Pear Tree Cottage
Those of you who follow me on Facebook have already heard about my impulsive decision to go ahead and make a slipcover. I know...
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When I showed you my nice clean studio yesterday, I didn't really say what I had in mind for making it inspiring. In case...
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Okay. So you all have hung in there with me, through thick and thin. You have seen my train wreck, and you have seen...
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As I mentioned when I showed you my living room, I have this deal where I really have to get the furniture placement right...
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My living room is clean! Yay! And you know what? I don't hate it. Ha! I've been through so many iterations with this room....
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I hope you all had lovely Thanksgiving weekend! Ours was supremely relaxing, and for that I am additionally thankful. As you may recall, I...
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You know how it is, right? You mean to do just one little demo project. You intend to do just one little home improvement....
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As work progresses on the dining room makeover I sometimes sneak off to my room to read. nap. read. okay, fine, nap. The point...
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Do you remember the stone planter box that's built onto our fireplace wall that I showed you in the dining room makeover kickoff post?...
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The other night, I was sitting at my desk, working while sick with a cold, and all of a sudden I thought to myself,...
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If you recall, when we last left our intrepid designer (that would be *ahem* me), she had just had her client (that would be...
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So, the other day when I shared by revelation about the Craftsman Way vs. the Lipstick Way, it wasn't exactly an accident that I...
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Last we heard from our intrepid designer (that's me), she was desperately trying to communicate with a young client... a very young client (that'd...
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One of the things that has been the most challenging for me as I work on Baby Girl's room is trying to figure out...
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So, as you know, we've been plugging along (sloooooowly) at making over Baby Girl's Room. We finished the trim a few months (!?!) ago,...
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One of the rooms I have struggled with the most at my house has been the family room. We were so thrilled when we...
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As you may or may not know, I have a space in the back garden I optimistically call "the gazebo." It was originally going...
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Do you ever start out thinking you're going to decorate a room one way, and then realize halfway in that you're totally not? That...
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I know this isn't the prettiest picture ever, but I just had to show you the progress in Baby Girl's room. You know about...
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You know how sometimes a little project will snowball into a big project? This is one of those projects. I told you about the...
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For those of you who follow me on Facebook, you're already heard, but I've been working on Baby Girl's room for the last few...
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So things are progressing sloooooooowly in the living room. I've got all the furniture in there, now and the bookcases, but I'm doing a...
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So. Last we left my living room I had rearranged the furniture and come up with something that mostly, kind-of-sort-of working. Don't remember? It...
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My living room. You remember it, don't you? That's it, up there. There's just as few (*cough* understatement *cough*) problems with it. I am...
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The weather outside is frightful, but my computer -- so delightful. Ideas are coming from my brain... let it rain, let it rain, let...
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Wow. I have to say that first. Wow! You guys are amazing, and I'm deeply touched by how you all took so much time...
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I have a confession to make. My house is a train wreck. Which is why I hardly ever blog. Because really, who wants to...
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Thank you all so much for your ideas on colors for Baby Girl's room! I'm still deciding--I'll share more in a few days. But...
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So this is Baby Girl's room. Sharp-eyed readers will notice the missing baseboards and careening dresses. Clearly this is a work in progress. But...
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I've been a little depressed about my house lately. It's still undergoing major transformations, and I haven't been particularly good about keeping some rooms...
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Thank you everyone for your sweet thoughts and wishes on my last post. It's so sweet of you all and I really appreciate it....
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One of the first things I did when we moved into this house was prime every instance of salmon paint I could find. Like...
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So we've covered my extreme "oak situation" pretty well in the before pictures of the master bathroom, master bedroom, and family room, but wait,...
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You may be gathering that my house came with a fair amount of oak. While the family room cabinetry isn't oak, it's oak colored....
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Since we're working on our garage at the moment, which is *so* not picturesque, and the guest bath project is therefore temporarily stalled, I...
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While daydreaming about possible facelifts for my sorry master bathroom project, I've managed to make some progress on my still-ongoing guest bathroom project: I...
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This is our master bathroom. Since I'm already tackling the guest bathroom, and the kitchen needs sore attention, this bathroom isn't going to be...
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Welcome to Cottage Magpie, one of many stops on several awesome Christmas tours (more on that below). I hope that after you visit my...
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Welcome to Cottage Magpie, one of many stops on several awesome Christmas tours (more on that below). I hope that after you visit my...
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Sadly, my guest bathroom project is not going to be done for Thanksgiving, like I had hoped. Christmas, I'll get it done for Christmas!...
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Well, folks, it is official. We have had the first tears (mine) on my guest bathroom remodel project. Why? Two words: Floor tile. It...
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The race against Thanksgiving dinner continues at Chez Magpie with the continuing work on the guest bathroom. Over the weekend, I put in (....drumroll....)...
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Okay, so after the big Halloween Idea Extravaganza, I just had to dig in and get some more work done on our guest bathroom....
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Welcome everyone visiting for the Hooked on Houses Fall House Tour party sponsored by Hooked on Houses! I'm thrilled for you all to visit....
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Hip, hip, hooray! The plumbers made my day! My joy hath no bound I'm kind of a clown I seriously can't wait to bathe....
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Over the last few days, we've been demoing our scary, 80's era guest bathroom, and we're finally done. First, we peeled off the wallpaper....
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You know, I love fall. It's not just the crisp air and the beautiful foliage, it's that back-to-school feeling that makes me want to...
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I've been talking quite a bit about thrifting, and I thought it would be fun to see how all this "stuff," actually gets used....
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I don't think I've shared much about the living room since I painted it a few weeks ago. Since then, I've been to a...
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Welcome to Cottage Magpie, one of many stops on the spectacular 2007 Virtual Holiday Home Tour organized by the amazingly talented Tracey from Notes...
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One of the things I did wrong in the last house was not giving myself a place of respite while the house was under...
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Woo hoo! We have trim in the living room! Gootz took all day Saturday and totally rocked it out. I had had a fantasy...
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