* Check update at the bottom of this post! Today is my 45th birthday, so this blogpost will be short and sweet! The countdown is on (just over three weeks) for our home staging training course where 23 attendees from 7 states will earn their certification as an...
Dinner with Meryll Rose and her Fabulous Library!
Last night I had one of the best meals I've had in a long time. The event was a gathering of southern bloggers put together by Forest Home Media and hosted by Nashville's Talk of the Town host, Meryll Rose. Not only is Meryll an amazing host and cook, but she...
On the Cover of Everyday Home Magazine
The fall edition of Everyday Home magazine will hit the stands on September 22, and I'm on the cover (sort of). After my article on 2014 Paint Color Trends was published in their spring issue, Everyday Home invited me to be a regular contributing writer to the...
Advice for Choosing Lamps from a HomeGoods Ambassador
You may have noticed a new badge on the right side of my blog. Now that I'm an official "Ambassador" of HomeGoods, I will have front-row access to the latest HomeGoods news and plans! Some of you many remember (or even attended) a special HomeGood event I was asked...
Decorating in the Twilight Zone
Sometimes some very weird stuff happens to me related to decorating and, oddly enough, estate sales. Like the time I was pregnant and tracking down vintage Fisher Price Little People for my unborn child. I had a dream that I went to an estate sale and found a Little...
Frank Lloyd Wright's Rosenbaum House Tour
Mr. Man took me on a surprise day trip on Friday, and he did not disappoint! I know he looks angry here, but that's just because we are old and aren't good at selfies - he was struggling to find the camera button on my phone. We decided to take the scenic route...
A Pastel Blue Backdrop for Family Treasures
You know how I love to rethink and repurpose spaces, right? I wanted to show you this happy space I worked on this week. I did a paint color consultation with this Nashville client a few months back, and this week I returned to arrange furniture and hang art. This...
The One Color You Should NEVER Paint Your Bathroom
via There's one color you should absolutely never, ever paint your bathroom. Can you guess what it is? bathroom before This is the color to avoid, my friends: poop brown. The above is a "before" photo of a client's powder room. Small powder rooms should be...
The 3 Rules for Home Staging Props
School starts next week, and I'm getting a little frantic making sure everything is ready for the girls to get this school year off to the best start. The start of school signals changes for my schedule, too, so I decided it was a good time to organize my home...
Like an American Picker
I just spent a couple of days at the rural farmstead of my children's school director. It forced me to disconnect a bit, which is why I always volunteer to chaperone when she invites students to her farm. That and the fact that her home is a fantastic historic...
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