Wow a couple of days went by with no post! Ever wonder what bloggers are up to when they don’t post? Well if it is me, it is because I’m doing other life kinds of stuff and sometimes it means I’m doing projects too! It is hard to sit on your rump all day blogging [...]

Easy DIY:  Installing Faux Tin Ceiling Tiles as a Backsplash Greetings! I appreciated all your kind comments on my kids’ bathroom facelift and your overwhelming support of my little faux tin tile backsplash idea! Glad you liked it and shared it. If you missed it, you can find the bathroom makeover and all the explana

Boy’s Bathroom Before & After So, last week I told you I was going to give my son’s bathroom a little facelift. And now we’re done! Just like on TV. Oh, wait. No, actually, that was LAST YEAR that I told you were were doing this quick bathroom makeover!! Holy cow, time flies when you [...]

Heartgrams Remember the adorably soft precious pumpkins with the impossibly awesome real and twisty stems from LoveFeast Table?  The ones you just couldn’t resist SQUISHING? Oh my HEART, you know you have to have one of these new HEARTGRAMS!! Heart shaped velvet pumpkins. Perfect for Valentine’s Day, anniver

  COLOR INSPIRATION For most of my homes over the many years I’ve been a homeowner, I have chosen mostly neutral wall colors. In fact, most of my rooms have been painted a simple white or off white. I felt like the architecture of an old house spoke for itself and color wasn’t really necessary [...]

Cheap Therapy: Chevron Pillow Confession. I talk kinda funny. I have a few words that confuse people as to what I’m talking about. Like instead of “about” I say “a boat.” I always have. Anyway, recently my girls pointed out to me that I say pillow wrong. I say “pello.” I didn’

Wood Countertop in the Kitchen FAQ from readers about my counters I have had quite a few readers recently ask me about my wood counters in my old house and if they were difficult to take care of.  I love that this kitchen was designed before my blogging days, but it still gets a lot [...]

Finding Peace & Quiet I don’t know about you, but sometimes I have to hide in my own house. My house gets L-O-U-D. I like quiet. So I hide. My main source of refuge? The shower. When my kids were younger I would go in the bathroom and shut the door just to steal a [...]

Snow Days are Awesome Days You know those wonderfully unexpected unusual days where you are safe and snug, but stuck at home because of snow? Yeah. Those days are the best, if you are busy most other days like I am. On a snow day, you stop being stressed. You stop being busy. You suddenly [...]

Alright, so if you are new around here, welcome! I’m glad you are here! Over the past couple of months, I’ve been working on an entry makeover. Specifically right now, I’m adding a faux fireplace mantel to the room. Yesterday I talked about the ideas readers shared and the inspiration picture for the mante

Inspiration image: Skonahem via Brown Button A couple of weeks ago I showed you my faux fireplace mantel and the dilemma I was trying to solve. The situation was I wanted to use a mantel surround in my entry (even though there was no real fireplace there) to add some character. Unfortunately there was an awkwardly place

 Country Living Creating a Mood with Color and Pattern So my daughters and I were talking about the color red (my daughter Kylee has red pants which I would totally wear if I could pull them off and my youngest daughter Courtney just did a post about pops of red) and it reminded me of one [...]

Truth. So my life has been kinda busy for the past few years. Not only did we move to another state to start a creative church from scratch, but this weekend we are launching a concert house. Yawn. Not much goes on around our house. Yeah. So. What would life be like without a little [...]

This year I’m not in the mood to make house goals. There. I said it. Boom. I’m not being a scrooge. And I’m not anti-goals, I’m just feeling more like I want to be more spontaneous with projects. I think when it comes to my house and my projects, that is how I roll any [...]

photo via BH&G Picture Molding I love finding creative ways to hang pictures. We always had those picture rails and hooks in our old houses, which made it much easier to hang art without messing up our plaster walls. But when I saw this photo (above) at BH&G this weekend, I realized I could add in picture [...]

how to paint stripes Well, hello! I thought it was high time I finally do a little post on my striped wall. I know you all have seen it numerous times over the past few weeks, but due the holidays and all I didn’t actually show it off in a proper blogger form with photos, [...]

Adding Old World Character to a New House So, most of you might know we moved to this brand new Craftsman style house in Washington three years ago (MY how time flies) from a charming old English Tudor in Portland Oregon. The reason we bought a new house is because we knew we would be [...]

Sometimes I ponder the deep questions of life, like what should I put on my wall? A few weeks ago I was trying to figure out what to do with a relatively small space between my front door and living room windows. It had an awkward placement of light switches so everything I tried to [...]

So, 2011 is coming to a close. Since it is tradition to recap the year, I’ll share a few of the highlights and projects of the past 12 months! January In January, I took you on a little tour of my SWINE colored walls around the house. As I look at the before pictures, I [...]

via Hil’s Blog This post is for you, fellow bloggers or bloggers-to-be. It is going to be kind of long and rambling, but basically my blogging sensors are telling me this: Blogging is changing. And we need to learn how to deal with it if we want to succeed. Profound? Probably not. Sorry. But, I’ll [...]

Getting Organized Thought you might enjoy a little round up of some creative spaces for organization. {Yes, I can read your mind.} A few of them I’ve shared before and some are new ones I just came across. I thought you might like them too! You are welcome. Enjoy. My Home Ideas My Home Ideas [...]

Creative Ways to Wrap a Gift My girls came up with some creative ways to wrap presents this year using things we had around the house. They found a way to re-purpose everything from Trader Joe’s paper bags to flower hair clips! I thought I’d show ‘em off today! Even though Christmas is over, these [...]

Here are a few little cell phone snapshots of the past couple of weeks… We finally got to make our Christmas cookies. My youngest daughter made homemade granola from her sister’s recipe. YUMMY! We’ve been sitting by the fire (these are our fancy schmancy Christmas stocking holders, minus the stockings). We

Epsom Salt Candles – via BHG Winter Decorating I know I’ve showed similar Epsom Salt Candles before, but these are too cute not to share again! Epsom Salt Candles are a timely and fun project even the kids will enjoy! You could leave them out all winter long (the candles, not the kids)! I love [...]

Because I know you are all wondering how I fared over the weekend (thank you all so much for your support and hysterical comments on this post!), I successfully dug the table out from under the avalanche. Go me! Ironically, as I was taking the top pic the boys jumped up on the sofa and [...]

After the Christmas Home Tour. Sometimes I just have to laugh. Or wonder what is wrong with me. HA! I see so many people with their homes seemingly (still) all decorated … perfectly, shiny and pretty. They are hosting parties in their homes this weekend, leisurely enjoying making crafts, baking their favorite Christma

Unique Christmas Tree Ideas I like using unique decor for my little trees. I don’t spend a lot of time on them, but it is kind of fun just to try something different. Last year I used my mom’s silver spoons for the decor on my dining room tree. As I mentioned in my Christmas [...]

I’m over at (in)courage, sharing about The Gift of Joy this Christmas….click the link to read the article! Don’t miss all the awesome Christmas Home Tour link ups….it is so fun to be invited in to your homes! It is not too late to link up or visit and make new friends! -------- The first [...]

Welcome to the 2011 Christmas Home Tours @ The Inspired Room! I’m so glad you are here! This is like a world-wide progressive Christmas open house EVENT! Except, we can visit everyone while wearing our PJs on our comfy couch.YAHOO! My dream! Because my own Christmas Home Tour was kind of long, I put my [...]

Christmas House Tour Welcome to a tour of my home at Christmas! I’m so glad you came by! If you want to link up your own house or visit the others, you can find all the festivities on the official 2011 Christmas Home Tours @ The Inspired Room. I don’t do a ton of Christmas [...]