In my mind this blog post seems long overdue, but I am actually relieved that I didn’t publish this post weeks ago like I had intended. Turns out, I made a few changes from the first meetings with the in-house “designer” for our new build. The post also ended up being so long that I eventually decided to divide it…
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Lake Ridge House Interior Design Plan
7 Home Maintenance Tasks to Protect your Home Investment
This spring, as we began to prepare our home for sale, I realized just how important the seemingly random maintenance projects have the potential to payoff at resale. This is our 9th home to sell and we have learned the value of passing home inspections and take pride in being responsible home owners. The value of your home and how…
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Lake Ridge House Exterior Design Plan
As you might recall, we made the decision to downsize from our current home this spring. After an unsuccessful search and numerous showings of listings in our area, we landed on new construction. Most of the homes available either needed too much work or had too much yard. I share more about how we came to the decision to downsize…
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Black Tie Luxe Powder Room for the Alabama Symphony Decorators’ ShowHouse
For 43 years, the Decorators’ ShowHouse has been the premier spring fund raising event for the Alabama Symphony. I was honored and a bit surprised to be asked to preview the home in January of this year. After submitting my room choice and a design board, I was thrilled to be added to this esteemed roster of decorators for 2019….
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9 Essentials for a Stylish, Cozy Screened Porch
Along with the 9 essentials for creating the perfectly styled and cozy porch, I thought it would be interesting and hopefully inspirational to look back at our screened porch. This will be our last spring and summer here at #theTrailHouseReno. We anticipate making the most of time left here and hope you enjoy this look back. (If you want to…
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