The top ten of ‘10

Well, the end is near. The end of the year that is. :) I had a great time recapping my top ten posts last year, and this year my friend Rhoda is having a whole linky party dedicated to the biggest and best projects of 2010. So, without further adieu, here’s my top ten of this year, based on your comments! FUN! First up was the start of our master bedroom redo. It was all about the bedding

Office update and the plan

Well hello! I’m back with another update on my office redo. I’ve mentioned before that I had only one goal in mind when redecorating this space – making it BRIGHT. And whooowee, it’s working! :) I’m SO thrilled with the direction it’s going. Last time I updated, I showed you the difference a coat of primer and a couple coats of white did to the space: OH my. Night and day. Get it? Dark

Didn’t.

I didn’t take my comfy pants off for days till last night. (Not the same pair all that time, mind you. Eww.) I didn’t put bows on the presents. Wrapped and done. I didn’t even use many tags. (Just coded them by wrapping.) We didn’t have a beautiful family picture for our Christmas cards – I ended up making a collage so all four of us would be represented. I didn’t get out of bed before 9 a.m

Merry Christmas to you and yours…

Hello all! We are prepping for the big day around here, and there’s SO much to do, but I LOVE IT. I wanted to take a minute to thank you all so very, very much for your support and love this year. I have the BEST readers out there. (I really do.) To wrap up the holiday posts, I thought I’d do a recap in pictures. A few shots I haven’t shown you yet, and some are of my favorites from this

I love my Dremel

Howdy! Remember when I told you I got a fun new tool, and that tool was the Dremel Multi-Max? (Salivating.) Well, I told you I’d share the ways I’ve found to use it, and I found some GOOD ones. :) The tool came with three attachments – two cutting blades and a sander. It was super easy to put them on – just loosen the nut, fit the attachment in and tighten: I started with this one:

Giveaway winner!

Hello!! How are you this fine Tuesday evening? I have a winner for my thank you, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, etc., giveaway.  :) Emily from Frilly Details, it’s yours! Please send me a quick email at thriftydecorchick(at)gmail(dot)com and I’ll get your goodies sent out to you tomorrow! Congrats! I’ll be back in a bit. :)   Thank you to my sponsor!:

A few of my favorite things…

Hello! Hope you had a wonderful weekend! We are almost done shopping…but still not one gift wrapped. We LOVE the thrill of last minute. I guess. :)Tis the season for FUN stuff – I don’t know about you, but I’m a total and complete sucker for anything Christmas-themed or related. If it has snowflakes, I’m hooked. Peppermint swirls, forgetaboutit. Glitter? Gah. I give up. It’s the one time of the

The Christmas stairs

So, remember that little bitty project I took on early this year? The one I wanted to tackle late last year, mostly because I couldn’t wait to see it all dressed up for Christmas? That “little” project was taking the carpet off our stairs – and I may have mentioned it 149 times or so. :) Our house has been decorated for Christmas for a couple weeks now, but because I had been waiting all

Peanut butter bliss

OK, peeps – I don’t claim to be a fantastic cook or baker. I mean, there was the cake fail of last summer, ifyouknowwhatI’msayin’. Well, even that one tasted good. I just looked all wrong. :) But every once and awhile I open my recipe binder (it creaks and a cloud of dust poofs out) and find one I love and I just have to share. You will thank me. :) I’ve made this “pie” for years, but for

Tour of our Christmas kitchen!

Heya! I hope you had a wonderful weekend! We were BUSY. Tis the season, eh? :) My friend the Nester is hosting a holiday home tour, and I thought I’d share our festive kitchen and link up! Warning: LOTS and lots of pictures! A couple of years ago, I decided to make our kitchen FUN for the holidays. Like, lots of candy cane stripes, red and white, a little bit of whimsy, FUN. Last year I

A white room!

Hello there!! First of all, WOW, you Squeezies have some beeeeautiful Christmas trees!! There are 445 linked up so far – and you have till next Thursday to include yours. That has to be the prettiest post I’ve ever seen. :) I’ve been working on some BIG changes in our den over the past week, and I couldn’t resist showing you the progress! I mentioned last week that, in the middle of Christmas

It’s a Christmas Tree party!

It’s here! The final party in our Holiday Home series is finally upon us. :) I hope you’ve enjoyed the parties as much as we have! Year after year, my hubby and I waffle back and forth on whether or not we should get a fake tree. EVERY. year. The conversation usually starts about January 2nd, when we’re hauling a massive, shedding tree out the front door, and trying to get it back on the

Giveaway Winners!

Hello hello! I have a bunch of winners to announce from past giveaways! Yay! The winner of the Modern Bird Studios art piece is Stephanie at skarpicke (at) gmail (dot) com! The winner of the Wuslu gift card is Sarah at The Mama Pirate! And the winner of the Deeply Fabulous gift card is Kimberly at berly02 (at) hotmail (dot) com. (Remember you can still use a special 15 percent discount using

Rustic Pottery Barn knock off

Hey HEY! The Before and After Party is going strong – be sure to check it out and link up! SO MUCH fantastic inspiration! It’s time for another holiday link up: We’ve seen some amazing mantels at Layla’s, beautiful vignettes at Rhoda’s, and now I can’t wait to see all the crafty goodness at Kate’s! I was inspired by this project months ago when I got a Pottery Barn catalog and saw this:

Before and After Party: Festive outdoors!

Hey all! Whew, we have Internet back! I actually started a different post last night for today’s Before and After Party, but when I drove up to our house this morning after running errands, I changed my mind. I love love LOVE the front of our house at Christmas. I was so taken with it, especially with all the pretty snow, I wanted to share this instead today. I usually have the same recipe

The par-tay is postponed!

Hello all! I'm writing a brief post from my cell phone cause our Internet is down! Does the cable company not know I have a Before and After party to throw?! ;)

Since it's 10 p.m. on a Sunday night, I don't have many options for places with free wifi, so for now I'm delaying the party till tomorrow.

Just wanted to let you know in case you were planning to link up. Now you can go to bed early.

Giveaway Weekend!

Hello all! I’m back with another great giveaway weekend courtesy of my friend Kelly from Deeply Fabulous:
I showed you her adorable bags back in October and I just fell in love with them. I couldn’t resist this cutie Boo bag:I was so pleased with it when it arrived! Just adorable, and perfect for treats. :)Kelly does not disappoint this time of year either – I can pretty much guarantee you will

Dining room Christmas vignette

I’m late to the party! Ack! We’ve been busy with a choo choo tree, hubby’s birthday and my impromptu decision to finally paint the office. I am crayyyzay! Anyway, I finished up our dining room vignette today, and I’m so excited to link up to Rhoda’s Holiday Home linky party!: You may remember last summer when I removed the top of our dining room hutch: It had bugged me for YEARS, and I

Santa hat craft

Hey there! Have you checked out the Holiday Home Mantel Party at Layla’s yet? Some serious inspiration going on!! (You can see ours here.) Even if you don’t have a mantel, you’ll be sure to find some great ideas for your holiday decorating. :) Late in the season last year I did a Christmas craft that I absolutely LOVE – I wanted to show it to you again in case you wanted to try it out yourself

Let the magic begin! (The mantels.)

Well hello there!! I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving week! We had such a fantastic time, but there wasn’t much resting, shopping or decorating going on. Just a lot of this: And this: And this! And watching our sweet Bub experience many firsts – first subway ride, first musical, first trip on an airplane: That’s him watching our plane pull up to the gate. Giddy. Adorable. :)

Silhouette discount code and a winner!

Well…WOW! What a fantastic response to the Silhouette giveaway!! I so wish I could give one to all of you!! (Really, I do.) The LUCKY DUCK winner of the Silhouette and accessories is…JEN from GARAGE SALE DIARIES! Yay Jen! Please send me an email at thriftydecorchick (at) gmail (dot) com and I’ll get you hooked up!Sooooo…for you other 5,402 entries that didn’t win, today only you can get a steal

Eight more hours!

Well HELLO!

The Silhouette giveaway is open till tonight at 8 p.m. (Eastern time) -- and I had no idea Blogger limits comments to 5,000. Probably because I never thought I'd hit 5,000 ever. :)

So if you haven't entered yet, please do so on this post, and I'll include you in the giveaway! Good luck!

1. Leave a comment here.

2. Visit the Silhouette site here, take a look at what it can make,

Silhouette Craft Cutter Giveaway!

Yep…you read that right. I get to give away another Silhouette Craft Cutter machine. Please say it with me… WHOO. HOO!!! If you’ve read TDC for a while, you know how I’ve fallen in love with this machine: We’re likethis. LOVE. This giveaway is full of so much good news, you may just pass out from the greatness. Not only is one of you going to WIN one…but the folks at Silhouette are going

Giveaway weekend!

Whoooeee…welcome to the week of giveaways! I’ve got some great one’s coming up, and who better to kick it off than my friends at Modern Bird Studios? First of all –  Megan and Gregg have to be the most patient people I’ve ever met. We first started talking about doing this giveaway about eight months ago. I was so psyched when they offered us our own piece of art, but I wanted to find the

The garage decrapification (again)

Awww, you SQUEEZIES. Thanks for your sweet comments this week. :) (If you haven’t seen The Nate Show segment, you can see it below. Ignore the cat.) So, there’s one thing about blogging – I’m held accountable to finish up certain projects. I finished up one this week that I mentioned about six weeks ago. It would have been so easy to let the little final details slide till…oh…the spring. Or

Winners and a video

Hello all! I wanted to announce the winners of the Accessory Steals and Decor Steals giveaways before I forgot. :) The winner of Accessory Steals $50 gift card is: Melissa at Honey Bee Hive The winner of the Decor Steals $50 gift card is: Callie at Babbling with the Bowers Congrats ladies! Email me at thriftydecorchick (at) gmail (dot) com so I can get you hooked up. I finally got video of

Mama’s got a brand new tool

Well hello! I’m so glad you like my little memo board as much as I do – totally worth the eight month wait, eh? You may know by now I’m a tool FREAK. I may have a few of them. Alright…A LOT of them. I have something like 35 screwdrivers – because you never know just the one you’re going to need. I’ve gotten rid of most of the extra STUFF around here lately…but my tools stay. Even the extra 34

A hidden memo board

WOW!! What a surreal day! TDC was highlighted on The Nate Berkus show today and it’s been so cool seeing all the new visitors around here! :) (I don’t think the segment is up on his site, but I’ll video tape it and post it for those who didn’t see it if you’d like!) Thanks to Nate for the wonderful mention on his show, welcome to my new visitors and thanks again to my readers for all your

A thankful foyer

Hello all! Hope you had a great weekend! We are DONE with marching band season (so proud of them!!) and I now have my hubby back…for approximately two weeks. :) I haven’t done anything crafty in a while and last week I was feeling my mojo creeping back…so I got busy on a quick Thanksgiving project for our foyer. I’ve been admiring the cute “Thankful” banners I’ve seen over blogland lately,

Giveaway Weekend!

Hello there! I hope you all have a great weekend planned! I have a fun giveaway for you -- it’s a great one if you want to Christmas shop from your couch. :)Two new sites full of fantastic deals went live just yesterday – Accessory Steals brings you fun jewelry and accessories, and Decor Steals is for just that -- decor. :) You all get the first peek at the steals and first dibs at the great

Making the old new again (spray paint love)

Well, since it was seventy-stinkin’-five degrees here today, I figured I may as well take advantage of it and spray paint something. In my flip flops. And tank top. Grrr. I know…it’s awesome and all, but I’m already missing my sweaters. I was just getting used to cozy again. :) Anyway, when we built our house, we upgraded the elevation, (exterior of the house) but didn’t add any extras to

Tricky Tricky! (Window treatments)

Howdy! I still haven’t heard from two of the winners of the HomeGoods cards -- Cammy and Stephanie, holla at me! So, remember when I showed you the start of our bedroom redo a couple of months ago? Remember the purple drapes?: Oh my. They were looking pretty sad. They were left over from the room before…and before. :) But obviously it was time for them to go. Then one of my lovely readers

Get ready (cause here it comes!!)

Well hellooo! Hope you had a great weekend! We did a whole lot of marching band and not much else. :) I just finally got all of the Halloween decor down a couple of days ago. (Well, except for the orange lights out front. And the stuff I forgot in the garage. And the trinkets in the car. And the nightlight in the Bub’s room.) But other than all that…it’s all put away.  :) And now I’m really

Giveaway Weekend!

It's time...Craft Group TimWhoohoo! I told you I had some great giveaways coming up! (I always do…but the anticipation of the holidays makes them especially fun this time of year!)Two of my three friends over at How Does She (it’s such a fab site…check it out!) recently started a new endeavor – a business based around crafting. Even better -- crafting parties. How fun is that? A Makia Craft Group

TDC on The Nate Show!

WHOO to the HOO. I am so excited! I’ve been keeping you in the dark about this fun little news – sorry about that. :) I just didn’t want to say anything till I had an air date, knowing the little I know about TV production…and even now with an air date scheduled, I know it could still end up on the cutting room floor. But…WHOOHOO! I’m optimistic and excited so I’m spilling! :) It started a

HomeGoods Mom Cave (Giveaway!)

Oooooh…I’ve been so excited about this one! I have a FAB giveaway for you today -- I’ve been chomping at the bit to tell you about! HomeGoods has a Mom Cave promotion going on right now that you may have heard about around blogland. I don’t care who you are…young, old, work outside or in the home, one child or seven, children or not…every woman needs a spot they can go and just relax. Recharge.

Before and After Party: A private pantry

Hello there! Welcome to the Before and After Party for November! (Can you even believe it’s November?) I can’t wait to see what you’ve been up to! But first, I wanted to show you the pain-in-the-booty project that I am SO GLAD is done. Remember the pantry door transformation I showed you?: I was lucky enough to get this beauty for FREE with some help from an Amex Points promotion. But, like

Share your Holiday Home

ACK! I am so excited! It’s time to start thinking CHRISTMAS!!! Yahoo!! YES, I know…Thanksgiving comes first. I love Thanksgiving as much as the next person…but November 1st really signals the start of the holidays for me. So I get to dream, swoon and plan for them starting today. :) I am THRILLED to share a fun event some of my beautiful bloggy friends and I have thrown together – I guess you

Autumn in Indiana

Hello there! Hope your Halloween weekend is going beautifully! A couple of weeks ago, my Sis and I took a day off from the decluttering around here to take in some of the fall beauty around us. It was her last day before heading to her new job and my last day having her around all day. :( Sniff. I do love being with her – I don’t just use her for manual labor. ;) I’m so proud to be a born

So cheap it’s scary

Can you believe Halloween is just days away? The days are going by SO FAST! I’m so excited for Monday though – November 1st is the first day I really allow myself to start thinking about Christmas. And I have a fun holiday event I’ll be announcing on Monday that you won’t want to miss! ;) So anyway, we’ve had Halloween all over the place for a while now, but I’ve let the Bub kind of take over.

Giveaway winners!

Hello there! I wanted to make sure to announce the winners from the TWO fabulous giveaways last week!

The winner of the Holiday with Matthew Mead “bookazine” is Heather at rcadenhead (at) gmail (dot) com.

Remember if you’d like to order your own copy, you can do that here.

The winner of The Rusted Chain giveaway is Amy from The Hay House! 

Congrats to both of you!

Send me an email at

Welcome to Crazy Town

First of all, my husband is a SAINT. Really. On any given day when I’m working on a project, he comes home to my messes, the house torn apart and everything looking different than it did when he left in the morning. When he takes business trips for days at a time – forget about it. I think he wonders if he’ll even come home to the same house.He’s been dealing with my DOCD/DADD (put the “

Our Sanford and Son deck

Well…it’s time to show you the before and after pictures of our deck clean up! As you know, I like to show you the good and the bad around here. And this one was BAD. After reading this, you will either be highly motivated…or just highly sleepy. ;) I showed you how we upgraded our deck just a bit last year by adding some new furniture and a faux pergola to the seating area. We LOVED it: I

Mood lighting in the kitchen

Well hello! I hope you had a wonderful weekend! My stepdaughter came home for fall break and we had a blast! The Bub was so thrilled…the two of them are 16 years apart, but you would never know it -- they play (and fight) like they are only a year apart.  ;) I finally finished up a project last week that was about five months past due. I installed under cabinet lighting in our kitchen years ago

Giveaway Weekend!

I am so excited to share this weekend’s giveaway with you! Beki from The Rusted Chain is one of my oldest and best bloggy friends. We talk like we’ve known each other for years. We have nicknames for each other (BADGER!) that no one understands but us – and am quite certain we annoy many people whenever we use them. :) And yet we've still never even met.  That is the beauty of blogging. :)Beki

Holiday with Matthew Mead!

YES. I’m thinking about Christmas. YES, I know it’s still October. I do this every year, and I don’t apologize for my GLEEEEEE. :)I do blame my son – the older he gets, the more magical the season gets. This Halloween will be the most fun yet, and I’m over the moon excited to see how he takes in this Christmas. We’ve been going through the holiday aisles at Lowe’s for weeks…and at Hobby Lobby for

A new pantry door

One of the many reason I love to blog is because I know some of you get excited about the little projects that I get excited about too. Or at least you act like you do. (That is so nice of you.)  ;) I was so happy about this one, I couldn’t wait to share it with you. I even took NIGHT pictures. Which means I REALLY wanted to show you, cause you know that’s just asking for horrible pictures. (

Giveaway Weekend!

Hello there! I hope your weekend is going great! I am so excited to share this giveaway with you, because I use this stuff and LOVE IT. BIG. FAT. love it. :) I’ve mentioned the Shaklee cleaning products before, and my friend Bonnie from Donahue Wellness is back again with a fantastic giveaway for a BUNCH of you! Whoohoo!I’m not just blathering on about these products – I really, truly love them,

Spooky in the house

Well, it’s about time for some Halloween decorating up in here! At least that’s what the Bub said – without the “up in here” lingo. OH my goodness – he is SO exited about Halloween this year! He’s been decorating all over the place. Which in his way is pulling everything out of the bins and lining it up along every. single. surface. in the house. Adorable. :) It feels like I just put the

My nekked kitchen windows

Sooo…do you remember that little bitty kitchen project I started ohhhhh…five months ago? With the help of some free Amex points, I was able to take the simple changes I had planned for the space and amp them up just a tad. :) Well, the summer-o-lazy hit, and then the closer we got to fall, the more obsessed I got with decluttering, so the kitchen has had very little DIY action lately. I’m

Our (tiny!) fall porch

We have what is probably the teeniest porch EVER. We didn’t even think about it when we picked out this house though – we loved the exterior so much. It’s another one of those things you realize later…it would be nice to have a porch to sit and rock on. And maybe to decorate.  :) But I have found ways to make it work for each season, and fall and Christmas are of course, my favorites. It’s

Giveaway winner and updates

Well hello there!! Hope you had a fantastic fall weekend! The winner of the Deeply Fabulous giveaway is (randomly drawn) comment #4 – Terrae01 of Minnesota!: Congrats! Give me a holla {thriftydecorchick (at) gmail (dot) com} and I’ll get you in touch for your two cutie bags!! I wanted to mention a couple updates as well – you may have noticed my little consult tab up above is missing, and

My great fall clean up

Well, Stink Eye Sister went and messed up all my grand plans. I was all set to hire her as my assistant, and she went and got another “real” job. WHAT-ev. Seriously, would you rather be at my beck and call, helping my clean my house, work on house projects and running my errands, or would you rather have a cushy, well-paying desk job?? WHAT-ev. I KNOW. I would totally pick the cushy job too.

Falling up the stairs

Last year, I was itchin’ to tackle a certain project for MONTHS. In fact, I researched it for quite some time – and in January I finally got up the courage and went after it…and I’m SO glad I did. :) That project was ripping the carpet off of our stairs and staining/painting the wood underneath. Hands down my favorite transformation in our house. Because we were lucky and had beautiful treads

Before and After Party: Buh bye ceiling fan

Hello there! Welcome to the October Before and After Par-tay! So…I got nothin’ against ceiling fans. Really. We have three of them in our house. Well – now two. :) We’ve always had one in our bedroom -- we hand picked it when we built the house: And pretty much since the first week we lived here, I’ve wanted to take it down. :) We used to use it fairly often, but over the past few years,

Giveaway Weekend!

Well, it really, officially started feeling like fall around here today. We woke to a dark, rainy day – it rained all morning and then turned into a crisp, beautiful 60 degree day. And now it’s just chilly enough to get the fireplace going.

PERFECT.

(But I LOVE rainy days.)  ;)

Because I’m feeling so completely fallified today, it’s been especially fun looking through the highlights for

My style is “Suburban”

So I’ve noticed something lately when watching my favorite design shows. There is one word that seems to strike fear in the heart of many a “real” decorator… Their mouth puckers up like they just drank lemon juice. They look like they just swallowed a bug. They look as if they may just spit out the word…cause it’s just so completely hideous. That word that makes them quiver…   SUBURBAN

A fall mantel

Hello there! Well, the bins of fall decor have finally been pulled up the stairs, and I’m a little shocked at how much beady/leafy/pine coney stuff I’ve accumulated over the years. I mean, I lurve me some beady stuff, but it’s a little much. :) I set to work on the family room mantel today and started out putting it together like years past, but quickly realized I quite liked the way I had

Rewind: Warm fall glow

Can you believe I am just now really starting to decorate for fall? Most of you probably think I’m right on time, but this is about a month late for me. ;) My recent aversion to stuff has made me cringe at the thought of pulling the bins upstairs. But this weekend I finally got the bug, and it’s coming out slowly but surely. It’ll just be a tad simpler this year. Last year I showed you how

Bloggers in New York!

Well, enough of my bloggy friends have posted their pictures now, so I can finally steal their pics and share my post about our whirlwind NYC trip as well! ;) I was there for less than 48 hours, but crammed a crazy amount into that time. The evening I arrived, I joined the group of bloggers at the Rue Magazine launch party – it was held at Atelier in the New York Design Center, and I must

Master bedroom redo: Part one

I know I promised a post about the NYC trip today, but I’m waiting on everyone else to post about it so I can copy all their pictures. ;) That’s how I roll. So…you may or may not remember my post a couple of months ago about our bed, and why it made me cry I never made it. I told you then I was on a search for new bedding…and I found it, over time. I big fat LOVE IT. And oh yeah – IT FITS

Giveaway winner!

Well HELLO! I’m back home sweet home!

What a fantastic, whirlwind of a trip it was! So much so, I reeeeeally need to get some sleep. I'm pooped.

I at least wanted to announce the winner of the A Side of Peaches giveaway from last weekend! I know I kinda stink at the whole announcing of the winner thing. ;)

Congrats to Noralee at Keeping up with the Jones’ – you are the (randomly selected)

DIY Ballard Design Acanthus Plaque

While I’m off in NYC, my friend (in blogland and in real life) Beckie is guest posting for me. She’s sharing one of my very favorite projects of hers – enjoy!! Hello Thrifty readers!  I am Beckie, from Infarrantly Creative.  I am a red-headed, left-handed, frugal-living, roadkill-rescuing, furniture revamping, creative-minded, spray-painting, fun-loving Midwest girl living in the land of

Weekend fun: Famous folk

Hey there! I hope you’re having a fantastic weekend! I’m getting ready for another trip to NYC next week (pinch me!). I mentioned last week that, thanks so my friend Rhoda at Southern Hospitality, I am off to a taping of the Nate Berkus show, along with a whole slew of decorating/design bloggers. I can’t WAIT! So, I’m in the midst of laundry and trying to find SOMETHING to wear that is worthy

Show me off: Fab transformations!

Well hello there! This week is positively flying by -- crazy! I can’t believe it’s almost the weekend already. It’s time to show off a few more of you lovelies out there in blogland! I’ve received so many emails highlighting some incredible projects, and this post is all about taking the not-so-glamorous befores to fabulous afters! First off, Myra at My Blessed Life found a gorgeous

A dollar store fall wreath

Hellooo there! I’m finally pulling out the fall decor this week! This is SO late for me -- usually I’m itching to get it out in August! This year I wanted to make sure I was completely done going through the basement before I started lugging the (cough. numerous.) bins up. One of the projects I wanted to tackle this year was a DIY fall wreath. I was inspired by this one last year: But

How to paint cabinets

First of all, I must thank you for your sweet comments on my kitchen island redo. :) We love it so very much! I promised a how-to on the painting of the cabinets, so here we go… As I mentioned, it took me almost two and half years to attack this project. Now I know why.  :) Nahhh…it wasn’t that bad. No really, it was. You folks who have painted ALL of your kitchen cabinets have a special

Giveaway weekend!

  Hello all! It’s the start to another weekend, and that means another great giveaway here at TDC!A Side of Peaches (isn’t that name adorable?) is a deal-a-day site that offers a fantastic selection of goodies! You really don’t know what you’re gonna get when you check in each day. (And I love that!)The items are discounted up to 80 percent (wowza!), but the thing is, you have to grab them while

Remember

Almost exactly nine years ago, my husband took me to New York City for my first visit. I had a feeling about the city – even though I had never been there. I just knew I would fall in love with it. And I fell…hard. I always say I must have been a New Yorker in a past life. :) It felt like home to me, from the very first trip. That last week in August nine years ago, we took the ferry out

A beautiful kitchen island (finally!)

Welcome to what I like to call THE LONGEST PROJECT IN THE HISTORY OF MAN. OK, a little dramatic, but really. It took forever. Serious. Serious. It started two and a half years ago when I took our builder basic kitchen island: And added some molding and paint: The sides of the island were made from that crapastic laminate stuff that you need to paint with primer. Which I

Before and After Party: Choo choo!

Hello there! I hope you had a fantastic Labor Day weekend! I got SO MUCH DONE – I labored way too much and rested too little.  ;) I cannot wait to show you what I worked on – squeallllll!! (I’ll show you tomorrow!) So anyhoo, I’m pretty proud of this project because I built it with my own two hands…I can decorate and saw and craft and organize and drill like no one’s business, but I rarely

August month in review!

Well hello there! First of all, I need to announce the winner of the Stella and Dot giveaway (I have been bad at this lately!) – the (randomly drawn) lucky winner is Kelsy from We Weren’t Crazy! Congrats Kelsy! Please email me and I’ll get you in touch with Jennifer. Okie dokie, onto the review of August and the fun stuff that went on around TDC! At the beginning of the month, I showed you the

STUFF.

You know how when someone writes in all caps, you feel like they’re yelling at you? Well, I wrote this post title in all caps so I can look back on it and yell…at myself.  ;) First things first – I must start by telling you something very, very important… I LIKE STUFF. (No, I’m not yelling at you, I just like stuff.) I like stuff around the house, I like buying stuff. Stuff makes me happy.

My heart is full

I truly cannot thank you enough for your incredible comments and emails over the weekend and today. I’m humbled and so grateful for of your prayers and thoughts. Each and every comment made my weekend. The past few days have been filled with so much sadness, but SO MUCH joy and love as well. Our friends and family have gathered around us with real and virtual hugs – YOU included. It always

A great man

My husband is a great man. He the most patient person I’ve ever met. He loves so true and deep. He is never threatened when I succeed – he encourages me, drives me, inspires me. He is gentle and calm and when I see a bug (and jump on the chair screaming), he will pick it up and take it outside rather than kill it. When I have a problem and ask him what I should do, he is always, always, ALWAYS

Fall inspiration: Link it up!

(source: Pottery Barn) Ohhh, the time is almost here!!! Can you feel it? It was positively CRISPY tonight! (Crispy in a good, cool way. Not a burning hot, I feel like the sun is baking me way.)  :) I know, I know…we have another four weeks. Well, reeeeeeally, 27 days if you want to get all technical about it. That’s like, three weeks and six days. Stinky Eye Sister keeps harassing me

Farmhouse table turned desk

Hello there! First of all, I must announce the winner of the Wuslu.com giveaway!!(Finally, I know!) Congrats to Reeban at Rejuvenating Trisha Lou! (She went on the Goodwill Shop and Hop with us – how cool!!) Please email Yasmin at yaso_n (at) yahoo (dot) com. I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! I got a project completed with a little bit of help. Actually…a TON of help. But it was worth

Giveaway Weekend!

  Hello there peeps! Yahoooo, it's the weekend! And you know what that means -- another fab giveaway here at TDC! I’m super excited about this one – my fellow Hoosier, Jennifer, is a Stella & Dot stylist and she is offering one of you a fantastic giveaway! But first, let’s drool over these beauties, shall we? :)I seriously had to cut down my list of favorites to show you – I loved just about

Our warm and cozy family room

Since the beginning of August, I’ve been cravin’ some warm colors around here. Have I mentioned fall is my favorite time of year? A few times? Well, here I go one. more. time. :) The warm colors of fall make my heart go pitter pat. They’re just so…well, warm. Ah DUH. I’m a wordsmith you know. ;) I’ve never been one to really change out my decor for the seasons – I mean, I decorate for fall

Jewelry for your furniture

Often I think it’s the little things that make a big difference when decorating – or maybe I should say little splurges. :) Things like decorative pulls and light switch covers make me smile. But they aren’t cheap, and they certainly aren’t a necessity, so I add them as I can. One of my favorite little details are pretty knobs. You can absolutely transform the look of a piece of furniture with

Embracing summer

If you’ve read this blog for about, ohhhh…two minutes, you know how much I adore the autumn season. I joke about it often, but it’s not really joking…I BIG FAT LOVE fall. :) I don’t apologize for it. I mean really -- just about everything about that season rocks. But, I do need to give some props to the time of year that has typically not been my favorite – summer. I’ve always been a warm

Bamboo or blinds?

The week after we moved into our house more than six years ago, my awesome Dad came by one day and helped install two-inch faux blinds on pretty much every. single. window. I mean, there’s only so long you can live with sheets over the windows, right?  :) But over the past few years, I have fallen in love with the warmth and texture of bamboo roman shades. And I have now replaced every single

The staircase is done! (Again.)

Well hello!! I hope you had a GREAT weekend! I’m starting to get my project mojo back – I’ve been highly unmotivated this summer. Well, unmotivated to do any painting, sawing, crafting or cleaning. Highly motivated to nap. ;) But as fall approaches (what is that high pitched squeal? OH yeah, that’s me.) I’m getting the urge to get more done around the house. I thought it was about time I

True Value DIY Blog Squad!

Hello there!! I am so thrilled to tell you about a fun partnership that’s been in the works for the past few weeks. I’ve been chomping at the bit to tell you!  :) I am very pleased to announce that TDC is one of the ten DIY blogs involved with the True Value DIY Blog Squad: When the folks at True Value asked me if I wanted to be involved with this project, I may or may not have squealed (

Live like no one else

Let me introduce you to my nemesis best friend debt free inspiration…Dave Ramsey. I’ve mentioned him a lot lately, and many have you responded, wanting to know our “debt” story. I’m sharing it with you because hearing the stories of others is what inspired us to become debt free. My hope is that those of you who are drowning in debt right this very second will be inspired as well. I hope that

Before and After Party: Clock cloche

Anyone else glued to the Bachelorette tonight? ;) Don’t worry, I won’t ruin it for anyone. But it was GOOD. (YES. I have watched every season of the Bachelor and Bachelorette. Good stuff.) Ohhh Lordy, the rainbow part just about KILLED me!! Sniff. Hubs and I were so taken with the shots of Tahiti, we were searching to see how much a trip there would cost. Let’s just say we need to wait till

The tale of three desks

Hello all! Hope you had a fabulous weekend! This is a long, long, LONG, slightly annoying tale (for me anyway), of finding a desk I love into our den. I started the redo of this room a few months ago, but then the kitchen, foyer, family room, dining room and bed making kind of got in the way, so I didn’t work on it for quite a while.  ;) We’ve always had a Bombay Company corner desk in the

July Month in Review!

Hello there! I’m baaaack with another month in review! Can you even believe how fast this month has gone? Nuts! To start out July, I showed you the progress I had made on my kitchen redo (with help from American Express!): And see? I said I hoped to get the kitchen done in July, and looky there…NOTHIN’ else has been done. It’s the kiss of DIY death to say it out loud. :) (Well, I did work on

From before to after: It takes time

First of all, the winner of the Saffron Marigold giveaway is Betsy from Not Your Ordinary Betsy…congrats!! Betsy, email archana (at) saffronmarigold (dot) com to get your free item! You all know how much I LOVE before and after pictures. Hence the idea for the Before and After Party I have monthly. I could look at before and after pics of a space all. day. long. I love trying to find all of the

The dining room update

Heya peeps! I hope you had a great weekend! I finally finished up a project that was months in the making…really it was years. ;) Before we built our house, we had been living in a two bedroom apartment for three years or so, and a small apartment translated to VERY little furniture in our new, large house. I lived with the bare dining room as long as I could after we moved in, and one day I

Mixing metals

You all rock! I loved your responses to the bed making post. :) Thanks for the leads on sheets that fit the monstrous mattress – I’m going to check them out! I get a lot of questions about what’s kosher when it comes to mixing metal finishes on hardware, light fixtures and faucets in houses. First of all, I must say (again) – if you want to have 15 different finishes in your house, go for it.

How to make a bed

I’ve mentioned before that our bed is unmade about 99.99999 percent of the time. I just don’t do it. I don’t make beds. It’s kind of like the movie Groundhog’s Day to me – I mean, why go through all that just to have it messed up again in a few hours? YES, I know it’s more than a few. Maybe more like twelve. Whatever. But when I do make it, I find it to be really, really lovely. A made bed

Catalog living

Well heya! How was your weekend? I spent a few hours today completely wasting my time on a project – it’s one of those that just was a total FLOP. But as hubby always reminds me, at least I know now that it didn’t work, and I won’t always wonder. ;) Gah. (More on that later!) When things don’t go right with my projects, I often take solace in a little luxury – taking a few minutes to browse my

Showing off Emily

Hello peeps! I’m kicking off my “Show Me Off” series today with a blogger I know you’ll be spending a couple hours catching up on (if you haven’t already!) So just let the kids and the hubs know they’re on their own for dinner tonight. And maybe breakfast tomorrow. ;) Emily at Decor Chick submitted a few projects that were a tuggin’ at my little decorating heart and I couldn’t wait to share them

Faux faux good

OK, get ready. I may offend some of you with this statement, but I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again… I USE FAKE FLOWERS. And greenery. :) Sue me, but I don’t mind a little bit ‘o faux. I don’t as much of it as I used to – but I still use a little bit throughout the house. And come fall --  fake flowers in warm luscious colors spit up all over the joint. :) Lately, more than

Craigslist love, part two

Hope your weekend was FAB! My “claw” is back – I spent much of my free time over the weekend painting various things around the kitchen, and let’s just say there were numerous coats each. FAB. (I hope to show you those this week!) For now, the Craigslist luvin’ continues peeps. I told you last week how I am starting to fall in love with this ahhhhmazing invention where people sell lovely stuff

What a great idea!

I’m kicking off the weekend by joining up with my friend Beckie’s Great Idea Day Party! What a great idea for a linky party. Wink wink. Hardy har. This project is super quick, super cheap, super easy. And of course, super cauuuute! A few months ago, I fell. in. love. with a glass jar display in a kitchen magazine – it was simple, adorable, fun. You may remember my love of all things glass

Shake your money maker

Hello there! I have emerged from under the massive, huge, endless piles of LAUNDRY I have been tackling for the past two days. We had SO much to do since the dryer went on the fritz – so now that it’s fixed, it’s been 48 hours of nonstop, never-ending loading, washing, loading, drying, folding, putting away (I hate that part!), repeat. BUT, I do have to say, it isn’t as bad when the machines

Before and After Party: Craigslist love

Dearest Craigslist, So, you know way back when, when I may have said that you give me the heebies? Like, I don’t like strange people coming to my house, heebies? Well, I take it all back. Well, not the strange people coming to my house part. The part where I acted like I anything-less-than loved you. Cause I do. Very, very much. You are now my latest BFF. I have many of them, but being

Kitchen redo: Week ?? (and Indy Style!)

Hello there! Are you ready for the holiday weekend? We sure are – we’ve been preparing every night this week by setting off fireworks and annoying the crap out of the neighbors participating in the festivities. Our son is OBSESSED with fireworks this year.  :) Some of you may remember I was one of the VERY fortunate bloggers to be picked by American Express to use Membership Reward Points for

Month in review!

Well hello! You are all SWEETAYS for your sweet comments on my aqua and pink flag cake. I cut a piece off tonight for hubby and I must say, it’s pretty cute. Not Fourth of July cute, but CUTE.  :) And as many of you mentioned, I’m just on the cutting edge with the hot colors of aqua and coral. I totally did it on purpose. NOT. I have decided to start doing a review of posts at the end of each

Cake FAIL

Many of you know I share the good and the bad on this little ‘ol blog. I have shared my house at it’s worst, as well as many projects I deem “science fairs” (translation = they don’t go well). Well this one is in the science fair category for sure. One of the many things I love about blogging is that I will now try things that I may have never attempted, because if it turns out I’ll want to

Silhouette and Crate & Barrel winners!

It’s time to announce the lucky winners of the fantastic Amex/Crate and Barrel and Silhouette craft cutter giveaways!! First of all, the winner of the Crate and Barrel $100 gift card is: Susie of Shafer Living! Secondly, the winner of the Silhouette is…drum roll puuhleeze… April of Natural Nester!   Congrats ladies!! Remember (I believe) you can still use the code “TDC123” at check out

Red, white and blue door decor!

Whew! I hope you had a FAB weekend! We had a great one! Today we got to visit with someone our son has been dying to meet for a very long time: ;) That would be Thomas the Train. I tell. you. what. He was in heaven. Can you tell?! (That’s his smile by the way.)  ;) Then we started out the Fourth of July week by watching the local fireworks tonight – and we are POOPED. Happy. But pooped.

Labels make me happy

Whoohoo! It’s a Silhouette giveaway frenzy folks!! I’m back today to show you what I’ve been up to with my new favorite crafty tool: :) If you’ve read this blog for one hot second, you know I’m a little obsessed with labeling things. I label things that have their items in plain sight – like a basket full of cleaning supplies, I’ll label “cleaning supplies.” OK. I know. But it’s fun!!

Silhouette Craft Cutter Giveaway!

Ohhhhh you Squeeeeezays!!

I have been SO excited to tell you about this giveaway – I could barely contain myself. I am positively giddy about this one!

For about, forever, I’ve wanted a craft cutter – I have drooled over them in your posts. I have coveted your adorable crafts. I have sighed as I walked by them at the craft store.

And now…the day has come. I have one of my very own. My BFFs (

Girls’ weekend

Well HELLO there! I’m back, I’m back! It was a whirlwind of a weekend, for sure. We had a BLAST in the city that never sleeps. I’ve told you before how much I adore NYC, and this trip was special because I brought two friends with me who are now in love with the city as well. It is now my mission to make every single person I know a NYC lovah. :) We were there for three days, which

AMEX Crate & Barrel giveaway!

Well helloooo! First of all, I need to announce the winner of The Pumpkin Patch giveaway! The lucky gal is Kayla from Unpredictable Bliss! (She just had a sweet new baby! So precious!) Kayla, shoot me an email and I’ll get you connected with Sarah!I am SO excited for you peeps this weekend! I’m excited for me too, but more on that in a minute. :)You may know that I’ve been working on our kitchen

Comment love

You all never disappoint!! Thanks for all of the great suggestions on the dryer and your thoughts on a new one! I have tried a few more things with our dryer and so far no luck. Boo hiss! In the meantime I’ll probably call the repairman, just to get us through. :) So I get questions all of the time from so many of you who are getting ready to start a blog, have just started one, or have had one

I hate laundry

First of all, the FIVE (!) winners of the My Design Guide giveaway are: 1. gijane_84 (at) hotmail (dot) com 2. The Kesler Klan 3. Lisa Vance 4. Christe from 4 Monkeys 5. Katie from In the Grip of Grace Ladies, you can email Champe at champegranger (at) mydesignguide (dot) com to get your gift certificates! OK. Now to the topic at hand. My hatred of laundry. It’s deep. And

A beadboard backsplash

Well sheesh!! This project about kicked my booty! If you’ve been with me over the past few weeks, you know I’m redoing our kitchen with some help from American Express. (Wheee!) One of the biggest projects was getting rid of our previous shiny black tile backsplash and replacing it with something lighter and brighter. It was a long process -- but I keep reminding myself that it was a WHOLE

Showing off

OK, so this whole beadboard backsplash idea? Ummm…it’s the easiest, hardest project I’ve ever done. Easiest because it has made such a difference in our kitchen with less than $60 of materials. It will by FAR be the one project that has absolutely transformed the space. Hardest because GOOD LORD, there are so many cuts that need to be made, and because my cuts weren’t perfect, there is an

Before and After Party: Strawberry Jam!

Geez Louise, you could practically pull my fingerprints off that picture! ;) I have to start off this post by letting my Dad everyone know that yes, yes I CAN cook. I can bake. I can make dinner. And I can even pour milk into a cereal bowl. All of the above. (The last one I do very well, thankyouverymuch.) I just don’t cook and bake very often. With hubby’s crazy work schedule and a

Kitchen redo: Week three!

HELLO! So are you tired of hearing about the kitchen redo yet? Yes? Too bad. I’m back for more. :) Thanks to American Express, I am redoing our kitchen using Membership Reward Points – and this week they asked me to use the remainder of the points – 150,000! If you have an Amex and you use the points to shop, you know that’s A LOT of  points. Still pinching myself. :) I told you in my last

Grundtal, Hemnes, Karlstad Huh?

First of all, the winner of the Single Stone Studios giveaway is Cassie from Primitive and Proper! Congrats Cassie – email me and I’ll get you connected for your gift card! Because they rock, Single Stone is offering ten percent off the entire order for anyone who orders through the end of June! Whoohoo! Use promo code thriftydecorchick to get your ten percent discount. Sooo, I know many of

The 411 on spray paint

I hope you had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend! I made a little bit of progress on the kitchen, but otherwise we just enjoyed having hubby home for four days straight! School’s out for summer!!  ;) Whoohoo! If you’ve read this blog for 2.1 seconds, you know how much I luuurve spray paint. In my humble opinion, there is no cheaper way to transform accessories and furniture. And floor vents.

A (new!) kitchen sink

OK, if you are a connoisseur of kitchen sinks, you will LOVE this post. If not, well…ummmmm…you won’t need your sleeping pill tonight. Just read ahead. :) I have to say…the installation of the kitchen sink has convinced me that this will be the last sink we ever own – at least in this house. It was a doozy. Remember when I asked your advice on the double or single sink on this post? I had

Garage sale (and beadboard) love

 Well hello! I am SO excited about the kitchen progress – whoohoo! I’ll share more on that in a bit, but first I wanted to tell you about a fantastic Web site for you garage sale freaks-who-get-up-at-7a.m. lovahs out there. I first told you about Garage Sale Tracker about a year ago when they were just starting up (here). Their little site has gone and grown up – I’m so impressed! If you are

The kitchen redo: Part two

First of all – some winners! The (random) winner of the Jewelry of Lav is April from CT and the winner of the Wuslu giveaway is NadiaAnac from Nadia’s Nest. Congrats ladies! Email me and I’ll get you connected for your goodies! So I told you last week the fantastically amazing awesome news – I was picked by Amex to promote Membership Reward Points by using them to redo a room in our home –

36 hours in NYC

Well howdy! I hope you had a fantastic weekend! Ours was a whirlwind! My hubby and I took a little “jaunt” to New York City with a few friends for the weekend. Actually, it was a business trip for hubby and some of his coworkers, and I tagged along. A trip to NYC is non-negotiable. This wife is going, every. single. time.  :) If you’ve read this blog for a while, you know New York is my

Organization bliss

**Edited to add: I got the organizer from Target, in the electronics section. LURVE. While I work on the kitchen redo, I’m still working on things here and there in our office as well . I was reeeeally hoping to share my desk redo tonight, but it’s taking foreva and a day to paint. More on that soon! Add in a trillion trips to Home Depot for the kitchen, and it’s taking even longer.  ;) But I’m

What to do with the STUFF?

Well THANK YOU for all of your sweet comments and thoughts on my last post! I’m so excited about the kitchen redo! I’m pretty sure I’ve been to Home Depot nine times in the last three days, so they should know me by name soon.  ;) I hope to get our sink and faucet installed this week, but it’s not an easy job I know, so we’ll see. I’m being patient. Being patient. Being patient. (If I keep

A not-so-mini kitchen redo!

Helloooo there! Hope you had a great weekend! I am SO EXCITED to share some fun news with you – I’m talking giddy, I am not worthy, glorious news. I mentioned a few weeks ago that I have been planning a mini redo of our  kitchen: It’s usually a bit more dressed up than in this picture, but I had just decluttered, so the extra stuff was outta there that day. :) I think I totally freaked

Bloggy Butt

First off – the winner of the Dimples and Dandelions giveaway is Kellie DeMille! Kellie, please email me and I’ll get you in touch with the D&D folks! Congrats!

OK, so I’m not one to obsess about my weight. Most of the time I’m too busy with life to think about it much.

I don’t diet – never have. I just know myself and know what I’m willing to do to keep my weight in check and eating very

DIY drum shade chandelier

Well, if you follow me on Twitter, you know this project has been a doozy. It started with my need for more light in our office/den. I mentioned last week that part of my issue with this space is it’s so dark. I talked to our electrician a while back about installing an overhead light in this room. Because of the way the beams run in the ceiling, it would be a major project I’m not willing to

Before and After Party! (A chair redo)

I thought it was high time I showed you the after of the chair I redid for the IndyStyle show last month! It was quite the transformation – from totally-disgusting-I-can’t-believe-I’m-touching-this to ooh la la, I would totally sit my behind on that! I didn’t take pictures of the whole process but luckily I’ve shown you how to do this before, so I stole pics from this old post. ;) Let’s start

Where do you start?

So basically every. single. time. I finish up a big project, I swear up and down I’m going to take a few weeks and do nothing but finish up little projects around the house. It’s all the little unfinished stuff that no one else notices but me, but it’s also the little stuff that drives me just a teensy bit nutso every time I walk by – molding corners that need to be caulked, holes that need to

Details of an airplane room

First of all – the (randomly drawn) winner of the Lisa Leonard Designs giveaway is Patrizzia from iCreate! Congrats Patrizzia! Email me and I’ll connect you with Lisa. Well, shucks folks. Seriously, I am so thankful for all the comments here, Facebook and Twitter and all of your sweet emails about the Bub’s new room. I really don’t don’t what else to say but that I’m so glad I’ve inspired so

A big boy room reveal!

Well…it’s done! And I am in LURVE. It’s been raining for two days straight, so I was rushing like mad to get pics while it was somewhat bright out earlier today. It’s not all perfect, but who cares. I am in love.  :) (Because I am a special kind of crazy, I may retake some of these when we get a sunny day this week.) In my next post I will give you the low down on all the little details, but

Patience grasshopper (kids room inspiration)

I know. I KNOW. I hate that I have to do it, but I am going to reveal the big boy room later this weekend. I KNOW! Stop yelling at me! :) Life has gotten in the way this week just a bit, so I’m going to finish up the little details tomorrow and then take pics this weekend. I will tell you, it is so beautiful. I’m not even kidding…I just adore this room. It is now our favorite in the house!

Decrapification: The kitchen

Hellooooo there! First things first – the randomly drawn winner of the $50 HomeGoods gift card is Wanda from Bunco Babes! Wanda, email me your address and I’ll get that sent out to you! I know I’ve been going on and on about the big boy room and I am REALLY hoping to show you this week. (Finishing touches are SO close to done!!) But even when I’m working on a cutie patootie room for my cute

Painting the backs of built ins

Well, I finally did the last of the painting in the Bub’s room today – sheesh, this room has involved a crazy amount of painting. I am not touching a paint brush again for months! OK, weeks! OK, probably tomorrow! I mentioned a few weeks ago that I was struggling with the color for the backs of the built ins. I was thinking the navy may be too much. The accent colors of red or yellow would

Because I’m nice

This giveaway is now closed. I’m doing another giveaway this weekend for my final $50 HomeGoods gift card!! Whoo to the hoo!!I’ve had a blast judging entries for the HomeGoods Spring Challenge over the past few weeks! I’m always blown away by everyone’s creativity. There is one week left of the challenge – for more info on how to win some great prizes and a ton o’ moola, go here. For a chance to

Goodwill transformations!

Hello there! Today I want to brag on a few of my new Hoosier/local friends who joined Beckie from Infarrantly Creative and me at our Goodwill Shop and Hop last month. We had such a blast and I’m so impressed with what these ladies did with their goodies. Erin from Beauty in the Attempt turned this $1 Goodwill find…Into this: (Click here for more!) Isn’t that cool? I love those test tube things.

How to install board and batten

First of all, the winner of the Donahue Wellness Shaklee giveaway is Clara at BookGirl! Congrats Clara -- email me and I’ll get you in touch with Bonnie! OK, onto the board and batten toot. Well, the faux kind of B and B -- the real kind involves boards on the wall (I think so anyway – hence the “board”) and the strips on top. I really have no idea. I’m guessing. :) When the Bub’s big boy

How to make a headboard.

Well before this blog was a twinkle in my eye, I was making headboards instead of buying them. DIY headboards are nothing new and I’m sure you’ve seen a ton around blogland. They are all over the “land” because they are one of the easiest and cheapest updates you can make to a bedroom – with very little time and moola you can have a custom piece for your room.

Mine are pretty basic – no cutting

I did not say “Um”

Well, first of all, I have to tell you how much I loved reading your comments on my last post. I wrote that one hoping to help some of you that get negative comments, but look what happened yet again…you go and make me feel all gushy and mushy and LOVED. Thank you so much. (Really truly.) So anyhoo -- today I was on TV! Yes, freak. out! It was a local morning show called Indy Style. I have been

I guess I’ll go eat worms

First, the winner of The Sheet Boutique giveaway is Allison from Princess Mommy of 2! And the winner of the $50 HomeGoods gift card is #92, Red Door Home. (Check out her Before and After here. Wowza!) Ladies, please email me! Well, back in September, I shared all I knew about blogging. I know I’ve been promising a sequel to that post, but I quickly realized a follow up post about blogging would