Best of the Web on Be@Home

Today I am being featured on “Best of the Web” at a wonderful site called Be @ Home.  A few weeks ago I was approached one of the bloggers from Be @ Home who wanted to feature my little blog.  Of course I was thrilled, who doesn’t love it when someone likes and appreciate our work?

So I was off to check out this site.  It is one of a collection of sites focusing on home décor, beauty, pets, green living and style just to mention a few.  And I loved it.  I have been back more than a few times to check out their sites.

I would love it if you would pop over to see my feature and check out all the wonderful info available on this site.

Here is the link:

http://pocketchange.become.com/2011/10/best-of-the-web-be-home-45.html

Thanks for reading,

Traci

From Bla to Aah! My Powder Room is Finally Done!

The before pictures of my guest bathroom show how bla this room really was.  It got a mini makeover about a year ago and you can see that here but it needed so much more.

My photography skills have come a long way since this pictures were taken, but the bathroom has come even farther. 

Here is the view from the hallway.   We went from classic 1980’s yuck to a timeless and traditional beauty.  I am so happy with this room remodel I smile each time I pass by it.  It was absolutely worth the six months that we spent working on it.

While this space is fairly big for a powder room it is still very difficult to take pictures in here.  So let’s take a closer look shall we.  This is the view from just inside the door, which happens to be about the only thing we did not replace.

And on to the view to the left of the toilet.  This shade of green is exactly the wall color that I had in my mind and it is fabulous to see how it sets off the red in here.  And yes that is my toilet tissue you see folded neatly into a triangle.  I do it for every party we have.

My husband and I had a bit of a disagreement on the style of the mirror for this room.  I was leaning toward a more curvy mirror but I had to admit that he was right about choosing this dark wood framed mirror. 
Since comments on the post picking out a toilet agreed with him he is all up in my business about decorating choices.  Don’t tell him but I am loving it.

I love this silly pig with wings and hopefully he will give our guests a giggle.

And just in case you have blocked out how sad my bathroom looked at the beginning of this project here are the before and after photos side by side.

We have come a long way baby!
Thanks for reading,
Traci

I will be linking up to the following parties:
Metamorphosis Monday
Power of Paint at Domestically Speaking

Fall Is Finally Here!

I can’t tell you all how happy I am that Fall is finally here. 
I love everything about the Fall season.  The colors, the smells, the cool crisp air and even the weather.  So why am I not posting fall themed posts like crazy?  Because life has been a bit crazy here at the dog house.
If you are a regular reader you might remember that Zoey has injured herself.  She has managed to rupture her ACL and that has made her luxating Patella much worse.  We have had a second opinion and are now trying to schedule the surgery.   So I am spending a lot of my time carrying her around and helping her up and down from the bed and couch.

Last year I created a table scape for Thanksgiving and I was very proud of it but I never got the chance to share it.
I started out with a table cloth that I shrunk the year before.  Since it no longer fit my table I cut it down to the size of a table runner.

Iron on seam tape was the next step finishing all the raw edges.

Here it is on my dining room table the night before Thanksgiving. 

Then came the gathering of all things autumn.  Since I love fall there was no shortage of items to choose from.

I started with my white spray painted chickens.  If you want to check out how I painted my chickens just click here.
Then came a large candle in a glass holder.  The candle was followed by a few of my ceramic pumpkins, I buy one each year and I am still looking for this years pumpkin.
Small candles, a few real mini pumpkins and some autumn colored beaded garland rounded out the arrangement and I was ready for dinner.
Thanks for reading,
Traci

Parties I am linking up to:

Transformation Thursday at The Shabby Creek Cottage
http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/