Category Archives: Decorate My Space

The Hunt: Junkyard Chic

By ADD | Published: August 17, 2010
I don’t have any pretty photos today, so I’m just going to show you some quick pix of my latest junkyard find.  I bought this solid wood vintage medicine cabinet with original beveled mirror ($60) on a recent Brooklyn thrift store junket and quickly sprayed it white so that I could hang it over my [...]
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Chartreuse and Grey

By ADD | Published: August 10, 2010
I ordered this Dwell Studio duvet from Target a few days ago for our master bedroom.   It’s so hard to know what you are getting from Target online, but the reviews of this item were great and it was (ahem) cheap.  I hope it will look nice with our gray walls (?).  Here’s the [...]
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I’m Finally Decorating my Dining Room

By ADD | Published: August 7, 2010
Thanks to all of your brilliant suggestions, I’ve finally been inspired (and a little bit nudged) to decorate my spartan dining room.  Today’s post is a quick one.  I bought this wool rug to go under the dining table.  Expecting delivery any day.  I thought I would choose another seagrass, but I was struck by [...]
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I have piles of these archival family photos lying around.

Decorate My Dining Room, Part 3

By ADD | Published: July 28, 2010
Good Morning DIY’ers!  Welcome to part 3 of the ongoing series, DECORATE MY DINING ROOM.  In part 2, I showed you the Flor carpet tiles that I’m considering.  I haven’t ruled Flor out, but I’m not sold on it yet either.  But don’t fret, there will be a carpet under that table when all is [...]
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A Bathroom Love Affair

By ADD | Published: July 27, 2010
I was just clicking through the June/July issue of Lonny (I know, I am so behind) and I noticed this black bathroom.  I thought if I put it on the same page as my bathroom, the two would have a wild love affair and spawn some great ideas. I just need more stuff in mine.  And some [...]
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Flor Corrogated Rib in Cinnabar

Decorate My Dining Room, Part 2

By ADD | Published: July 23, 2010
Following up on my recent invitation for readers to DECORATE MY DINING ROOM, here’s a wider view of the sad and barren room.  I got some great feedback in the comments to my first post and I hope you will keep the tough love coming. First things first, this room needs a rug to both warm [...]
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a very bare dining room after renovation

decorate my dining room, pretty please

By ADD | Published: July 16, 2010
Readers, please help this wayward blogger.  Renovation of the dining room on the parlor floor of our brownstone apartment is DONE.  But as you can see, this naked room is crying out for decor.  And a mop, but that’s a story for another post.  I thought I would decorate the minute we moved back in, [...]
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