Simple Sunday Bliss & Blues ~ Vanity Tray
HERS It has been a whirlwind summer so far…feeling a little out of control!! So when I found this little blue tray, I thought it perfect for organizing my everyday vanity essentials. The master has touches of blue – So I pulled together some existing blue pieces to play up the...
Create an Exotic Outdoor Room – Remake
It’s an easy little outdoor room exotic re-make for our waterside outdoor pavilion. I brought in a few…other worldly succulents & pulled out the shells and bubble glass. Comfy pillows look like plump buoys propped up on their sides. Strings of inexpensive shells swag our outdoor...
DIY Flower Backdrop
Image ~ Stefanie Knowlton Photography I love a fun DIY backdrop for a party photo-OP and this one from Girls’ Night In with Monica Hart at Metropolitan Market, couldn’t be prettier or simpler. I recycled an inexpensive painter’s drop cloth and then my fab helpers, Linda, Irene, Barb and I started PINNING! YES, pinning....
Lazy Sunday in the Garden
It’s a lazy Sunday morning in our garden courtyard. Old bench with NEW French pillow & pad. Shoes off….fresh gravel…a comfy place to land and… a second cup with a touch of gold. {LOVE} Have a wonderful Sunday,
DIY Ombre Recycled Pantry Vases from #MonicasGNI ~ Art Class!
Going ombre! Ombre is so HOT right now and SO simple to create. It can turn your tabletop into something dazzling for pennies. Especially if you do a little R & R – recycling & re-imagining! In this case, recycled pantry bottles become something beautiful! {Thank you Linda & Irene!} Okay, pick a color...
DIY Vintage Funnel Garden Light ~ Up-cycling from Girls’ Night In with Monica Hart
Image ~ Stefanie Knowlton Photography FLOWER POWER! Check out this #up-cycled vintage funnel garden light from Girls’ Night in with Monica Hart! {Funnel found at Haystack Antiques} The oversized funnel is draped with REAL flower stems & vines plus a little BLING…making for one glammed up garden light! The guys at my local ACE...
Assistance League of the Eastside Luncheon
It was a packed house for the Assistance League of the Eastside spring fundraising luncheon at The Westin Bellevue and what an honor to have the opportunity to be the guest speaker! Thank you #AL for making me feel SO welcome! You ROCK! ~ ~ ~ Tablescapes 2014 “Top It Off...
Lilac & Gold ~
A sea of sweet, fragrant violet blooms greet me as I come down our driveway. It’s LILAC season & I’m in LOVE. I place a humble lilac branch in a glass vase on the kitchen island….leaves & all. One little fist full of blooms is enough to perfume our entire kitchen...
Easter Tablescape & HC Home Spring Soirée
Welcome to HC Home! It’s Cindy Sullivan’s stunning NEW design store in Snohomish Washington and it’s filled with inspired displays and crave worthy pieces! MY pictures don’t really do HC Home justice! {Especially, since I got the a new I-phone and lost all the BEST images – they didn’t transfer...
Work Desk ~
Here’s a quick peek at my favorite workspace & some of the repurposed pieces that make it kinda fun! So simple to re-create. B TW, I would love a ‘real’ office space some day… but gotta say, there are some advantages to working from home! So this is fab for now plus, the...
Houseplants – Living Design Accents
It’s amazing what a little REAL plant life will do for a room. One little old white pot of Elephant’s Ear gives new life to our family room mantle and a stem of ginger adds an exotic pop of color. A humble fern and a single lily bloom –...
Flirty Valentine’s Day Tips from Flawless Beauty Bars
Written and Produced by Monica Hart Stefanie Knowlton Photography Who doesn’t want a brush with being flawless, right? From airbrush tanning and makeup to all natural body & skin lines, that’s what Flawless beauty bars offers – “A more flawless…you”. I dropped by to chat with owner, Sequoia Leopold {in living color } on the eve...
Inspired by a love of beautiful, yet simple design, food and entertaining. Monica’s distinct approach led this former television news gal to create La Famiglia Design. 
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