Home Decor
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How to Make Your Home Cozy
Ladies, If you are on the quest to “cozify” your home, here is a checklist to get you there. New and seasoned homemakers are always learning new ways to do things. If anything, it is insightful to see what other ladies emphasize in their homes and what things you end up emphasizing as most important. Leave your own tips in the comments for others to learn from too. Lamp Light There is no quicker way to create a cozy room than by lamp light. But be sure to buy low wattage yellow soft bulbs or else your lamp light will just look too blue and bright. Small lamps fit perfectly…
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How to Spot Luxury Looking Throw Pillow Covers & The Best Insert Ever
Ladies, I have made all of the mistakes for you and can convey this lesson with the utmost emphasis for your benefit. You can find luxury looking throw pillows for very little money, but you have to know the features that make them look higher end. What were my throw pillow “mistakes”? Really, they are just observations of my decorating adventures, and yes, a few misspent dollars to realize that certain ones never quite rose to the occasion. After years, a lifetime really, of buying throw pillows, analyzing, rearranging, buying different ones, and rearranging my sofas and beds again…I finally learned another lesson, that throw pillow inserts matter. It only…
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The Best Romantic Master Bedroom with Elegant Decor Ideas
Ladies, The master bedroom is meant to be a getaway. One of the first things I ever did as a new wife was make this room a place free of clutter, business, and anything that detracted from feeling relaxed. I looked to what luxury hotels and vacation rentals do. The ones overlooking the ocean in Italy, a vineyard in France, or ones that have an outdoor courtyard or balcony. This was always my romantic master bedroom template from my Mediterranean and French country decor preferences to a flow from indoor to outdoor living. Beautiful vacation destinations do this well because they want people to book and stay. So, if you…
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The Best Decorating Advice & Tips to Your Authentic Style
Ladies, I love decorating advice so much that I enjoy decorating podcasts, blogs, home & garden books and magazines, and how about a good old cruise on Pinterest? But you know what I also love? I love just decorating with what I like. And guess what, I would even call the decorating advice that I go against helpful decorating advice. Why? Because different perspectives help us see something differently and different perspectives help us to analyze why we do or do not ultimately like something. What do you actually like? I want to encourage you to decorate in spite of the trends and current decorating advice but also in light…
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How to Shop & Style Realistic Faux Flower Arrangements & Houseplants
Ladies, The faux floral department is really a beautiful flower shop. The buckets of flowers and stems sing to my heart when they look so realistic. This spring I found some lovely faux stems at one of my favorite places to shop for them, Hobby Lobby, which you can see styled in my home here! Now days, our faux arrangements are not ivy draped out of a basket over kitchen cabinets collecting grease and dust. Not that there is even something “wrong” with that, but there are updated ways to decorate with faux items that make them look more natural, as well as the items looking more realistic now days…
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SPRING DECORATING with Realistic Faux Flowers & Plants from Hobby Lobby
Ladies, Even if you love real flowers and plants like I do, I advise you to not limit yourself by snubbing good faux florals and plants to decorate your interiors! It is an effortless way to decorate for year-round beauty indoors. They are never going to dry and crumble, wilt or die. Once purchased, your faux florals and plants are in your decor to be used again and again in fresh arrangements. Read my article here on identifying the most realistic faux flowers & plants to get your collection going. This spring at Hobby Lobby I bought four of the most realistic items they had (oh they had more good…
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5 of The Best Luxury Decor at Walmart
Ladies, My job as a wife is to discern where to buy our household goods. Since our location and our budget have directed me toward Walmart for certain items, I like to cushion my lack of enthusiasm for this store with some home decor items as a treat for doing my duty. Has this decor buying saved me money? While adding to my Walmart bill no, but by saving me from purchasing similar items at more expensive stores, yes! I have been impressed with some of the items that I have carted home, especially since I favor old fashioned and rich design and I am particular about the finishes in…
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The Best Mini Christmas Trees at Hobby Lobby 2023
Ladies, These mini trees are best suited for decorating countertops, dressers, shelves, or tabletops. I styled mine on my kitchen counter in an antique looking crackled vase. I like mini trees that are not too small but small enough to be very inexpensive to buy for a small budget. Many, if not all of these come in various heights. Not to be confused with small Christmas trees that stand about 3.5 feet tall and are sold in the same section as the large Christmas trees. These mini ones at the tallest are still a bit smaller than those. I am impressed with these mini-Christmas trees. I could have bought more…
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The Best of Christmas Garlands & Wreaths at Hobby Lobby 2023
Ladies, Some of the featured items here are out of stock online at the time I wrote this article for you, but your local store might very well have these items in stock. I do think posts like this are timely as we near decorating for Christmas, but the best time to shop for Christmas decor is right when it comes out in September or October because the quality pieces sell out quickly. But you just might be in time for these still! If you are new to shopping at Hobby Lobby, all of their items go on a half-price sale in a rotation every week. Be sure to buy…
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The Best Luxury Christmas Decor at Hobby Lobby 2023 Part I
Ladies, Happy Christmas decorating season! I am buzzing with enthusiasm to dress this little rental house for Christmas. It led me to reflect on so many years where I worked with very little money to make things beautiful, and this year is no exception. Since I have champagne taste, here are the best luxury finds at Hobby Lobby this year. There seems to be a misconception among women that affordable big box stores equal cheap inauthentic decor while thrifting or shopping expensive decor stores is where you find the best pieces. Decor is not that cut and dry. With more options than ever in large stores, there are bound to…
