Category: Inspiring Spaces

  • Beautiful, Beautiful Spring

    I’m already itching for the spring re-opening of our local farmers’ market. I still have another full month of waiting and wishing . . . do you frequent your local farmers’ market? While I love to pick up fresh fruit for pie and veggies for salads and the grill, my favorite thing to pick up…

  • A Time for Play

    Do you have a room reserved for play in your house? In our old house, the one we sold before building our current one, we had a loft area that I turned into a playroom for our nephews, A and B. It did not take very much money or effort to put that room together-I…

  • Another Fabulously Frugal Design Idea

    I came across this photo in the latest edition of Pottery Barn Kids, and realized what an easy, inexpensive design idea this wall art is. You could recreate this look with any of the thousands of beautiful scrapbook papers out there. Do you have an Archivers near you? Or Michaels? Or JoAnns? Pick up inexpensive…

  • Go Glam Without Breaking the Bank

    Are you familiar with the website Myhomeideas? If not, let me introduce you to what will surely be a dear friend in all of your decorating endeavors. Somehow I managed to get myself on their email list, so I get all of the latest articles in my inbox about once a month. For Free! You’ve…

  • Let There be Bright

    TGIM! Thank goodness its March. Someone needs to tell Mother Nature that it is in fact March, and that the 14 degree weather I’m currently enduring is not March-appropriate. Until the daffodils burst forth with all their spring brilliance, here is a room that I just love for it’s neutral backdrop with bright bursts of…

  • Connecticut Eye Candy

    I recently stumbled on this gorgeous home by Roger Bartels Architects. If you live in Norwalk Connecticut and are a millionaire, you really should give these guys a call, as they obviously know how to build a house. 🙂 Hope this adds some beauty to your Monday morning.

  • Image for the Day

    I took this picture last Friday while on vacation with Mr. Marvelous in Charleston, South Carolina. I have lots of good pictures and stories to share from our trip, so stayed tuned, but in the meantime I wanted to share another picture that made me think of the beautiful renewing energy of spring. Blessings to…

  • Why so Blue?

    I think this shade of blue is the cat’s meow. But I am somewhat intimidated to try to recreate this color in my own home. You see, for me, blue is a hard paint color to choose-it always looks many shades darker on the wall than on the paint chip. When choosing the blue for…

  • House Beautiful: 101 Makeover Ideas

    I have last year’s House Beautiful article “101 Makeover Ideas,” dog-eared, highlighted, marked-up, and otherwise loved to death and stowed away in my bedside table drawer. I refer to it all the time for new ideas and inspiration. I was ridiculously excited to stumble upon this brand new list of 101 Makeover Ideas for 2009.…

  • Stephanie’s Stones of Remembrance Table

    Here am I, and the children the LORD has given me. We are signs and symbols in Israel from the LORD Almighty, who dwells on Mount Zion. Isaiah 8:18 (NIV) My special friend, Stephanie, who writes the blog, Livin in a Boys World, recently revamped her kitchen table to include a very cool collage of…