After 25 years of traveling John and Mable Ringling began construction on the house of their dreams in 1924. During all their years of travel they had been carefully collecting some of the worlds greatest works of art and Ca' d'Zan (House of John) was just the venue to showcase their treasures. As I had slowly toured both the exterior of the home and it’s gardens sadly, I only had time to see the first and second floors as I had a plane to catch. I plan on visiting the third floor and tower in ... View the Post

You remember the wine rack bathroom right? It’s right off of the family room. This is not the wine rack bathroom. It’s what the wine rack bathroom wants to be when it gets out of college and grows up. So you may remember I took down the wine rack above the bathroom sink/mirror. Once the wine rack was down I removed the double stick tape frame from around the mirror since it was now several inches too short.   So we were left with a really large builders grade mirror in a truly tiny ... View the Post

Oh I just love a good birthday. Eighty years is surely something to celebrate. My father in law, Landen, is just amazing. I think you now know where Mr. Décor inherited his DIY skills from. Pop is always working on some project or another. Mr. Décor, shown here in the middle, often talks about the houseboat that Pop Gunn created when he was a kid. It was called the Gunn Do La (Inspired by gondola… Do for Dorothy and La for Landen.) It was quite a boat. A true labor of love. ... View the Post

Oh, I am such a tease! I know you all must be thinking “Just show us the darn kitchen already!!!” So here is Storybook Cottage The Range Area. Storybook Cottage The Range Area It’s coming. Just a few more projects to wrap up. Here’s an area that’s done for now. This was my original inspiration. You have to go visit Joan to see her entire kitchen. The brick that begins here…  …wraps all the way around to the kitchen. It was kind of a black hole. So I lightened things up ... View the Post

Right when you walk into our new home you are greeted with a large brick fireplace. In fact it is one of the largest fireplaces that I have ever seen. I am going to tell you right now that Mr. Décor LOVES this fireplace. I am on the fence about it. Actually, I have been trying my best to ignore it. The room is SO dark that for me the first issue has been to paint the walls of the room. That will be happening later this week. Bye bye boring, cave like brown. I imagine that once there is ... View the Post