Home Decor Ideas

Hook them up... ... or glue them onto a hook. Stick them in sand-filled glasses... ... or into a bottle's neck as spotted @ Tales from an OC Cottage . Tie them around a vase... .. string them together into a garland as seen @ The Lettered Cottage ... ... or hang them like Karla, featured @ Bloggers Craft . Then you can hot glue starfish onto all kinds of decorative items. Here in this home featured @ Tresor Trove a mirror is adorned... ... Manuela @ The Pleasures of Homemaking picked a vase... ...and Kimba @ A Soft Place to Land used plates... Read Full Story

Designer Phoebe Howard loves... ... Model Yachts, small... ... and large (also featured here: Display Ideas for Model Yachts )... ... seashell mirrors in bathrooms... ... plate collections with starfish... ... and sailfish. Phoebe Howard, now 51, is a natural! Her decorating carrier began at 38 when she suggested to her husband that they open a furniture store. He designed the spaces, layouts, flooring and lighting, she created room vignettes, showing customers how to properly place furniture. This eventually led to an interior decorating project for a client which landed on the September 2006 cover of House Beautiful magazine. Today, as many of you ... Read Full Story

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It is no different with kids, who enjoy their sleeping areas just as much as adults enjoy theirs, which is why there are beds specially designed for the young (or young at heart). Kids beds these days are no longer sporting simple, boring designs; rather, manufacturers have been churning out beds so beautiful, functional, and fun that it makes it hard to get up all. These beds now serve more of a function than ever before; there are now so many different types and designs of beds to fit the needs of every child and parent. Everyone has a choice among the many different ... Read Full Story

I am cooking again on Sundays so the Sunday report will return...well, Sunday! Very busy around here. Still recovering (and blogging about) the friends' visit. Before they came I embarked on a little living room remodel. Sick of living like I just moved out of the ashram (it's been eight years now), I convinced the husband to let me take my Sabjimata winnings and blow it on some room beautification. Since the contents of the entire room had cost us only $250, the husband did not take much convincing that yes, it was time to take the plunge into home decorating. Today I picked ... Read Full Story