Hello and welcome to Sundays With Celia Vol 95. I hope you’re having a great weekend, enjoying these nice Fall days. Fall At My Home Fall has definitely arrived in Lake Arrowhead, where the beauty of the season is evident everywhere I go. This week we enjoyed a glass of wine on our friend’s terrace. […]
HOW TO RECOVER A LAMPSHADE WITH FABRIC Greetings! Remember this post where I showed you the Guest Bedroom transformation in The House On Victoria Court? In that post I showed you a floor lamp that I found in the cottage when we first purchased it. It had an ugly red lampshade on it that no longer […]
Hello! Today I’m super excited to be bringing you a contest from my favorite online design resource and newest sponsor. Photo by Seth Doyle on Unsplash They are a search engine for all things home decor related and they’re called HousePouch! And as you know if you’ve been following this blog for awhile, I’m always designing something, whether it […]
Recently I visited the incredible Restoration Hardware Chicago Flagship Store in the Historic Three Arts Club. Now this is a furniture store! Or is it? Well, in actuality it is much, much, more than simply a furniture store. This 70,000-square-foot, six-floor, extravagant exposition hall is more like a gallery of fine furniture as well as […]
Over the course of the past 9 months I have spent nearly everyday at The House On Cottage Grove. Those days were filled with dreaming up how I would renovate each room, shopping for the building materials, searching for inspiration, and sometimes getting down and dirty in the process. But now, after what truly was […]
Hello. In my ongoing series featuring my now complete fixer-upper, today I bring you The House On Cottage Grove Master Bedroom. The Master Bedroom is located on the lower level of the house, and is accessed via a hallway just off the Bonus Room. This is what that hallway looked like when we purchased the […]
Welcome! Please come see bedroom reno number 3 in The House On Cottage Grove. It’s right up there on the 3rd floor where the pretty dormer windows are. So first, let me show you what bedroom number 3 looked like when I purchased The House On Cottage Grove. The previous owners called it The Sunflower […]
Hello and thanks for stopping by. Today I’m going to share with you a BIG SECRET. In truth I really hesitate to do so because I’m going to give you my most important design resource. You see, I’m afraid that once I do the cat will be out of the bag and everyone will flock […]
After Orange County is a publication dedicated to living life in the slow lane. I escaped The OC for life at a higher elevation. Leaving suburbia behind, I now live in the beautiful mountain resort of Lake Arrowhead. Join me at 5,000 feet above and beyond as I cook, garden, renovate, entertain, travel and live life After Orange County.
