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Make a Rose Bouquet of Autumn Leaves

Make a Rose Bouquet of Autumn Leaves

I found this great craft idea last autumn, but just a few days too late to collect a bunch of autumn leaves while they were at their brilliant best colours. This year, it’s high on my to-do list! The big sugar maple out front is turning an incredible vibrant red just now… In a superior [...]

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Bedding Down in Velvet

Bedding Down in Velvet

The decadent rose-colored stonewash velvet quilt is at Graham and Green. The Versailles bed with button-back raw-silk headboard is in my wildest decor dreams… And just see how that fluffy white faux-fur rug keeps the whole room from taking itself too seriously. Nice!

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Sofa Bling

Sofa Bling

A neutral-colored sofa is the “little black dress,” says Carmen the Decorating Diva, and the decorative pillows are “the jewelry to add the oomph”! … so true! As we in the northern countries move toward Autumn, Zengirl’s hand-screened copper silk Dandelion pillow fits my definition of “sofa bling” just perfectly. Just slipping on a new [...]

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New Finds for a Boy's Baseball Room

New Finds for a Boy's Baseball Room

Janet and I had so much fun decorating her boy’s baseball theme bedroom — and young Josh is having so much in his own personal “Fields of Dreams” space — we’ve been looking around for more ideas to make the room even better… Today’s useful find was a retro clothes locker at Stack and Stacks. [...]

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A Lemon Theme in Home Decor

A Lemon Theme in Home Decor

Cindy has a lovely lemon theme going on in her “Romantic Home” and has shared some photographs of her favourite pieces. I’m equally charmed by her pretty white three-tiered serving dish (Cindy heaps it with realistic-looking faux lemons and limes in the summertime) — and this kitchen chalkboard, made by her father and crowned with [...]

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