Tweet!     Well, my husband was almost sure I had gone over the edge this time.. He was already puzzled a few months ago when I wanted to buy and old musty suitcase just to have it sit around the house.  But I smiled sweetly and he fell for my winsome ways, as usual.. But [...]

Tweet!   I have been working on a few Diy projects around the house, and I am excited to have one finally completed to share with you! Hey – I am glad to have one finally completed period!! Some of you may remember I brightened up my Master Bedroom last summer with new sheets and curtains. Master [...]

Tweet!   I talked my husband into going with me to a Flea Market today that was about an hour from our home. We got up early and stopped to get cash and Starbucks - Pumpkin Spice – yumm!  My husband was laughing at me as soon as we arrived. I started ohhhing and ahhhhing before [...]

Tweet! It all started, as much inspiration does, with a picture. I had purchased 4 frames to use in an arrangement on my bedroom wall. I wasn’t sure what I wanted to put in them, until I saw this picture in my “100 decorating ideas under $100″ magazine. I loved these pictures. They used burlap [...]

Tweet! I did a post the other day about my bedroom makeover – You can go check it out here if you haven’t seen it. Ocean Inspired Bedroom Makeover I promised to do a couple of tutorials on some of the things I put together. So, as promised, here is one for the Pillow Shams. [...]

Tweet! Some of you may remember I did a post where I was contemplating freshening up my bedroom for the summer by bringing in some new bedding that featured more white. White After Memorial Day The above collage shows some of my inspiration photo’s from Pinterest. (If you haven’t checked out Pinterest yet, go ask [...]

Tweet! Does anyone else out there have a kitchen that is stuck in the 90′s? Please tell me yes so I know I’m not alone! My kitchen is pretty dated, and up until a couple of weeks ago, it even had a flowered wallpaper border. Sorry if I made you throw up.. I desperately want [...]

Tweet! I am so excited to share with you a fun Dollar Store project I made this week – and the total cost was only $2! Can’t beat that! Some of you may remember that I took my first trip to Hobby Lobby this week – if you want to see how that went, you [...]

Tweet! This is a project that I first did last year for my daughters. I made another one this week, and decided to repost the tutorial as I have a better camera now. I also am a better blogger in general.. and the truth is, I get embarrassed at my older posts! But – I [...]

Tweet! Does anyone else feel like they have multiple-personalities when it comes to decorating? I have gone through so many different phases over the years, and now find myself liking things again that I thought I was so done with!  Case in point – Country and Victorian.. been there, done that. Have tons of old [...]

Tweet! Welcome to The Little Brown House Year in Review It was so much fun going back through my first year with this blog and choosing my top 10 projects. I have learned a lot about blogging in the past year, and also completed a lot of fun projects! I hope you enjoy looking through [...]

Tweet!I love the phrase Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose. So when I finally decided to “fall” up my mantel, I decided I would just use things I already had on hand. This was a great idea that caused me much stress.. This was how my living room looked Thursday evening.. at about 5:05 as a matter of fact. [...]

Tweet! I have a quick and easy project for you this week! I saw these transfers on the blog Maple & Magnolia‘s a couple of weeks ago and went right out to Michaels and bought up a bunch of them. I probably got more than I need, But they were only $1 a card  - so [...]

Tweet! Hi! Welcome to The little brown house! This week I want to show you a couple of things I did to update our back patio. It started when I got the Pottery Barn catalog, and realized I would have to get a 2nd (3rd) mortgage to get everything I wanted! I saw these copper [...]