Showing posts with label decorating. Show all posts
Showing posts with label decorating. Show all posts

2011 Valentine's Decor

A little sprinkling of old and new Valentine's decor....I love the bright colors because it means spring (and our new baby) are arriving around the corner.


Valentine's Day Wreath


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2011 Valentine's Decor

A little sprinkling of old and new Valentine's decor....I love the bright colors because it means spring (and our new baby) are arriving around the corner.


Valentine's Day Wreath


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Sophia Decorating her First Christmas Tree




Sophia is such a blessing. Here we are having fun putting up her Christmas Tree. She said "I did it" every time she put an ornament on the tree. Too cute.

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Sophia Decorating her First Christmas Tree




Sophia is such a blessing. Here we are having fun putting up her Christmas Tree. She said "I did it" every time she put an ornament on the tree. Too cute.

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Dining Room- makeover continued

Another step of the dining room makeover is complete.  I have painted and finished the china cabinet that holds trays and china and displays silver and hopefully food for dinner parties.  In other news the fabric for the curtains has arrived but I have yet to start working on them. 




And flowers from my garden....

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Dining Room- makeover continued

Another step of the dining room makeover is complete.  I have painted and finished the china cabinet that holds trays and china and displays silver and hopefully food for dinner parties.  In other news the fabric for the curtains has arrived but I have yet to start working on them. 




And flowers from my garden....

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Before and After: Extreme Furniture Makeover


I can remember back to being a teenager and begging my parents to let me decorate my room and stencil a border on the wall.  After much discussion they did and my best friend Ally and I spent some portion of our summer on it.  Although that is not my only memory of wanting to decorate my space, it does stick out in my mind.  Today I love to match my jewelry to an outfit, my purse to my shoes and of course decorate my home.  Even my office away from home has some version of subtle décor.  But recently I have found that I love to makeover furniture.  The year after college I lived in an apartment with another best friend, B, and I remember begging her to allow me to paint an unfinished cabinet red in our all white carpet apartment.  After much discussion I bought drop cloths and painted the furniture.  That cabinet has since been passed along to one of my friends, who loves it as much as I did. 

So it was only natural that when we re-organized the house and all the furniture in the living room was dark colored that I decided to paint my desk.  It was a super fun project, watching it transform from dark and dingy to light and fun.  Now sitting at my desk I smile looking at all the hard work I put in to make it a personalized piece of furniture.   

                                                          BEFORE
Desk Makeover-Before

                                                                     AFTER

Next I wanted a cabinet for the kitchen to store pantry items in, but my goal recently has been to spend less, so I looked online for good buys.  I found 2 base cabinets and one hutch at a house about 1 hour away.  So, we packed up the car and headed down to the beach to get my find.  For less than a new fancy cell phone, I had 3 pieces of dark furniture.  I came home and immediately sanded them and started painting.  After painting them I added new hardware, decorative paper in the back and shelf paper inside.  Now it is a perfect complement in my kitchen and it cost very little. 

Kitchen Cabinet Makeover-BeforeKitchen Cabinet Makeover-Before

Kitchen Cabinet Makeover-Before

                                                            AFTER
My "new" Pantry/Kitchen Cabinet





Stay tuned for my next project to come- making over the other base cabinet, which will hold china in the dining room. 

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Before and After: Extreme Furniture Makeover


I can remember back to being a teenager and begging my parents to let me decorate my room and stencil a border on the wall.  After much discussion they did and my best friend Ally and I spent some portion of our summer on it.  Although that is not my only memory of wanting to decorate my space, it does stick out in my mind.  Today I love to match my jewelry to an outfit, my purse to my shoes and of course decorate my home.  Even my office away from home has some version of subtle décor.  But recently I have found that I love to makeover furniture.  The year after college I lived in an apartment with another best friend, B, and I remember begging her to allow me to paint an unfinished cabinet red in our all white carpet apartment.  After much discussion I bought drop cloths and painted the furniture.  That cabinet has since been passed along to one of my friends, who loves it as much as I did. 

So it was only natural that when we re-organized the house and all the furniture in the living room was dark colored that I decided to paint my desk.  It was a super fun project, watching it transform from dark and dingy to light and fun.  Now sitting at my desk I smile looking at all the hard work I put in to make it a personalized piece of furniture.   

                                                          BEFORE
Desk Makeover-Before

                                                                     AFTER

Next I wanted a cabinet for the kitchen to store pantry items in, but my goal recently has been to spend less, so I looked online for good buys.  I found 2 base cabinets and one hutch at a house about 1 hour away.  So, we packed up the car and headed down to the beach to get my find.  For less than a new fancy cell phone, I had 3 pieces of dark furniture.  I came home and immediately sanded them and started painting.  After painting them I added new hardware, decorative paper in the back and shelf paper inside.  Now it is a perfect complement in my kitchen and it cost very little. 

Kitchen Cabinet Makeover-BeforeKitchen Cabinet Makeover-Before

Kitchen Cabinet Makeover-Before

                                                            AFTER
My "new" Pantry/Kitchen Cabinet





Stay tuned for my next project to come- making over the other base cabinet, which will hold china in the dining room. 

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Life is Progressing.....

Lots of changes have been taking place around the Tabery house. I am continuing to work part-time and really enjoying it. Leaving Sophia in the mornings is hard, but we have a wonderful nanny. They equally adore each other and go on many adventures, which we love to hear about. To me I have it all- I am working on interesting projects, Sophia is having fun “playing” while I am gone and I have one day a week where Sophia and I do fun stuff together.

Additionally, we have changed around our house arrangement to more effectively handle our family life. We now have a dedicated dining room and only one family/living room. We spend more time talking at the table and having coffee and less time crammed into one room with the TV. We have also managed to declutter our house, which makes it easier to function and more prepared to handle the “big girl” toys.

In other news, Sophia has finally graduated from the duck tub to the big girl tub. It has been a struggle to get her comfortable with the big, slippery bathtub, but she finally just accepted it with no crying when she saw the new non-skid fish on the floor of the tub. I credit the fish and swim lessons with helping her feel comfortable.

In less than 1 month, Sophia will be 2! It is hard to believe.

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Life is Progressing.....

Lots of changes have been taking place around the Tabery house. I am continuing to work part-time and really enjoying it. Leaving Sophia in the mornings is hard, but we have a wonderful nanny. They equally adore each other and go on many adventures, which we love to hear about. To me I have it all- I am working on interesting projects, Sophia is having fun “playing” while I am gone and I have one day a week where Sophia and I do fun stuff together.

Additionally, we have changed around our house arrangement to more effectively handle our family life. We now have a dedicated dining room and only one family/living room. We spend more time talking at the table and having coffee and less time crammed into one room with the TV. We have also managed to declutter our house, which makes it easier to function and more prepared to handle the “big girl” toys.

In other news, Sophia has finally graduated from the duck tub to the big girl tub. It has been a struggle to get her comfortable with the big, slippery bathtub, but she finally just accepted it with no crying when she saw the new non-skid fish on the floor of the tub. I credit the fish and swim lessons with helping her feel comfortable.

In less than 1 month, Sophia will be 2! It is hard to believe.

IMG_9372

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