Romance Novel Author - Lifestyle Blog: Dagmar's Home
Finally: it’s time to show off the Blue Cottage with a Christmas House Tour!
I took so many pictures, there’s no space to show you every room, but you’ll get a good idea how I decorated our new home in general and then added Christmas decor.
Our living room fireplace is massive, and I’m having a lot of fun decorating it for every season.
This year I just used Christmas decorations I already had. Except for those accent pillows from Target and Country Antiques.
I’ve been wanting to make my own snow globe for a while now, so I went to the craft store and bought all kinds of supplies, enough for several snow globes.
I started with a really easy one that took me only minutes to put together.
Here is my latest thrifty find I’m thrilled about:
This amazing set of 71 vintage silverware pieces wasn’t just $5, but such a find!
I already owned 4 knives of this Oneida flatware — and used it in my vintage Thanksgiving table setting — and with some research I was able to find out it’s name.
It’s from 1933, but I’ll save the rest of the story of how I ended up with this whole set for a separate post. It’s too good of a story.
Annie Sloan chalk paint is all the rage in the DIY world.
You don’t have to prep your furniture piece; there’s no sanding or stripping involved.
Plus, Annie Sloan chalk paint works on many surfaces, doesn’t have any odor, and dries in 20 minutes.
This I had to try. [Read more…]
Time to reveal more of the progress in the Blue Cottage!
When you enter our house, you step from the porch right into our living room — no mudroom, not even a hallway. [Read more…]