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Dress Your Nest

Holiday Inspiration

December 3, 2009

 Welcome friends from Melissa’s Holiday Linky Love! Hope you enjoy the inspiration and make sure to check out my Holiday Party Planning Inspiration & my Deck The Halls post {to see how I’m decorating my house for the holidays!} It’s the most wonderful time of the year –  if you love decorating! I cannot tell [...]

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Lowcountry Home Decor

November 21, 2009

On our trip through Lowcountry, we stopped at perhaps my favorite place – Beaufort (pronounced Bew-fort), South Carolina. Beaufort is about half way between Charleston and Savannah and reminds me of the porridge in Goldie Locks and the three bears. Remember how the one was too hot, another too cold but one bowl of porridge [...]

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Congratulations to Our Winner!

November 3, 2009

The winner of our galvanzied trellis lantern from Joli Home & Events is Gina at The Shabby Chic Cottage! We had more than 400 people visit TDH during the contest period but only  nine entered to win. Nice odds! I’ll have another give away coming soon, so stay tuned!

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Lowcountry Give Away & Virtual Tour of Sugarberry Cottage

October 30, 2009

I’m so excited about the first of several Lowcountry give aways! My thanks to Jolie Home & Events!  Details will follow after our virtual tour. Sugarberry Cottage was one of four homes you could have won as part of Southern Living magazine’s give away contest this past summer. The house is in  Habersham - a traditional planned community in Beaufort, [...]

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Get Your Glow On This Fall

October 13, 2009

Today is a rainy, gray day so when I saw these little ghost pumpkin lanterns they immediately brought a little sunshine to my day!  These glowing little faces would look so cute along a window sill. For directions on how to make these little goblins, visit parentsmagazine.com For an elegant touch to your fall decor, [...]

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Fall Mantel Makeover

October 9, 2009

Welcome friends from Melissa’s Beautiful Life Fridays! If your nesting instincts are kicking in, you’ll love this fabulous fall mantel makeover. How many of you have this kind of stock mantel around your fireplace? Kinda boring and not much to write home about. With the help of Caromal Colour paint, it was transformed into a [...]

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What do Tom Hanks and I Have In Common?

September 23, 2009

We’re both in this month’s issue of Cleveland Magazine! When the weather turns cool and crisp here on the North Coast we turn our focus to home and that’s exactly what  Cleveland Magazine did in their October issue. I’m featured in an article about decorating ideas to warm up your home for the holidays. Tom [...]

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Door of Opportunity

September 15, 2009

CHARACTER. Thankfully if your house doesn’t have it, you can add it. Since we weren’t lucky enough to buy an older home that has tons of character, we are adding it as we go.  One of the ways we are doing that is by changing out all the doors. When we bought the house, all [...]

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