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Welcome back friends! It is time again for my weekly series “Decorating with Color” where I explore decorating with a specific color each week. After a brief introduction to the effects of that color on us, I share inspirational examples of harmonious color schemes that could be used to decorate with that color. So far,I have [...]

I am seeing more and more of these ottoman coffee tables in decorating magazines …….. Contemporary Family Room design by San Francisco General Contractor Mascheroni Construction Why would people switch to an ottoman coffee table? Is it a design statement? Is it for function? In my case, I have switched my wooden coffee table years [...]

Welcome back to Decorating with Color weekly series. If you are new here, you will enjoy my previous posts in this series where I have covered decorating with black, green, violet, and blue. Today, I will be sharing ideas to decorate your home with Orange.  Orange is a secondary color that results from the mixing of [...]

I am supposed to be posting about Color Psychology today but I figured that a post about Thanksgiving day is more appropriate at this time. Inshallah {God Willing}, Color Psychology will resume next week. Thanksgiving Day is an American holiday that is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November. It began with the early pilgrims [...]

Remember back when I told you that I decided to learn how to paint furniture. I have read many inspiring posts showing fascinating furniture transformations through paint. I have blogged about some of them here and  here. Well, since then, I have been practicing my skills by painting a picture frame, a laminate bookshelf, and a desk. Painting [...]

I have taken my fascination with stencils to the next level. Yep! I went and bought myself a Cameo Silhouette. This is basically a stencil creator. Well, it can be used for other things but for now I will be using it to make stencils………Specifically, Islamic pattern, and calligraphy stencils. Here is my first project…. [...]

Back to my weekly (2 weeks late) series about decorating with color. You might be interested in my previous posts, Decorating with Black, Decorating with Green, and Decorating with Violet. Today I will be chatting about decorating with blue. Blue is a primary color that is described as a cool color due to its calming effect [...]

Salam everyone! Well, I thought I was going to get a break for Eid but God had another plan-called Hurricane Sandy. Alhamdulilah which means -Thank God- in Arabic, we were not hit as bad as New York and New Jersey. We had to cut our vacation short and return home fast before the storm hit. [...]

This is the third post in the weekly series; Decorating with color. I previously discussed  Decorating with Black, and decorating with Green. Today we will be decorating with a color that I fell in love with after the birth of my daughter. Note: Subscribe to this blog to receive post updates in your e-mail so [...]