Welcome to Hooked on Fridays, a blog party I host at the end of each week to celebrate the things that make us happy. I want to just take a moment to say how much I appreciate each and every one of my blog’s sponsors (you can see who they are right there in my [...]
I could look at room makeovers all day long. The talented Kristin Drohan of Boulevard Interior Design has a fun and informative design blog, and it has a page of her “before and afters.” Here’s one that I thought was really creative in a boy’s room. Check out what she did with that closet door:
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I love getting a look at other peoples’ work spaces, don’t you? When I ran across graphic designer Cathe Holden’s studio in Petaluma, California, where she works on projects for her company Home Grown Logos, my jaw dropped. What a colorful and creative space! She graciously agreed to let me share these photos of it [...]
Welcome to Hooked on Fridays, a blog party I host at the end of each week to celebrate the things that make us happy! This week I’m hooked on having fresh flowers in my house. I used to save them for special occasions, but at the beginning of the year I made it one of [...]
This is where I wish I was sitting right now–on Susan’s charming back porch. When I saw it on her blog Between Naps on the Porch (which is one of my favorites!), I swooned. I had a screened porch at my last house and miss it like crazy. We practically lived on ours in the [...]
When I saw this photo, I wondered how you’d carry on a conversation with anyone sitting on that other sofa, way over there. This is what designers mean when they advise you not to line your furniture up against the wall (I recently heard it called The Spin Cycle Effect when everything is clinging to [...]
Welcome to Hooked on Fridays, a blog party I host at the end of every week to celebrate the things that make us happy. This week I’m hooked on Brooke Giannetti’s house, which is only a hop and a skip to the beach. Brooke is the talented designer behind the beautiful blog Velvet & Linen. [...]
When I saw AnNicole’s simple but stunning kitchen makeover on her blog Our Suburban Cottage, I was so impressed that I had to show it to you. Without changing the cabinets, counters, flooring, or anything major, AnNicole gave her kitchen a whole new look. This should inspire anyone who doesn’t have a big budget but [...]
I loved HGTV’s Green Home 2008 so much that I showed photos from it again just a couple of weeks ago. I had a few quibbles with the decorating, but overall, I thought it was a great example of a small(ish) house done right. The HGTV Green Home 2009? I’m not so sure. I have [...]
When Hooked on Houses reader Michelle (From House to Home) moved into her 1920s Colonial, she wasn’t sure what to do with the awkward addition at the back of the house. She says they started calling it their “everything room” because the family gathered there to do, well, just about everything. It was a popular [...]
