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