Decorating Tips And Tricks

Today is a big day for us. This is episode 100 of DECORATING TIPS AND TRICKS. We owe it ALL to you!!! We appreciate you so much!!! We are clinking champagne glasses to celebrate, well not literally. Come join the fun. Questions are about how to choose the best stair runner, selecting interior materials for a barndominium, and the best blush paint colors, We also addressed what to do if you have a 'stuck in Tuscany' look. Can you have too much chalk-based paint in a room? How do you deal with a puppy that is chewing up decor? We answered those questions and so much more. We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. Be sure to check out Anita's favorite things from Amazon HERE Lisa from Texas suggested using magnetic carriage house details for your garage HERE Martha suggested you can find bulk crayons in single colors HERE Here is a link to the tutorial o

Don't get stuck in a rut when it comes to flooring! There are so so many types of flooring today to beautify your home! We could talk forever about amazing flooring! We're sharing some of our fav's! Stained and sealed concrete is an inexpensive and fabulous option. Seal the seams of a pine subflooring and paint it. So many options. Hardwood, reclaimed hardwood, engineered wood, and laminate are all great flooring options if you like a wood floor look. Don't discount Luxury Plank Vinyl Flooring. Looks like wood but is waterproof. See Yvonne's laundry room and back bathroom waterproof flooring HERE See Yvonne's Laundry Room HERE We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. Be sure to check out Anita's favorite things from Amazon HERE Quikcrete is the concrete stain Kelly used to make her barn floor fabulous! Click HERE. We love the new book by our dear

We have tips and advice for you that will open your eyes to color. How color works in a room, creates flow and sets the tone for your home. Listen in and you will definitely learn something new which will impact the way you decorate your home - guaranteed... Here are the cliff notes on the episode: Choose a tight color palette. Pay attention to tones & hues. Repeat the same color families to differing degrees. Use white to freshen. Decorate from dark to light vertically. Take a cue from your closet. Understand 60 - 30 - 10 and how to work it. Don't be a afraid to contrast warm & cool. What you'll learn today is foundational for great design and decor. Listen up - let it soak in and ask questions. We are here to help! Oh my - and there are THREE "tips of the day"! We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. Be sure to check out Anita's favorit

We all have our favorite things and favorite sources. And we're always looking for that great deal. Today we are sharing our favorite items for under $20. There are some amazing deals and gorgeous items here, so you'll want to check these out. Anita shares photos and links of all the items she recommends HERE We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. Be sure to check out Anita's favorite things from Amazon HERE We kicked off the episode with a lead on some $6.99 Turkish Towel-esque hand towels from CB2 a la Kelly. See them HERE Check out the well made Faux Mongolian pillow Kelly gushed over HERE Get a "cheap thrill" fuzzy pillow HERE How about an inexpensive jute runner? Look HERE Oh la la Kelly loves these french runners. Will run you only a few francs. Go HERE And possibly the best deal tip of the day, the 12" drum shade for a mere $19.99. Bea

Good decorating is like good manners it required consideration of others. As you are decorating with the guy in mind... be mindful of their "hot buttons". What is or is not negotiable. Adding texture will help the male aesthetic. Also, consider fabric. See how to age a map and hang it HERE We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. Be sure to check out Anita's favorite things from Amazon HERE Compromise, compromise, compromise! Need help with your home? We'd love to help! We do personalized consults, and we'll offer advice specific to your room that typically includes room layout ideas, suggestions for what the room needs, and how to pull the room together. We'll also help you to decide what isn't working for you. We work with any budget, large or small. Find out more HERE Hang out with us between episodes at our blogs, IG and Kelly's YouTube cha

Wow! And we mean wow! There are several fantastic high tech gadgets, services & more on the market right now that you'll want to know about. Make your home more beautiful, efficient & safe with our tips. Yvonne aka Judy Jetson loves all this stuff...and so will you. Listen!! A tv that is a piece of clear glass when not in use HERE We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. Be sure to check out Anita's favorite things from Amazon HERE Get comfortable with a Nest Thermostat Singing in the shower your thing have back up music with a music playing showerhead Have your groceries delivered to your door with Amazon Fresh & Whole Foods HERE See who is at the door with a smart door bell Never push a vacuum again - get a Bobi Pet - what a sale! Monitor your plants & get an alert when they need you! HERE Need help with your home? We'd love

You want your bedroom to feel like a warm hug. You want it to be cozy, functional, and restful. We're revealing our favorite ways to decorate a bedroom. Do you need a nightstand on both sides of the bed? What do you do with the extra pillows when you are in bed? What if the nightstands are not the same height? We're addressing all that today. We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. Be sure to check out Anita's favorite things from Amazon HERE Need help with your home? We'd love to help! We do personalized consults, and we'll offer advice specific to your room that typically includes room layout ideas, suggestions for what the room needs, and how to pull the room together. We'll also help you to decide what isn't working for you. We work with any budget, large or small. Find out more HERE Hang out with us between episodes at our blogs, IG and Kelly's

It's that time of the year... Fall! And fall means fall decorating with all its natural beauty and bounty! We are up to our elbows in little pumpkins and saturated leaves and other wonderful lovely fall decor! Because we all love fall we have lots of creative ways to decorate your home in homage to our favorite season! See Yvonne's blue and white and orange fall decor HERE We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. Be sure to check out Anita's favorite things from Amazon HERE Get Kelley's gorgeous book, MY SOULFUL HOME, A YEAR IN FLOWERS HERE Use natural elements of fall for indoor decorating, like Kelly does with apples HERE Make sure you listen to our PUMPKIN episode #88 HERE See Yvonne's post Three Fabulous Ways To Decorate With Mums HERE Kelly's table set for a fall dinner is easy, elegant and charming. Have a peek HERE See Yvonne's post using

A cozy home is such a refuge from the world. We give you countless tips on how to get the cozy look & feel. Cozy isn't only a chair by the fire. There are so many ways to get your cozy on for this fall. Gather round the "fire" and listen... Texture & layered textiles evoke cozy as Yvonne mentioned & shows us HERE Create reading nook like Anita did HERE Add lumbar pillows to your dining chairs. Make an arm throw like our friend Susan at Love of Home Try diffusing essential oil HERE How about a simmer pot. Check out Kelly's favorite combination HERE Tour listener Lynne's VERY cozy home HERE We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. Be sure to check out Anita's favorite things from Amazon HERE Need help with your home? We'd love to help! We do personalized consults, and we'll offer advice specific to your room that typically include

Today as we think about the families affected by Hurricane Harvey, we are focused on what you need to have to be prepared for a disaster. We originally recorded another episode on dream homes, but felt this was much more appropriate to the situation. So we scrapped the other episode and recorded a new one today. The Nextdoor app is a great way to stay connected to your neighbors, especially during a hurricane HERE We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. Be sure to check out Anita's favorite things from Amazon HERE Be sure you have your phone with you and charged during any disaster. If you don't have an external battery pack, here is one with high ratings that charges two devices. HERE Need help with your home? We'd love to help! We do personalized consults, and we'll offer advice specific to your room that typically includes room layout ideas, sugge

Do you have champagane taste? Most of us do!!! Don't let your penchant for beautiful things blow your budget! You can have a GORGEOUS home and not spend tons of $$$. We have lots of tips and ways to get the look without breaking the bank! Knowing what a fabulously expensive home decor piece looks like and what makes it expensive is the key to knowing what to look for in a lesser priced item. So make sure to do your homework! Mix high priced, well-made furniture with lower price well-made items! Priceless look (pun intended- lol!)! Know where you can get lower price furnishings like thrift shops, consignment shops, outlets, Amazon, Wayfair, One Kings Lane. We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. Be sure to check out Anita's favorite things from Amazon HERE Check out Kelly's Amazon finds - nesting tables - HERE See Decorating Tips And Tricks episode #

You'll be happier if your home is a true reflection of you and your family. Get our sage advice & tips on how to get the look you love. If not YOU who? Listen, learn, laugh with us... Check out Kelly's HOME IDEAS Pinterest Board HERE. We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. Be sure to check out Anita's favorite things from Amazon HERE Need help with your home? We'd love to help! We do personalized consults, and we'll offer advice specific to your room that typically includes room layout ideas, suggestions for what the room needs, and how to pull the room together. We'll also help you to decide what isn't working for you. We work with any budget, large or small. Find out more HERE Hang out with us between episodes at our blogs, IG and Kelly's YouTube channels. Links are below to all those places to catch up on the other 6 days of the week! K

It's not quite pumpkin time yet, but it's around the corner. We want you to be ready when the time comes, so we're giving you tons of ways to use pumpkins in your home. You can use real pumpkins, fake pumpkins or make your own. Check out these ideas.Definitely listen all the way to the 'END' - no pun intended. Kelly's mishap is hilarious!Check out Kelly's scrubbing pad pumpkins HERECheck out Kelly's fabric pumpkins HEREYvonne's sweater pumpkins are HEREYou can see Anita's quick fall table using pumpkins HERESee Anita's pumpkins in a dough bowl are HERECheck out Kelly's mesh poof pumpkins on a wreath HEREYvonne's succulent topped pumpkins are HEREFollow Kelly's pumpkin pinterest board HEREYvonne's stuffed pumpkin are HEREYvonne found her scrumptious velvet pumpkins at Love Feast Shop HEREWe are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.Be sure to check out Anita's fa

How's your curb appeal? The outside of our home tells all those who pass by a lot about you and the inside of your home! Let's make the outside of our home look as fabulous as you are! You can make a big difference in your home by doing just a few easy thing! Number one thing to do for great curb appeal is to keep it tidy and keep it simple! Take a good critical look at your foundational plants around your home. Are they groomed? Are they overgrown? Taking care of the shrubs and plants around our homes makes a huge difference. Don't forget to mulch. Use natural dark brown mulch. We all love a front door that is painted a fabulous color. What color is your door! See Yvonne's front door HERE Check out the door handel, gas lights, door bell and post box at Anita's house HERE See Yvonne's outdoor fall decor HERE We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.

We love the humble painters drop cloth for SO many reasons. This neutral, sturdy, affordable & versatile piece of fabric can be repurposed into a myriad of decorative items. Listen in to hear why you should consider a painters drop cloth and the many ways to use one or more in your decor. If you have ever consider using or used a painter's drop cloth you may have noticed the weight & grade listed on the package. Learn what those numbers really mean & how to choose the best weight or grade for your project. Yvonne teaches us how to bleach drop clothes to a lovely shade that is soft to the touch - click HERE Pop over to Kelly's porch to see the privacy drapes she made using drop cloths - click HERE Anita's chalky painted drop cloth bench is oh la la ....SOOOO beautiful - click HERE You can also see Anita's dropcloth day bed cover she made for the bed at her tree house HERE Our friend Christy created this darling covered stool with rosettes using a drop cloth - click HERE Check out the pill

Transitioning from Summer to Fall happens slowly outdoors, so why not mimic nature and transition slowly indoors as well? We love the idea of changing out your summer decor for fall decor slowly because A. that is how it works in nature B. it's a lot of work to do it all on the same day C. in September you aren't ready for pumpkins just yet, but it's a great time to set out pears, apples, acorns and pine-cones. Listen to the episode for our tried and true tips. Yvonne has many posts on transitioning to fall HERE Learn how to decorate a bookcase step by step with Kelly and see those crayons in a jar she talked about HERE Thanks to our listener Martha we now know we can get single color crayons in bulk HERE . THANK YOU for emailing us Martha! Have look at Kelly's painted white pumpkins as floral arrangement containers - really gorgeous! Click HERE For a real quick transition - got 10 minutes - to fall have a read HERE Look how Kelly uses apples in her decor HERE See Yvonne's fall decor using corks

Today we are talking about fresh ways to decorate that iconic piece of decor... a HUTCH! There are so many ways to update a hutch! We are so excited to share them with you!!!!! Think about changing the way your hutch looks by painting it. And make sure you paint the back of the hutch too. Or, paper it or add texture to it! See Yvonne's fall hutch HERE Check out the hutch Kelly 'squooze' in the perfect spot HERE See Yvonne's 5 easy tips to style a hutch HERE Check out our friend Kim's famous hutch HERE If you put dishes in your hutch, MIX IT UP! Be creative... YOU GO GIRL!!!! Here are some ideas... take everything out and edit, edit, edit choose a color theme use it as a decorative piece stack dishes, and perch things on top of the stacks add pitchers and bowls etc. leave space in between your dishes add something organic... greenery is nice hang wreaths from the doors of your hutch put your silverware in pitchers and add that to your hutch add one or two pieces of silver We are a participant in the Ama

Three may be thought of as "a crowd", but here at DTT we think 3 is the perfect number. Perfect number of people and perfect number for decorating like a pro! Learn the magic rule of three and you will master so much of what goes into great design. This is important stuff so listen in and do try it at home! Three is a magic number in design. Using the Rule of Three correctly can transform a room from ho-hum to fabulous. It may only involve removing extraneous things or re-arranging furniture. In this episode we share the magic of three and how to apply this rule to your own decor. This episode can change the way you decorate for the better almost instantly. Listen, try out what you learned and send us pictures! See the Rule of Three in action HERE. We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. Be sure to check out Anita's favorite things from Am

Where do you start when decorating a room? Does it matter? Today we are discussing where we start when decorating a room, and we don't all agree. Get this part right, and the actual decorating becomes so much easier. Is it best to live in the room first? Before you get going, it's always good to know your style. Check out Episode 2 KNOW YOUR STYLE HERE We mentioned these two episodes you'll want to listen to. WHAT TO SPLURGE ON HERE WHAT NOT TO SPLURGE ON HERE We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. Be sure to check out Anita's favorite things from Amazon HERE Need help with your home? We'd love to help! We do personalized consults, and we'll offer advice specific to your room that typically includes room layout ideas, suggestions for what the room needs, and how to pull the room together. We'll also help you to decide what isn't working for you.

Did you know that many rules of fashion also apply to decor? Surprisingly there is a huge crossover! Let's talk about some today. Limited color palette works for fashion and it works in decor! Patterns should work together. You should wear the dress, the dress should not wear you! And your sofa should not overpower the room. A little faux animal print looks chic and a little faux animal print in decor looks chic too! What is your decor's "black dress"? See Yvonne's post on Find your Decor's Little Black dress HERE Juxtaposition in fashion looks trendy and updated and so it does in decor. Examples: high/low, refined/ rustic We have a fun question for you... Does your home look like what you wear? And the lady in the same black goodwill dress with the coppery hair just may be Kelly! YOU GO GIRL! We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. Be sure to chec