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Lamps.com My Sponsor for the Design Bloggers Conference

February 26, 2014 by Dagmar Bleasdale Leave a Comment

As you might have read, I’m flying to Atlanta for the Design Bloggers Conference 2014 for three days. I’m super excited to go and am starting to pack.

It gets even better — I found an amazing sponsor for the #DBC2014. After having a great experience working with Lamps.com — remember this new red lamp for our living room? — they agreed to be my sponsor. Thank you, Lamps.com!

I love their stylish website and the humor they put into their Our Team page.

Lamps.com offers a free bulb with every lamp you buy from them, free shipping and free returns.

And where do I begin: I like so many of their lamps! Here are just a few:

I have a thing for schoolhouse light fixtures, and I’d love three of these over my kitchen island — if I had a kitchen big enough for an island: Schoolhouse Pendants Pendant

My Dream Home: 10 Porch Decorating Ideas for Every Style

June 9, 2011 by Dagmar Bleasdale 17 Comments

My Dream Home time! This week, I thought I’d share some decorating tips I love for porches.

I hope you have a porch, or maybe a patio, so you can incorporate some of these ideas!

I love everything on this porch: the blue chairs, the table, and the dog.

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I’m not crazy about the table legs, but I like the use of fun colors on this porch, and the planter is interesting.

Simple cottage-style porch:

It’s great to have storage on the porch, especially if you don’t have a mud room. And why not decorate your porch with pictures? It’s covered, so nothing is going to happen to them. And that has to be my favorite house color.

My favorite! That table is a dream.

How cute is this setup? Looks like it’s waiting for a little girl’s birthday party. I’m on the lookout for a cute little bench just like that.

Here is a simple, frugal, and easy project: take old chairs — they don’t even have to match — and spray paint them each a different color. It’s interesting to look at and will serves a practical purpose.

This isn’t my taste, but maybe it’s yours?

Light and airy and happy. And there is that house color again. My dream porch would have an outdoor rug like this. And how clever are those curtains? I’d use shower curtain liners that can take the rain…

Wouldn’t it be lovely to have a big porch like this? Oh, the possibilities! I would definitely add a lot of planters.

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I’ll leave you with this one: I’m at a loss for words — how romantic is this?

Which one is your favorite?

My Dream Home: Laundry Room Design On a Budget

May 25, 2011 by Dagmar Bleasdale 24 Comments

It’s time to reveal some beautiful laundry room decorating ideas in my “My Dream Home” series!

Laundry Room Design On a Budget

All of these laundry room designs can be achieved even on a budget — all it takes is a can of paint or cool wallpaper, baskets and shelves for clever storage, colorful fabric, and some imagination.

Simply add a map to the wall and velcro a fabric scrap to the sink for extra storage space:

This room shows how much you can do with a little space: add a top to the washing machine for extra space.

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I opted for front loading machines for our laundry “closet” for this exact reason: I wanted the space on the top of the machines for folding and storage. I also hung our ironing board on the wall, and Don installed shelves above the machines.

I love the color in this laundry room. A can of paint doesn’t cost much and is an easy way to update a room.

I like the extra storage that was designed next to the washing machine and dryer here.

Let’s talk wallpaper! I love the idea of temporary wallpaper, which comes in handy especially in apartments and rented homes. You don’t even have to wallpaper the whole room — just wallpaper one accent wall, or just use one stripe!

Now, I don’t think those lamps are practical in a small laundry room like this, but I like the bold accent wall and the tile wall. Get a professional to drill the holes for the floating shelves into the tiles, though :)

Oh, I love the extra storage in this laundry room design and the use of different metal baskets!

Which one of these fab laundry rooms is your favorite?