Decor - Inspiration for the home.

Creating Wonder in Your Home

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Come on in! We felt welcomed immediately when we walked into the door at Su Casa Furniture, in Baltimore. As we wandered around, the signs spoke clearly... Chris Ann and I believe in seizing the day, savoring the moment and making the most of every memory. We do that by creating wonder in our homes. It's not only setting the mood with beautiful, comfortable furniture... but accessorizing with finds that inspire or reflect the things we love, like travel... reclaimed and upcycled furniture... and … [Read more...]

How to Stage a House-Living Room

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In the last How to Stage a House post, I shared with you tips for setting the stage with good bones. You can read more HERE. I am going to walk you through the house and share with you tips for making each room inviting, starting with the Living Room. Dani wanted to use as much of her mom's furniture as she could in staging the house. Her budget was small, $400, and she didn't know where to start. The first thing I did, was go through the house to see all that was available. I took mental note of colors that were similar in … [Read more...]

Wine Bottle Candles & Giveaway

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~This giveaway has closed.  See below for winners~ You have no idea how fussy we are when it comes to candles!  We both are a bit finicky about scents.  We like a natural light pleasant fragrance that doesn't come off to perfume-y or strong.  The elegant and hand crafted feeling of the label caught our eye!  But, this candle only met our approval after the "sniff test".  Verdict, we found our Shop some candles. Each candle is hand crafted from recycled wine bottle and hand poured with 11 oz. of soy wax and inspired by a … [Read more...]

Front Porch Inspiration

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My latest thrift haul? A red canvas picture of a dandelion. I added this piece of art to my front porch framed by an old green window right below a sign of twigs that says DREAM. I like the symbolism together, DREAM, an OPEN WINDOW and my Dandelion canvas showing POSSIBILITY. Dandelions remind you of a million bits of possibilities. “Our aspirations are our possibilities” ~ Samuel Johnson And, that's why when I found my piece of art I just had to haul it home. It never hurts to have a reminder while you … [Read more...]

Vintage Americana BBQ for Graduation Party

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It's been a few weeks since I've been able to clear a path and time in my day, to my computer. My family is in a very busy season and it's times like this I'm so grateful Chris Ann and I co-blog. This morning it's quiet. I think all the running around we've been doing is actually paying off with kids sleeping in. But, I feel the home stretch coming! My oldest, is finished his senior year and off to London for the week. I had my final homeschool review on Tuesday and am now fighting the urge to just call the school year … [Read more...]

Velvet Acorn Photoshoot Sneak Peek

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If you thought our Velvet Plush Pumpkins were swoon worthy ~ start saving your pennies for the tiniest new bits of velvet love! Introducing our NEW VELVET ACORNS We spent yesterday shooting the pumpkins in a back alley behind the warehouse.  It was a beautiful day!  Even after 6 hours of scrunched-up shooting the excitement was still in the air. We are so excited to share this bounty of velvet plush pumpkins with you! We just know you are going to love these ~ as much as we do!  The decorating ideas are … [Read more...]

Life Is Beauty Full Pillow & Mothers

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We hope if you are a Mother you enjoyed a special meal or breakfast from your family or maybe a nice meal out this past weekend.  Even though I haven't talked to Kristin on the phone yet today, I'm pretty sure she had a lovely meal.  Both our husbands love to cook.  They put the FEAST in LoveFeast a lot of the time.  My husband made me a lovely bacon wrapped steak on the grilled.  During dinner he had each of our 4 kids take turns sharing what was special about their Mom.  Their answers "doing our laundry", "helping us", "driving … [Read more...]

Garden Window Thrift Haul

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Over the weekend I did do some looking around in some vintage stores. Spend too much time looking and you are bound to find something. I ended up getting this old glass window. I have had a thing for old glass windows for. ever. And, I knew right away what I had planned for it. I have a couple of ideas on how I'd like to use this. Do you like old windows too? Have you used them in decorating or in the garden? After some searching on Pinterest I found these pictures for inspiration. Which one is your dream? We'd love to invite … [Read more...]

Bedside Table Space Intervention

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You know when life takes over and you become too tired to put away clean laundry, put away the scissors and drop your book or magazine off the bed right in the middle of reading?  Yeah, that.  So, today I am going to share with you the sad state of my bedside space and what I did about it.  Below.  It wasn't making me happy.  It was down right treacherous getting into bed with out slip sliding away on a magazine. Evidence of ironic attempts at order - sloppily piled magazines leaning up against books on Decluttering and … [Read more...]

How To Pick a Sofa

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How do you pick out a sofa? I mean, buying a sofa is like adding a new member to your family, right? It has to have the right personality, blend in, be comfortable, unpretentious and pleasing to the eye, right? The last time we bought a sofa, it was about coming home. We bought the sofa that was affordable and symbolic. But, it only held up for 8 years before the frame broke. This time we decided to choose a sofa that would last. As part of our participation in Test It, Blog It, Win It at Su Casa*, we were invited to come … [Read more...]