Making a House a Home

Making a House a Home: Handmade Quilts on Beds

Making a House a Home: Handmade Quilts on Beds

When it comes to making a house a home, handmade quilts in bedrooms are just lovely.  I love how it really becomes the focal point of the room.  I’ve been wanting to make a quilt for my master bedroom and I am finding these photos to be very inspirational.  What do you think? Image Credit [...]

Making a House a Home: Handmade Quilts on Couches

Making a House a Home: Handmade Quilts on Couches

When it comes to the art of making a house a home, isn’t  there something welcoming about handmade quilts on couches?  A handmade quilt in a main living space acts to soften the space; it makes the space more pleasant, relaxed, and warm.  Who doesn’t want their living room couch to feel that way? ……………………………………………………… [...]

Wrapped in Love

Wrapped in Love

Exactly one month ago, Jude Harvey Eugene was born at 8:30 in the morning.  The date was 11/11/11, my husband’s 30th birthday.  I would like to mention that the birth was completely natural, not induced like many people assume.  Ever since his arrival, my life has been a combination of euphoria and fatigue –just like [...]

Handmade Gifts for our Little June-Bug

Handmade Gifts for our Little June-Bug

Handmade gifts are a part of the family traditions Josh and I are building.  Ever since we have dated, handmade gifts have always been something we have made for each other.  And now that our family has grown, handmade gifts continue to be a theme in our holiday and birthday celebrations. Monet turns two in [...]

Making a House a Home: Getting Organized

Making a House a Home: Getting Organized

When it comes to the art of making a house a home, getting organized is key.  Whether it be office supplies, money, coupons, ideas, events, or stuff, you need to take things and put them in their places.  Here are a few items that could help you with getting organized around your home: Patchwork House [...]

Making a House a Home: Sewing Tutorials

Making a House a Home: Sewing Tutorials

When it comes to the art of making a house a home, I believe it’s important for some of the items in your home to be made by hand –I’m not talking about items just for your home, but items used by loved ones in your home as well.  Here are a few sewing tutorials [...]

Making a House a Home: Book Recomendations

Making a House a Home: Book Recomendations

Monet and I spend a lot of time at book stores, as it is an outing that both she and I enjoy.  Just the other day I added “Crafting A Meaningful Home” to my collection.  I now have all of Meg’s books.  When it comes to the art of making a house a home, lately [...]

One Year Anniversary

Did you know that it is my blog’s one year anniversary today? Ahhh, it brings back memories.  Five years ago I had a dream about The Artists’ House.  I was wanting to go back to school to get my MFA in interior architecture and design, and I had this dream about a business that I [...]

Making a House a Home: Custom Family Art

Making a House a Home: Custom Family Art

When it comes to the art of making a house a home, I believe it’s important for some of the art in your home to have both personal and sentimental value.  Here are a few examples that I love: Papers’ Edge The Artists’ House Miss Crowland Indigotwin Folk Art Sculptures Custom by Bernolli Studio Jones [...]