Christmas Tablescape

Today Im participating in Centsational Girls HomeGoods Holiday tablescape contest.

It all started with these little glitter bird candles I scored at HomeGoods a few weeks ago.  I decided to place them in little nest sprayed with glitter and set inside my $1 birdcages I bought last year.  These made the perfect centerpieces for my china.

I used my gold trimmed wedding china, set on gold chargers and wrapped each plate with champagne colored ribbon.

For the table centerpiece I gathered several candlesticks purchased over the years (all from HomeGoods- of course) and set them amongst the greenery.

I love this photo where you can see my tree in the distance.

A two-tiered tray holds silver and gold ornaments.

My buffet is dressed with greenery and a white paper mache' deer.

Hope you enjoyed my little Christmas in the dining room. Cheers!


Also linking to:

E-Client Master Bedroom

I wanted to share one of my recent e-designs for a client who needed help with her master bedroom.  She had purchased several great items for the room, but just needed a little help putting it all together.  The placement of the bed was a bit awkward due to the windows.  I have run into this issue before- where the only available wall for the bed is under a set of windows.

  


My advise to this dilemma--embrace it!  Soften the lines of the windows with drapery, and if needed- take the drapery all the way to end of the wall for a dramatic effect.  


Here are a couple examples I came across where the windows were embraced and really made a beautiful focal point for the room.

And here is my Design board I prepared for her:

I love the neutral with the pop of glam and you just cant go wrong with a zebra rug!


If you would like help with a room in your home- you can email me at amandaeck@hotmail.com. I'd love to work with you!  I have a few spots open for the month of December.

Kirklands winner!! & My New Chandelier

I can't believe I forgot to announce the winner of the Kirklands giveaway last week!!  Congrats to Jeanine from LaureElle

Last week I finally got to get rid of the ugly ceiling fan in our living room.  The room is very open with a 19 foot ceiling- so I needed something large to fill the space.  


BEFORE: (this is the only photo I could find with the ceiling fan in it)
Pretty right? brass, white and ugly all over.

AFTER: (its was so difficult to get a good photo-so these are the best of the bunch).  Its a rustic 9 light iron and wood from Cyan Design. (you can order through me if your interested)

Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!  My sister and I did a little after Thanksgiving shopping Friday and learned something new this year- NEVER go BACK to the Mall after 9am. We were high on caffeine and thought we could go back for a second round - BIG mistake.  But all in all we had a blast and found some good deals.  How about you?  Did you dare to venture out?

Thanksgiving Table

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!  Wishing you and your family a wonderful day. 

I finally got around to getting my table set- I went to the grocery store and fell in love with this assortment of burgundy flowers.  

I paired it with my chocolate brown table cloth, cream napkins, and brown toile china.

Now to get my "pie" on and start baking!  Cheers!

A little Christmas Decor

Im sure most of you are spending this week getting ready for Thanksgiving- which Im *suppose* to be doing as well.  I have to admit I've been caught getting the house Christmas-ready instead.  I am hosting Thanksgiving at my house this year- so I am going to have to un-decorate my dining room table from Christmas-mode over to Thanksgiving mode.


I am always looking for new ways to decorate my coffee table and this year I decided on something simple yet glamorous.  I took a silver tray, added my collection of mercury glass pieces, then filled it with silver, gold, and blue ornaments.

I love how all the silver and mercury glass reflects off the mirrored top table.

Well Im off to start scouring the house for my Thanksgiving table decor- I usually don't wait till this late in the game to decorate it!  

I hope that you all have a wonderful, memorable Thanksgiving with your loved ones!  Anyone else getting geared up for the After Thanksgiving shopping?  I have to admit Im not too impressed with the sales this year-but that won't stop my sister and I from getting up at stupid-o-clock in the morning to hit the stores!  Its tradition, ya know.

The Container Store

I was so excited to be invited to a special pre-opening preview of our new Container Store thats opening up this weekend.  We were served a delicious lunch from our local Hubbell & Hudson Bistro and given the best goodie bag ev-ah!

The Container Store has always been my "go-to" store when I need to get inspired to "get organized".  There is literally a box, bin or bottle for everything!

There is an entire wall of hooks and hangers!

Love all their office storage.  You could totally do a little "Cloffice" space in a spare unused closet.

These cool decorative panels come in a 4-pack and make great wall fillers.

When my garage grows up it wants to look like this.

Then there's the wrapping paper isle- be still my heart......

How about you- do you get all giddy when you see all this organizing stuff?  Im off to go clean out a closet or two....