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A New Year

A Brand New Year……
First things first…I need to put away the Christmas decorations and clean up the place a bit and then….I am on to renewing a few things in the house this year. I really want to create an amazing craft room…one that I will want to spend time in and that is organized. Here are a few pictures that motivate me to come up with inexpensive ideas to get the looks.

Pottery Barn (Of course) These pictures are from http://springchickdesigns.blogspot.com/ awesome ideas for sewing craft rooms..plus she is one creative gal herself!

More ideas from Springchick

Another awsome idea from Pottery Barn. Love the open shelving under the desk top. Plus I love the height of the table.

What things are you going to “renew or refresh” in your home this year?

Karins Kottage

Welcome to Karins Kottage! There is always something fun going on! You would think after becoming an empty nester couple that our nest would be very quiet and empty but our Kottage nest is usually more full than what we started out with! You might find me hosting a birthday party or graduation party and a baby shower on the same weekend or a big outdoor get together with 25 of our friends and family in the backyard or maybe I might be in the kitchen trying out a new recipe for my hubby and I to grill on the BBQ for a quiet night for the two of us. I am passionate about entertaining and setting a beautiful table! I may or may not have an addiction to cloth napkins and fun salad plates oh and goblets too! I think I will always have a home decorating DIY project in the works as long as my hubby is on board with me haha. We have painted A LOT in the 6 homes we have owned in the 35 years that we have been married as well as re-done multiple pieces of furniture, added wall and ceiling treatments, replaced lights, bathroom fixtures and even tiled floors! I have sewn what seems like a million window treatments for our home as well as for family, made slipcovers, and duvets and even a formal dress or two!

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  • great craft rooms...I wish mine looked so good. I'm lucky to have my very, own do anything I want in it, room but it used to be the husbands and he made me leave the faux brick up on one wall. Yikes, it's horrible!!! Men have some strange ideas about decorating...I just ordered all new bedding for our room and will re-paint the coffee colored walls something called "writer's parchement" by Ralph Lauren....one of his 300 colors of the shade white....No brick!!!

  • Mmm... loving these inspiration pics. I've never really decided what to do in my office, maybe this will be the year I actually get off my duff and DO something about it. :)

  • Thanks for the mention! I had to laugh when I saw your first PB inspiration picture - that was the one that inspired me too!
    - Kari, Spring Chick

  • WOW! That would be a dream come true to have a wonderful craft room like that!

    My FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS is to get my Christmas Decorations put away. Hopefully I'll get to that today. Then I have multiple trash to treasure project awaiting me in my garage. Happy New Year!

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