May 11, 2009 by Susan 84 Comments

Welcome to the 17th Metamorphosis Monday! Many, many years ago, The Macon Telegraph and News decided to dispose of all the old copies of their past publications/newspapers. Apparently, news organizations used to keep copies of their old papers by binding them into large "books." Each bound volume, shown below, had about three months worth of newspapers. I had six of these large books stored for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Before & After, DIY, DIY Decorating, Home Tours, Living Room/Bonus (Upstairs), My Nest Tagged With: bound newspapers, Make a table from Vintage Bound Newspapers

Deck Transformation, Winter to Spring

May 5, 2009 by Susan 70 Comments

Since most everyone who visits Between Naps on the Porch has seen my two porches, I thought I'd share a different area today. There are decks off either side of my screened-in porch and one of those decks has a cozy little corner over near the grill. It's the perfect spot to sit if you want to be near the grill while you are cooking out. This is the winter view...pretty blah. And here's the summer … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Before & After, Gardening & Birding, In the Garden, My Nest, Porches, Porches & Decks Tagged With: Deck Makeover for Spring

Humble Beginnings in Married Student Housing: Our First Home

May 4, 2009 by Susan 118 Comments

Welcome to the 16th Metamorphosis Monday! For this Metamorphosis Monday, I'm sharing "Before" pics that are really, really old. These are the "before-est" pics I will EVER be able to show you for a Met Monday! It was 1978, I was 21 years old, my husband, 23, and we were newlyweds having just married a few weeks before. We were living in "married student housing" on the campus where we were attending … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Before & After, DIY, DIY Decorating, Inspire, My Nest, Previous Nests

Bonus Room Makeover: From Bonus Room to Family Room and Spill Over Space for Guests

April 20, 2009 by Susan 63 Comments

Welcome to the 14th Metamorphosis Monday! Update: Sorry about the darkness of some of the photos in this post. I plead ignorance since these were taken during my early blogging days before I learned to take better photos. :) For this Metamorphosis Monday, we're going for another ride in the time machine, back again to 1991, just before we actually purchased and moved into our house. This time our time … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Before & After, Living Room/Bonus (Upstairs), My Nest Tagged With: Bonus Room Makeover, Family Room with Swedish Danish Antiques, Living Room/Bonus (Upstairs)

A Kitchen Renovation

April 13, 2009 by Susan 90 Comments

Welcome to the the 13th Metamorphosis Monday! Time for another Metamorphosis Monday! I can't wait to see all the Before and Afters posted for this Met Monday...you'll find all the links at the end of this post. Hold on tight...we're going for another ride this week in my time machine. Did you take your Dramamine...you know this thing goes pretty fast. I'm setting the dial for 1991...destination: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Before & After, Home Tours, Kitchen & Breakfast Area, My Nest Tagged With: counter depth refrigerator, glass-front cabinets, Granite Counters, hardwood flooring, Kitchen renovation, Kitchen Renovation Before and After, Painted Cabinets, Replace wood kitchen cabinet doors with glass, tiled backsplash

Building a Dish Closet

April 6, 2009 by Susan 130 Comments

Welcome to the 12th Metamorphosis Monday...where it's all about "Before and Afters." I decided this weekend to tackle a project I've been putting off...the redo of a 35" x 24" coat closet in my kitchen/breakfast room. The previous owner of my home had a shell niche installed in the foyer/entry (Click to visit entry), where others houses in my neighborhood frequently have a coat closet. Then they took a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Before & After, DIY Organization and Storage, Kitchen & Breakfast Area, My Nest

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