House Rules: How to Decorate for Every Home, Style & Budget

Dressers Around the House

Dressers Around the House

lovely bedroom & dresser:: thistlewood farm Dressers are one of the hardest working pieces of furniture that you can own. Plus, they come in a million different styles, are easy to paint and can be found super inexpensively second-hand. If you wanted to, you could...
Top of the Dresser Files

Top of the Dresser Files

Special thanks to BLACK+DECKER  for sponsoring this post and helping make this imperfect space on the internet possible. If you want to know what our family used on any given day, just look at the top of this dresser. If we ever decided to murder someone it would be...
How + Why to Quiet Your House

How + Why to Quiet Your House

My house and I are ready for a simpler time. Every fall I find myself slowly adding in layers of coziness–a few extra pillows and throws, a stack of books next to the sofa, an extra candle here and there, and by the time January rolls around, my surfaces are...
Clearing the Winter Pileup: A Quick Surface Reset

Clearing the Winter Pileup: A Quick Surface Reset

This is the time of year where I realize I have a layer of extra things in our home.  I think it’s natural to have a little stuff build up. Like an animal gearing up for hibernation or the plain truth that most of us are inside our homes more this winter than...