Laura

Home trends I’m (still) not over

Home trends will always come and go, but there is nothing more disappointing than investing in a decor item that magazines and design blogs suddenly declare to be “outdated.”

While I usually choose a classic style for my nicest pieces, I fall for bold trends pretty often. My home has all of these things and I have no regrets:

Wallpaper

It’s out, it’s in, it’s embarrassing, it’s hip. I’ve never really gotten over this shimmery green floral wallpaper my mom had in the dining room in the early 90’s. For awhile, graphic wallpaper was acceptable only in fancy hotels or garish restaurants. But it’s been back with a vengeance for several years now and you can bet I jumped on that bandwagon. I have graphic wallpaper in my powder room and in my home office.

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Birds in home decor

Written by contributor Laura Tremaine from Hollywood Housewife

I realized recently that I have decorated with birds in almost every room of my home. I didn’t even know that I was drawn to tree-dwellers, but their sweet presence does make me happy.

I bought these balsa wood birdhouses at a local hobby store and my husband painted them all different colors. We unified the look by making all the roofs silver, then we hung them over my son’s crib. They’re so incredibly lightweight that we weren’t worried about safety, but we still secured them really well.

When we moved into our house two years ago, I wanted to make a big splash in our home office. It’s a space used almost exclusively by me, and I had my eye on this graphic bird wallpaper by Cavern home.

I picked up several of these very inexpensive little silver birds at the craft store in the clearance bin. I had a different intention for them originally, but they’ve ended up migrating around the house. I have them on the windowsill in the kitchen, on a ledge in the bathroom, and now on the mantle in my pink living room. [Read more...]