Freshen up your living space with pillows....

My client wanted a more neutral collection of pillows for her family room sectional sofa and two chairs..... Sectionals can be tricky - how many too pillows is too many? I like to 'mostly' match the arm ends - as you can see I have the same two  selected with the small leopard thrown in on the left-side for  some fun!  In the center I selected the large Mongolian Lamb pillow...

Blogging and the Emmy's Red Carpet.......

Blogging definitely took a backseat to my planking project this week - see the above Instagram photo I took yesterday.  Don't let this photo fool you - the project is far from done - painting and caulking still need to be completed and I would love to paint the ceiling and replace the pot lights with cute fixtures....... What I have learned is this - I have no future in adding DIY...

Love Feast Giveaway!

LoveFeast is a sweet online shop with lots of wonderful  home decor products including these these darling  velvet pumpkins. Each velvet pumpkin includes a real pumpkin stem so they look completely organic and so lovely incorporated into your fall decor! You can check out all their products HERE. LoveFeast has generously offered to giveaway a trio of the  velvet...

Advice for Monday.....

This will be my mantra this week, cause it's a big photo shoot week - super exciting for me! I can't wait to tell you more about it. x...

Client project, an updated study......

I learned an important lesson when I began doing this post - I must take more 'before' photos of the spaces I work on..... I have just ONE pathetic photo of the study that I worked on for  a client/friend.  The space is just off the entry of the home, has a sort of craftsman/mission style vibe and is used by the family for studying, working and reading. All the  furniture...

Reality.......

Indeed! Happy hump da...

Jamie Shops!

Today I want to highlight a relatively new sponsor of my blog JamieShop.com.   Jamieshop.com is a online buying service for 'to the trade' only interior design elements - think the fabrics, lighting and accessories that you drool over in Elle Decor, Architectural Digest and House Beautiful! The brainchild of nationally renowned interior designer, Jaime Herzlinger,  the service...

D.i.y. dilemmas....

I had hoped to share a d.i.y. project with you all this week..... a sort of "hey, look at me with my kids all back in school, clients taken care of, laundry done AND  my walls freshly planked".  It was going to be EPIC, cause, let's face it.....around here at the Forever*Cottage you get a lot of decorating but not much d.i.y. - I leave that to  other bloggers who are far...

Styling bookshelves.....

Well hello.............. Are we all back-to-school coffee'd out? Are the little darlings happily immersed in their schedules, routines, lessons, practices, etc....?  I feel like this year has been a whole new chapter in our back-to-school, with a high school freshman and a very independent middle schooler it's as if I am hardly needed and eh, I skip the back-to-school coffee's - it's official I.AM.THAT.OLD.MOM....