the Decorating Chica

Wow, this year has flown by hasn't it? Hard to believe we are ushering in 2011. I love the linky parties and the blog posts that allow us to look back on all we've accomplished this year. Holds us accountable to each other and inspires me to keep on decorating! Well, okay I'd be doing it anyway but I L O V E seeing what everybody else is doing. I am a great idea stealer...haha. Anyway, these are a few of my favorite projects that I completed this year...  Although this project definitely was the least rewarding while doing the work, it probably was the most rewarding of all. To have all my baseboard one color and trimmed out the same made the whole main floor really flow better. Amazing what little things can do !  My most recent bathroom update, Pretty in Purple This was by far our biggest project of the year. Truthfully it started in November of 2009 and didn't get finished until January of 2010! Ouch. Check it out in " The Afters ." ...

We are in the middle of our first real snow storm in Michigan. It's has rained all day, turned to snow and ice, and really starting to pile up. Might lead to our first snow day. I am sitting at a hotel in a city about an hour from my home for a work related event and getting ready to post pictures about my 2011 Christmas decorating. Wanted to review last year and see all the changes that I made for this year. Many of the changes simply involve using the same items in a different way. I love how easy it is to change up a room simply by moving some things around, changing furniture, spray painting something a different color. So easy yet so much change! I definitely like to decorate a bit more 'winterish' and not so seasonal so that I can keep up most of my decorations up for awhile past the holidays. Snowman are one of my top favorite winter decorating items for sure and, where I live, we always have plenty of winter and plenty of snow!  Last year, I hung ornaments ...