Linda MacDonald
Making Lemonade from a Lemon…
What is that saying about turning lemons into lemonade?
When redecorating my daughter's room recently, the final detail was to buy a new fixture to replace her boring, old ceiling fan. However, as the new fixture I had in mind wasn't in my budget at the time, I decided to repurpose the fan.
Never one to be [...]
Simple Holiday Decorating
For many, the holidays equals stress, despite our best intentions to start planning early and keep things simple. We may not be able to avoid all holiday stress, but decorating our homes should be fun and easy.
What do you really need to capture that holiday feel?
A welcoming wreath on the door, a Christmas tree decorated [...]
Bigger and Better Bathrooms
photo source: Pottery Barn.com
Bathrooms are one of the toughest areas to address when I do consultations for clients. They are easy to stage for sale, but making one pretty for living, without doing expensive renos, is more challenging. A lot of the time, the bathrooms in many homes have wood vanities with very traditional door [...]
Fall Vignettes
Vi·gnette: pronunciation: \vin-ˈyet, vēn-\ (noun), French, from Middle French vignete- a small decorative design or picture so placed.
Whether we realize it or not, we have vignettes on display all throughout our homes. From our bedside tables with their stacks of books, reading glasses perched atop, and drinking glass adjacent – to our fireplace mantels [...]
Seasonal Home
photo: House Beautiful
I love seasonal decorating and the notion that a home does not have to be stagnant…unchanged unless it is due to be repainted or renovated. Indeed, seasonal decorating is the essence of my design ethic: tweak your home with the changing seasons to breathe new life into its decor. It can be as [...]
Style Me Pretty
Pretty…I love that
word. It has such a sweet connotation to it…a simplicity, an innocence, an
attainability. While we may not all be beautiful or live in beautiful homes,
most people can have something about themselves that qualifies as pretty. To be
called pretty is so much easier to accept, even for those of us who brush off
compliments. Pretty [...]
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