Posted in Furnishings, Home Sweet Home, Inspiration on Oct 5th, 2009
Whenever I flip through home decor magazines, I love seeing the glossy photos of giant picture walls – with funky frames and black and white prints or gilded mirrors paired with pretty patterns. Above is my first attempt at a photo grouping, as seen on our dining room wall. Albeit a bit weak, I really [...]
Posted in DIY Projects, Furnishings, Home Sweet Home on Sep 29th, 2009
Do you remember this collection from Pottery Barn last fall? (I get the catalogue just to find inspiration photos I can try to copy. Shhh, don’t tell). I was THRILLED to see bold, graphic upholstery featured as this time, I was sure, they copied me!
This little beauty resides at my house, next to the man [...]
Posted in Blog Tour, DIY Projects, Furnishings on Sep 28th, 2009
Hello, lovelies, I have quite the treat for you today! I stumbled upon a new blog last week and have been devouring all of the eye-candy ever since (I gorged myself, it’s true). Life in the Fun Lane is written by the lovely Holly….
and oh, how fun it is! She takes second hand furniture from [...]
Posted in Furnishings, Home Sweet Home, Inspiration on Sep 23rd, 2009
Get it? Mantel? Hahaha…oh, I’m glad I can make myself laugh.
Anyway, way back when, I mentioned the problem I’ve been having with decorating our mantel. This is what it looked like then:
I love the cutesy houses and the weird vase (that I’ve been told resembles Larry the Cucumber), but I know that it just looks [...]
Posted in Dark Secrets, Furnishings, Home Sweet Home on Sep 22nd, 2009
Gather round, my darlings, and let me tell you a story. A love story.
A few years ago, after I had finally escaped the horrors of dorm living, I moved into an apartment with one of my older sisters. She is kind, funny, and generous, and she is also extremely pragmatic and organized. While I am [...]
Posted in DIY Projects, Furnishings, Home Sweet Home on Sep 16th, 2009
For our next installment of DIY Week at Homage, I’ll give you a walk-through of how I took a crappy bookcase off Craigslist and turned it into a beloved living room item. I’ve previously mentioned how I was inspired by this post by Centsational Girl, but this lovely china cabinet in K’s house brought my [...]
Posted in DIY Projects, Furnishings, Inspiration on Sep 14th, 2009
Happy Monday! We have declared this week to be “DIY Week” here at Homage. To celebrate, we will be posting fabulous DIY projects AND launching our DIY page (see tab at the top). The page will feature photos and instructions for a variety of DIY projects, including some submitted by YOU our readers. Email before [...]
Posted in DIY Projects, Furnishings, Inspiration on Sep 10th, 2009
It’s Thursday afternoon, lovelies! We’re almost there! Before I blow your minds with some innovative decorating techniques, let’s all send good thoughts to sweet little Murray as he is getting shots this afternoon. And to J, who has no stomach for such things. In our daily email correspondence that gets us through the endless hours of work she [...]
Posted in Furnishings on Aug 4th, 2009
Did you think this was a post about Murray? We understand the confusion. Don’t worry, there will be plenty of Murray later. Today, however, we would like to pay homage to something G and A hold very dear – man chairs. Pictured above is G’s man chair. If he is at home, you can probably [...]