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New Lamp Love

May 16, 2012 - 12 Comments

Last week, I quickly relayed that the living room didn’t really look like this anymore: And that a lamp had been purchased to replace those two black floor lamps flanking the couch. You see, originally we had planned to have …

Decor

Reader’s Choice: Curtain Call!

May 14, 2012 - 24 Comments

Today’s poll will be the icing on the studio’s cake. In this crazy turn of events, we have allowed you readers to design my new art studio. You have voted on color scheme, ceiling color, area rug and lighting and …

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Room Swaps

May 10, 2012 - 10 Comments

It’s almost a joke to bring a third room into the equation when we are knee deep in a studio renovation and at the tail end of the family room renovation–but the living room has been stripped of a few …

Decor

Reader’s Choice: This Little Light of Mine

May 8, 2012 - 13 Comments

Our area rug poll has crowned a victor! Roadside Attraction got the most votes and will be hanging out in the studio with me. I was originally pulling for the Sophistikat option, but in the end–I feel good about the …

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Our Love, Our Lounge

May 7, 2012 - 57 Comments

This weekend we really, REALLY weekended (it’s a verb now). With the arrival of our new couch that we ordered months ago, we decided to take it for a major test drive. For the first time in 3 and …

Decor

Pretty Couches and almost Not Couch-less

May 4, 2012 - 12 Comments

Thanks for excusing my absence yesterday. We have had a few set backs this week–all three members of our little family got the flu. When it came and went with Greta on Monday, we thought we escaped it. Oh no. …

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Painted Ceiling and Reader’s Choice: Which FLOR?!

May 2, 2012 - 18 Comments

Let me just take a moment to say, you readers are doing a fabulous job designing my studio. Painting a ceiling anything other than white was a first for us and we are thrilled that you all voted to see …

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When The Maroon Carpet Goes…

May 1, 2012 - 13 Comments

A lot of you have been wondering what in the world we are going to do with that maroon carpet in the studio. Yikes–us, too! We knew it needed to go and the grave was officially dug when we took …

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White Walls and Reader’s Choice: Ceiling Paint Color

April 30, 2012 - 14 Comments

After you readers decided you would like to see the studio painted with white walls and a colored ceiling (check out the poll in this post), we decided to take care of getting the walls painted a crisp white over …

Inspiration

Reader’s Choice: From the Ceiling to Wall

April 26, 2012 - 24 Comments

This morning, before Chris’s alarm even went off, I nudged him awake and said, “Wouldn’t it be fun to get the readers involved in designing the studio?” Even half asleep, he seemed enthusiastic about the idea. It’s not that I …

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