Hygge Home Decorating Basics

Hello! I want to share with you a few Hygge Home Decorating Basics to help bring that cozy warm feeling to your home this winter and beyond Our living room has that warm and cozy Hygge feeling My sweet Instagram Friends and I are having our monthly blog hop. Our theme is textures and cozy winter decorating. Be sure to check out what the ladies have to share with you at the bottom of this post....

A New Furniture Layout

It's Week Four (a very late posting of my Week 4) of the One Room Challenge and I am talking all about Furniture layout. Or How to Move Furniture in a Small House with Small Rooms and nowhere for stuff to go If this is your first time here- Welcome! My name is Jackie and I am a Guest Participant in the One Room Challenge. A six-week interior design challenge hosted by Calling it Home and the...

Spring is here and so is the One Room Challenge!

The One Room Challenge It's pretty important to know yourself, don't you think? One thing that I know for sure is that I do better with deadlines. I have declared 2019 a year of change for me and one of my goals is to work here on my blog a little bit every day. You know that old saying- "Small steps can lead to big results". My hope is that I will get momentum and this little blog of mine will...

A Warm Winter Gallery Wall in the Living Room

Good Morning, jumping on to share a quick look at our living room gallery wall decor. But first how about a photo of a sleeping puppy? If you look closely, you can see that Pepe's eyes are open. He was a little mad that I was standing over him taking photos. And as soon as I was done, he buried himself under that throw blanket. I love that grumpy little puppy!   I just love these picture...

DIY Crafts: My Sashiko and Shibori Pillow Covers

Sashiko is a form of decorative reinforcement stitching or functional embroidery from Japan. White cotton thread on the traditional indigo blue cloth gives Sashiko its distinctive appearance. Shibori is a Japanese dye technique that typically involves folding, twisting or bunching cloth and binding it, then dye the fabric in indigo. I have been looking at Sashiko and Shibori how to tutorials...

A Lovely little Vignette in the Living Room

Hi There! I am so glad you dropped by! I was sitting in the living room, watching TV. Losing brain cells, I'm sure. And I just loved how the light was hitting this small vignette I have on the top of a small bookcase. Whats a girl to do? Get out her camera and go take some pictures. This is the top of a little bookcase I have had for years. It sits between the TV armoire and the window. The...