Cozy Winter Decor

Happy 2023 EVERYONE!

I hope this post finds you all well and you slipped right

into "2023" healthy & happy!

Christmas Snap Shots Around The House

Merry Merry Christmas everyone! I know by the time this post goes live 

it will be too late to wish you a Merry Christmas but technically as I am typing this 

post late Tuesday night (on Christmas Day) it still counts!!!

I was running really late decorating, gift-wrapping, cooking, etc this year, so this post 

is also late....you might all be totally done looking at Christmas Decor pictures by now, 

but heyyyy it's still winter, right?

Here is a little corner in the kitchen nook, I love this vintage crate with a demijohn I found

a few years ago. Looks amazing with string lights for all seasons.

Would Love Your Input On Choosing A Paint Color

Hi sweet friends, totally boring post today!
You might remember me mentioning in a previous post that I don't like the paint color 
in our dining room I repainted a while ago (too much yellow in it).  Well I am getting
ready to have the room repainted and today I slapped on some Sherwin Williams 
paint samples on each wall in the dining room. Would love to hear 
your thoughts...

I suck picking paint colors (CLEARLY, otherwise I would not have to re-paint the room) ...lol

Christmas House Tour At Little Brags

Hello and Merry Christmas to you all !!! I have been so busy this last week, I figure I better share 

these Christmas pictures on the blog here before Christmas is over in a couple of days....LOL

You can also see a Christmas video tour of our house here. 

Well, it is getting late already and I still have a few more things to do before bed time! 

So here we go, I will make this really quick with little words....

Enjoy and please pin away with ideas for  next Christmas!!! 

Here is the Family Room

A Little Bar In A Crate

Happy Presidents Day Loves!!! I hope you guys are enjoying the extra day off today! 
I've spend all day in my PJ's yesterday, being lazy for a big part of the day !!!  
On the "non-lazy" part of the day I re-arranged some stuff in the dining room. 
I wanted to show you the little mini-bar I made out of an old crate.

As you guys know, I love to decorate with old crates, one can never have enough. 

I just added some candles and straws along with the very few bottles of booze 

I found in the pantry. I think it's just enough to qualify as a bar!!! 

A SIMPLE Little Christmas Tour

I promised you "inside" Christmas pictures in my last post.
If I don't hurry, Christmas will be over and done with!

So let's get right to it, welcome to our entry

I purchased a bunch of STRALA stars from IKEA this year 

and wanted them to be the main focus of our Christmas Decor 

Sharing My Sweet Friends BEFORE AND AFTER Home Tour

Today I want to share a dear friend's house with you. 

My friend was very tired of her decor style and ask me to 

help re-decorate various rooms in her house

She didn't really know where to even start and what style she wanted.

So I put my thinking cap on and created a few collages in PicMonkey 

A Few New Goodies And Some Progress In The Dining Room

Hello Sweeties near and far away, I wanted to share a few new goodies with you today. 
I worked a tiny bit on our formal dining room Friday night. I am such a slacker.....
it's been month and it's still not all finished and pulled together.

So last week I went to Cost Plus World Market and found these super gorgeous
Distressed Metal Filigree Lucy Lanterns . 
I put them on the window sill in the dining room

Back From Vaca With Tons of Inspiration from Model Homes in Arizona

Hello Loves, I hope you are all having a super good summer so far. 
We just got back from a little vacation last night to see my 
In-Laws in Arizona. One thing I always love to do down here 
is visit furnished model homes, since they have so many of them. 
So without further chatting, here are some of my faves 
(Not In Any Particular Order) 
Just enjoy the eye candy peeps!!!!

GORGEOUS PATIO .... 
I wanted to steal all the pillows here

DIY Rope Tie Backs -- Restoration Hardware Inpired

Hola Amiga's, how was your weekend? We still have my family visiting from Germany so I have been extra busy. But I wanted to share a tiny little project I did with the help from my Mom. I have been wanting to get "Rope Tie Backs" for our downstairs curtains to add a little PAZAAAAM !!!!!

 I have seen gorgeous rope tie backs at places like Restoration Hardware, but the cost is $60 for one and I needed four...So we needed to come up with a DIY solution. Now being the lazy person that I am and at all cost trying to avoid getting out the drill, here is what we did

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My First Cowhide Rug

Hello Everyone,  Well I finally jumped on the cowhide wagon and got myself a
"MOO MOO" cow for our dining room. You might remember my plans for a new
Dining Room Look ? Well it's coming along slowly but surely!

On my  IKEA Shopping Trip last weekend, I purchased this brown cowhide
with a few little white spots on it.

Dining Room Design Board

Hello Sweets, I am so excited to share my very first design board with you today. 

I used PicMonkey to create this inspirational board for our dining room.

Since I am such a visual person, I feel this board will really help me pull

things together when I get to the final stage.

While searching for Dining Room inspirations on the web, I've learned what really attracts me.

Here is the scoop: I love creamy light slipcovers and darker tables, white sheer curtains,  

jute rugs layered with a cowhide rug, wicker baskets and the contrast of black & whites.

Adding Burlap To My Lamp Shades & Some More Little Bits

Hello Peeps, I made a little change to my lamp shades in the Family Room yesterday. I tied some burlap ribbon around the white shades and voila....a nice little refreshing change....