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I’m a little nervous showing you my house, especially since I’ve seen some magazine-worthy homes among my bloggy friends!

I know I am not much of a house cleaner, and my taste, ummm… well my house is not magazine worthy, but it is home.  and I love it.  I hope you like it too.

We bought this home, our first, in November of 2008 (wow, time flies)! 

The Master Suite and attached Nursery are my absolute favorite rooms in the house, where I spend the most time, and have spent the most time fixing up!

Master Bedroom

Master Bathroom

We haven’t done too many renovation projects, but the master bath has seen the most changes.  I love the look in here.

Nursery

I still have so many things on my to do list for these rooms!

Here’s just a few:

• replace bath lights (I do not like those Miss Piggy lights)
• niches and beadboard for the medicine cabinet side of the bathroom
• new dressers

That’s a good start.   I’ll post more; I just don’t want to bore you with a super long post :)  (and this gives me some time to clean)





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I love canopy beds about as much as I love high ceilings... so I really love them.
Don't love the price though, and what if I change my mind and decide it looks too big for my small bedroom?

So I made a canopy for my bed that is both cheap and can be changed or removed whenever I want.

I hung curtain rods from my ceiling!

This can be done a bunch of different ways... a single rod at the foot of the bed, parallel rods at the sides, or rods going all the way around or 3/4 of the way around...

I hung rods 3/4 of the way around the bed.

If you want to make a bold statement in the bedroom, a floor to ceiling headboard is the way to go.



I love these two (three?) doors stacked up for the statement they make  - very dramatic, but I needed or wanted something softer for my space,

so I put up a curtain headboard.
As an added Bonus, this was a super cheap way to go (<$10!).

I bought this gorgeous cream damask curtain from the thrift store (it's a really wide & long curtain > 8 feet), so it's perfect for a headboard.

Last week's birdcage transformation reminded me of another birdcage in my home.