This year for Christmas, we are redoing our children’s bedrooms. One of the things we have planned are custom headboards. They are flat headboards that will be painted with blackboard paint and then we will stencil designs along the top to “pretty” it up. Once they are up, they will be able to color on them with chalk, decorate them as they wish. I am very excited about the headboards, I love the idea of putting interactive aspects into a {Read More}

I love meme’s and I thought it would be fun to build a meme or two into my section here on Moms In A Blog but I had a heck of a time finding ones that would work. That is, until I find BlogMomma’s Tuesday Tip Jar! Love it! So – here is my first crack at the Tuesday Tip Jar. For today, I thought I would do a few simple tips for adding color to your decor. Color has {Read More}

September is here, and it’s back to school, back to work, back to schedules and routines. As our children get back into perfecting their ABC’s I thought we would study the ABC’s of Decor! Over the next two months, I am going to talk about each letter of the alphabet and a related decor theme, product, idea or design. For A, I choose antiques. The term “antique” is really a very broad range of items, ideas and styles. Antique decor {Read More}

It’s Back To School season right now, with most children either just getting back into school or preparing to in the coming weeks. As part of our Back To School feature, I am working on a series called the Decorators ABC’s. Over the month of September, I plan on bringing 26 posts – one for each letter of the alphabet – related to home decor. So – here is where I need your input. I have to find a theme, {Read More}

When planning a functional bedroom for your teen, there are several things to consider. Their tastes and personal style, your budget, the intended use of the room, etc. There are four key functions that need to be addressed in the planning stages: sleeping, storage, studying and socializing. The 4 S’s:) Sleeping: Obviously a primary function of any bedroom, this is probably the easiest of the four areas to plan for. If you have a limited space, space saving solutions like {Read More}

We’re currently working on redecorating my eldest daughter’s room. She is nearly 9, and is ready for a look that is a little less “cute.” We’ve been talking about doing it for nearly two years already, and without fail, every year or so, she changes her mind on what type of theme she’d like. So, I came up with a fairly simple solution and decided to go with a simple solid color for the main (aka expensive) pieces – furniture, {Read More}

One of the best things about my job is all the great new decor ideas I learn with each new issue. In the latest issue of Canadian Homestead, I found an ad for Custom Concrete Engraving that peaked my interest, so I visited the site and I LOVE it! Basically, concrete engraving is done on dry concrete, and can be done on any concrete, any age. It doesn’t refinish the floor, instead they use concrete engraving tools to create grout {Read More}

The August/September issue of Canadian Homestead arrived from the printer’s last week and it’s gorgeous! One of the features in the magazine is on bamboo, and it’s many uses. When you think bamboo as decor, you’re probably thinking of green stick-like plants as part of an Asian decor theme, but bamboo is now being used in SO many other applications! My in-laws are currently in the process of renovating an older house. When they started on the kitchen, they discovered {Read More}