How to Use Pinterest to Discover your Design Style

Do you know your design style?  Are you a little bit modern or country?  Do you like lots of decorations or prefer a minimalistic style?  White walls, dark walls, neutral or bold?  Painted trim, or stained wood? For some of us it’s hard to decide.

I can appreciate any well decorated space, so I made the mistake in our last home of combining too many styles in one room. Read more

A Beginner’s Guide to Decorating

When I was a teenager, I felt terribly awkward and unattractive.  Girls all around me knew how to fix their hair, put together an outfit, and put on makeup to bring out their best features.  I tried to mimick them, but something always felt off.  My attempts at beauty made me look worse.  I came to the conclusion that they were the pretty ones and I was plain. Trying to change that would make me a poseur.

I was especially awkward when I first met my husband.   Read more