Thrifting “lady date”

Hey all! Thanks SO much for all the wonderful comments and emails about our sweet Peanut! Many of you asked, and he’s a Chihuahua/rat terrier mix. They called him a Chia Rat. ;) We had such a great day with him. He slept ALL night last night and didn’t make a peep! We had a great visit to the vet – and he’s really healthy. (That was a relief!) And tonight he “went” outside for the first time! (

Introducing Peanut

Hello all! Hope you had a fantastic weekend! It’s been a great one around here for more reasons than one. :) I finally, FINALLY got the decrapification of the basement done. I mean, almost every single bit of it. There’s just a few minor things I want to go through, but the big stuff is DONE! I even finished up going through the guest room closet, which has been on my list for about a year

10,000(!) and month in review

Hey all! First of all, before I say anything else – I need to say a huge THANKS and a WHOOHOO! Tonight I hit 10,000 followers: I had to take a screenshot, just to remember that milestone! (I really, really hate that “followers” term by the way.) But it’s pretty cool to hit five digits. I now have 10,000 of you Squeezies! Squeezays. Squishes. :) Crazy!! Anyway, I want to try to bring

Photographs: My favorite art

Well hello all! Can you believe it’s almost the weekend already? I swear this week has absolutely flown by. I got one project completed this week that I’m really, really happy with. (GLEE!!) And I did most of it with what I had, which is always a bonus in my book. :) When it comes to filling wall space, we don’t have much real art in our home. OK, let me rephrase…we have ZERO real art. :)

Organize It Party!

Well howdy! Hope you had a fantastic weekend and President’s Day! Did you get any purging done? Organizing? Getting rid of STUFF?? :) If not, hopefully you’ll be inspired to do just that after this shindig! One of my favorite little tricks of late is a bit of a decluttering/organizing combo. I’ve discovered a new love when it comes to organizing, and it’s not rocket science. It’s the good

Winners and project FAIL

Howdy all! First of all, the two lucky winners of The Rusted Chain giveaway are… Kaitlindsay from Brighter than Sunshine and Kristine from Random Robb Stuff. Yahoo! Ladies, please email me at thriftydecorchick (at) gmail (dot) com and I’ll get you in touch with Beki. :) Well, all of my projects are not peaches and pink flamingos and fluffy clouds. Some fail miserably, and I try to show you

One linen closet down

Hello all! How are ya?! If you were anywhere in…well…the country a couple of weeks ago…you were most likely getting some wicked crazy weather. We certainly did. The temps here have been in the 40’s and high 50’s this week, and we STILL have three inches of ice on our lawn. The first day or so, I was kinda digging being iced in…by the third day of not leaving (we couldn’t even get out to the

COLOR! (in the living room)

First of all, Happy Valentine’s Day my SQUEEZIES! :) Hope you had a great one. I’ve been working on some changes in our living room over the last couple of weeks, and I’m nowhere near close to done, but I just couldn’t wait to show you! I am LOVING how it's turning out -- so excited. I don’t know if it’s the three inches of ice that have finally melted off our driveway (for the first time

Giveaway Weekend!

Hello there! I’m back with another great giveaway this weekend, and it’s one of my favorites. My friend Beki of The Rusted Chain is not only funny, pretty and sahweeeet…but she’s also super talented. I like her a lot. (Said like Lloyd Christmas.)  :)She’s made a name for herself with her stamped jewelry, but has a beautiful selection of other pieces as well. I picked out a few of my favorites

online consultations!

Well hello there! I am SO excited to announce a partnership that’s been in the works for awhile now. If you’ve read this blog for a while, you know I used to offer online consultations. I absolutely LOVED doing it, but it got so time intensive, I found it hard to keep up. Something had to give, and that was it. :) I’ve heard from many of you that you really want an affordable option for decor

Searching for a sofa

Well the time has come people…and I AM SO EXCITED!!! Yippee!! :) Because we are now debt free (did I mention that??), I can move forward with my plan for a new sofa in our family room. SO EXCITED! Excited because it will be the first time we’ll pay cash for a major piece of furniture since we moved into this house seven years ago. And excited because I am so, so over our sofa, it’s just

February Before & After: A pretty pitcher

Hello all! I’m back this month with a very simple but beautiful (I think so anyway) before and after project! It started with a recent trip to Goodwill – I don’t go as often as I used to (see my STUFF post), so I haven’t found nearly as much good stuff as I used to. (You have to go fairly often to get the good pickins.) But that day, the heavens shined down on this beauty on the top shelf:

The party is tonight!

Hey all! Just wanted to let you all know the February Before and After Party will go up later this evening! Get those posts ready to go. :) To tide you over, I just had to share this skit my friend Melissa posted the other day. I guess it’s from a show called Portlandia? (I had never heard of it till now.) All I know is, one of the writers is an etsy, blog or Pottery Barn fan. :) SO FUNNY:

Work what ya got

Well hello!! I got a fun little project accomplished yesterday that I absolutely LOVE. :) It started with some house envy, believe it or not. :) Yes, even I see beautiful homes in blogland and sometimes that little green monster starts rearing it’s head. You all know I LOVE our house, so it’s not a big monster, mind you -- just a little one. I just love little corners, niches, interesting

Giveaway Winner and THANKS!

First of all, THANK YOU for all of your amazing comments and emails about my last post. (I read every single one.) We are so thrilled and still pinching ourselves a bit. :) I think it’s going to take a while to sink in. I really, really appreciate all your support. It means a lot to us both! I wanted to make sure to announce the winner of the Amy Peters’ Studio giveaway from last weekend. Becky

Well, it’s official. We’re WEIRD.

You know that guy Dave Ramsey I keep talking about? You know how he says people who don’t have debt are WEIRD? Well, if you don’t know him…that’s what he says. “Debt is normal…be weird.” Well. As of this morning, we are officially, completely, gloriously, totally, happily WEIRD. WE’RE DEBT FREE!!! (Except the house.) Whoo, people