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We moved from a big city to a small town and my task for the first year was to recreate this ancient house into a home. Since everything I do needs to be unique (read non-conformist), my house is obviously one of a kind. My style is old world, new way.
My dining room wall is my decorative play-zone. My feature spot to do whatever I want to create the mood I’m looking for. I’ve done collage pictured arrangements, fishing nets, trellises with paper flowers, and Christmas is no different. Several years ago, I latched onto this vintage floral fabric which I love. And this is…
Mother Nature is redecorating. She seems to be taking her time this year. I have been taking my time to redecorate as well. For me, styling and inspiration can’t come unless I give them time, toys, and/or purpose. I’ve always loved to “play” in my house. Year round, temporary installations go up and come down…
With the event this weekend successfully completed, I was able to refocus on the homestead. The porch benefited from the leftover cornstalks and pumpkins. Stunt leaves and all. But wait, there’s a baby who woke up and since it was such a beautiful day, what the hay. She crawls now you know. She loves to…
And finally I bring you the television commercial for Bally Eden. A 30 second spot I paid big bucks to have produced and shown on local cable. I think HGTV was one of the stations I chose to run it on. This was a risk for me because there was no money. And sadly, it…
In 2004, this was the house that I rented to build the business that I named Bally Eden. Before I moved in, it was an insurance agency. The walls were wood-paneled and the floors had carpet glued to them. I completely renovated the space and it went from scary to very very lovely. This was…
Do you remember the movie Out of Africa? “I had a farm in Africa”, Meryl Streep’s voice says somberly at the very beginning in that foreboding way that you know she no longer does and you’ll find out why… …I had a shop in Denton. I named it Bally Eden. Baillie is Gaelic for ‘at…
This is about half way through my “31 days straight of pretty picture posts” challenge. Wanted to take a moment to share where I am with this challenge. To say that this was one of the loopiest ideas I’ve had in a while would be saying it nicely. What the heck was I thinking? Oh…
This past Saturday, I was hands free and finally painted the Wee Fi’s room. Not all the woodwork yet, but the ceiling and the walls with the Toasted Oat as I said I would. I finished priming the bay windows’ woodwork. But alas, no more time to paint the woodwork. The curtain solution is still…
I am so certain I’m incapable of doing stuff because…well, I am. I don’t have the time or the money for the materials. Or I don’t know how I would even start. Etc. I’m on Pinterest doing my occasional poke around and pin stuff and I happen on a site and a list of the…
Yes. I know. She’s five months now and we’re just getting around to choosing the paint color? My excuses are good and numerous. Unaware of the gender of the baby we were having, I opted to use my nesting energy to redo Eamon’s room one last time before he goes to college ten years from…
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