Vintage Wicker Planter Spring Arrangement

Here's a quick half hour project... Making a vintage wicker planter spring arrangement for the front porch! The vintage wicker planter is a little distressed. It was that way when I bought it, and I kind of love the vintage-ey feel of that ... Keep Reading...

Garden & Landscape Inspiration

We've had a wickedly long and fierce winter this last year... but the snow has finally melted and the hope of spring garden and landscape work is just around the corner. I've done no gardening since we bought this house and I'm looking forward to ... Keep Reading...

Before & After Living Room

Here is the before and after living room renovation post! Finally, I'm able to be posting the before and after posts of our whole house renovation. A few months ago I started with the front hall and the closet transformed into a library, (here is ... Keep Reading...

12 Tips to get Mustard Yellow into Your Home

Are you a fan of the ever growing in popularity mustard yellow? Me? Well, I am, and I'm not! I've gone through the color mustard yellow a few times in different formats in my house, same with the color red... I'll think I love it, fully embrace it, ... Keep Reading...

Before & After Front Entry

Finally, I can start to show you the end results of our whole house renovation... starting at the front entry! We bought a late mid-century house that lacked character, but sits on a wonderful double lot, (on the edge of town) that borders 2 ... Keep Reading...

New Sheets!!

This is a fun post to write, because it means we got new sheets! Don't you just love it when you get a new set of sheets? It's one of my favorite simple pleasures in life. The folks at California Design Den contacted me to see if I was ... Keep Reading...

Tin Interiors

Tin interiors are so popular right now... It's easy to see why. There is something that is intriguing about tin when it's used in an unexpected way. I love it when a full wall is treated with tin, but sometimes that is just a bit too big of a ... Keep Reading...

Incorporating Vintage & New Light Fixtures

I have loved incorporating vintage and new light fixtures at our house. If you're new to the blog, about 18 months ago we bought a fixer upper that was a late model mid-century.  Too late for the super cool mid-century styling we all think ... Keep Reading...

Tips on Forcing Bulbs Indoors

Forcing bulbs indoors is something I've always wanted to do myself. In the past, the closest I've come to forcing bulbs is either to buy the already potted up and sprouting tulips at the greenhouse, (You can read that post here) or to put bulbs, ... Keep Reading...

Before & After: Fireplace Renovation

In our whole house renovation, part of the project included opening up the family room to be an extension of the kitchen for an open dining room / hearth room space. I loved the idea of a hearth room in the kitchen/dining area, but the existing ... Keep Reading...

Bathroom Storage Sale & Bird Clock

I'm pretty sure this has to be the biggest month to renovate a bathroom in the US. Makes sense, right? It's cold outside, therefore outside projects are pretty limited. The holidays are over and you're left with that bathroom that has bugged you ... Keep Reading...

First Aid… Remove Sticky Residue

A few years ago, I shared with you how to get a leftover sticky label off a jar, (you can read that post here). This time, it's not a jar I needed to remove the sticky residue from, it's our wood floor! Although I opted for soft pine flooring ... Keep Reading...

Boho Rug Special Shopping Deals

Welcome to the 2nd installment of SPECIAL SHOPPING DEALS, with a BOHO RUG to die for! Okay, maybe not to actually die for, but it's a really fun rug! I love the style, color and it's crazy durable to boot! Last week I received an email from ... Keep Reading...

New Series… Special Shopping Deals!

I'm going to try a new series I'm calling Special Shopping Deals! Because of having a DIY & decorating blog, I get special email notifications from certain vendors that I work with telling me of their upcoming special shopping deals for the next ... Keep Reading...

Muir Woods

In this post, I'm going to share with you some tips for visiting Muir Woods with the necessary link you'll need to get into the national park. Mostly though, I hope to be able to depict, even if only in a tiny glimpse, the extraordinary greatness of ... Keep Reading...

Chinatown San Francisco

Have you ever been to San Francisco? If so, you’ve probably been to Chinatown... Or at least know of it. We were in San Francisco a couple years ago and weren’t actually able to stop in Chinatown due to time limitations, so this time around I ... Keep Reading...

PERFECT FOR VALENTINE’S DAY!

Here is a fun way to give flowers to someone special! This heart shaped vase has a surprise... On one side it has this removable memo board. (held on with velcro) The vase comes complete with a marker. I haven't tried different ... Keep Reading...

Top 10 Posts of 2018

Here are the top 10 posts of the past 12 months. As of today, there are 449 posts published on Simple Decorating Tips! Of those 449 posts, here are the 10 posts that people visited the most over the past year. Some of the most visited posts over ... Keep Reading...

DIY Pulley Light

I finally did it! I finally completed this fun DIY project. It wasn't that I started and never finished... (though I've done that plenty) This was one of those cases where I had a cool piece, but hadn't figured out how to use it yet. I've had ... Keep Reading...

How to Remove Pet Urine Stains

How to remove pet urine? Well, in the past, I have used vinegar water thinking that was the best way to remove pet urine stains. Though not always happy with the end results, I hadn't found anything better. However, I recently found a product that ... Keep Reading...