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  • How To Sew an Easy Throw Pillow Cover with Pom-Pom Trim

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    How To Sew A Throw Pillow Cover In 10 Easy Steps I admit, I tend to change my mind frequently. My husband would call it fickle. I just call it “ever evolving design tastes.” Whatever you call it, it means that I really love decor that has built in flexibility such as pillow covers that…

  • Choosing the Right Arbor for a Front Garden Entry

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    Selecting An Entry Arbor Like all of you, sometimes I have a hard time figuring out why something isn’t working. Though I never lack for opinions on other people’s spaces, often in my own home & garden I have to feel my way toward the solution. Case in point: the entry arbor from Valentine Cottage.…

  • Diner-Style Spelt Pancake Recipe

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    Pancakes <I adore pancakes. Not just any pancakes, but perfect, fluffy, crisp on the edges and like cake in the middle. Unfortunately, it’s easy to get flat, rubbery things that aren’t good for anything, especially not eating. The trick to good pancakes is heat and fat. You definitely have to use more fat than you…

  • 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…

  • IKEA Cottage Style Craft Room Ideas

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    This weekend, at IKEA I was struck by this craft room display. It’s highly efficient, yet very charming. I also noticed that three primary elements match what I tend to like in my own studios. Do all successful creative work spaces include these? 1. Counter-Height Work Space For projects or tasks suited to standing up:…

  • 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,…

  • Eight Ways to Embellish Red and White Christmas Ornaments

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    A fun collection of Scandinavian-inspired ornaments you can make with simple craft supplies.

  • Spelt Peanut Butter Kisses Recipe

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    Peanut Butter Kisses Don’t let their fancy ways fool you, peanut butter kisses are one of the easiest cookies to make, and one I always include in my holiday cookie collection. The trick to the best looking cookies is to roll the balls of dough much smaller than you would think and underbaking slightly to…

  • Cottage Garden Classics: White Picket Fences

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    Cottage Classics White Picket Fence via cottagemagpie.com Cottage Classics White Picket Fence via cottagemagpie.com Cottage gardens are romantic affairs, with blowsy perennials, free-wheeling self-seeders and rambling vines, all smothered in a confectionery of blooms. They’re lovely, and my absolute favorite type of garden, but they have one caveat. They require structures. With all those rambling,…