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Heather's Vintage Granny Chic
House Tour

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Name: Heather Spriggs Thompson
Location: Nashville, TN
Size: 2100 sq. ft.
Years Lived In: 3 months in this house (although I have lived in Nashville for 11 years)

The vintage stylings of Heather Spriggs Thompson feel like a beautiful echo heard around the internet. She has set the bar high in the mainstream media, when it comes to making vintage pieces not only feel beautiful, but modern and comforting. Although she's only recently moved into her current home, it's already filled with picture-perfect places where you can easily see yourself...

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A Bank & Key Holder In One

Have you ever fallen in love with a piggy bank? We have. Although there's no sign of swine in this model, it's oh so pretty and holds your keys as well. Even those who claim such things belong in the bedroom, we think this version is fetching enough to sit out in the open.

Throw A 1-2-3-4-5 Party & Let Your Guests Do The Work

110509-12345party.jpg It can be easy to fret over work that goes into entertaining guests in your home, but why worry, when you can simply throw a 1-2-3-4-5 party. Your guests bring food, fun and hours of entertainment — all you have to do is clean! Here's how...

How To Make A Sideboard From Stock Cabinets

Some have been lucky to find a fabulous sideboard or credenza from a sale or off Craigslist, but for those who have come up empty handed, no despair, just make on yourself. This Old House walks us through a relatively simple process using stock cabinets (which can be found for super cheap at your local Re-Store).

A Look Inside The 21c Museum Hotel

The 21c Museum Hotel calls Louisville, Kentucky home. Normally when you think high end hotels decked out with amazing artwork, we aren't usually thinking Kentucky—but maybe we should be. The best part is, there's several great ideas you can borrow to use in your own home. Click through to see more...

Easy DIY: Phonebook Turned Doorstop

110209-doorstop.jpg Sometimes the simplest of things are the easiest ideas to forget about. Often times it's easy to think a diy project has to be a daunting undertaking, but not today. Click through to see how easy this recycled doorstop is to make...

The $3 Mirror Project

103009-mirror.jpg We double plus, love crafty creative projects that look fabulous and don't take up that much of our hard earned cash. This project is a great accent to the entryway of this home and is made of wooden coffee stir sticks, a plate and a mirror!

The Makings Of A Mid Century Modern Path

102809-concrete1.jpg Mid Century enthusiast Jenn Ski wasn't fulled settled on having the traditional straight and narrow front walkway. Instead she turned to decades past for inspiration when it came to pouring her own circular pathway.

The Fall Cure: The Landing Strip
Week 3 - Tips & Tricks

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Read more about our problematic 12' Landing Strip below!

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The Cure this week as Maxwell told us on Monday, is all about the Landing Strip and the filtering of objects as they come into your home. It can sometimes be a trial and error process to find the exact set up that stops all your clutter at the door and keeps the inside of your home free from the travels of the outside world. This week in my own home I'm struggling with...

Plans For Famous Celebrity Homes
The Gallery: Mark Bennett

We've come to accept the fact that there are some things we geek out about, more so than others. Usually it involves a new piece of furniture, or maybe a lamp, but in this case, it's entire houses. Or the plans of entire houses to be exact. Did we mention they're from famous tv characters? Guess who lives in each, after the jump!

New: Sleek Slatted Rocker

102609-rocker.jpg Often times we aren't looking for our furniture to bring in the bright pops of color we've been talking all month about, but would rather leave that to our accessories, windows and floors. One of our new favorite pieces is this slatted rocker from West Elm and while it isn't screaming for attention it's oh so pretty. Details after the jump...

What Color Could You Never Live With?
(Even if someone paid you to!)

102309-colorwheel.jpg For the better part of a month now, we've been watching colorful room, after colorful room whiz by! It's been a festival of personality and excitement, but certain colors aren't meant for everyone. We often times hear the phrase, "It's pretty, but that would never work in my house." Is there a color that makes you cringe? Which ones...

Eddie Ross DIY's Halloween

102209-eddieross.jpg By now we probably fall into the category of internet stalker when it comes to the stylings of Eddie Ross. We read the blog, follow the Twitter and are signed up for a floral class closer to the holidays. But we can't help but share his fabulous Halloween DIY designs that are budget friendly and quite chic. Details are this way...

Look! Brightly Painted Laundry Space

102109-laundryroom.jpg One of the things that caught our attention when we were last looking for a place to live, was this brightly painted laundry nook. We personally wouldn't have been brave enough to have whipped out a can of watermelon tinted paint, but we couldn't be happier with the results...

In Praise Of Vignetted Furniture
Good Quotes

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“I love [showrooms], their vignettes of stylish furniture and picture-perfect kitchen systems make it easy to focus on domesticity."

While reading through the November issue of Metropolitan Home, this quote from Dixie Chick, Emily Robinson caught out attention. Her San Antonio loft is simply beautiful and looks like the perfect place to cook a meal or talking the night away with friends, all thanks to vignetted furniture. Our thoughts on this idea after the jump...

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