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DIY decorating
I like to describe how I decorate as an eclectic decorating style (the long version would be eclectic, old world, northwest, coastal, farmhouse, cottage style because I am kind of indecisive and like to have options in decorating. Don’t judge). I find it hard to narrow down my choices!
Painting a Striped Wall: My Best Tip!
This blog is all about how to decorate a home — one that is unique to you, and I hope you’ll find lots of inspiration here to find your own style as I share mine!
I’m never done with anything around my home. It is always a work in progress.
We live in the NW, our home is a craftsman style and we live in the Puget Sound area about an hour from Seattle. From my front porch we can see a “peek-a-boo” view of a lake. While I don’t exactly live by the sea, I like to dream!
We’ve lived here for three years now, but in the past year we’ve finally started redecorating, mostly using what we have.
See my dining room BEFORE AND SO FAR!
Here is a post about my (in progress) paint colors! Sorry I’m behind on updating it, I’ll do that soon.
We recently gave our kids’ bathroom a facelift, come see how it turned out!
Where I got my white slipcovers
5 Thing to Consider Before Choosing White Slipcovers
But more than focusing on my decorating style and how amazing I might be able to make my home LOOK with lots of time staging or buying lots of stuff in a hurry for show, I like to focus more on my LIFE and let my style evolve as I experience the world around me.
I learned many years ago that I could spend too much time rushing around perfecting how a room looked, and miss out on savoring the process (and precious other things in life.) So I don’t rush. Each season brings something new!
How to Decorate a Spring Mantel
My house, all decorated for Christmas!
Decorating my home is something I love, but I am always mindful of where my priorities are and the distinction between having a lovely home that works for who we are as a family and a perfect home designed for a magazine cover.
I don’t spend lots of time doing and redoing my rooms, just for the sake of reaching design perfection. For me it has to be a labor of love, not an obsession. That is why I pace myself. I want my home to be truly inspired by our life, and that authenticity tends to come with time, layer by layer.
I’m always on the lookout for doable ideas and easy ways to make a home beautiful to those who live there, I want it to feel beautiful from the inside out. I love having things in my home that have meaning and history so that my home radiates our love of life and all the positive memories we have.
As I continue in decorating my home over time, I created a style board to help me piece together things I’ve already done with things I want to do!
Jack – Our Goldendoodle
I want a home that is good for our souls, not just for the camera.
Check out my round up of ideas on How to Decorate!
My Old House
Since we just moved recently, you might be interested to see our last house. It was an old English Tudor. And it was a real wreck when we moved in, but we came in (naively!) and set out to restore it! It was a crazy project — I get tired just thinking about all we had to do to make that house livable. We never really finished all we intended to do there before we had to move for a new job, but click here for the tale of that home…
