Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice…
That’s what little girls are made of. So why shouldn’t they have a sweet room to rest the heads? Children’s rooms let you tap into your inner child and, regardless ...
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Snips and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails
Not having any boys, it would take a lot of thought for me to design a boy’s room, but I have at least two readers that I know of who ...
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Canopy Beds Aren’t Just for Little Girls
Kids definitely shouldn’t have all the fun! Grown ups like to feel nestled, protected, and imaginative too, like we’re in a fort. So move over girls, we’re taking that image ...
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My DIY Carpet Tiles
If you saw my post Pretty in Pink, you saw the the interior design I did for my daughter’s room, which included architectural details and carpet tiles that I made. Since our ...
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In Georgetown, far away from Cambridge, Massachusetts, there is an institute of Harvard University called Dumbarton Oaks that is dedicated to promoting Byzantine, Garden and Landscape, and Pre-Columbian studies through ...
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Sharing bedrooms is a fact of life for many and can have a lot of advantages as well. The time spent in the room can create the best of memories ...
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Hand Rails for a Special Needs Child
The other day, I received an email from a mother that read: “I love all of your blogs and creative ideas and I’m wondering what thoughts you would have for designing ...
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With summer coming up and two little girls to entertain and keep mentally engaged, I am always on the prowl for fun games. Kerry of AZ Soap contacted me through my submissions ...
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How to Make Fancy Cornice Boards
So overdue with this post, but between my lack of photographic ability, my inability to find my camera (!!!), my little imps requiring my attention, my suspicion that my imps ...
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I’ve seen some pretty unique things, but when I stumbled upon this, I did a double take. I think I’ve made it well known that I love all things old ...
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Mid-Century Make Over in Georgetown
Georgetown, DC has many historic homes, but this townhouse, recently profiled in House Beautiful and designed by Hillary Thomas and Jeff Lincoln, was built in the 1960s. Since it was in ...
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