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7 Books I'm Reading

7 Books I’m Reading This Spring

 Which books are piled on your nightstand / bookshelf / desk these days?  These are the titles I’ve been reading this month…

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Master Bedroom - Bedding

Nesting: The Master Bedroom

Way back near the beginning of this blog, I shared some pictures of our master bedroom.  Today I’ve got a few more to share in this Master Bedroom Update, brought to you in part by my nesting instincts…

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Heavy Duty Laundry Bag

Nesting Mode: Organization and Home Beautification

For some reason, January always seems to usher in an enormous wave of Organization and Home Beautification at my house.  Add pregnancy to the mix, and I am in serious Nesting Mode.

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Amazing Grace

Merry Christmas from the Yankee Homestead

Merry Christmas from the Yankee Homestead! It’s not possible, for various reasons, to invite each of you to our home during this holiday season, so I thought I’d bring our home to you. Today’s post is a mini-tour of our Christmas cheer.  Some of our decorations didn’t even make it out of their boxes this…

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Decorating with old silver trays

Trash to Treasure: Decorating with Old Silver Trays

  I love to repurpose beautiful and interesting pieces in unexpected ways.  I also love easy projects.  Here’s a perfect combination of all of the above! These trays make charming Christmas decor for your home, or as a gift for a friend.  And the possibilities are endless!  Change up the words to display your last…

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Best Wall Mounted Drying Rack Ever

Laundry Room Makeover, Part 3: The System {The Drying Rack}

I spend a lot of time in the laundry room.  It’s like my home-within-a-home.  And this space serves as a passageway from the main living area to the powder room, which puts the contents of the laundry room on display for guests. Two very good reasons to give some attention to this small, hardworking room–don’t…

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Harvest sign

Running Behind: Happy {Belated} Fall!

What with our trip to London {it was so great, and I’ll be blogging more about it sometime soon…} at the beginning of the month, and then trying to play catch up in all areas of life upon our return, we basically skipped the first half of fall. Which is a little bit sad, because…

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book shelf in progress

How to Cover the Back of a Bookshelf

I love this bookshelf, for many of my typical Decorate with Junk reasons: it’s real wood, {old wood}, is completely un-square {with bowed shelves}, came out of some guy’s garage and cost us just $15.

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Sorting Closet, Before and After

Laundry Room Makeover, Part 2: The Sorting Closet {After}

Remember the Sorting Closet transformation? Laundry Room Makeover, Part 2: The Sorting Closet {Before} Laundry Room Makeover, Part 2: The Sorting Closet {The Vision}  The Solution  Well, here’s what I came up with to hide this super-functional, but not-so-pretty space:

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Hanging the Frame

Decorating with Junk: Old Shutters with Framed Monogram

I love old wooden stuff: furniture, windows, doors, shutters. As I happen to have a whole collection of old stuff out in our shop, I’m always on the lookout for great ideas that will help me put all my treasures to good use. When I saw this project with an old shutter, an ornate frame…

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