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Hi! You've landed on the Polkadot Chair blog!! My name is Melissa Mortenson, and I'm so glad that you are here!
I'm a Mom to 3 great kids, married to a wonderful guy, and feel lucky to be living in Kentucky!
I love to sew, craft & create... this blog, named after a chair in my craft room, is a peek into my little world.
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Tag Archives: home
Add embroidery detail to fabric with HGTV Home
The good folks at Joann’s Fabric and Crafts tasked me with a challenge. One that I was happy to accept!
They sent me a package with 2 yards of the new HGTV Home line of fabrics and a copy of HGTV magazine.
The Task: Create Something!
Polka Dot Clipboard Sign by eighteen25
Hello! It’s Jen, Jamie and Jodie from eighteen25 here today and we are so excited to be included in PROJECT POLKA DOT! We are just in love with this fun series because let’s face it, polka dots just have a way of making you feel happy!
Today we want to share with you how we made our Polka Dot Clipboard Sign.
SUPPLIES:
- piece of wood from the home improvement store (the size of this piece is about 3/4″ x 9″ x 24″)
Posted in crafts, decorating
Tagged decor, easy gift ideas, guest posting, home, organize, project polka dot, tutorial
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Pink & White Girls Bedroom
We have been in our home long enough that it seems like it’s time to go through and do some “tweaking” to a lot of the rooms. This pink girls bedroom was one of those rooms.
It’s my daughters bedroom. When we moved in we installed what I call “wedding cake” chair rail and crown molding. Then painted her room light and dark pink. She loved it. Now that she’s a bit older it seemed time to transition her room for a slightly older girl. (You can see photos of her room before here).
Home Office Organized and Simplified
Okay, for those of you who know me … you are allowed to laugh that I’m writing about Home Organization. I’m not a naturally organized person, and most people who know me, know that. Things in my house are generally clean, but a general feeling of clutter seems to abound.
My biggest clutter struggle is PAPER! Oh, my it drives me CRAZY! Magazines, bills, homework, report cards, kids schedules … everything is paper … and it gets everywhere.
Scrappy Halloween Table Runner
This month I’ve been working on some quilted Halloween pillows. I started collecting a variety of Halloween themed fabrics and have had fun designing some pillows with all of the different fabrics.
The pillows are not quite done yet (need to get on that, Halloween is next week), but as I was looking at the pile of scraps on my sewing table I thought they were all too good to waste. If I threw them in my scrap bucket who knows what would become of them!
Decorating With Portraits
This is the copy of a post I did for the Decorating with Portraits series over at Kristen Duke Photography.
I LOVE decorating with pictures in my home. I’ve tried very hard in our current house to get my photos OFF the computer and onto my walls. I’ve been known to buy a picture frame first, hang it on the wall then later find a picture for it… (horrible habit I know, just don’t ask my Mom about the photo tree that still has the stock photos in it!)
