A fresh coat of white paint started the whole thing. I shared with you my kitchen and shelves redo last week. My kitchen, dining, and living room are all one open room. It is not a big space; my whole house (3 beds, 2 baths) comes in under 1200 square feet. Add to that ten…
Category: Farmgirl Decorating
Kitchen Redo for $22.50
I am the self-proclaimed queen of using what I have, the power of paint, and the magic of rearranging furniture! I want a new kitchen. Who doesn’t? But new appliances, let alone a new house, are out of the question right now. How do I refresh? How do I change it up to make a…
Curating Shelves (what story do you want to tell?)
January seems to be natural time to overhaul my house. I decided to start with the living/kitchen/dining room. It is all open and screamed hoarder who doesn’t like to dust, not exactly the story I am trying to tell with my home. So, what story do I want to tell? Tip #1: Utilize the power…
The Decorating Folder
Twenty years of design ideas are held within this notebook and folder. I love sifting through the pages to find the right look, right color, right inspiration to redo a room or corner or garden. The decorating bug hit me early on. My mother was an avid re-arranger of furniture and I loved how just…
Farmhouse Remodel: Phase 2
It is such a lovely home just the way it is. I was wondering about my crazy ideas this morning before demo began! But this is our farmhouse and it needs to work for us! Sure, there is a strip of floor and a strip of wall missing now- all which can be covered and…
1860s General Store Style (making a homestead more efficient)
We do not have a lot of money so we designate extra funds to anything that builds or benefits our homestead. I picked up a “new” oil lamp and two beautiful wooden candle holders with chimneys at an antique store yesterday. Our house is so lovely and rather modern compared to our past houses. It…
Simple Autumn Decor
I absolutely adore this time of year. Autumn is my favorite season, and September is the sweet spot of the whole calendar. The cool desert mornings and starlit nights, warm days, hints of wood smoke, changing leaves, and the colorful harvest all culminate into a beautiful time of year that inspires and settles my spirit….
How to Make a House a Home (decorating styles)
The thought of starting over both exhausts and excites me. I am moving to a simple box of a home with an acre of wildness. I asked a friend of mine who lives out there about wildlife. “I suppose I will be back with wildlife,” I wrote. “Deer? Coyotes?” I ventured. She wrote back, “Deer,…
Five Decorating Elements to Create the Perfect Space (and taking life slow and easy)
When making a bedroom cozy, or a kitchen entertainment friendly, or in this case, setting up a reading nook, there are specific components to decorating a space to consider. The addition of the following things will create a peaceful, flowing, and delightful space. 1. Incorporate plants- Besides the obvious benefits of cleaning the air and releasing oxygen, they…
All the Beautiful Collections
What do you collect? I am not a great lover of tchotchkes because I am not a great lover of dusting. I do not need fifty seven plastic Santa Clauses no matter now much I love him. In Country Living magazine they have a section that showcases this gal who collects so many things. So many useless…
Farmgirl School 