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Happy Monday!
I can't believe Christmas is already over, can you? Our weather cooperated for travel, thankfully, and we had a great time with our families! Hope you all did as well.
I can't believe Christmas is already over, can you? Our weather cooperated for travel, thankfully, and we had a great time with our families! Hope you all did as well.
From a decorating perspective, I'm actually a little relieved to be done with Christmas and moving on to decorating that will last all year long.
With that in mind, here are some ideas to help jump start your decorating creativity with ideas for the upcoming year...
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Use a rug to make a headboard "slipcover. Attach with clip-on drapery rings and ribbon.
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| Midwest Living |
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Add custom detail with ribbon. We've talked about it before - the details really do make a difference. Without the grosgrain ribbon detail, these pillows would just be pretty floral pillows. Nothing wrong with that, but the addition of the ribbon adds a striking graphic element and the brown ribbon, combined with the brown lampshade helps ground the space...
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| Style At Home - Designer Virginia Macdonald |
Paint a whimsical chalkboard wall in your bathroom like they did in this one featured on Design Sponge. Then paint the ceiling blue, of course! (I think a mirror inside the chalkboard frame would up the functionality a bit.) Probably not for every bathroom, but I do love it...
I always love Tobi's ideas and this one is no different. Paint the back of your bookshelves, then add all white accessories, grounded by some black artwork attached to the front of the shelves. A designer look that would be very inexpensive to achieve...
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| Designer Tobi Fairley via At Home Arkansas |
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| Country Living Photo Susie Cushner |
Think outside the box when it comes to places to put your magazines, books and other things you want to keep close at hand. This aged urn adds so much more character to this space than your basic magazine holder would...
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| Womens Day Photo Michael Partenio |
I've seen the numbered stairs idea before with painted steps, but I really like this idea of adding mismatched metal numbers with the rich stained wood...
