Wednesday Weekly Wish List #160

ByYvonne Pratt

Join us weekly for decorating tips, recipe ideas, fun and interesting ideas, seasonal posts, and the best finds. Welcome to Wednesday Weekly Wish List #160.

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Welcome To Wednesday Weekly Wish List #160

It’s DECORATING WEEK! Here’s what I wrote on Monday…

July through the first two weeks of August can be tricky months for blogging! Seasonal decor is mostly wrapped up, and it’s not quite time for fall decorations yet. My friend Heidi at Eleanore Rose Home calls this time of year decorating purgatory!

However, this period is perfect for boosting our decorating IQ before the rush of fall and Christmas. Welcome to DECORATING WEEK! All this week, I’m rewriting and reposting some of the most popular and important “how to decorate” posts to help you become a more confident and skilled decorator!

Decorating Week is part of a larger series called DECORATING SCHOOL. For the next six weeks, I’ll share one or two of the best decorating posts, rich with learning and practical applications and fresh content until mid-August. By the end of this series, you’ll have gone through a comprehensive decorating course that will shine through in your decor!

Make sure you see Monday’s post HERE and yesterday’s post HERE.

On a personal note, Ann will not be joining us this week. Her father passed away, and she needs a little time. We miss you, Ann!

Now, I’m featured first this WWW…

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Yvonne | StoneGable

chest with pictures in back of it. Chair in the foregtround.

1. DECORATING WEEK: It’s Decorating Week on the blog! During the summer doldrums brush up on the best interior design concepts to be a more confident decorator! You can read and learn from our most popular post, with new content and lots of images. Check out What Is Transitional Style, a post full of relevant info about this beautiful super style.

2. AMAZON FINDS: See all my favorite new picks.

3. ANSWERS TO LIFE’S LITTLE QUESTIONS: The Decorating Edition

  • What is the one thing home decorators overlook when decorating their homes? Taking your home’s style and architecture into account is one of the most important and overlooked things you should consider when decorating.
  • How can you change the color of almost any home decor, such as curtain rods, hardware, and decorative vases? Spray paint or rub and Rub N Buff.
  • How can you make a bed look more luxurious? Hang curtains behind it on a curtain rod. Make sure to hang them as close to the ceiling as possible.

4. FAVORITE FINDS:

5. BEAUTIFUL HOMES AND MORE: I love this beautiful Boston home. I think you will like it too. You will be so intrigued with this eclectic brownstone home. This is such a pretty home in May’s Landing in New Jersey.

6. CAPSULE WARDROBE:

7. FUN AND INTERESTING FACTS: What is July’s birthstone and flower? What is July’s full moon called?

8. DECORATING AND ORGANZING: Make sure to check out 100+ Ways To Organize Your Whole Home. As well as, 10 Best Ideas For Decorating : Essentials That Make A House A Home and this important and informative post about Undertones And Color.

9. EASY PEACH CRISP: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Arrange 4 cups of sliced fresh (or canned/no juice) peaches in the bottom of an 8×8 buttered baking dish. Add 1/2 cup all-purpose flour, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/2 cup (1 stick) cold butter, 1/2 tsp cinnamon, and 1/8 cup sugar in a mixing bowl and combine with a pasty cutter or two knives. Add 1 cup of rolled oats (not instant) and mix in. Sprinkle the crisp mixture over the peaches and pat it down evenly. Bake for 30 minutes until bubbly. Serve with vanilla ice cream. Scrumptious!

10. FALL PREVIEW: I just can’t wait! If you want a little fall inspo, you might like Decorating With Sunflowers, 11 Smart And Inexpensive Fall Ideas, and Drying Hydrangeas The Easy Way.

Answer to #7: July’s birthstone is a ruby and flower, a larkspur or delphinium. July’s full moon is on July 21. It is called the Buck moon because deer antlers start to grow.

Lory | Designthusiam

beautiful white French kitchen

1. Looking to do remodeling to your kitchen or baths? Here are 2 posts that may inspire you. One is a Design Plan for a Simple Bathroom Remodel and the other shares the second part of our Kitchen Remodel Using White Quartz Countertops and some other new details.

2. AMAZON PICKS: here are this week’s favorites from Amazon.

3. THIS WEEK ON THE BLOG I shared this post about Using Flea Market Finds to Add Vintage Style to the Home, this Pretty Kitchen Coffee Station and this guide to decorating with Affordable French Style Ottoman Benches.

4. CURRENT DECOR CRUSHES UNDER $50:

5. CURRENT DECOR CRUSHES UNDER $100:

6. CURRENT DECOR CRUSHES UNDER $200:

7. FASHION PICKS: I am perpetually on a quest for comfortable heels, being only 5′ 1″ tall, and I recently found the most amazing heels for dress wear. Like me, you may look at them and say there’s no way they are comfortable, but apart from having the front stretched slightly before wearing, I can tell you, they truly are.

8. Are you into up-cycling furniture with paint? You might start small with an accent piece, such as this reproduction clock. See it here: DIY Chalk Painting a Swedish Mora Clock.

9. WHAT’S INSPIRING ME AROUND THE WEB: This beautiful rustic chic home, this elegant mix of rugged with modern, and this gorgeous example of timeless but updated style.

10. UP NEXT: How to know if you’re over-decorating…

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