Making it Lovely
Transforming a so-so house into a lovely home.
Let’s find some beautiful place to get lost. And then we can come back home and spend the weekend in bed reading newspapers and sipping hot chocolate, OK? Because that’s what I’d want to do if this were my bedroom. I love the striped bedding, and I’m particularly like the way the chartreuse picks up on (but doesn’t match exactly) the […]
I’m working on my fourth edition of Making it Yours! This one will be a little different; instead of following one piece of furniture through five different rooms, we’ll be following four pieces of bedroom furniture through five different looks. It’s been a fun exercise for me, but I also think it’s more true to real life and therefore more true to what MiY is all about. In this edition, we'll have a wooden bed, a set of two tables, a sconce for each side of the bed, and a small sofa. I chose […]
Well, good and bad news for our friend… She received a promotion, but had to move to a new city and is once again living by herself. She has decided to buy some really nice chairs and a quality credenza for the dining room in her new home, and the tee pee dining table is still […]
This one is quite a departure from my normal style, but I’m liking it a lot. The chair, lamp, wire spheres, side tables, and paint color are all here from the last edition of MiY, but the feel has been totally changed. Art by Dolan Geiman is always a good choice, and I think he is one of those rare artists that […]
[…] Now our fictional apartment dweller is living with her sweetie, and they would like a less feminine look for their apartment. The couch has stayed, but the pink chair is gone and has been replaced by the dark gray scan lounge chair. Angular wooden side tables pick up on the wood legs of the chair and couch, and a self-referential news rack […]
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Let’s find some beautiful place to get lost. And then we can come back home and spend the weekend in bed reading newspapers and sipping hot chocolate, OK? Because that’s what I’d want to do if this were my bedroom.
I love the striped bedding, and I’m particularly like the way the chartreuse picks up on (but doesn’t match exactly) the […]
I’m working on my fourth edition of Making it Yours! This one will be a little different; instead of following one piece of furniture through five different rooms, we’ll be following four pieces of bedroom furniture through five different looks. It’s been a fun exercise for me, but I also think it’s more true to real life and therefore more true to what MiY is all about.
In this edition, we'll have a wooden bed, a set of two tables, a sconce for each side of the bed, and a small sofa. I chose […]
Well, good and bad news for our friend… She received a promotion, but had to move to a new city and is once again living by herself. She has decided to buy some really nice chairs and a quality credenza for the dining room in her new home, and the tee pee dining table is still […]
This one is quite a departure from my normal style, but I’m liking it a lot. The chair, lamp, wire spheres, side tables, and paint color are all here from the last edition of MiY, but the feel has been totally changed. Art by Dolan Geiman is always a good choice, and I think he is one of those rare artists that […]
[…] Now our fictional apartment dweller is living with her sweetie, and they would like a less feminine look for their apartment. The couch has stayed, but the pink chair is gone and has been replaced by the dark gray scan lounge chair. Angular wooden side tables pick up on the wood legs of the chair and couch, and a self-referential news rack […]
