Our Handyman Special

28 March 2014 by Carollynn

Our Handyman Special – a 1936 brick Cape Cod

Interior design has fascinated me since I was just a little girl. My ~~significant other~~ husband would tell you, by his definition, I have no hobbies, but he is wrong – my hobby is decorating our home.

Barbie’s Dream House

It started innocently enough when I received my first Barbie Dream Home at age 6 or 7. While other little girls were pondering how to dress Barbie, I was trying to find the perfect bedspread for Barbie’s master bedroom using my mother’s good washcloths.

Some day, I’d like to live in a place like this…

When I was old enough to choose the colors for my room, I began a love affair with color and painting walls. The walls of my childhood bedroom have been lavender, celadon green, chocolate brown and bright turquoise. My room had the distinction of the only room in our house that had never been painted white.

Love this house, too!

In my teens and early twenties, my interest in interior decorating was spurred on by the gorgeous interiors featured in shelter magazines. Like many, I clipped and saved pages of beautifully designed rooms, ideas and objects that would someday (I hoped) manifest themselves in my own home. As a renter, I tried out many looks and styles until 2006, when I bought my first home. A significant portion of this blog is about our house, and we could not have been prouder. What we didn’t realize what how much hard work it was going to be. And still is. This section chronicles the things we’ve done to the house along the way.

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