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Showing posts with label farmhouse style. Show all posts
Showing posts with label farmhouse style. Show all posts

Saturday, March 23, 2019

Freedom Hill is Relocating!

I've not been super active on this blog, nor on my Freedom Hill Solutions blog. That's about to change, but I wanted to let you know that Freedom Hill Creations is relocating!

It's still going to be Freedom Hill - and our new home is actually on a hill, which really helps solidify the name.

We are moving from Maryland, right outside the DC beltway, to Charlotte, NC. We are super excited to start this new chapter in our lives and looking forward to getting settled and busy with a new business opportunity. More on that later in another blog post.

I've been filming the packing and moving prep and you can catch up on that here if you're interested.

The house is 90% packed up and we are moving next weekend - pulling out on the morning of March 31, 2019.

I have not been inside our new house. We are renting a house across the street from a lake and my husband was down there a few weeks ago and got to tour the house. A local agent gave us a video tour and my hubby also did a video tour of the house. But, all I have to go by are the pictures online and those video tours.

This is not scary to me; I'm super excited to move into a house I've never stepped foot in before!

As soon as we get there, I'll be making videos of our move and my home decorating projects. My first project will be turning a formal dining room into my home office. The kitchen has a large dining area and I see no need for two dining rooms, so this is a perfect solution. I've been scouring Pinterest for ideas and found that many people are turning their formal dining rooms into home offices and the transformations are remarkable. I can't wait to do my own. Click here to see my main inspiration for my new office.

Here are a few pictures of our new home:


I LOVE the curb appeal!


This formal dining room will become my home office.


I love a grand entrance!


The living room is two stories! 


Again, that grand entrance but from the top of the stairs. I think a two story entrance is a fine thing. 
I'm especially excited to decorate this entry way because
our current house does not have an entry way to speak of.


The kitchen appears to be almost an afterthought tucked into a corner, but my hubby said 
the pictures don't do it justice.
I really don't care, though, as long as I can cook for my family.
There is a pantry, so that's a plus.


Here's the dining room attached to the kitchen. It's plenty big enough for large family dinners
and some farmhouse decor.



This might just be my favorite part of this house.....a screened-in porch!
This porch is right off the kitchen dining area and will be the perfect spot to end  - or start - my day!


Finally, there's a deck off the screened-in porch.
Our current grill goes with the house we're selling, so we'll be getting a new grill
to use out there on that deck.


Can you tell I'm excited? I didn't even show you a picture of the master bathroom and closet, but just wait till you see it. It's fabulous! Stay tuned for more as we get moved and settled in this fabulous new home!

Once I get my home office set up, my Etsy shop will reopen. 

Thanks for coming along!

Get creative, stay creative.
~Tricia



Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Easy Tea Towel Pillow Cover

I went to IKEA a couple weeks ago and picked up a couple packs of their tea towels. They have several types. They have ones with a red striped edge for 79 cents each and they have a pack of four that have either gray striped or a gray plaid design. They are about $4 for the 4 pack. Highly affordable. They have several others, too, but I got the gray ones.

I found a fabulous video online showing how to make an easy tea towel pillow cover and I just had to try it. It was just as easy as the video indicated! Watch that video by The Crazy Craft Lady here. I love how she did that video!

Here's my result:



Once I sewed this together, I did have to trim the inside edge because these towels are not always evenly printed, nor are they always evenly squared.


I do like how it turned out. I made one for you (buy it here in my Etsy shop
and I made one for my house.

They have an envelope closure, making it so easy to take off for washing.
They are machine washable and dryable and made from 100% cotton.
The finished product is 18" x 18" and I used an IKEA 20" x 20" pillow insert.

Note: IKEA is just a mile down the road from my house!

Happy creating!
~Tricia



Monday, January 8, 2018

Cross a Lighthouse Panel with Red Ticking

What do you get if you take a Lighthouse panel from a cotton shower curtain and cross it with red ticking fabric?



You get a gorgeous, custom pillow cover! 
I LOVE how this turned out. 
It's fresh, clean and easy to put on and take off with an envelope closure on the back. 


It seems to me that every piece of fabric can be re-purposed into something new.
This was a shower curtain.
It is now a pillow cover.
Get yours now from my Etsy shop by clicking here.
This is a gorgeous pillow!

~Tricia




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