Plans Are In Motion For The Powder Room! It’s Gonna Be Wild!

June 9, 2025 by 71 Comments

Welcome to the 854th Metamorphosis Monday! How was your weekend? I hope it was fabulous! For this week's Met Monday, I'm sharing a few updates I've made to the guest bath, along with some big changes that will be coming this summer, if not sooner. This small powder room is located on the main floor of the Dollhouse. Ever since moving in last June, I've been itching to make some changes in this room. I … [Read more...]

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More Plantation Shutters For The Dollhouse & A Simple Change With Big Results!

May 26, 2025 by 54 Comments

Welcome to the 852nd Metamorphosis Monday! There have been so many updates at the Dollhouse over the past two weeks, both small and large. I often wish things moved at a faster pace. It's easy for me to focus on the things I still desperately wish to get done, forgetting just how much I have accomplished over the past year. Sometimes, to calm my always-plotting-the-next-update-brain, I will walk from room … [Read more...]

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Ordering Plantation Shutters For The Living Room, Dining Room, Bath & Butler’s Pantry

April 2, 2025 by 22 Comments

When I first purchased the Dollhouse, the moment I stepped through the front door, I began dreaming of adding plantation shutters to all the windows throughout the home.   I've had shutters in the Georgia house for 30+ years and love them as much today as the day they were installed.   After a lot of phone calls, online research and getting several estimates, I could only find one … [Read more...]

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A Few Of My 2025 Goals For This Lovely 87-Year Old Cottage, aka, The Dollhouse

February 12, 2025 by 55 Comments

Recently a lovely BNOTP reader asked what my goals or plans were for the Ohio cottage, aka, the Dollhouse, this year.   I do have quite a list of things I would like to accomplish this year, starting here in the kitchen. Last year I replaced the ancient refrigerator that had multiple broken shelves and a non-working icemaker. One appliance down, three to go! All of the other appliances are … [Read more...]

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Furnishing The Sunporch & Some Additional Updates I’d Like To Make

October 28, 2024 by 40 Comments

Welcome to 822nd Metamorphosis Monday! A few weeks ago I rented a U-haul to bring up the table and six chairs I had purchased for my cottage home in Ohio, aka, the Dollhouse.   I still need to create a post to share more about that little adventure! The table was the very first thing to go on. It was still in the box that it had arrived in and was placed flat against the front wall of the … [Read more...]

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The Plantation Shutters Are Finally Here! Do They Look The Way You Expected?

October 14, 2024 by 68 Comments

Welcome to the 820th Metamorphosis Monday! Oh my gosh, I have so much I want to tell you about the trip up to Ohio but I will save that for a future post because it was quite the adventure. Ha! Everything went really well until I hit the Cincinnati area. They had completely shut down all of I-75 North for the weekend to do road work. When I first left early that morning, Waze said something implying I-75 … [Read more...]

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How To Tighten Or Repair Loose Louvers On Interior Plantation Shutters

February 27, 2015 by

Plantation shutters have been a popular window treatment for many years. They offer lots of great benefits like sun control and extra insulation, which really comes in handy when the weather turns super cold like it has been lately. If you've ever shopped for plantation shutters, you probably know that they are usually made of either wood or a man-made product like vinyl or plastic, sometimes referred to … [Read more...]

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Plantation Shutters: Versatile Window Treatment

January 10, 2009 by 113 Comments

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...]

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