You might remember, I had decided to take all the china and glassware out of my corner cupboard in my dining room last Christmas and use the cabinet for seasonal decor instead. Best decision EVER! We hardly ever use the dining room. Like maybe possibly 2 times a year. But since I converted a corner...

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With the holidays coming up I wanted to show you a quick and easy way to clean silver. Over the years I have bought numerous pieces of silver at thrift stores and estate sales. Some are the kind of silverware you eat with, some are pieces I use to decorate my home. Urns, tea pots,...

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I wanted to give you a little more detail on my new sofa that I showed you in my Colorful Summer Home Tour post, why I chose it and all that went into that enormously important life-altering decision that almost was the death of me. Too dramatic? Maybe, but buying pretty much the one item...

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Probably about 90% of my home decor is bought at thrift stores, estate sales or little antique shops. I rarely if ever buy anything brand spanking new, because I like the quirkiness of a home decorated with found and vintage items. I feel a house tells more of a story about its owners when it's...

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Since I had a number of people email me asking about how I decided what to put on my heftier-than-it-looks bookshelf and how I decided how to arrange it, I thought I'd throw together a quick set of steps I normally do when I decorate a shelf. And oddly enough, I didn't know I was...

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As I've been sitting at home the last few days, not going out of the house and trying my best to be a good citizen in this scary time, I've been trying to think of things I can write about here that might give you a bit of a distraction. A little bit of inspiration...

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Am I the only one that starts deep cleaning one room and then SQUIRREL  . . . I'm off doing something else? Totally forgetting what I was doing in the first place. This year I decided to quit chasing squirrels and get serious about this whole house cleaning stuff. So I made a checklist to...

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What do you do about winter home decor? Do you ignore those long, cold and boring weeks between when you take down your holly jolly Christmas decor and when you can drag out your bunnies and Easter baskets? Not me, I fill those weeks with pinecones. And a few deer thrown in for good measure. Although...

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Welcome to my fall home decor tour - thrift store style. I thought I'd do something a little different today and instead of just showing you what I am decorating with this fall and yammering on about each item, I thought I'd also give you some ideas of what you can commonly find at thrift...

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Do you love to collect vintage postcards? I have TONS of postcards I find when out at estate sales, barn sales and festivals. Some are holiday related, some are from places I vacationed as a kid, some are just odd. I think I'm partial to the odd ones. Take for instance my Mutilated Bunnies Easter...

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