I’ve been looking for a high quality leather purse with an over-the-shoulder strap. I knew I would find one at a thrift store if I was patient. And last week, I scored! I found this dark brown Coach bag. Did I ever show you the pillows I confiscated from my parents’ house? The blanket under [...]
Our Casa Petrie color scheme has been dark chocolate, light blue and tan for five years. When we first chose these colors they were so fresh no one had them. But now this color scheme is everywhere and I feel ready for a little change. I’m not quite ready to paint everything, but I think [...]
One of my favorite ways to refresh a room is to move the furniture around. The furniture in the room has been rotated 90 degrees, the bookshelves were moved behind the sofa and we were finally able to move our leather chair into the space (it had previously been in our library, adjacent to our [...]
Whoa! We had a busy month at Casa Petrie. But what we spent the most time on was our backyard. Here’s a peek at our tomato box. Have a productive day.
Start with the first installment of My Parent’s House: The Front Yard. When I was a kid, my brother and I would play handball against the wall in this room. Man, we had no respect! The room looks quite different now: beautiful rich furniture and interesting art. My parent’s home is approaching 100 years old [...]
We’re featured today at This great website is devoted to home makeovers! Our living room makeover is featured. Go check out the transformations and if you have re-vamped something at your house, send it off to the site. Woo-hoo! Happy Thursday.
When we moved into Casa Petrie 3 1/2 years ago, the living room had a very outdated fan, tanish-olive colored walls, and beige carpet. We’ve since painted the walls in chocolate and latte, installed wood flooring, changed the fan for a more contemporary one, and switched out the blinds for a roman shade and panels. [...]
Thanks to The Stories of A to Z for hosting the Mantel Party. After the Christmas avalanche of presents for little Miss Petrie, I realized I needed to go through my daughter’s books and move out some of the “baby” books (because she is a whopping 4 years old!) to make room for more age-appropriate [...]
Thank you to The Shabby Nest for hosting Frugal Friday! ***Before you go, enter our Casa Petrie Giveaway! Click here.*** As you can see from the picture of our wooden blinds, our dog Ralph had ruined them defending our home from strangers. At night, our house looked a little haunted. I’ve been looking for new [...]