The main entrance at Storybook Cottage features a metal door with a long oval window. While this style of door would not be my first choice, I knew I could make it look better with a new paint job. Here is How To Create a Smooth Painted Finish on an Exterior Metal Door. How To Create a Smooth Painted Finish on an Exterior Metal Door When we bought the house the door was painted a sort of “Cherries in the Snow” red. On it’s own it was a nice enough color. But it did not compliment the ... View the Post
Archives for March 2015
It’s Curtains
I think I finished the curtains for the kitchen back in January. I didn’t share them because…well, I wasn’t really happy with how they turned out. Yet it seems somewhat shallow and dishonest for me to only show life’s perfections. It's Curtains for curtains. Because that isn’t real and I often learn more from mistakes than I do successes. How about you? So, I bring you my kitchen curtains. It’s Curtains I think I should share the vision of what I was trying to create. I wanted café ... View the Post
Acceptance
I wonder after a caterpillar has spun its cocoon and wrapped itself in the dark chrysalis, just waiting for transformative beauty, does it ever second guess itself? Chrysalis of the Orange-spotted tiger clearwing. I’ve been there. So many times. When it feels like eternity just waiting for transformation…or just some small bit of beauty to appear in life. Even worse is when you are stuck in the caterpillar phase refusing to change or accept. Commander caterpillar Recently I’ve ... View the Post
My Favorite Green Rooms
In years past I have written very specific Irish-themed posts in honor of Saint Patrick’s Day. One of the DTA reader's all-time favorite posts is the feature on Thatched Roof Cottages. I am excited to say that in the future I will finally see these enchanting homes. Mr. Décor and I are now in the planning stages of a trip to Ireland. It has been on my bucket list for a very long time. Mr. Décor has been to Ireland once before, many years ago. It was a pub crawl trip and alas he remembers very ... View the Post
When You Have Design ADD – Half Finished Projects on Parade
My house is FULL of half finished projects. I wish I could just finish ONE room. There is pressure, both personal and professional, to just be done already. Because really, in blogland, if there is a choice between seeing a “work in progress” versus a glorious “AFTER” most people would choose the “AFTER”. A lot of real life has been occurring in our home. Some of which I have shared here and some of which I have kept private. So, there are days when I say to myself “Just breathe. Do the ... View the Post
An Enchanting Fairyland and the Cute Boots I Frolicked In
By now you have probably heard that winter has even reached Texas. Not even a week before we had been enjoying weather in the high 70’s and signs of spring were present. Both the pansies and primroses seemed to take the plummeting temperatures in stride. The entire neighborhood looked like an enchanted fairyland. It was an adventure for this guy who doesn’t remember living in Germany, only the desert of Phoenix. He sweetly cleared the walk with a garden shovel so the fur boys could ... View the Post