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4 April 2013

Maybe I Should Have Gone With Orange Chevron

I have painted this armoire a 1000 times…..in my mind.

In my head…..I’ve painted it white and distressed it. Seriously. And then the next day my mind started painting it red with khaki stripes. And right after that…..my mind was back at work again…. painting it black with silver leaf doors. And then cream with an orange chevron pattern. And then my mind had this total internal struggle because I read somewhere that chevron is so not in any more and I wasn’t even sure if orange was on the approved chevron list.Continue reading

Filed Under: THE PROJECTS Tagged With: bedroom, farmhouse, gray

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20 February 2013

Indoor Outdoor Stair Runner

BY KariAnne 65 Comments

Have you ever watched Antiques Road Show?

Isn’t it amazing what you see on a good night on the local PBS affiliate?

Mark Walberg holds up a few pieces of orange and yellow Tupperware and the crowd goes wild.

Filed Under: THE PROJECTS Tagged With: farmhouse, indoor outdoor carpeting, stair, stair runner

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18 February 2013

A Slice of Joy

BY KariAnne 65 Comments

For the last week I have been valiantly fighting a cold.

And it almost won.

Almost.Continue reading

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12 February 2013

Spring Porch Decorating

BY KariAnne 48 Comments

Yesterday it felt like spring.

Truly.

I heard birds chirping and the sun was shining and a gentle breeze was blowing and I could almost hear the collective sigh of joy from the front lawn.

I think the blades of grass were hosting an open house with a limbo contest.

I know it won’t last.

I know that snow is in the forecast for Wednesday and cold temperatures are predicted for the rest of the week…..with a 90% chance of gloomy and dreary.

But for one brief shining moment…..for one sunny, breezy afternoon….I could almost smell spring.

So yesterday….I did what self-respecting person would do on an almost spring day…..

…..I took the Christmas trees down from the back porch.Continue reading

Filed Under: THE HOUSE Tagged With: decorating, farmhouse, porch, spring

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11 February 2013

Under Stair Office Reveal

BY KariAnne 158 Comments

Dear over-looked, under-appreciated, almost forgotten little room under the stairs,

I told you so.

I told you 2013 was going to be your year.

And I have to tell you…..you look amazing.Continue reading

Filed Under: THE HOUSE Tagged With: black and white, farmhouse, house, office, projects, remodel

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1 February 2013

$5 Custom Curtain Rod

BY KariAnne 72 Comments

One of our first apartments had brick walls.

Doesn’t that sound romantic? And rustic? And historic?

It wasn’t.

These weren’t the brick walls you see in the Pottery Barn catalog…..these brick walls looked like they had been constructed by the people who built the Brady Bunch house. They were orange and flat with cracks and dark gray mortar.

Yikes.

And we were young and clueless and almost penniless and renting……and we couldn’t nail a single nail into that brick without facing the wrath of Mr. Brady and Alice.

Decorating an apartment with non-nailable walls seemed like an insurmountable challenge.

I almost gave up.Continue reading

Filed Under: THE PROJECTS Tagged With: curtain ideas, drop cloth, farmhouse, master bedroom

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30 January 2013

What About That Space Over the Window?

BY KariAnne 77 Comments

I don’t know how the rumor got started.

You’ve heard it……the one about old farmhouses and molding.

Someone….somewhere started telling the town crier that old farmhouses are full of moldings and decorative details and beautiful old trim.

Umm. Negative.

Now maybe there is a farmhouse built somewhere in a land far far away by an overly exuberant farmer with a fine decorative eye who was light years ahead of his other farmer friends.

But he sure didn’t live here.Continue reading

Filed Under: THE PROJECTS Tagged With: burlap curtains, crown molding, dining room, farmhouse, SW Anonymous

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10 December 2012

Christmas Family Room 12 Days of Christmas Day 10

BY KariAnne 49 Comments

Somewhere between the Christmas decorating and the wreath making and popping popcorn….

…..my son turned thirteen.

A teenager.

Yikes.

The transformation was almost instantaneous. He just started sauntering around the house……nodding in response to most questions and reducing his vocabulary to words like “cool” and “great” and “thanks.”

And flipping his hair.

He is all about that hair.

It’s his crowning glory.Continue reading

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Christmas, family room, farmhouse, felt trees