Monthly Archives: June 2013
Interior Details of the 7 Barn House
A couple of weeks ago, we had the wonderful pleasure of being invited up to stay at this magnificent place that sits on the South shore of Lake Superior in Northern Wisconsin.
It’s a house, that looks like a barn, and was constructed by repurposing the wood, beams and materials from 7 antique barns.
This photo is from: www.lakesuperiorbarn.com
Last time I showed you some amazingly creative lights that are in the house… this time I want to show you some more of the gorgeous, rustic details of this place! click here to read the rest of the story…
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Someone Else’s House: Vintage Bungalow Enclosed Front Porch
One more room to see from the vintage craftsman style bungalow I’ve showed you so many rooms to…
The enclosed front porch.
This is how it looked when they went through the house to see if they wanted to buy it…
Doesn’t look too bad, but once they closed on the house purchase, click here to read the rest of the story…
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Our House: Home Office/Library DIY Window Treatment
The home office at ‘Our House’ has recently had a makeover. I showed you what a difference the paint color can make, as well as moving a bit of furniture and changing up the accessories, today we’ll take a closer look at the window treatments I made for this room.
Because in my design business, I designed, sold fabric, trim and rodding and even sometimes constructed the window treatments myself, I would end up with click here to read the rest of the story…
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Our House: The Reproduction Style Shed/Barn/Garage/Workshop?
On the property at ‘Our House’ we have a shed, so to speak.
About 10 or 15 years ago we had a local carpenter and his crew, build it for us.
Some people tried to talk me into putting a pole shed up, said that it would be fast and have good storage. Trust me, no way was I doing that. I wanted something that had character and looked charming, and I just felt that I didn’t need to compromise on the ‘charm factor’ to get great storage and workspace needs.
However, click here to read the rest of the story…
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Our House: Home Office/Library… Bird Inspiration Brings in the Details
I showed you last week how this room has changed drastically over the past 17 years, now let’s get down to the details…
I love the life a wall of books brings to a room. So to me that’s the main focal point of the room.
However, I also love the look of prints mounted on the face of the bookshelf, giving interesting depth to the shelves. click here to read the rest of the story…
