Since this is the time of year when most locales have favorable weather for gardening, I'm re-visiting an old project - the one where ...

i've spent all month sharing the farmhouse makeover with you, with a tour from the front porch to the powder rooms to share ideas for a ...

we don't generally think of decorating a bathroom. (a gut job, remodel, demolition - sure) sometimes, though, a 'cosmetic' make...

go ahead, you can sit and stare at that beautiful view... i sure did while i was there!  the view from my friends' front porch is stunni...

you may have noticed that i glossed over something special in my last post... something sitting in the living room, next to the fireplace ma...

i'm structuring this 'MAY-keover' series of posts as if you are walking into and through my friend K's farmhouse... first, y...

spring is here, it's MAY -  and that means it's time for another budget-friendly DIY MAY-keover series! this time, i helped a friend...

i always say that paint is a magical ingredient in decorating.... it can change things faster and easier than any other element! i recently ...

living here in the semi-desert of Southern California means we get a lot of sun. for four years, i've been struggling with - and have tr...

i get that question a lot: " why do you change your home decor with the season?" it's not such a foreign concept, really. most...

my home is basically a laboratory. a design 'test kitchen' of sorts. every space is fair game for me to try out ideas,  without...

this patio decor project is a perfect example  of my homewardFOUND decorating philosophy: re-think what you already have to make your h...

 when we moved into this house four years ago, our decorating modus operandi was truly ' use what you have '... more than 90%...

a spur-of-the-moment solution to a project i'd been considering took over my weekend! making a change to the black metal chair in th...

spring and summer bring out my green thumb, and having a potting bench to plant, replant, and putter around on is a necessity. me b...

 if you've been following my posts over the past two weeks,  you've seen the way that the color red has made a first-time appea...

let's talk a bit about re-purposing furniture, shall we? (and no, i'm not talking about using junk or chalk painting something...

in a recent post, i shared this 'found and foraged flag' project . what i didn't share was the way i've chosen to displ...

seems like every day, i see a photo on social media of tables made from wood cable spools. it's kind of the 'orange crate'...

in my book, making do with what you already have simplifies life, and certainly beats buying more stuff... when we moved into the n...