the Decorating Chica

Pin It This summer we were blessed to take a 10 day vacation, six days of which were spent on the East Coast in the Gloucester, Massachusetts area. Beautiful quaint sea harbor towns and even more gorgeous architecture!       Downtown Boston along the Freedom Trail   Downtown Boston, Mass   Gloucester, Mass   More Boston. Don't ya just love the windows?   So much character!   Gloucester, Mass while on a sunset sailboat cruise.   I. Love. Arches.   Wouldn't you just love living in a cute little house like this?   Ohlala, the curves!     Look at the detail on those arches! Well you get the idea! I am soon going to debut a wood plank wall that features black and white architecture photos from our past few years vacation trips. Which ones do you think I should use?   Linking up today at:   Savvy Southern Sty...

Pin It Unless you are fortunate to live in a historical home, anything built after the 1960s and 70s sorely lacks any quality architectural features. When we moved into our home ten years ago, it was very disheartening to go from a glorious historical home with amazing woodwork to a 1970s feature-less dwelling.  Beadboard and chair rail added to the master bath. Read about more about our Beadboard project .  Beadboard added to the back of the kitchen island.  Beadboard wallpaper added to 1/2 bath in Pretty in Purple   Trim moulding to top of cabinets gives them a polished finish.    Ceiling medallions are inexpensive and a great way to add interest.   Don't get me wrong, I love my house but really miss all that beautiful detail and what's with the textured walls anyway? Seriously every room in our house has textured walls and ceilings. Not the popcorn cheesy kind mind you, it is 'quality' textured walls and I though...