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MiY 7e: Girl’s Room
We’ve come to the end of this edition of Making it Yours! MiY is all about finding pieces you love, and working with them through one’s life. It’s about sustainability, but also about not following...
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Making it Yours 8: Leather Chesterfield
I’ve been working on a new edition of Making it Yours (MiY). I haven’t had one up since August, so for those of you that aren’t familiar with the series, let me explain the concept. A home doesn’t...
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Making it Yours 8A: Leather Chesterfield
Here is the first look in the eighth edition of Making it Yours. I like to imagine a story arc for each step in the series… (more…) © 2012, published by Making it Lovely as Making it Yours 8A: Leather...
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Making it Yours 8B: Leather Chesterfield
Making it Yours follows one piece of furniture through several different looks. We’ve already seen this green leather couch in a more masculine room, and now we’ll see it with a (young) woman’s touch....
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Making it Yours 8C: Leather Chesterfield
Making it Yours follows one piece of furniture through several different looks. We’ve already seen this green leather couch in a more masculine room, and then in a younger, more feminine space. Now we...
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Making it Yours 8D: Leather Chesterfield
I’ll be putting together the next edition of Making it Yours soon, but I want to revisit the first look in the eighth edition first. As a reminder, here was the story… Tom is an English lit professor...
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Making it Yours 9: Sierra Chest of Drawers
So, apparently I do these every six months? I always mean to do them with more frequency, but alas. My Making it Yours (MiY) series is all about finding a piece of furniture you love, and making it...
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Making it Yours 9A: Newlyweds in San Francisco
Here we are: the first look in the ninth edition of Making it Yours. We’re going to follow Adam and Sadie Green (our fictional heroes), newlyweds in their late twenties, who have just moved to San...
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Making it Yours 9B: Settled in San Francisco
Let’s follow up with Adam and Sadie, our fictional couple and heroes of this edition of Making it Yours. We’ve already seen their bedroom from a while back, but it’s looking pretty different these...
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Making it Yours 9C: And Baby Makes Three
Our final look in this edition of Making it Yours (MiY) is here! MiY is all about making the pieces you love work for you and your changing life over time. We’ve seen the Sierra Chest in two versions...
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Making it Yours 10: A Traditional Red Rug
Laura M, referencing the eighth edition of Making it Yours, recently made a request for the next round. I love your blog and am a long-time reader but first-time commenter. If you are thinking about...
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Making it Yours 10A: Minty Fresh
I’m basing three different looks on a single rug for this edition of Making it Yours, per a reader’s request. She wanted to know how to incorporate a traditional red rug with her more modern taste, so...
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Making it Yours 10B: A Blush of Pink
I’m basing three different looks on a single rug for this edition of Making it Yours, per a reader’s request. She wanted to know how to incorporate a traditional red rug with her more modern taste, so...
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Making it Yours 10C: Room for Reading and Writing
We’ve come to the last look in this edition of Making it Yours. True to the spirit of the series, you see a few pieces showing up again from previous looks. The lamp and vases were both in the first...
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Making it Yours 11A: French Modernist Armchair
Time for a new edition of Making it Yours! Our homes tend to come together over time, with special pieces of furniture finding new uses from room to room. What may start out in your bedroom might later...
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Making it Yours 11B: French Modernist Armchair
First, thank you for all the kind words on yesterday’s announcement! It feels great to finally be able to share the news of baby number three. Now, onward! We’re continuing with Monday’s Making it...
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Making it Yours 11C: French Modernist Armchair
I know some of you miss the stories that started to accompany my later Making it Yours (MiY) posts. I do too! I’ll bring them back next time. We’ve come to the last look in this edition of MiY,...
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The Lincoln or Dhurrie Chair?
I’m starting to put together another of my Making it Yours posts, this time around a chair. I’ve been looking at so many recently that I realized the Lincoln Upholstered Armchair from Pottery Barn is...
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Making it Yours 12: The Lincoln and Dhurrie Armchairs
I asked last week which would be more helpful to see in a new edition of my Making it Yours series: the Lincoln Upholstered Armchair from Pottery Barn or the Dhurrie Chair from Anthropologie. Basically...
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Making it Yours 12A: Lincoln and Dhurrie Armchairs
We have the first two of our designs up from this edition of Making it Yours today! I’m decorating around both the Lincoln and Dhurrie chairs, showing how each can be used throughout a person’s life,...
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