Holiday Home Tour Day 1: French Farmhouse Kitchen

Welcome to my French farmhouse kitchen finally dressed for the holidays! I've kept my holiday decorating simple this year.

Final Home Tour Photos (for now) - Our Home Staged for Sale

Early Spring in our front yard. Photo Credit: Crawford Group - Sotheby's

Sometimes, it's fun to see our home through someone else's lens. Today, I'm sharing the real estate photos of our home as it looks today, staged for sale. I didn't take these photos. Our realtor hired someone to take them.

Family Room Reveal: Coastal or Eclectic?

I realized today that I don't really have a "style"....well, not just one style, anyway.  My style changes... sometimes daily.  Today, I'm sharing my coastal eclectic family room.  I decided that it's probably more eclectic than coastal...  
               especially in light of the fact that the nearest body of water is the pond, in the park,  a block away.

Master Bathroom Reveal

Is it odd that I'm showing you my bathroom?  I haven't shared this room because I wasn't sure. Until today, only my family and a few very close friends have ever seen our master bathroom.  It's en suite;  through the  dressing hall, past our closets. It has french doors to allow the natural light to fill what would otherwise be a dark hallway.

Home Tour: Living Room

I realized this morning as I was walking to the kitchen  trying to make my way past the boxes to pack lunch for my youngest that our formal living room is one of my favorite rooms in our home.

Do you want to know why?

                                                                                                        It's not what you might think......

My Home Office {Room Reveal}

I'm finally sharing the room in which I spend most of my time....well, the time when my eyes are open anyway.

Basement Make Over Reveal and My New Year's Resolution

Maybe you can help me with a question that I've been mulling over for the last couple of  months:
                 
                           What is it that defines the lower level of my home as the "man cave"?

Can anyone explain it to me?  Ever since we moved into our home ten years ago, the basement has been the guy space.  In the beginning, I could understand.  

Dining Room Make Over Reveal

BEFORE

We've lived in our home for ten years. When we built it, it was decorated in a very traditional, very formal, style. As my style has evolved and I've expanded my various collections, I decided that I wanted a more casual, more "farm girl french", style. I wasn't sure how I was going to accomplish this with just paint and a few accessories, but this is where I ended up.  They say that "a picture is worth a thousand words." With that said, I'll let the photos do the "talking". 

AFTER