Farmhouse, Country Design Ideas

I collected some Country / Farmhouse ideas

 that are bursting with sparks 

of great design and detail :

This last one is sweet, simple, very do-able, 
and 
 something every home ( kitchen) should have~

Have a great day ~
Valerie


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Unusual Room Design and Decor Ideas

It's April 2nd, so we are safe after, a day of...surprises. 

So here are, with some unexpected, smart room ideas...

Mostly real:

This is creative, fun, and very real; one lucky kid's bedroom paradise:

Smart+original: Living Room...Inside of a computer!

For the devoted Geek, one really could 

do something like this in a real home, too...

Real, unexpected, but maybe not real(ly) comfortable?

Beams, boards, and the hanging beads behind the headboard.

A childhood love of LEGO turned into

 adult design whimsy.

Cost: $1000.00 to cover this island.

( You might consider paint, instead!)

 A Steampunk beauty:

Very real, very interesting idea, but a lot of fish tank maintenance!

For dining/cooking al fresco lovers:

And that's all the Smart, Unusual Design there is?

Nah,

...it's only the beginning...

Happy April 2nd ~

xo

Valerie

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Tory Burch Design: Exceptional Style

Tory Burch:
I  enjoy and admire her lovely fashion and interior designs. She is consistent in her choices of color and mood, but each time, the look is unique.  She understands relaxed, appropriate style... An understated sophistication, for both formal and casual looks. 
Here's why I am a fan: 

I have the flipflops in black. Now must also have these:

Don't you feel as if you know  this room? 

        

She knows I want that dress:

Friendly formality~

Summer glamour ~ stay cool

             

What an original, smart and creative designer, businesswoman,

 mother, and role model for all women ! 

You GO, Tory!

Have a great day!

xo

Valerie

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Smart and Easy DIY Design Touches

This is a D-I-Y post. 

                                                                                                       

But not because I think crafts is fun.                                   

Sometimes there is a need for simple beauty...

                                                                                       Instructions for lightbulb vases here

For me, the arts and crafts world is beautiful, impressive, and often terrifying. I was never the kid whose projects got put up on a wall or won awards. W hen talking about my artistic "abilities" my mother was usually reduced to telling people that I was "imaginative", and simply needed to express myself in a different (read, messy) way. Many have tried to teach me. Alas, I will never own a sewing machine or knit for anyone...

However, these are projects that can be really wonderful interior design elements. AND, amazingly, they are easy enough for me. So I KNOW you can do these and similar projects to make your rooms cooler and lovelier.

Of course, only the Easiest D-I-Y s possible are in my collection. 

And they must actually fill a decor purpose in a room.

 I have to have a NEED. 

But these are fun, fast, hard to screw up, and 

-- Ta-Da! --

 they WILL look great in your rooms.

Sharpie on a lamp shade:

         Scrabble drink coasters:

 Use carpenter’s glue to adhere the tiles to a piece of cork. Once dry,  cut the cork pieces to size and coated the surface with two layers of Mod Podge, which helped to fill in the cracks between the letters. I used an acrylic spray to seal the coasters, and give them a bit of extra gloss.

twigs + coffee can + raffia = vase

Old chair becomes bathroom shelf:

This hearkens back to my post yesterday:

Hang a sheer fabric across the pillow area of the bed:

                                   

Are you allergic to sewing machines like me? I absolutely cannot paint a wall, although I was told that anyone can do that... I do not knit, crochet, make jewelry, scrapbook, etc. So you can imagine how special these DIY's are to me. I can actually do them. Well. And pretty quickly!


Thank goodness for all the crafting and art pinterest boards and blogs...They are wonderful  resources for clever and easy.


Have a great day!
xo
Valerie 













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