I wasn’t even going to decorate for Valentine’s day, but silly Beth decided to have another mantel link party coming up on Monday, and well, I’ll do anything for my mantel…and Beth. I wasn’t ready to part with my winter mantel just yet, but I love how the Valentine one came out! So here is the very foo-fooey (how do… View Post
Husband: “Why is there a white painted door on our doorstep?” Me: “Umm, I don’t know, maybe it’s a sign from God to paint our cabinets?” Husband: probably rolls his eyes. When I had first talked about painting our cabinets white about a month ago in this post, I think that same day I called the paint contractor I have… View Post
Well the time has come to show off our messes. Are you excited?? Don’t worry I’ll go first… Here’s the office with all sorts of stuff on the desk and Christmas stuff on the floors from ohhhh 3 weeks ago now? A closeup of desk junk because we all have inquiring minds. Our master closet, sadly, on a daily basis:… View Post
Hi everyone, it’s time to announce the winner from the Olive Bungalow giveaway. Thank you all for entering, so here it goes… The lucky winner is #166 so that is Shirley Larosa! Congratulations Shirley, shoot me an email and I’ll get you in touch with Michele. And if you didn’t win, you can still enter the code decor15 at checkout… View Post
Hi all! If you follow me on Twitter or Facebook, you know that I decided to have my first ever link party coming up on Monday, January 17. Having a link party is scary because you don’t know if anyone will show up to party or not, but that’s ok, I’m putting myself out there. And I had this idea… View Post
I’m beyond excited to show you our new master bedroom…again! I explained in this post why I decided to change it up again. But the biggest change in here was just paint. Paint is your friend, and a cheap friend. When I redid our master bedroom back in June last year, I did love that color (SW Rainwashed), but after… View Post
*This giveaway is now closed* Hey all! We all love pretty jewelry, and I have the perfect giveaway for you today…a very generous one. :) Let me introduce you to the artist behind Olive Bungalow. Michele is a self-taught jewelry artist, and has been creating beautiful jewelry for 10 years now. Every component in Michele’s jewelry is handcrafted by herself,… View Post
Transitioning your Christmas decor into winter decor can be a bit tricky, but if you just do what you think is pretty, then it will work. :) That’s what I did with my winter mantel this year. I kept most everything from my Christmas mantel on there, but just added a mirror that I got from the Christmas clearance at… View Post
Everyone loves decorating with books. It’s an inexpensive decor item, especially when you buy them at the thrift stores. As I was admiring the new Ballard’s catalog the other day, I came across these Antique Book Bundles they are selling. How easy to recreate those right? And it won’t cost you $18 or $25 like they are charging for a… View Post
Instead of the obvious dieting/exercising resolution or goals that people make every year, I made some different ones because dieting would have been too predictable. Sure it’s good to eat better and live a healthier lifestyle, but if those were my new year’s resolutions, I would have already failed miserably. Especially since I’ve eaten fried pickles twice this week. And… View Post
Happy new year everyone! The new year around here is bringing some much needed de-cluttering and organizing and it feels so good. I am determined to get rid of a lot of stuff that I am no longer using, accessorize less, and just enjoy simplicity. I still will have accessories, but hopefully in a less cluttery way. We’ll see how… View Post
I mentioned to you all that my Mom got us a new duvet for Christmas. It was the one I have been dreaming of for several months now…the Organic Cotton Pintuck Duvet from West Elm. It looked so luxurious online, and it’s just as luxurious in real life. And since that was a night shot, here is a picture of… View Post
