A Cultivated Nest

You Know I Love Toile!

So I had to join Pretty Organized Palace's Toile Party today! Be sure to check out the other participants if you love toile! Most of my regular readers know that I'm pretty crazy about toile (and transferware). My favorite is red toile because....well, red is my favorite color! I also love white so my living room is decorated mainly red and white... My favorite thrift store ... Read More about You Know I Love Toile!

Stretching Those Decorating Dollars

I shop at a lot of places for home decor items, I'm sure you do too! Some of my favorite discount stores besides Target are Big Lots and Dollar Tree. I was in Big Lots Saturday (looking for some canned peaches - can you believe a can of fruit used to be under a $1 and now it's $1.45 to $1.89!) Anyway, they were all sold out of the Dole peaches but they did have some home decor items. If you ... Read More about Stretching Those Decorating Dollars

Let’s Go To The Ballard Outlet!

I went to the Ballard Outlet last week looking for some new slipcovers for my Parsons Chairs and brought my camera because I thought you guys might like to see what it looks like.Who doesn't love the European inspired Ballard Designs Catalog!! We actually have two outlets here in the Atlanta area. Oh and just because it's an outlet doesn't mean that everything is super cheap! It's still ... Read More about Let’s Go To The Ballard Outlet!

Spring Fluffing – China Cabinet

Rhoda (Southern Hospitality) is hosting a Spring Fluffing Party. So be sure to check out all the other's that are participating. I'm sure there will be lots of Spring Decorating Eye Candy and great ideas!I decided it was time to redo my living room china cabinet. I put away my brown transferware that you see on the second shelf. I usually bring it out around Thanksgiving and leave it up all ... Read More about Spring Fluffing – China Cabinet

Spring Look for My Fireplace Mantel

I finished changing around my mantel yesterday and I'm pretty happy with it. I'll probably tweek it a bit this week. I used only things I already had - I didn't go out and buy anything for this makeover (I used a lot of paint ~smile)! I showed how I re-made the center bird picture in the post below this one.This candle stick used to originally be this ($1.91 at Goodwill).Then I painted them black ... Read More about Spring Look for My Fireplace Mantel

From Thriftstore Blah to Romantic Chic – A Picture Makeover

I've been wanting to change the accessories on my fireplace mantel for spring, right now it still has all my mercury glass on it. So I looked around at what I had and came up with an idea or theme for a spring look. Most everything I'm going to use I'm either going to make, change or already have. First thing to change is this picture of birds.I picked up this picture last year at Goodwill and ... Read More about From Thriftstore Blah to Romantic Chic – A Picture Makeover