You’ve made the leap to your own home- perhaps even your first time taking the exhilarating ride of being a home owner, and you’ve done it on your own: How do the rules for decorating a “master bedroom” change in a climate where 15-20% of houses sold each year sell to a single woman? Standard…
Review of Anthropologie’s Chevron Duvet in my Downtown Studio Apartment
Confession: I have a Pottery Barn taste on a Target budget. I lust after expensive linens but used to convince myself to settle for something cheap, instead. Until recently. In 2010 I fell in love with the anthropologie rosette quilt, and though it was far more that I was comfortable spending on a quilt, I loved the…
How I Created Luxurious Ruffled Curtains for my Master Bedroom for $30
One fun thing about Hawk Hill now operating as a B & B is that I get to hear feedback about the house often. Of the questions I am asked, one of the most common is where I purchased the tiered, ruffled curtains in the grey bedroom, pictured here. The layers and layers of tiered…
Review of Anthropologie Rosette Quilt – 5 Year Update
My quilt is currently for sale on this consignment site, snatch it up for a fraction of the price of new! Confession: when Anthropologie’s Jersey Cotton Rosette Quilt blew up on Pinterest I was all over it. After weeks of hemming and hawing and a lot of wasted time scouring the internet in an attempt…
Goodbye to Hawk Hill
As I finalize my transition to living in Seattle, Hawk Hill, the name of my farm and home in Missouri, has been sold. Hawk-Hill.com however, will stay online and I have many projects and tutorials planned for the coming months. Early this fall, as my community gathered to mark the beginning of a new year…
Reviewing Ikea’s Emmie Blom Floral Duvet Cover
Though I only make it to Ikea about once a year, I’ve been eyeing the Emmie Blom duvet for awhile. Finally, I grew tired of my Anthropologie Rosette quilt and decided Emmie Blom might be an inexpensive makeover (and make up, just a little, for my previous splurge on Anthropologie bedding). Paired with a basic…
Tutorial: DIY Drawer Dividers – Bedroom Dresser Edition
Some people get bit by the cleaning bug in the spring, but for me spring fever hits as an irrepressible urge to organize! Since the weather began to turn in the Ozarks, I’ve de-cluttered 2 closets, most of my kitchen cabinets, my bedroom dresser, and half of my especially disheveled garage. Adding dividers to my…