Skip to main content Skip to footer
Making it Lovely
  • Nicole Balch Design
  • House Tour
    • Our Current Home (The Victorian)
    • Our First Home (The Bungalow)
  • Shop Our House
  • Nicole Balch Design
  • House Tour
    • Our Current Home (The Victorian)
    • Our First Home (The Bungalow)
  • Shop Our House
  • IKEA Stockholm Sideboard in Beige and Walnut

    IKEA Stockholm Sideboard Review

    Somebody sent me a message recently because he was thinking about picking up the same IKEA Stockholm sideboard that I…
    November 19, 2015
  • Victorian Entryway and Staircase, Making it Lovely

    The Entryway, Painted and Updated for Fall

    This post is sponsored by Target. Shop Home Décor for modern luxury made easy. I nixed the teal idea for the entryway and…
    October 9, 2014
  • BHG Teal Paints

    Teal for the Entryway?

    I like the way open-concept homes look but I prefer to live in a house with separate rooms, and Victorians…
    July 23, 2014
  • What's Here, What's Staying

    What’s Here, and What’s Staying Put

    In animated gif form! I figure it's the easiest way to give a bird's-eye view of things. When I talk…
    February 12, 2014
  • Making it Lovely's Victorian Entryway an Wooden Staircase

    The Entryway (Again), with its New (Old) Runner

    Let's forget about the not-so-pretty photos from yesterday, and instead look at a runner that IS working. Saving on the…
    January 30, 2014
  • Get the Look: Making it Lovely's Entryway

    Sources for the Entryway

    I put together a guide for my entryway that I'd posted last week! I love making these boards. Antique Thonet…
    December 16, 2013
  • ←
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • →
  • IKEA Stockholm Sideboard in Beige and Walnut

    IKEA Stockholm Sideboard Review

    Somebody sent me a message recently because he was thinking about picking up the same IKEA Stockholm sideboard that I bought for our entryway. Questions…

    November 19, 201514 comments'F' for Furniture, Entryway, The Victorian House
  • Victorian Entryway and Staircase, Making it Lovely

    The Entryway, Painted and Updated for Fall

    This post is sponsored by Target. Shop Home Décor for modern luxury made easy. I nixed the teal idea for the entryway and went with a dusty blue/green/gray.…

    October 9, 201442 commentsEntryway, The Victorian House
  • BHG Teal Paints

    Teal for the Entryway?

    I like the way open-concept homes look but I prefer to live in a house with separate rooms, and Victorians are certainly known for having…

    July 23, 201450 commentsDining Room, Double Parlor, Entryway, Painting, The Victorian House
  • What's Here, What's Staying

    What’s Here, and What’s Staying Put

    In animated gif form! I figure it’s the easiest way to give a bird’s-eye view of things. When I talk to people, I’m in the…

    February 12, 201433 commentsDining Room, Double Parlor, Entryway, The Victorian House
  • Making it Lovely's Victorian Entryway an Wooden Staircase

    The Entryway (Again), with its New (Old) Runner

    Let’s forget about the not-so-pretty photos from yesterday, and instead look at a runner that IS working. Saving on the sideboard meant I could put…

    January 30, 201434 commentsEntryway, The Victorian House
  • Get the Look: Making it Lovely's Entryway

    Sources for the Entryway

    I put together a guide for my entryway that I’d posted last week! I love making these boards. Antique Thonet Chair, One Kings Lane Mine…

    December 16, 201311 commentsEntryway, The Victorian House
  • ←
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • →
Bricks Blog Site
Based in Oak Park, IL (just outside of Chicago)
Hercules Beetle

© 2007 – 2025 Making it Lovely. All rights reserved.

Say hello!
hello@makingitlovely.com