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  1. Love seeing your colorful home, ever changing & always inviting! Enjoying your blog!

  2. you’re so lucky to have apt managers that will work with you.
    we are extremely limited on what they will allow here. “so sorry but no!”
    I love the location of my apt complex. just for the convenience of it mostly.
    so I’m happy and content! one can do a lot with art and area carpets.
    the tour was wonderful! and I especially loved your little photo bombers! 😀

  3. Love your home and all the color even though I’ve a bland sort! I’m a blue and tried to go red but I just don’t feel the same inside when the red shines through. I use blue and the light mustard colors.

  4. Glad you directed us to the ” My Apartment” tab. I am in absolute cozy love seeing the entire layout. So nicely put together. That would be my dream apartment with the outdoor patio area. Utter, complete contentment. What a great find. Thank you for sharing with us.

  5. I LOVE all of the color in your lovely home! Such a cozy place too! Gives me some good ideas for my small home and patio. I can see why your apartment is such a sanctuary for you. It looks to be a very comfortable, organized and peaceful home for you and your adorable dogs.

  6. I love visiting people’s homes. It’s like visiting a museum. I adore peeking around at what they’ve created. Tells so much about person…

  7. I love your cozy little home!! I have similar antique items in my house, too! What really caught my eye was the one hanging quilt in your bedroom. It’s the one on the left with multiple colors. You mentioned that you used to quilt. Do you know the name of that pattern? I’ve seen that quilt before & as a beginner quilter, I would love to make that!!
    Your dogs are the sweetest. I have two shih tzus & a terrier mix.
    Thanks for sharing your home & I think we all are waiting for Spring!!

    1. I don’t know the name. I saw a similar quilt and designed my own because I can’t seem to follow a pattern. When my blog has been in magazines I’ve had women contact me for this design pattern, but unfortunately I don’t have one. If you browse quilt patterns I imagine you’ll find one that is quite similar.

  8. I love your apartment! So pretty and relaxing. That patio is wonderful.

  9. I loved this post, Brenda, because I’ve learned how true this is ever since we moved back to Tennessee from Florida a year ago. I lost that truth for nine months there and realize it was all a part of my floundering then. I’d lost my story, my authenticity while there. And then when we moved here it all came back to me, my story, the real me. My story is my own even if it’s far from what’s trendy or in style. And month by month I’ve known what works for me and what I want to change, not because I’ve seen it online but because it doesn’t fit me. So changes will come about naturally, not from frantically searching. That’s such a great feeling.

    I’m behind on my to list for today but will look forward to coming back and seeing your apartment tour!

  10. I agree that your home not only tells a story, but it’s a direct reflection of the person who lives there (or people) ~ especially depending on who does the decorating. I use different colors in my decorating than what I wear. My favorite color is blue (all shades, but especially aqua), though I have a deep red wall at the end of my hallway and our spare room is yellow. But yet I never wear those colors. I wear black and purple, but don’t use those colors in my decorating. I’m also drawn to greens, both in wearing those colors and in some of my decor. I’ll go take a look at your new tour!

  11. I admire you for your bold use of color throughout your home. I am not that daring in my decorating or my wardrobe. Your home really is cozy and I love that patio.

  12. OMG! Love your apartment tour, I know I will be taking this tour many times. Such great ideas and inspiration! And a very interesting post today.

  13. Hi Brenda: I just checked out your apartment tab. It is wonderful! Once again you have done a wonderful job. The color chart, well…..I pretty much love all colors. But, our home is decorated with more red, then some blue and some mustard color as well. Thanks for giving us some more “joy” to read..

  14. I just went for a walk thru your apartment Brenda, it is so delightful in every room. You have truly made it your own space with all the things you love. Thank you for the tour.
    I have painted the walls in our townhouse white which I love and I guess I am a organized person except in the office!
    I don’t have any black elements in my home but most of my clothes are black (not sure what this says about me!)

  15. My taste in colors changes, so I change up the look with accent pieces, something you’ve talked about on your blog too. Right now I’m drawn more to neutrals after all the bold colors of Christmas.

  16. I just clicked on the My Apartment tab and I think your place is amazing. I love the rich intense colors of the green, blue, red and yellow pieces and how well the colors work together. The yellow and white quilt is just beautiful. And your vintage pieces are so neat.

    Enjoyed your post this morning as well — it will be fun to walk into a home and read a visual story.

  17. I am a red. I know you also like red which first drew me to your blog!

  18. Wow. That color stuff is spot on! I’m an all white gal with some blues. Yep, organized is an underatatement.

  19. I think people are drawn to certain colors because of associations from their childhood or during their lives. You see something–a place, a person, a thing–and think it’s the greatest thing ever, and whatever color it happens to be becomes attractive to you. I think that’s really sweet, actually. Probably tells us a lot about what marked us.

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