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  • Dining Room, Wood Trim, Black Spool Chairs | Making it Lovely

    Spool Dining Chairs

    "Where are those chairs from?" It's a question that's asked every time I share my dining room. I'm happy to…
  • Planning a Moth-Inspired Dining Room

    Our dining room sconces are in, and the additional light is room-changing. It only took me seven years to finally…
  • Vintage Rug with Paint and Fabric Swatches

    Updating the Dining Room

    My sister-in-law had a rug in her family room that used to belong to my mother-in-law, and now that she's…
  • Eleanor's Room: Blue | Making it Lovely | One Room Challenge

    An Alternative Version of My Daughter’s Room Makeover

    Eleanor and I had initially thought we would paint her room blue. She chose dark blue when she was five,…
  • Chocolate Shortbread Cookies Drizzled with Chocolate Sauce, Topped with Sprinkles | Making it Lovely

    Chocolate Shortbread Cookies

    Sarah from Room for Tuesday and Chloe of Boxwood Avenue are hosting another Blog Hop Cookie Swap! The participants are linked at…
  • Antique Art Deco Dresser and Window with Roman Shade | Making it Lovely | One Room Challenge

    One Room Challenge: Week 6 (My Daughter’s Room Reveal!)

    Welcome! Come on in and take a look around! My daughter Eleanor, 10-years-old and an absolute delight, wanted a room…
  • Cooking, Kitchen

    Chocolate Shortbread Cookies

    Chocolate Shortbread Cookies Drizzled with Chocolate Sauce, Topped with Sprinkles | Making it Lovely

    Sarah from Room for Tuesday and Chloe of Boxwood Avenue are hosting another Blog Hop Cookie Swap! The participants are linked at the end of the post,…

    December 12, 201912 comments
  • Eleanor's Room, One Room Challenge, The Victorian House

    One Room Challenge: Week 6 (My Daughter’s Room Reveal!)

    Antique Art Deco Dresser and Window with Roman Shade | Making it Lovely | One Room Challenge

    Welcome! Come on in and take a look around! My daughter Eleanor, 10-years-old and an absolute delight, wanted a room makeover. She and I worked…

    November 6, 201936 comments
  • Eleanor's Room, One Room Challenge, The Victorian House

    One Room Challenge: Week 5 (A Lucky Find)

    Fabricut Fabric Swatches, a Rifle Paper Co. For Loloi Rug, Target Tufted Ottoman, and Lighting from Blueprint and Crystorama | Making it Lovely | One Room Challenge

    I was going to DIY an upholstered headboard until I came across someone selling a Serena & Lily Pondicherry headboard on Facebook Marketplace. The luckiest…

    October 30, 20197 comments
  • Eleanor's Room, One Room Challenge, The Victorian House

    One Room Challenge: Week 4 (A Disagreement)

    One Coat of Paint

    The good news is that everything should come together now pretty quickly, but ack! We’re at week four already! Planning the room started before the…

    October 23, 20198 comments
  • Eleanor's Room, One Room Challenge, The Victorian House

    One Room Challenge: Week 3 (Adding Interest)

    Eleanor's Bedroom - Elevation, One Room Challenge

    I knew I wanted to do something special in Eleanor’s room. Wallpaper? She wasn’t interested. How about molding? E was neutral and I was fully…

    October 16, 20197 comments
  • Eleanor's Room, One Room Challenge, The Victorian House

    One Room Challenge: Week 2 (The Design Plan)

    Fabricut Lavender | Eleanor's Room | One Room Challenge | Making it Lovely

    Light blue, right? That was one of Eleanor’s only requests. Well, much like the canopy bed, she wanted it fervently… until she didn’t. Early on…

    October 9, 20195 comments
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