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  • Vintage-Inspired Master Bedroom Digital Makeover

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    When I told you about my thrifted mantel clock makeover, I mentioned that I had found several things while thrifting all summer, and this is one of them. I went to Goodwill a few weeks ago because I was looking for vintage sheets, and while I was there I got sucked into the entire bedding…

  • Cape Cod Styled Exterior Digital Makeover

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    When I first moved here, I never planned to stay. In fact, even just a couple of years ago, I wasn’t going to stay. It was just a temporary stop on the way to our “forever home.” So, for the first few years we’ve lived here, I’ve made plans and choices based on the idea…

  • Cottage-Style Living Room Digital Makeover

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    So. Last we left my living room I had rearranged the furniture and come up with something that mostly, kind-of-sort-of working. Don’t remember? It looked like this: Not bad, sure, buuuuuut… not quite there, right? Many of you noticed it. The armoire. It’s great and all, but it’s not working. The whole room is oriented…

  • Covered Front Patio Digital Makeover

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    The weather outside is frightful, but my computer — so delightful. Ideas are coming from my brain… let it rain, let it rain, let it rain. OK, so poetry is not necessarily my strong suit. But the point is that I refuse to give up on that confounded front porch, even though it’s raining horizontally…

  • Traditional Family Room Bay Window Digital Makeover

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    Dear Angela: Family Room Bay Window This week’s “Dear Angela” letter is from a lovely and talented quilter from Missouri, Nancy from With Thread in Hand. Read on to hear about Nancy’s decorating dilemma. Family Room Before Dear Angela, I could really use some help. We moved to a new home about 18 months ago…

  • Cottage-Style Garden Shed Digital Makeover

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    Dear Angela: Can My Garden Shed Be Cottage-y? via cottagemagpie.com Dear Angela: Can My Garden Shed Be Cottage-y? via cottagemagpie.com Today’s “Dear Angela” letter comes from yours truly. I have been longing for summer and longing for my old English Cottage garden, and have been really struggling with how to make an impact this season…

  • French Country Master Bedroom Digital Makeover

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    Dear Angela: Emily’s Bedroom Emilys Bedroom Before Earlier today, a reader and bloggy friend Emily from Remodeling This Life, sent me an e-mail, asking for help with her bedroom. Of course, I have ideas. I have lots of ideas. I can’t promise that the ideas are good ideas, but there are plenty of them. So,…