Love Your Kitchen Series- Adding Fabrics

Bringing fabrics into your kitchen is an excellent, inexpensive avenue to making your kitchen more beautiful and custom.  There are a bountiful of ways to carry fabrics and patterns into your kitchen.  Lets start with the most obvious, window treatments. Window treatments are often used for privacy and temperature control but they can also be an important catalyst in exuding personality and …

Installing Beadboard Wallpaper Horizontally

Our local Pottery Barn Kids store has a weekly story time for young children.  My kids love going and so do I.  As they get immersed into the stories my eyes are busy soaking up all the decorating inspiration that’s around me.  When I was pregnant last year I was specifically searching for nursery ideas. …

25 Stylish, Budget-Friendly Chairs

It used to be that a family room was made up of a sofa, a loveseat, and a BIG comfy chair.  I’ve noticed that there are a lot more recliners and oversized chairs on Craigslist these days and an abundance of smaller, matching, streamlined accent chairs in the magazines.  A strange coincidence or a sign of the times? …

Love your Kitchen Series-IKEA Countertops

Countertops get a lot of attention these days.  The hype is all about quartz and granite.  They can be very beautiful but also come with a hefty price tag.  The average cost of a granite countertop including installation is around $3500.   In my dreams I would love these countertops! SO pretty!   Erin Hoopes via …

Rustoleum Cabinet Transformations Review

UPDATE:  It’s now been over 2 years since I’ve painted my cherry cabinets white and I don’t regret my decision at all!  I’m SO glad I did it!!  I have been happy overall with how the painted cabinets have held up. I’ve never had any problem cleaning them, they clean right up for me (which …

Intro to Love Your Kitchen Series–Painting Cabinets

  With February containing the big kahuna of celebrated heart-focused holidays,  I decided I would join along by focusing many of this month’s posts on ways to make your kitchen more loveable.  When speaking to people about their homes many will state that the kitchen is the heart of their home.  It is the place they spend hours …

Favorite Paint Brand-I’ll Share Mine If you Share Yours

When a new pottery barn magazine comes in the mail I get giddy.  I save it for when the kids go to bed and then I get comfortable on the couch and savor each page.  I know that I won’t probably buy anything since it’s out of my budget but that doesn’t matter I enjoy …